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Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd

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Like a lot of Fujifilm's cameras, the Z10fd includes IR Simple high-speed infrared transmission capability. This lets you transfer images from the Z10fd to another IR Simple device. The only problem is that there aren't very many IR Simple-equipped devices out there.

     
Click to see larger image: Blog mode; Auction mode; Z10fds bunched together.

We were able to transfer an image from the Z10fd to the Fujifilm FinePix F50fd, and it was a very quick and painless experience, except for the fact that it took us a minute to realize that the self-timer spot on the bottom control ring also activates IR Simple when in playback mode.

The only indication of this is the IR Simple logo, but since it's not a very common logo, we almost missed it. In a Fujifilm dream world, where high-schoolers all tote Z10fd's in their pockets, IR Simple would be a nifty way to transfer images among friends.

As you may have guessed from its price, the Z10fd is a very automatic camera. It doesn't offer manual exposure controls or a choice of metering modes. Instead, you have to rely on exposure compensation if you want to tweak the decisions of the 256-zone metering system. That said, the meter does a good job, even in some tricky situations. In our field tests, it tended to preserve shadow detail, occasionally at the expense of highlight detail.

   
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You do get some choices though. There are seven white-balance options, though in our tests, the Z10fd's automatic white balance did an excellent job of neutralizing colors in all the different lighting situations we tried, including our extremely yellow tungsten hot lights.

Of course, there are also 14 scene presets to deal with unusual shooting situations. The camera also includes the original version of Fuji's face detection. Unlike version two of the company's face detection, the original version included in the Z10fd can't identify faces unless it can see two eyes on a person's face. That means it won't find people standing in profile, but in the right situations, it does find faces quickly and uses them to set focus and exposure.

 
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