If you’re looking for a stylish but ultra-compact digital camera, the decision is going to be a hard one because you’ve got plenty to choose from. All of the major manufacturers have entire ranges with dozens of highly desirable premium-priced cameras featuring cutting edge technology and fashionable design. Canon has its Digital IXUS range; Nikon its Coolpix S series; Sony is represented by the Cyber-shot T series, and Samsung has both its NV range and its new i-series models.
For Fujifilm its premium style range is the FinePix Z-series, and one of the latest is this, the Z100fd. The Z100fd is an 8-megapixel ultra-compact camera featuring a 2.7-inch 230k monitor, 5x zoom internal lens (equivalent to 36-180mm) and moving-sensor mechanical image stabilisation. At just 19.8mm thick it is one of the slimmest cameras on the market to feature this technology. Like most style-oriented compact cameras the Z100fd isn’t cheap. It is currently selling for around £160-£170, but this looks a lot more reasonable when you compare it to similarly-specced models from other manufacturers, such as the Canon IXUS 860 IS (£210), the Panasonic Lumix FX-55 (£225), the Olympus mju 830 (£185) and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T200
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