Fujifilm Finepix F700 Review

From January 2003 Fujifilm finepix f700 announced,more and more people like it.The Super CCD SR sensor that the Fujifilm F700 is equipped with powerful fujifilm NP-40 battery.Having to photodiodes at each photosite location, one large photodiode which captures the majority of the dynamic range (much like a normal digital camera photodiode), a second much smaller photodiode which is less sensitive and captures mostly highlight detail.

FinePix F700 Zoom Features:

• 6.2 Million effective pixel Super CCD SR


• 3x zoom (35-105mm equiv) plus 2.2x digital zoom


• Up to 6.0 Million output pixels (2832 x 2128)


• Movie Mode; 30fps @ 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 with sound


• On-demand Continuous Auto Focus, focus assist lamp


• Voice Memo - up to 30 sec. picture annotations


• 3 - 1/2000 sec Shutter Speeds


• Li-ion rechargeable battery(Fujifilm NP-40), USB / Charger Cradle included


• ISO Modes; Auto, 200,400,800 (and 1600 when resolution is fixed at 1M)


• 1.8" LCD Color Monitor


• Uses removable xD-Picture cards (16MB included)


• Compact (4.3 x 2.1 x 1.1 inch) durable metal body


• Very lightweight at just 6 oz. (excluding battery)

Fujifilm F700 includes a 16MB xD card with the camera. That's enough to get started with, but you'll want a larger one right away. xD cards are currently available as large as 512MB, and Fuji lists them as supported in the manual.

Compact cameras usually use proprietary batteries, and the F700 is no exception. It uses Fuji's NP-40 lithium-ion battery, which has a so-so 2.6 Wh of power. Fuji estimates that you can take about 200 pictures with 50% LCD use. Proprietary batteries are quite expensive and you can't use AAs when you're in a bind -- which is why I prefer cameras that use "regular batteries".

The F700 offers a full range of exposure control, with Auto, Program AE, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, and Manual exposure modes available via the Mode dial. There's also a Scene Program mode, with Portrait, Landscape, Sports, and Night Scene options. In straight Auto mode, the camera controls everything about the exposure, except for options like zoom and drive (single shot or continuous shooting) settings.

There are no other cameras that use a sensor like the SuperCCD SR. As always, I recommend a trip down to your local reseller to try out the FinePix F700 before you buy!

Fujifilm FinePix F402 digital camera review

The F402 is a very small metal camera designed for point-and-shoot users. It uses a 2.1 Megapixel SuperCCD sensor rather than a regular CCD used by other cameras. The "deal" with the SuperCCD is that the individual light sensors on the SuperCCD are arranged in a different pattern that on traditional CCDs, allowing for a higher density. That's how a 2.1 Megapixel SuperCCD produces images with 4 million pixels.

Fujifilm FinePix F402: Features At A Glance

• Fujifilm’s 3rd Generation Super CCD provides 2.1 million effective pixels (delivering 4.0 million recorded pixels). Uses special Noise Reduction technology to produce ultra-low noise results even at the highest sensitivity. Pixel Data Coupling technology also enables higher ISO sensitivities (from 200 equivalency to ultra high speed 800* and 1600*)


• Sharp 39mm (35mm equivalent) Super EBC Fujinon prime lens


• 3.6x digital zoom (VGA mode, 640 x 480 pixels)


• Movie mode offering QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) at 10 frames per second with sound (clips up to 60 seconds, or 240 seconds in 160 x 120 mode)


• Powerful built-in flash


• New easy-to-use graphical user interface


• Low power consumption for long battery life (NP-40)


• cPictureCradle™ included, for convenient downloading of images and recharging of batteries


• Stylish brushed-metal case with ultra-slim design


• Uses Fujifilm’s recently-announced xD-Picture Card memory format

The F402 uses a different batteries than the F401 did -- it's much less powerful. The F401 used the NP-60, which had 3.8 Wh of power. Here, the NP-40 battery has 2.6 Wh of power -- about 1/3 less.

Powerful multimedia capabilities

The fast and accurate processing of images, made possible by the 3rd Generation Super CCD, delivers an impressive movie mode, offering 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA) resolution at ten frames per second with sound. In addition, the camera can be used as a webcam for Internet conferencing.

Cool styling, great results!

The FinePix F402's styling builds on the successful formula developed with the FinePix F401 Zoom. The compact design makes the camera ideal to carry with you everywhere. The use of the recently announced xD-Picture Card further enhances the storage capabilities of this camera, offering high capacities, fast image storage/retrieval times and low power consumption.

Everything included in the box

The FinePix F402 ships with a host of accessories including a PictureCradle, fujifilm NP-40 Lithium-ion battery, AC power adaptor, 16MB xD-Picture Card, strap and soft case. The supplied software CD includes USB drivers, Fujifilm's FinePix viewer for image browsing, DP Editor and VideoImpression for movie editing.

Optional accessories include additional xD-Picture Cards (16 to 128MB, with larger capacities available soon) and USB xD-Picture Card readers.