Fujifilm FinePix F20 digital camera

Fujifilm FinePix F20 digital camera

FinePix F20 Zoom Making Light Work Of The Dark

Manufacturer
Fujifilm
SKU
N077830A
15-09-2006
Taking pictures in poor light is very difficult with an average compact camera. And yet some of the best photos of your friends and family can happen in poor light. Blurry results, grainy digital 'noise' and under-powered flash are all associated with camera sensors that aren't sensitive enough. But the FinePix F20's amazing picture quality is at its most distinctive when the light is low. Its sensitivity performance of ISO 2000 is at least twice as effective in low light as comparable cameras – there'll be less blur, and a more natural-looking feel to your images. As a slightly-slimmed version of the award-winning FinePix F30, the F20 is the perfect pocketable accompaniment on nights out when the memories will really count.
You probably take more pictures than you realise in low light. And low light is exactly what conventional digital compacts can't cope with. They lack the sensitivity (a measure known in photography as ISO), and the consequence is a combination of the blur of slow shutter speeds and the rough-textured look of digital 'noise' (discoloured speckles appearing on the image). The FinePix F20 offers an impressive full-resolution performance of ISO 2000, meaning that you can shoot with confidence in any light. What's more, the quality available at the lower sensitivities is truly staggering for such a small camera.
Real Photo Technology is a combination of Super CCD sensor, processor and lens, designed to give Fujifilm's top range of compacts the competitive edge when it comes to image quality. Not only does Real Photo Technology allow the FinePix F20 to reach its impressive ISO 2000 setting, but it also achieves colour accuracy, sharpness and tonal quality that outclass the rest of the class.
-One of digital photography's biggest frustrations is finding yourself with a perfectly good camera, but no remaining power. With an impressive battery life of 300 shots per single charge, the FinePix F20 will give you unexpectedly impressive stamina. Together with the impressive light sensitivity of ISO 2000, this means that the FinePix F20 can continue to shoot, night after day after night.
The FinePix F20 monitor is designed for fast, accurate viewing of your pictures. With a noticeably lifelike refresh rate of sixty frames per second (the previous top-end frame rate was 30 frames per second), there is little chance that the action will escape you. What is more, the anti-glare CV film coating will ensure that your images can be viewed in all kinds of lighting conditions.
Despite being a camera that can operate without needing to use flash, the FinePix F20 has some impressive abilities in the lighting department. It possesses a 'flash on, flash-off' shooting mode, which takes two pictures in quick succession, enabling you to compare the same scene taken with and without flash. Furthermore, its 'Intelligent Flash' mode exploits the camera's impressive light sensitivity to achieve balanced illumination between foreground subject and the background. No longer will you have to look at photographs of bleached-out people against pitch-black backgrounds.
There are still people who believe that more pixels equal better image quality. However, most knowledgable photography enthusiasts have agreed that 6 million pixels represent a sufficiently large file size to achieve large prints. What really counts in delivering a high quality image is the quality of the sensor and the processing. When all work together well, such as with the F20, it is a well-known fact that you can get achieve better image quality than 7 or 8 million pixel compacts. With the previous model, the F30, recognised as 2006's TIPA Digital Compact Camera of the Year, it is clear that the F20 is of formidable pedigree.

Memory

Maximum memory card size 
1 GB

Technical details

Colour of product 
Silver
Weight 
150g
Auto Focus (AF) assist beam
Y
Auto focusing (AF) modes 
continuous auto focus, single auto focus
Camera shutter speed 
4 - 1/2000s
Compatible memory cards 
cf, xd
Display 
LCD
Flash modes 
auto, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization, suppressed
Internal memory 
10 MB
Light metering 
Centre-weighted
Megapixel 
6.3 MP
Optical zoom 
3x
PictBridge 
N
Scene modes 
beach, Documents, Fireworks, Landscape, Museum, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Sports, Sunset
Sensor type 
CCD
Video capability 
Y
White balance 
custom modes, daylight, flash, Fluorescent, Incandescent
Metering
TTL

Display

Display resolution (numeric) 
153000 pixels

Technical details

Display diagonal 
6.35 cm (2.5")

Lens system

Focus adjustment
Auto
Digital zoom 
6.2x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
36 - 108 mm

Focusing

Macro focusing range (tele)
0.3 - 0.8m
Macro focusing range (wide)
0.05 - 0.8m
Normal focusing range
0.6 - ∞

Flash

Flash range (tele)
0.6 - 3.5m
Flash range (wide)
0.6 - 6.5m

Packaging content

Battery technology 
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

Picture quality

Image sensor size
25.4/43.2 mm (1/1.7")

Weight & dimensions

Width 
9.35 cm
Depth 
2.66 cm
Height 
5.67 cm

Other features

USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
Digital SLR 
N
Lens system 
Fujinon 3.0x
Camera CCD sensor 
Super CCD HR

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