Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd

usability, portability, image quality, design, price

flash

79% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

portability, usability, design, image quality, performance

battery, low-light

65% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

The Fujifilm Finepix Z100fd is a surprisingly good point-and-shoot digital camera. It's stylish enough to appeal to the fashion-conscious, built well enough to survive a few bumps and scrapes, and offers ...

The Fuji Super CCD HR imager, Large, high resolution 2.7-inch display, Nicely styled, easy to use, 5X internal optical zoom, Dual image stabilization almost eliminates blur

Addition of IR only marginally useful as IR is becoming rare, Diagonally gliding lens cover a bit gimmicky and adds to thickness, No zoom in movie mode, Apparently no voice recording mode

Well-made, distortion free lens, Quick focusing speed, Innovative style, Can use SDHC or xD-Picture Card memory

Battery life is only average, Slow flash recycle time, start up time, Flash was a bit weak, Too much saturation, not enough sharpness

The Fuji Super CCD HR imager, Large, high resolution 2.7-inch display, Nicely styled, easy to use, 5X internal optical zoom, Dual image stabilization almost eliminates blur

Addition of IR only marginally useful as IR is becoming rare, Diagonally gliding lens cover a bit gimmicky and adds to thickness, No zoom in movie mode, Apparently no voice recording mode

With the Z100fd, Fujifilm offers its most advanced "Z" series camera yet. It is a small and slender 8-megapixel camera with eye-catching design and color options. The fully internal 5X optical zoom means no annoying lens barrel protruding from the...

The Fuji Super CCD HR imager, Large, high resolution 2.7-inch display, Nicely styled, easy to use, 5X internal optical zoom, Dual image stabilization almost eliminates blur

Addition of IR only marginally useful as IR is becoming rare, Diagonally gliding lens cover a bit gimmicky and adds to thickness, No zoom in movie mode, Apparently no voice recording mode

Every year brings technological advancements that quickly become "must-have" items. 2007 brought image stabilization and face detection, and the Z100fd has both. Image stabilization means the camera tries to avoid blurry pictures that happen when you...

Stylish design, minimal shutter lag

Noise issues, lack of colour options hurts accuracy, irritating menu structure

A decent but still somewhat disappointing compact, the FujiFilm FinePix Z100fd produces decent pictures at low ISO settings. It's hampered by an annoying interface and some image quality issues.

Reasonable feature count ; Well built

Average performance ; Overly small controls ; Overpriced

There are a lot of slimline compacts on the market and the Z100fd has to fight hard for market share. There are better examples from the likes of Sony and Olympus so for us the Z100fd just doesn't cut it. The looks are great but usability and image...

Build and design, lightweight, fast operation, good flash exposures, good low ISO image quality, simple to use

No optical viewfinder, noisy images over ISO 800, AF performance in low light, AF performance with smaller subjects, screen flare in bright conditions

The Fuji FinePix Z100fd provides a host of neat features and a good lens with a very useful 36-180mm (35mm equiv.) zoom range that helps pack in detail; the only really bothersome elements being those focusing foibles and a tad more noise than I’d...