Fujifilm FinePix Z30

Morphing fashion with technology, and designed with today's internet-savvy, style conscious generation in mind, the FinePix Z30 makes photography fun. With a core specification of 10 Megapixels, 3x zoom, Face Detection technology, Picture Stabilisation, ISO sensitivity to 1600, and new Scene Recognition AUTO, the FinePix Z30 will deliver photos that will be a joy to share. With the addition of Couple and Group Timers Modes, as well as Dual Blog Mode for easy upload of photos and movie clips to social networking sites, the FinePix Z30 really is the essential party camera. All this fun technology is packed in to a very fashionable and compact shell that will demand attention where ever it goes.

New Look

Having evolved from Fujifilm's best selling FinePix Z20fd, the FinePix Z30 debuts with a brand new and original look. The stylish exterior with its smooth sculpted curves and tiny size means it will fit in to a pocket or bag, all ready for a night out. The cool, two tone colour scheme, featuring a metallic sliding lens cover with diamond studded-effect detail set against a matte body, will guarantee to make an impression with your friends. The only decision is what colour you desire – Fuchsia Pink, Jet Black, Pure White or Tangy Orange. 

Scene It

Most compact digital cameras feature scene modes where the user selects the scene they are photographing before they take the shot. The FinePix Z30 is equipped with Scene Recognition AUTO (SR AUTO) technology which cleverly detects a scene without the need to pre-select the mode on the camera. Having identified the most commonly photographed subjects, Fujifilm has developed technology to automatically identify and recognise different scenes – Portrait, Night, Landscape, Macro, Night Portrait and Backlight Portrait. Once the scene has been detected, the camera will optimise the settings to capture the most stunning photo of your chosen subject. 

It's all in the timing

The FinePix Z30 features two self-timer modes: Couple Timer and Group Timer. Working in combination with Face Detection technology, the self-timer automatically sets off after the camera has detected faces in a frame. The camera won't take the photo if one of the faces is out the frame, so there's no need to worry about someone being missed out of the shot!

Cheek-to-cheek

The Couple Timer mode cleverly detects two faces in a frame and will automatically release the shutter button as the two faces come closer together and can be set a various distances, whether they are standing side by side, or cheek-to-cheek.

The more the merrier

Group shots have never been so easy. The FinePix Z30 Group Timer mode can detect up to four faces in a frame and automatically sets the timer to take the shot and will only fire when all faces are fully in the frame, so there's no danger of anyone being chopped out!

Sharing photos made easy

There's no fun in taking pictures if you can't share them or edit them to make sure that you and your friends are looking at your best. For users wanting to share their creative output with a wider audience, the FinePix Z30 new Dual Blog mode automatically resizes any still image or movie you've captured, letting you post pictures and videos to blogs, video-sharing or e-mail to friends with ease. Using the Successive Movie mode, in-camera editing allows for the creation of a 60 second movie clip, even when shooting in two or more scenes is desired.  Start and restart multiple times to build a 60-second compilation, and edit the start and end points.

In addition, users can find and select their favourite shot using Microthumbnail View, which displays up to 100 thumb images on the 2.7” LCD screen.

Features at a glance:

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Model	FinePix Z30
Number of effective pixels*1	10.0 million pixels
CCD sensor	1/2.3-inch CCD
Storage media	Internal memory (Approx. 50MB) SD memory card SDHC memory card*2
File format	Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2*3) Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG ) with sound Audio: WAVE format, Monauralsound (Design rule for Cameral File system compliant / DPOF-compatible)
Number of recorded pixels	Still image: 3,648 x 2,736 (10M) / 3,648 x 2,432 (3:2 format) / 2,592 x 1,944 / 2,048 x 1,536 / 1,600 x 1,200 / 640 x 480 pixels
Lens	Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens, F3.7 (Wide) - F4.2 (Telephoto)
Lens focal length	f=6.3 - 18.9mm, equivalent to 35 - 105mm on a 35mm camera
Digital zoom	Approx. 5.7x
Aperture	Wide: F3.7 - F8.0, Telephoto: F4.2 - F9.0
Focus distance (from lens surface)	Normal: Wide: Approx. 60cm / 2.0ft. to infinity Telephoto: Approx. 60cm / 2.0ft. to infinity Macro: Wide: Approx. 8cm - 80cm / 3.2in.- 2.6ft. Telephoto: Approx. 60cm - 3.0m / 2.0ft. - 9.8ft.
Sensitivity	Auto / Equivalent to ISO 64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (Standard Output Sensitivity)
Exposure control	TTL 256-zones metering
Exposure mode	Programmed AE
Shooting modes	SR Auto, Auto, Natural Light, Natural Light & with Flash, Manual, Anti-blur, Successive Movie SP: Auction, Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Night (Tripod), Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text
Image stabilization	Anti-blur
Shutter speed	(Auto mode) 1/4sec. to 1/1000sec., (All other modes) 3sec. to 1/1000sec.
Continuous shooting	Top-3 (max 0.6 frames/sec.) Final-3 (max 0.6 frames/sec.) Long-period
Focus	Auto focus (Multi, Center)
White balance	Automatic scene recognition Preset: Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light
Self-timer	Approx. 10sec. / 2sec. delay, Couple Timer, Group Timer
Flash	Auto flash Effective range (ISO AUTO): Normal: Wide: Approx. 70cm - 3.1m / 2.3ft. - 10.1ft. Telephoto: Approx. 70cm - 2.7m / 2.3ft. - 8.8ft. Macro: Approx. 30cm - 80cm / 1.0ft. - 2.6ft. Flash modes Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro. Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro.
LCD monitor	2.7-inch, Approx. 230,000 dots, TFT color LCD monitor, Approx. 97% coverage
Movie recording	640 x 480 pixels / 320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.) with monaural sound * Digital zoom function can be selected during movie recording.
Photography functions	SR Auto (Scene Recognition Auto), Face Detection (with Auto Red-eye removal), Framing guideline, Frame No. memory, Silent mode
Playback functions	Face Detection (with Red-eye removal), Slideshow, Trimming, Trimming for blog, Playback type, Multi-frame playback (with Micro Thumbnail), Sorting by date, Image rotate, Voice memo
Video output	NTSC / PAL selectable
Digital interface	USB 2.0 High-Speed
Power supply	NP-45 Li-ion battery (included)
Dimensions	90.5 (W) x 59.0 (H) x 25.7 (D) mm / 3.6 (W) x 2.3 (H) x 1.0 (D) in. (excluding accessories and attachments)
Weight	Approx. 116.5g / 4.1oz. (excluding accessories, battery and memory card)

• *1 Number of effective pixels: The number of pixels on the image sensor which receive input light through the optical lens, and which are effectively reflected in the final output data of the still image.
• *2 Please see the Fujifilm website to check memory card compatibility.
• *3 Exif 2.2 is a digital camera file format that contains a variety of shooting information for optimal printing.
  
   

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