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FujiFilm FinePix F20

Guide price: £149.00

Compact, attractive 6.3 megapixel digital camera. The Fujifilm F20 sleek, lightweight proportions belie its technology heavy specifications and leave other style compacts in the dark. Featuring Fujifilm's 6th generation 6.3 Megapixel Super CCD, Real Photo Processor II and ISO 100 - 2000 sensitivity, it delivers images that remain sharp and natural in bright sunshine, low light or with fast moving subjects. Fujifilm's Real Photo Technology cameras are among the only digital compact cameras to deliver high ISO at full resolution. This means there's no need for a trade off between high-quality, low light photography, and potential print size.

Special Features:
For flash photography, the Fujifilm FinePix F20’s iFlash (intelligent flash) system automatically sets power output and exposure for balanced results, combining natural foreground illumination with optimum background exposure. Furthermore, its innovative ‘Natural Light & Flash’ Dual Shot mode takes two shots in quick succession; one with flash, and one without, then displays them side-by-side for on-the-spot comparison.

Fujifilm FinePix F20 compact camera features
• 6th generation Super CCD 6.3 million pixels
• Real Photo (RP) Processor II
• Up to ISO 2000 sensitivity at full resolution on Anti-Blur (Picture Stabilization)
• Natural Light Mode (Up to ISO1600 on Auto and Manual Mode)
• Anti-Blur (Picture Stabilization) to set high shutter speed to reduce blurry images
• Natural Light & Flash Dual Shot mode
• 3.0x optical zoom
• Long-life battery (up to 300 shots)
• VGA movie capture of 30 frames per second with sound
• PictBridge compatible for direct printing without a PC
• Quick response times (0.01 second shutter lag and 1.4 second start-up)

Full Specifications:

Image Sensor Type: CCD
Resolution: 6.3 Megapixel
Optical Zoom: 3x

Lens
Interchangeable Lens: Not Interchangeable Lenses
Optical Zoom: 3x
35mm Zoom Lens:36 - 108 mm
Digital Zoom: 6.2x
Focus Type:Autofocus
Focus Range:24 in. to Infinity (w)
Macro Focus Range: 2 - 31.2 in. (w) / 12 - 31.2 in. (t)
Focal Length 8 - 24 mm

Image Quality

Camera Resolution: 6.3 Megapixel
Image Resolutions: 640 x 480 • 3024 x 2016 • 2848 x 2136 • 2048 x 1536 • 1600 x 1200

Video

Video Resolutions: 320 x 240 (QVGA) • 640 x 480 (VGA)
Video Speed 30 fps
Max Movie Length: Without Limit (Depends on the camera free memory size)
Video Format AVI • Motion JPEG

Exposure Control

Aperture Range: f8/f8 (w/t) - f2.8/f5 (w/t)
Shutter Speed: 4 - 1/2000 sec
White Balance: Auto • Manual • Daylight / Sunny (Preset) • Fluorescent (Preset) • Incandescent (Preset) • Shade (Preset)
Frames Per Second: 2.2 Frames

Storage

Memory Type: Built-in • xD Picture Card
Built-in Memory Size 16 MB
Compression Type: JPEG • EXIF 2.2 • DPOF
File Size (High Res.) 3.01 MB (43 images on 128MB card)
File Size (Low Res.) 0.13 MB (about 985 images on 128MB card)

Flash

ISO Speeds: Auto • 100 • 200 • 400 • 800 • 1600
Flash Type Built-In

Flash Functions
Auto Flash • Fill-in Flash • Red-eye Reduction Flash • Slow Sync • Forced On

Viewfinder / Display
Viewfinder: Without Viewfinder
LCD Panel: With LCD Panel
LCD Panel Size 2.5 in.
LCD Screen Resolution 153,000 pixels
LCD Protected Position Without LCD Protected Position

Interfaces

Interface Type: USB 2.0
Video Interface: Video Out

Power Supply

Battery Type Proprietary Lithium
Included Features
Self Timer 2 Sec. • 10 Sec.
Built-in Microphone With Built-in Microphone
System Requirements
Operating System: Apple Mac OS X • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows 98 • Microsoft Windows 98SE • Microsoft Windows ME • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition • Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Dimensions
Width 3.7 in.
Depth 1.1 in.
Height 2.2 in.
Weight 0.33 lb.

Hilary's Conclusion: Lovely camera from Fuji, the perfect camera for capturing scenes in poor/low light, such as concerts and parties!