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Fujifilm USA today announced the 6-megapixel Finepix A610 digital camera featuring Fujifilm’s Super CCD sensor, large 2.5” LCD, Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens, and automatic ISO setting up to 400 with low noise. The FinePix A610 will debut in March 2007 with a retail price of $129.00

Fujifilm continues to lead in the area of alternative light photography with today’s announcement of the IS-1 digital camera, Fujifilm’s latest model for capturing images in the infrared light spectrum. The IS-1 was developed for use in the law enforcement, medical/dental and science fields and is a follow-up model to the FinePix S3 Pro UVIR D-SLR

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.

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.