Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP

Manual Controls

Unusually for a compact model, a full manual mode is included, which gives the user the option to set the shutter and aperture directly.

Focus

Just two autofocus modes are on offer; auto and center. However, the Z33WP does include a lot of facial recognition features, including the ability to recognize up to eight faces in the frame. Another interesting feature is the group and couple timer, where the camera will hold off from taking a photo until it recognises the requested number of faces in the frame, which is a useful feature for couples who want holiday snaps without asking someone to take the photo for them.

ISO

The ISO range is pretty standard; it goes from 64 up to 1600, plus there is a full auto mode.

White Balance

As well as the auto setting, there are six white balance presets: shade, fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Fluorescent  (cool white) and incandescent. There is no evaluative white balance feature, but we doubt that most users will miss it.

Metering

Only one metering mode is on offer; an evaluative mode that uses 256 zones to judge the correct exposure.

Shutter Speed

The shutter speed ranges from 3 seconds (or 1/4 of a second in auto mode) down to 1/100 of a second.

Aperture

The aperture range of the 3x zoom lens is a little on the small side; the widest aperture that the lens offers is f/3.7. This means it won't be able to gather that much light in darker conditions.

Image Stabilization

The Z33WP uses electronic image stabilization, wher the camera increases the shutter speed to try and avoid blurry photos. It does not include optical image stabilization, but few cameras at this price point do.

Picture Quality & Size Options

Six options are available for image size; 3648 by 2736, 3648 by 2432 (with a 3:2 aspect ratio), 2592 by 1944, 2048 by 1536, 1600 by 1200 and 640 by 480.

Picture Effects

If you like to tweak your photos after taking them, there are a few filters that can tweak them, such as an illustration filter that turns them into line art and ten-level contrast control.