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FUJIFILM U.S.A, Inc. announced today that they will be showcasing the new 8-MegaPixel FinePix F40fd with Fujifilm’s Face Detection Technology in meeting rooms N115 and N116 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center throughout the show. 

Fujifilm today has announced the FinePix A800, the first model in Fujifilm’s A-Series line-up to sport an eight-MegaPixel Super CCD Sensor and the first to incorporate light sensitivities of up to ISO 800 at full resolution. Borrowing a page from Fujifilm’s more advanced camera models, the FinePix A800 shoots at higher light sensitivities with less noise than comparative models. This results higher quality “natural light” photos and less blur in images as the FinePix A800 matches these higher light sensitivities with faster shutter speeds. 

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This is great for portraits, and it keeps faces properly exposed. The new camera also has IrSimple technology for wirelessly communicating with other enabled devices. The techy digital camera comes as a jazzed up version of the F30. Fujifilm’s F30 was a good thing, and it is made better in the F31fd. The combination of cool technology, manual control, and all-around easy functionality makes the Fujifilm FinePix F31fd a standout digital camera.

Still, the S6000fd is not perfect. It falls just shy of an Editors’ Choice camera. For starters, there’s no onboard optical image stabilization, which I think holds it back in low-light situations. Images in low light had a bit more colored noise than I like to see. I was also disappointed that the camera didn’t have a hot shoe to add an external flash, a feature found on the FinePix S9000. 

I must admit I didn’t really know what to expect from the S6000fd (having used some of its predecessors), and I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a well designed, well executed and surprisingly versatile photographic tool. It’s probably not the best ‘point and shoot’ model in its class (you’ll get better results if you know what you’re doing), but the combination of features, output and unusually able high ISO performance means that - whilst far from perfect - it can easily hold its own against some of it’s more ‘high profile’ competitors.