Review based on a Production Model FujiFilm FinePix 40i
Look Mom it's got headphones! That's right, the first of a new generation of "cross over products". It's easy to see why FujiFilm saw an opportunity for a product like this, take a typical digital camera, it's got batteries, a storage system (SmartMedia in this case), a processor, it's portable and you carry it everywhere.. Now what else fits into that mold? Only one of the hottest selling gadgets of the year.. an MP3 player. Despite all the controversy surrounding MP3 it's still the consumers choice (perhaps the record companies will cotton on eventually) with more and more MP3 sites popping up all over the place and new MP3 file sharing applications available every day (sure, shutdown Napster.. Someone else will bring out a new napster-like product tomorrow) more and more people are walking down the street listening to MP3's.
So there you have it, two of the hottest products of 2000 in a neat little box, the FujiFilm FinePix 40i is a digital camera and an MP3 player.. One of the toughest things for FujiFilm is going to be finding the correct target market and promoting it in the right way, it's an simple fixed lens digital camera with a basic MP3 player, and it's $700... But hey, read on...
If you're new to digital photography you may wish to read the Digital Photography Glossary before diving into this review (it may help you understand some of the terms used).
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Photographs of the camera were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 990, images which can be viewed at a larger size have a small magnifying glass icon in the bottom right corner of the image, clicking on the image will display a larger (normally 1024 x 768 or smaller if cropped) image in a new window. To navigate the review simply use the next / previous page buttons, to jump to a particular section either pick the section from the drop down or select it from the navigation bar at the top. |
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Fujifilm FinePix 40i 2.4MP Digital Camera /MP3 Player, Silver | $39.90 |
Fujifilm FinePix S8200 16.2MP Digital Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Black) | Too low to display |
Fujifilm FinePix SL1000 16.2MP Digital Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Black) | Too low to display |
Fujifilm FinePix F770EXR 16 MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom (Red) | $151.77 |
Fujifilm FinePix S8400W 16.2 MP Digital Camera with 44x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-Inch TFT LCD (Black) | $251.92 |
Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 Digital Camera with 3.5-Inch LCD | Too low to display |
Fujifilm FinePix 40i 2.4MP Digital Camera /MP3 Player, Silver | $39.90 |
Fujifilm FinePix S8200 16 MP Digital Camera with 3-Inch LCD (White) | $239.99 |
Fujifilm FinePix F900EXR 16MP Digital Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Indigo Blue) | $265.87 |
Fujifilm FinePix S4300 14 MP Digital Camera with Fujinon 26x Wide Angle Optical Zoom Lens and 3-Inch LCD | $159.99 |
Fujifilm X-E1 16.3 MP Compact System Digital Camera with 2.8-Inch LCD and 18-55mm Lens (Black) | $999.00 |
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