Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Announced at CES 2006, the Fujifilm FinePix F470 is a compact digital camera that offers bare bones features in a bare bones housing. Strangely, it follows in a line of somewhat stylish and definitely thin models, including the square-shaped F450. The camera is very slim and is easily transportable in a pants pocket. This beginner’s model has 6 megapixels on a 1/2.5-inch CCD and a Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens with a 2.5-inch LCD screen, but the screen has only 115,000 pixels on it. It has 16 MB of internal memory, television-quality movie clips, ten scene modes, and a mode that allows access to a few manual selections. The Fujifilm FinePix F470 will be available in March for $279.
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Connectivity
Software
As with many other Fujifilm digital cameras, the F470 comes with FinePix Viewer software and the ImageMixer VCD2 LE for FinePix program.

Jacks, Ports, Plugs
A door above the eyelet on the right side of the digital camera opens up to reveal two ports. The top socket is fitted for the 5-volt power adaptor cable. The bottom port can connect to either a USB 2.0 cable or an A/V out cable. The A/V out function can be selected to be NTSC or PAL compatible via the Video System option in the setup menu.

Direct Print Options
The PictBridge-compatible Fujifilm F470 has a DPOF system that organizes photos into print orders. When users are in playback mode, they can press the ‘F’ button to add a photo to the order. Users can also select the number of copies to print of each photo. There is a trimming function in the playback mode; if users want to crop photos before printing they must trim them before accessing the print order. Overall, printing directly from the camera is intuitive and easy.

Battery
In the camera’s package, Fujifilm provides a rechargeable NP-40N lithium-ion battery. This battery is light, but not very efficient. The battery only lasts about 200 shots before needing another recharge. A Fujifilm BC-65 battery charger is included with the camera.

Memory
The FinePix F470 has a tiny amount of internal memory that is only enough to save 5 pictures at full resolution. The camera has 16 MB of internal memory and a slot for an xD-Picture card. Users can switch images from the internal memory to the memory card and vice-versa with the Copy option in the playback menu.
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