Fujifilm FinePix F40fd/F45fd Digital Camera Major Features:

• 1/1.6" CCD imager
• 8.3 Megapixels
• Up to 2000 ISO
• 3x zoom lens
• lion Battery
• USB 2.0 interface
• 2" color LCD display
• Movie mode, 640x480 @ 30fps with sound

My experience:
The Fujifilm FinePix F40fd/F45fd is a basic point and shoot digital camera. The F45fd is the same internally as the F40fd. The reviewed model is the F45fd. It starts up quick and is ready to go. It focuses fast and accurate. Initially, some photos looked a bit grainy. On looking at the Exif data, I discovered some pictures were at 1600 ISO! Every camera I have tried has been reluctant to go over ISO 400 and some won't budge off ISO 100 without manual overrides. I think it's a little over willing, but you can limit it by switching to "manual mode" and setting the maximum ISO. I decided on a maximum of ISO 800 for normal pictures. Pictures are sharp and clear. I took some pics at from ISO 100 to ISO 1600 and looked at %100 views.
ISO 100 is good and sharp with very little noticable noise.
ISO 200 is good and sharp with just a little bit of noise.
ISO 400 is good and sharp with noise levels better than ISO 200 of the Canon SX110 and Panasonic TZ5.
ISO 800 is reasonably good and sharp with some increase in noise.
ISO 1600 is still very usable with another increase in noise level.
Obviously, this camera is not DSLR grade, but it's performance beats the competitors in it's class and price.
View Fujifilm FinePix F40fd/F45fd ISO Image Noise comparision

Fujifilm FinePix F40fd/F45fd Digital Camera Pros:

• Quick accurate focus
• Good quality indoor photos
• Stellar macro shots
• Not afraid to use it's higher ISO abilities

• Very little manual control
• No Optical Image stabilization

Fujifilm FinePix F40fd/F45fd Digital Camera Spot Rating:
This is a great little camera. If it had more manual control, it would be 5 spots. Even so, it's still the best in it's class. Picture quality outperforms both the Canon SX110 IS and Panasonic TZ5 in sharpness and noise performance. If you need a simple P&S, the Fujifilm F40fd/F45fd is hard to beat.

Buy Digital Cameras Here