Fuji F31fd Compact Camera with Face Recognition
Following up on the successful Fuji F30 seven months ago, Fuji announced the latest revision, Fuji F31fd today. The only differences from the Finepix F30 are face recognition and IR connectivity. Due for the UK in late November 2006, no price has been set yet.
Pocketlint review the Fuji FinePix F30, the earlier version of this camera. They give the 6.1 megapixel digital camera thumbs up for it’s great build, compact design, fast operation and good image quality. Thumbs down for no optical viewfinder and detail loss at the higher ISO settings.
DCResource’s review of the FinePix F30 concurs mostly with additional comments about the good low light AF assist, many manual camera controls, powerful flash and excellent battery life. Negatives are above average purple fringing and unimpressive continuous shooting mode in addition to the negatives in the pocketlink review.
Fujifilm today announced the launch of the FinePix F31fd, its first pocketable digital camera to feature hardware-based Face Detection technology, which debuted with the announcement of the FinePix S6500fd in July 2006. Face Detection has great impact on people photography, ensuring the camera automatically focuses on and exposes for faces, rather than details that can confuse other cameras. Coping with… Read Full Article
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