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The best digital camera I have had in ten years (and the cheapest)

Feb 24, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: High and effective ISO. High build quality. Really useful scene modes. Great LCD.
Cons: XD ancient standard limits you to 2 Gb. Miss video editing and DIVX format.
Opinion:
Is the best digital camera I have had in more than ten years, and the cheapest (more than 20 digital cameras in this time, more of them Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, Kodak top of class prosumers models. Canon remains to me as the best brand in global, but this little Fujifilm wonder can be very effective in low light conditions, have the most decent flash in its class, very successful when using outdoors with nice saturated and natural colors and really useful scene modes, like that which combines natural light with flash, two shots in one pass. Just miss DIVX video mode, in order to reach good quality in smaller file sizes (but right now, any quality digital cameras use this format). Miss some video editing tools in camera, like cut videos at beginning or end. Don't know why little cameras in this market segment can't have a way to attach external lenses, shades or filters without using rare and impractical adapters. But believe me, you can't be dissapointed with Fujifilm FinePix F31d. Right now is the best non-SLR digital camera in the market.