Fujifilm FinePix F60fd review

Fujifilm FinePix F60fd Review

Reviewed by: Rich Trenholm

Reviewed on: 15 September 2008

Final three spends a similar amount of time thinking about the last three pictures taken before you release the shutter button. Final and top twelve are much faster, taking only a second, but at reduced three megapixel resolution.

Long period burst mode happily snaps away for at least eight minutes, capturing around 165 pictures in that time for a speed of just under a third of a frame per second.

Low-light performance has been the ace up Fuji's sleeve for a while, and the F60 doesn't disappoint in the dark. Twelve megapixels is probably a bit high to really banish noise from high-ISO shots, but it still performs well with a sensor that's slightly larger than comparable point-and-shoots. If you're in two minds about the lighting, the natural and flash setting takes two pictures, one with flash and one without, and you can then choose which one you prefer.

We're pleased with the quality of images, with crisp detail and no trace of vignetting. The automatic scene recognition and white balance, alongside a none-too-overpowering flash, give good results in automatic point-and-shoot modes. There's no appreciable distortion or purple fringing, and colours are well balanced, with the F-Chrome setting giving a little extra punch to the colour.

Conclusion
We want to like the Fujifilm Finepix F60fd: its solid styling, big screen and very decent pictures are all big pluses -- but it's just so fiddly to use. The controls are counter-intuitive and confused. While we'd probably get used to them if we owned this camera -- and if we had owned Fujifilms before -- we feel that the myriad minor frustrations of getting to know it knock a good few points off the F60's score. Still, the pictures look great, and that's the main thing.

Edited by Marian Smith