Fujifilm FinePix A900 Review

When you select Playback mode the last picture taken is displayed. You can move backward or forward through the images using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons. The amount of overlay information displayed is controlled by pressing the DISP button. Date/time and image number are displayed along with the picture information. Pressing the DISP button again removes all information, and again enters you into the index viewing mode (below).

You can quickly search through stored images using the Index playback function which is actuated by pressing the DISP button. Nine thumbnail size images will be displayed and you can select one using the LEFT/RIGHT and WIDE/TELE buttons and then pressing the MENU/OK button. Pressing the DISP button again will enter a different index mode that shows 12 images and is sorted by the date that the pictures were taken.

The image can be magnified in several steps pressing the telephoto zoom button. Once the image is enlarged at any step, you can move around (Pan) inside of it using the left/right and zoom control; the zoom control becomes the up/down control after first panning left/right.

Movie clips can be played in the camera or viewed on a TV using the supplied audio/video cable.

Playback MENU options:

ERASE - Single frame or All frames

IR COMMUNICATION - Allows the camera to communicate through infared techcnology

SLIDE SHOW - Enables a slideshow playback

PRINT ORDER - Print photos with or without a date

PROTECT - Protect the photographs that are saved on the camera

COPY - Copy images between the camera's internal memory and an xD memory card

IMAGE ROTATE - Rotate an image inside the camera

TRIMMING - Allows you to zoom in and crop an image

SET-UP - Enters the set-up menu

The Trimming function allows you to zoom in on a portion of a capture image, then crop that segment out as a new file.

A new feature that Fuji added to a few of it's cameras this year, including the F40fd, is an infrared (IR) communication tool. This allows you to transfer data between two Fuji cameras without any cables. All you have to do is point the IR sensors at each other and specify which camera will send and which will receive. For a single picture, the transfer time was around 2 seconds.

Set-Up menu in Auto, Manual and Play modes:

IMAGE DISP. - Off/On, Allows review of capture for 2 seconds
FRAME NO. - Continuous or renew (file numbering)
DIGITAL ZOOM - Digital zoom on or off
LCD POWER SAVE - On/Off, Dims the LCD after 10 seconds of no use
DATE/TIME - setting of date and time
BEEP VOLUME - Volume of the beeps
SHUTTER VOLUME - Volume of the shutter sound
PLAYBACK VOLUME - Volume of audio playback for video and voice memo
LCD BRIGHTNESS - +5 to -5 adjustment of brightness
FORMAT - Formats the xD or SD Picture Card
LANGUAGE - English/French/German/Spanish/Italian and many more
AUTO POWER OFF - Off, 2min, 5min
TIME DIFFERENCE - Home, Local
VIDEO SYSTEM - NTSC or PAL
DISCHARGE - Dishcharge NiMH rechargeable batteries only
IR COMMUNICATIONS - Standard, IrSS
RESET - Reset Camera