Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Jan 07, 2006 - By Emily Raymond
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 unattractive 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 Fujifilm FinePix V10 will begin shipping in March for a retail price of $349.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
Pressing the ‘F’ Photo mode button calls up a short list of options including Quality. The following image sizes are available: 2592 x 1944, 2736 x 1824, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, and 640 x 480. The highest resolution is available in both Fine and Normal JPEG compression settings, but the rest of the image sizes do not have this option. The 2736 x 1824-pixel size is 3:2 formatted for better 4 x 6-inch prints. When this is selected, a black frame appears around the LCD screen to crop it tighter.

Picture Effects Mode
There are a few color modes available when the ‘F’ Photo mode button is pushed. Black & White, Chrome, and Standard are the available options. Chrome and Standard look very similar, but the Chrome is slightly over-saturated. The Black & White mode has decent contrast and isn’t washed out. Standard is the default on the Fujifilm FinePix V10. These modes can be utilized only in recording mode; they cannot be added later in the playback mode.

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