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While the F50fd has a conventional 35mm lens with 3x optical zoom, the 12-megapixel F100fd incorporates a 28mm wide-angle lens with 5x optical zoom. This is an upgrade that most shutterbugs will appreciate, especially for taking sceneries and group shots.

Most shooters usually have a maximum ISO of 3,200, and a rare few offer a sensitivity of 6,400. But this is often at the expense of noisy images. For the F100fd, its biggest selling point is probably the ultra-high ISO sensitivity of 12,800. This will mean that taking images in the dark without the aid of flash is possible. It is particularly handy for taking night sceneries and portraits, where the harshness of the flash sometimes spoils the mood of the shot. But do note that the resolution of the image is capped at 3 megapixels for ISO 6,400 and 12,800, so don't expect to make big prints with these images.

High-contrast pictures often show "burned" highlights or blotchy shadow details when taken with a normal shooter. The F100fd promises a 400 percent increase in dynamic range, meaning details in bright and dark regions are preserved. According to Fujifilm, this is due to the newly developed Super CCD VIII and RP (Real Photo) Processor III image processor.

The point-and-shoot also introduces Face Detection 3.0, a new version of the technology that Fujifilm claims can recognize side profiles and even upside-down faces. No doubt, this gives the Japanese firm an edge in a market saturated with cameras that tout face detection.

We aren't too sure about straining our eyes to view 100 thumbnail images on the 2.7-inch LCD display, but this is what the shooter is capable of. This proved handy when we needed to find a particular picture fast.

Its predecessor gives users additional shooting options with aperture and shutter priority, but it is missing on the F100fd. Although there is a Manual mode (which got us excited for a while), it is primarily an auto mode with manual override on certain settings like exposure compensation.

The point-and-shoot also has an infrared port built beside the power button. It is nice that Fujifilm imported this connectivity option over to its new shooter. However, each image file at full resolution is about 2MB, and we are not sure how fast the infrared can transmit. We'd have preferred Bluetooth or Wi-Fi for this function. In fact, there was a connection error when we tried to send a picture to our Sony Ericcson K800i mobile phone.

The shooter also serves up the usual offerings of 16 scene modes, dual image stabilizer (which employs CCD-shift and high ISO sensitivity) and an internal memory of 57MB. It has a dual expansion slot that accepts both SD/SDHC and xD-Picture Card flash memory cards.

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