PMA is coming

The most attractive camera for me is Fuji F100fd. ISO 12800 at 3M resolution is A LOT of sense to me. It's spec is the dream compact camera I have been looking for. Kudos to Fuji for making it a reality.

If it really delivers what it promises, I will definitely get one.

 

 

 

Fujifilm F100fd specifications

Sensor	• 1/1.6 " Super CCD HR VIII • 12.0 million effective pixels
Image sizes	• 4,000 x 3,000 • 4,224 x 2,816 (3:2 format) • 2,048 x 1,536 • 1,600 x 1,200 • 640 x 480
Movie clips	• 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. with mono sound • AVI (Motion JPEG ) *Zoom function cannot be used during movie recording
File formats	• JPEG
Lens	• Fujinon 5x Optical zoom lens • 28-140mm equiv.
Image stabilization	CCD-shift
Conversion lenses	No
Digital zoom	Approx. 8.2x
Focus	Auto Focus
AF area modes	• Cente • Area • Multi • Face Detection AF/AE
AF assist lamp	Yes
Focus distance	• Normal: Wide angle: Approx. 45cm / 1.5 ft to infinity, Telephoto: Approx. 80cm / 2.6 ft. to infinity • Macro: Wide angle: Approx. 10m / 33 ft. to 80cm / 2.6 ft Telephoto: Approx. 50cm / 1.6 ft to 80cm / 2.6 ft
Metering	TTL 64-zones metering
ISO sensitivity	• Auto • Auto (3200) • Auto (1600) • Auto (800) • ISO 64 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 • ISO 1600 • ISO 3200 • ISO 6400 • ISO 12800 • (ISO 12800, ISO 6400 at 3M recorded pixels or lower) (Standard Output Sensitivity)
Exposure compensation	Yes
Exposure bracketing	No
Shuttter speed	4 sec. to 1/1500 sec
Aperture	Wide Angle: F3.3 – F14.4
Modes	• Programmed AE • Aperture Priority AE • Shutter Priority AE • Scene
Scene modes	• Mode dial: Auto, Natural Light, Natural Light with Flash, SP1, SP2, A/S (Aperture or Shutter Priority AE), M (Manual), Movie • SP1 / SP2: Portrait, Portrait Enhancer, Landscape, Sport, Night, Fireworks, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Underwater, Museum, Party, Flower, Text
White balance	Automatic scene recognition. Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom
White balance fine tune	No
Self timer	Approx. 10 sec./ 2 sec. delay
Continuous shooting	• Top-3: (max. 2 frames/sec) • Top-12: High-speed (max. 5 frames/sec., 3M or lower) • Final-3: (max. 2 frames/sec) • Final-12: High-speed (max 5 frames/sec., 3M or lower) • Long-period: (max. 0.5 frames/sec.)
Image parameters	N/a
Flash	• Auto flash Effective range: (ISO AUTO): Wide angle: Approx. 0.6m / 2.0 ft. to 4.3m / 14 ft. Telephoto: Approx. 0.6m / 2.0 ft. to 2.8m / 9.2 ft. Macro: Approx. 0.3m / 1.0 ft. to 0.8m / 2.6 ft. • Flash modes : Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro. Red-eye removal ON : Auto, Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro
Viewfinder	N/a
LCD monitor	• 2.7-inch • approx. 230,000 pixels • Amorphous Silicon TFT color LCD monitor • approx. 100% coverage
Connectivity	• USB 2.0 High Speed • AV • AC power • IrSimple(TM)
Print compliance	• DPOF
Storage	• Internal memory (Approx. 57 MB) • xD-Picture cardTM (16MB-2GB) • SD memory card / SDHC memory card
Power	• Rechargeable NP-50 Li-ion battery (included)
Weight (no batt)	Approx. 153g / 5.4 oz
Dimensions	97.7 (W) x 58.9 (H) x 23.4 (D) mm / 3.8 (W) x 2.3 (H) x 0.9 (D) in.