Fuji FinePix F60fd Digital Camera Review

Fuji FinePix F60fd

Digital Camera Review

Oct 28, 2008 - By Steve Morgenstern
1.9 For a $299 camera, the Fujifilm FinePix F60fd has some intriguing features, including a 12-megapixel sensor, 3-inch LCD, a nicely constructed metal body and aperture- and shutter-priority shooting modes for enhanced exposure control. Lab testing turned up some significant problems, though, including higher-than-expected image noise and positively pokey performance on most speed tests. To see how advanced camera capabilities and real-world performance balance out, read the complete review.  
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Speed/Timing
All speed and timing tests were shot using a fast 4GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card, to eliminate any memory bottlenecks that might affect the results.
 
 
Startup to First Shot (7.3)
Nearly three seconds elapsed between the moment we turned on the camera and our first chance to take a photo. This would seem like forever if your little darling was exhibiting painfully cute behavior you just had to capture, but when it comes to compact cameras, it's pretty much business as usual.
 

Shot-to-Shot (7.09)
We don't expect this class of camera to blast through a sequence of photos with blinding speed, but even in the land of diminished expectations, the F60fd disappointed. In the best full-resolution shooting mode, the camera took nearly three seconds between shots, making this camera a very questionable companion for athletic events or other fast-moving situations. Faster burst modes are available, producing as many as five images a second, but these modes can only shoot 3-megapixel images.
 

Shutter-Shot (3.13)
Shutter lag is the delay you experience between the moment you press the shutter down and the moment the camera takes a picture. Once a major annoyance when shooting with compact cameras, we generally find this delay has been pared down to minimal levels. The F60fd, though, exhibited a lag of over half a second, long enough to be noticeable when trying to capture a fast-moving scene.
 

Processing (5.80)
 
A digital camera has to do some data-moving and number-crunching between the time the shutter snaps and the moment the photo is safely stored on a memory card, and you can't take your next picture (or admire your last one) until it's done. We test this processing performance by timing the interval between pressing the shutter and seeing the photo on the LCD screen. In this case, it took about a second and a half, which is about what we'd expect from a camera in this class.
 

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