Fujifilm Z200fd: Skinny compact digital camera

Fujifilm Z200fd: Skinny compact digital camera

Fujifilm have announced a new, slim, feature packed camera, the Z200 in the US. The camera uses Couple and Group timer modes that will make use of Fujifilm’s face-detection technology.

These Couple and Group timer modes just show how advanced these cameras are becoming these days as both serve as primary functions for the camera. The Couple timer will take a picture when it detects two faces getting closer together and has three settings for the distance between faces, meanwhile the Group timer will delay taking a picture until it detects the correct number of faces in the frame, pretty cool if you ask me.

Customers who are intrigued by this camera will have to wait until September to get their hands on one, and it will price around $299.95. The good news is that you will be able to choose from a variety of colours: Black, Red, Pink and Silver.

Here is a summary of the Z200’s features:

- Ultra slim (19.8mm thick) styling with two-tone all metal body

- 5x optical zoom lens (33-165mm equivalent)

- Dual Image Stabilisation

- Face Detection Technology and automatic intelligent red-eye removal

- 52MB internal memory plus xD-Picture card, SD and SDHC compatibility

- ISO 100-1600 sensitivity at full resolution

- Wide view 2.7-inch high resolution screen

- Playback features including Face Zoom and Micro Thumbnail (100 shot) view

- IR Communication (IR simple™)

- Blog mode and Auction mode

- VGA movie capture of 30 frames per second with sound

- New modes including Folder Select (categorise your photos using handy preset folders) and Illustration Mode.

- PictBridge™ compatible for direct printing without a PC