Fuji FinePix Z33WP

	Modes
	Design & Layout	Page 5 of 8	Controls

Auto Mode

The Z33WP has two auto modes; the full auto mode and the scene recognition mode. In the former, the camera takes full control; the user can only set the image size and flash mode. In the scene recognition mode, the camera picks a scene mode to apply, depending on what it thinks is appropriate. We were not able to test this extensively, but it did seem to make good decisions in our brief tests.

Movie Mode

Hitting the movie button at the bottom left corner of the camera puts it into movie mode and starts the recording. The movie mode is pretty standard; video is captured at a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels or 320 by 240 pixels, both at 30 frames per second with mono sound. The only limit on move length is the maximum capacity of the card. One interesting poinr to note here is the presence of a specific underwater white balance mode for video; because of the way that water filters light, movies recorded underwater tend to come out very blue in standard auto white balance mode.

Drive/Burst Mode

The Z33WP is rather snail-like when it comes to shooting a series of images; it can only manage a rather paltry 0.6 frames per second, and it will only keep either the first 3 or the last 3 images it captures. That's rather disapointing, but is not unusual on compact cameras like this.

Playback Mode

A good selection of playback controls are on offer; as well as the usual slideshow and favorites features, you can trim images and resize them, with an option to trim them down to a size suitable for blogging.

Custom Image Presets

Eighteen scene modes are available on the Z33WP, including the usual suspects of landscape, portrait, etc. There are a few interesting new ones, though; the natural light and flash mode takes two photos one after the other (one without flash, and one with), and the successive movie mode takes a series of short video clips and combines then into one, which could be useful for quickly creating a video of a birthday party, or other event.