Compare Prices : Fujifilm FinePix Z5fd

Review summary: A stylish compact camera that can't quite compete with the best on image quality, but does wonders when darkness falls

Verdict: If you regularly have trouble telling who's who in your family snaps then this snapper's marquee feature will be right up your street. The little ‘fd' tag in the model name tells you that it sports the latest must-have camera feature: face detection. ...

Review summary: The Fujifilm FinePix Z5fd aims high in its class of compacts. With good performance numbers in most shooting situations, its photos come out sharp and bright with very few compression artefacts. Plus, besides savvy silver, it comes in ravishing ...

Pros: Attractive design ; decent photos shot at high ISO sensitivity levels

Cons: Flat, hard-to-feel buttons ; lens too close to camera edge ; doesn't zoom or refocus in movie mode

Verdict: The Fujifilm FinePix Z5fd is thin, pretty and reasonably fast, but exposure problems make it hard to recommend to its budget snapshooter audience

Review summary: Featuring a 6.3 megapixel Super CCD HR imager in place of the 5.1 megapixel sensor used in the previous Z3 model, the Fujifilm FinePix Z5fd retains the same Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens and much the same styling as its predecessor

Pros: Compact size, elegant design ; Sliding lens cover powers on the camera without looking for a Power button ; Sharp LCD, visible in sunlight ; Superior face detection technology focuses fast ; Face detection works in Playback to zoom into faces ; ...

Cons: Hard to get to the EV control ; No widescreen aspect ratio ; No zoom in Movie mode ; Anti-blur mode has no optical image stabilization ; Detail is disappointing ; Strong chromatic aberration at wide angle ; Indoor shots are dim, requiring high levels ...

Verdict: Another significant change in the Fuji FinePix Z5fd is the addition of the company's Face Detection function, first seen in the FinePix S6000fd model. Achieved with a dedicated LSI chip in the camera, the feature can detect up to 10 faces in the photo ...

Pros: Attractive design ; decent photos shot at high ISO sensitivity levels

Cons: Flat, hard-to-feel buttons ; lens too close to camera edge ; doesn't zoom or refocus in movie mode

Verdict: It's thin, pretty, and reasonably fast, but exposure problems make the Fujifilm Z5fd hard to recommend to its budget snapshooter audience.