Fujifilm FinePix F50fd Digital Camera Review – The difference 12 Megapixels Make
Fujifilm FinePix F50fd Digital Camera - an Honest (though gushing) Review
This is a review of the Fujifilm FinePix F50fd 12 million pixel camera which, at the time of writing, was selling on Amazon UK - here
This isn't one of those technical reviews of lens polarity or whatever it's called. I have no great notions of my own worth when it comes to taking pictures. In fact, I'd probably say I'm the master of point-and-click, and I live by the adage that if I take enough pictures I'm bound to get some good ones, and with today's digital cameras I can take about as many as I like. Statistically I am a good shooter, no matter what.
I bought the Fujifilm FinePix F50fd, because I had to submit some images to official publications, and those taken with our old 5 megapixels kept getting returned to me with the polite "could we please have a higher resolution version of this image?". I needed a camera that took very high resolution pictures, and where the quality of the result improves and bypasses the shooter's lack of skill and eye. The pictures had to be good, which means the lens and whatever automatic magic happens inside the bodywork - it should get me shots of a good enough quality. Not grainy, not fuzzy, and as impressive as possible without too much adjustment. Did I say point-and-click?
And the verdict? The Fujifilm FinePix F50fd doesn't disappoint and takes some mean shots. I've never actually been bothered enough to love a camera. I absolutely love this one. The day shots are crisp and clean, and the night shots exceptionally good. Because of the high resolution, I can enlarge a small detail of a picture and save it - there and then - as a new, high quality pic. It's great. Even better news is that since Fujifilm has launched the next model up ( Fujifilm FinePix F100fd
It has a range of pre-set options (like landscape, or fireworks, or taking pics in the snow) and if you can't be bothered with the settings, you just click the little wheel to automatic, and it does the rest.
The technical detail summary for the FinePix F50fd is as follows:
* 12 megapixel Super CCD HR VII and Real Photo Processor II
* Wide view 2.7-inch high resolution screen
* Advanced hardware-based Face Detection technology (2.0)
* Portrait Enhancer and automatic red-eye removal
* 25MB internal memory plus xD-Picture card, SD and SDHC compatibility
* ISO 100-6400
* 3.0x optical zoom
* Playback features including Face Zoom and Micro Thumbnail (100 shot) view
* IR Communication (IR simple)
* VGA movie capture of 30 frames per second with sound
* PictBridge™ compatible for direct printing without a PC
Danny rating: 5 out of 5.
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