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Fujifilm FinePix F30 honoured with a DIWA
Gold Award
Photography is all about light and the
Fujifilm FinePix F30 masters any lighting
conditions with brilliance. Its low-noise
images at high ISO speeds, incredible flash
range and fast, precise auto focus even
in dim light distinguish the F30 from the
crowd. The ultra-compact and robust metal
body in a versatile and user friendly design,
high performance lens and powerful rechargeable
battery make the F30 a worthy winner of
a DIWA Gold Award.
Amsterdam, 24
November 2006, 15:00 CET : DIWA
(Digital Imaging Websites Association),
a world-wide organisation of collaborating
websites within digital imaging, today announces
a DIWA Gold Award to the palm-sized 6.3
Megapixel Fujifilm FinePix F30 digital camera.
The FinePix F30 outperforms any competitor
in low light situations thanks to its amazing
1/1.7" Fujifilm Super CCD HR VI image
sensor with 6.3 Megapixel resolution. Its
light sensitivity up to an incredible ISO
3200 is not just a marketing term, but a
truly useful feature, delivering low image
noise comparable ISO to 400-800 in most
other compact cameras. This expands the
camera's shooting capability both with and
without flash; therefore the F30 is equipped
with an option to shoot two images almost
simultaneously, one with and one without
flash. Furthermore, Fujifilm have developed
a highly responsive auto focus function
and a powerful AF lamp to permit accurate
and fast photography also in low light situations.
Many cameras use high sensitivity to combat
blurred images from camera and subject movement,
but image quality often suffers from excessive
image noise. In the F30, however, degraded
image quality from this feature is barely
noticeable.
Kai Thon, DIWA's test manager says: "With
the predecessor, the FinePix F10, Fujifilm
paved the way for low-noise photography
even at high ISO speeds. With the F30, Fujifilm
have proven that the F10 was merely the
beginning of this process. Quality images
at high ISO speeds make compact cameras
more versatile by improving flash performance,
reducing the risk of blurred images and
allowing photography where flash is forbidden
or spectacular night sceneries. DIWA experts
praised the FinePix F30 for its excellent
combination of vital camera details and
functions."
The F30 has an appealing compact design
in a quality handcrafted exterior made of
metal. A sharp 3x Fujinon zoom lens supports
the high quality image sensor, and a bright,
high resolution 2.5" LCD screen makes
viewing both easy and comfortable. It also
provides an instant full brightness function
to make the screen even more useful in bright
sunlight. Although the F30 is targeted at
family photographers, it offers numerous
advanced features, such as continuous shooting
with 2.2 fps, high quality VGA movies with
30 fps, voice narration to still images,
continuous auto focus, grid display for
composition ease, 15 shooting modes and
three metering modes, manual white balance
control, shutter speeds to 15 seconds, USB
2.0 High Speed interface, and a powerful
rechargeable battery with 500 images shooting
capacity.
The Fujifilm FinePix F30 is a pocketable
compact camera providing reasonably good
ergonomic design and handling ease, aided
by many user friendly functions. Yet, its
strongest point is indisputably its excellent
image quality with natural colours. DIWA
experts from Europe and America are unanimously
honouring the Fujifilm FinePix F30 with
a Gold award.
About DIWA
A fast growing independent, authoritative,
industry organization
The Digital Imaging Websites Association
(DIWA) is a fast growing group of independent
Web-based specialist publications dedicated
to digital imaging. DIWA harnesses the collective
talent and expertise of its members, resulting
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scoring procedure is employed, tailored
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Multiple testing eliminates the chance of
an isolated, unrepresentative product sample
or test error, or even hidden bias, from
affecting the trustworthiness of the overall
result.
Awards throughout the year
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awards for deserving products throughout
the year, culminating in annual best of
the year Platinum medal awards in all product
categories.
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- Canada: www.photoxels.com
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- Norway: www.digit.no
- Poland: www.fotopolis.pl
- Slovenia: www.e-fotografija.com
- Spain: www.nuevafotografia.com
- Turkey: www.diginorm.com.tr
- United Kingdom: www.photographyblog.com
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where you can find links to the latest reviews
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Related Links:
- DIWA
Awards website
- Fujifilm
F30 Reviews
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