Fujifilm FinePix F50fd Digital Camera – Silver (12.0MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.7″ LCD offers consumers a super-compact digital camera that takes beautiful shots with the most advanced features and technology available, so that missing great shots is not an option.
Combining a 12-MegaPixel, 7th Generation Super CCD with a 3.0x optical zoom and a 2.7″ high-resolution 230.000 pixel wide-angle view LCD, the FinePix F50fd is a compact powerhouse that incorporates all the features users have come to expect from Fujifilm’s more advanced digital cameras. With the addition of Dual Image Stabilization, Face Detection 2.0 Technology with Automatic Red Eye Removal function, and ISO settings of up to ISO 6400, the F50fd takes compact digital cameras to the next level, arming users with a host of new features and enabling them to take pictures never before possible.
Fujifilm’s proprietary Face Detection Technology also gets an upgrade in the F50fd with the arrival of Face Detection 2.0, featuring Automatic Red Eye Removal. As with the original version of Face Detection, it can detect up to 10 human faces in a scene in as little as 5/100’s of a second, correcting focus, exposure, and white balance automatically, regardless of where subjects are located within the frame. Face Detection 2.0 adds to this technology by being able to identify faces at much more extreme camera angles than before. No longer does the camera need a head-on shot to identify a face, because now even a profile will do – with up to 90O movement in either direction for profiles, and up to 135O for leaning or lying down in either direction, for a total range of 270O.
Helpful consumer’s review
I bought this camera after having owned two previous Fuji FinePix earlier models. I had always been very pleased with Fuji cameras, particularly their outstanding ability to take good pictures in low lighting conditions. I often take shots at fairly dark music venues, and have always got good results. I only upgraded as I sadly dropped and broke my last camera. But, I am now very pleased that I did. The F50fd is a big improvement on previous models that I have used. Light, stylish almost too small for all its features! Same great performance in low light conditions, but with even clearer and more detailed pictures due to the high pixel count.
For landscape, portrait and macro shots, I cannot fault it either. It has many extra features and manual settings, but I tend to use the automatic presets-yes, I point and click.
It is the best digital camera I have owned, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
