Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd
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- Category: Digital Cameras
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Fujifilm is pleased to announce the launch of the new Z10fd, a camera for teens and young adults who want something more individual than ‘yet another silver camera’. The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd is a slim, metal-bodied 7.2 Megapixel digital camera that puts the fun back into photography with a choice of bold, vibrant colours; Hot Pink, Wave Blue, Product Red, Midnight Black, Wasabi Green and Sunset Orange. It’s not just the colours and the design of the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd that will appeal - the camera hosts in an impressive list of features designed to capture the imagination of the young across the world. The FinePix Z10fd has been designed specifically with users in their teens and twenties in mind.
Fujifilm Z10fd camera - Design
Looks can be deceiving and this new camera from Fujifilm might be pretty, or even brash, but it has hidden depths too. Packed full of technological marvels that belie its diminutive size, the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd camera promises fantastic photos, shot after shot. And its ultra-compact proportions mean the Fujifilm Z10fd digital compact camera will fit into the most cramped of handbags or smallest of pockets, without ruining the lines of Saturday-night party clothes.
Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd compact camera - Face detection
The Fujifilm Z10fd has been designed specifically with users in their teens and twenties in mind. It boasts Fujifilm’s acclaimed Face Detection technology, which will seek out faces in the darkness of a party to give perfectly focused and exposed pictures every time. An ISO 1600 option means pictures can be taken in the poor light of parties or gigs, with no need for flash, so preserving the atmosphere and producing much more flattering portraits.
Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd digital camera - Scenes and Web photography
Photo sharing made simple There’s no fun in taking pictures if you can’t share them, and the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd makes it easier than ever with fast, easy wireless transfer of images between cameras using IrSimple. Furthermore, the Fujifilm Z10fd features a unique ‘Blog’ mode that is ideal for producing photographs for upload to sites such as Flickr, FaceBook or MySpace. And for the YouTube generation, the Fujifilm Z10fd offers the option to capture internet-friendly QVGA movie clips in addition to sharp, colourful still photographs. The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd even features an Auction mode, which will group a series of pictures ready for upload to eBay. The camera controls have also been designed with the young in mind. The menus are accessed by two circular rocker buttons, while the new GUI (graphical user interface) is clear, easy to use and allows super-fast access to the camera’s multitude of photographic features. There are also 16 scene modes, like ‘portrait’, ‘party’ or ‘night’, meaning great photos can be taken without the need for complex menu set up.
Fujifilm Z10fd digicam - Memory and Flash cards
The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd features a metal compact body that is less than 19mm thick, bright 2.5-inch screen and 54MB of internal memory that provides enough storage for up to 88 photographs (at 2MP setting). Dual xD-Picture Card and SD/SDHC compatibility gives users the freedom to choose from a wide range of high capacity memory cards.
Fujifilm FinePix Z10 camera - Zoom lens and Dimensions
To further enhance its portability the new camera features a razor-sharp 3x Fujinon optical zoom lens that uses vertical internal optics to zoom, rather than extending from the camera body. This maintains the slim-line proportions so popular in Fujifilm’s Z series cameras and ensures that, even if the camera accidentally powers-on in cramped surroundings, no harm will come to the lens - one of the most common concerns of standard cameras.
Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd digital compact camera - Flash photography
Feature rich Despite its affordable price, the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd features many Fujifilm technologies that fans will recognize from its more expensive stable-mates. It continues the Fujifilm tradition of offering the user choice about lighting, and those who prefer to use flash will benefit from Fujifilm’s Intelligent Flash system. Intelligent Flash automatically assesses the scene and sets power output so that it provides enough light for the photo, without giving friends the ghostly bleached-out look that can occur with built-in flash. For times when it’s not clear whether flash is appropriate, the Fujifilm Z10fd's Natural Light & Flash mode takes two photos in quick succession, one with flash and one without. Both photos are then displayed side by side for quick comparison and one or the other can be deleted at a later date.
FinePix Z10fd digital camera - Face recognition
The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd makes perfect portraits simple with Fujifilm’s Face Detection technology. Face Detection works by triangulating eyes and mouth, using an algorithm to optimise focus, and exposure for up to ten faces in a single frame. A green square surrounds the face of the primary subject on the camera's LCD screen, whilst white squares identify up to nine other subjects. Movement tracking keeps the camera 'locked on' to its subjects until they move out of the picture. The technology works irrespective of the subject's position in the frame, and is not confused by spectacles.
Fujifilm FinePix camera - Correction and Processing
Red-eye is the single biggest reason why the best portraits are ruined. The Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd uses Face Detection technology to find and instantly correct any red-eye from every face in the frame. Getting the camera’s on-board processor to do this fiddly retouch is so much easier (and accurate) than trying to do it on a complex photo manipulation package. The system on the Fujifilm Z10fd will only correct redness in the pupil of the eye, not elsewhere in the picture, because the camera uses eye detection within Face Detection to find the pupil. While other cameras can sometimes convert lips or red jewellery to brown or blue, the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd never gets it wrong, and it only takes a couple of seconds.
Fujifilm RealPhoto technology
Real Photo Technology Even the novice photographer will be ensured of bright, sharp colourful pictures from the Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd thanks to Fujifilm’s unique Real Photo Technology (RPT). The guiding principles behind RPT are simple; to set the highest possible standards for overall image quality, to expand digital photography opportunities and to give users fewer wasted shots. With the human eye as the ideal, Real Photo Technology cameras are designed from the ground up to capture ‘real’ photographs with stunning quality - giving users the power to capture the moment exactly as the eye sees it, no matter how challenging the shooting conditions.
