Fujifilm FinePix V10 First Impressions Review

At a time when multiple consumer electronics are being converged into single devices Fujifilm announced the FinePix V10, a digital camera that has many of the same imaging guts of the Fujifilm F10 but adds a video game feature. The V10 has a 1/2.5-inch, 5.1-megapixel Super CCD – the same type of 5th generation sensor in the F10. The Fujifilm FinePix F10 was released last year and turned in some excellent test scores – beautiful color, hardly any noise, fast startup and burst times – but came in a fairly ugly package. The V10 fixes that problem. It comes in a durable metal housing with a 3.4x optical zoom lens that extends from the camera body. The back of the compact model is completely dominated by a large 3-inch LCD screen that has 230,000 pixels. The camera has a very distinct, square look and comes in gun-metal (dark silver) and orange colors. The Fujifilm FinePix V10 has a large ISO range from 64-1600 that allows users to turn off the flash and shoot in natural light. The digital camera also has four video games that are loosely related to photos – a photo puzzle and maze with a photo, for example. The Fujifilm FinePix V10 will begin shipping in March for a retail price of $349.