Digital Photography Review: Fujifilm F50fd
DP Review has posted their review of the Fujifilm F50fd where they give it a rating of ‘highly recommended’ and write:
As the replacement for the Fujifilm F30/F31fd, a camera that has reached an almost legendary status since its launch back in 2006, the Fujifilm F50fd has some big shoes to fill. If anything deserves to be called a ‘classic’ camera in the shortlived world of digital compact cameras it would have to be the Fujifilm F30/F31fd. It wasn’t very pretty, it wasn’t very feature packed and it wasn’t even very cheap. …
Fujifilm’s standard ‘F mode’ button brings up a small menu containing ISO, quality & size, color settings and power management. There is also a button on top to activate image stabilization. Most other settings such as metering mode, white balance, AF mode, burst mode etc. have to be changed in the menu, and unfortunately the F50fd’s user interface simply was not designed for tweaking these settings on a shot-by-shot basis. …
Although the F31fd (and the F30 before it) was a fairly bland compact camera, it was blessed with an outstanding imaging sensor and set the benchmark in terms of image quality, most specifically low light performance. Fujifilm achieved this through some very clever technology in its Super–CCD sensor and Real Photo imaging processor but also, and most importantly, through the bold decision to not jump onto the megapixel bandwagon. Instead, it put a flagship compact camera with a relatively large sensor sporting only six megapixels on the market at a time when most competitors already were heading towards double digit resolution figures.
Detail review about the Fujifilm F50fd
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