Fujifilm rocked the world a couple of years ago with the amazingly low noise compact digital cameras F30 and F31fd (both 6 megapixels, but now discontinued) and was lauded for staying away from the megapixel race. However, Fujifilm soon joined in and came up with the F40fd (8 megapixels) and F50fd (12 megapixels) last year. The F50fd was criticised for its noisy 12 megapixels sensor but DPReview gave it a Highly Recommended rating due to its other functions and "better" noise performance COMPARED to other 12-megapixel compacts.
Fujifilm is now at it again with the newly announced F100fd (also 12 megapixels but with a newer 8th generation SuperCCD sensor and a newer processor). This one also improved on the optical zoom - from 3X to 5X and has a wider wide-angle of 28mm. It also boasts wider dynamic range and higher ISO sensitivity of up to 12,800 (!!!) but at a reduced 3 megapixels. Sounds like the compact camera I have been looking for but lets wait for the reviews to come in and see.
Previously blogged about the older F series here.
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