Fujifilm FinePix F40fd Zoom Review

When you select Playback mode, the last picture that was taken is displayed. You can move backward or forward through the images using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons. The overlay information is displayed for each image.

The Index on this model is sorted by date. The pictures are listed under the date in which they were shot. There are 12 thumbnails shown at a time that can be selected using the 4 way control and then pressing the MENU/OK button.

The image can be magnified in several steps by pressing the telephoto zoom button. Once the image is enlarged at any step, you can move around (Pan) inside of it.

Playback MENU options:

ERASE - Single frame or All frames

IMAGE ROTATE - Rotate portrait mode images

PROTECT - Frame, Set All, Reset All

COPY - Copy your images from internal memory to your xD card or visa versa

VOICE MEMO - Record up to a 30-sec voice memo

TRIMMING - Trim (crop) the image and save as new image

SET-UP - enter the SETUP menu

Trim (crop) the current image and save it as a new image file.

Movie clips can be played in the camera or viewed on a TV using the supplied Audio/Video cables.The image number, resolution and date and time are shown before the video is played. During playback, the length of the video is shown.

A new feature that Fuji added to a few of it's cameras this year, including the A900, 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:

IMAGE DISP. - 1.5, 3 seconds or Continuous
FRAME NO. - Continuous or renew (file numbering)
AF ILLUMINATOR - Enable or disable AF-assist lamp
ILLUMINATION - On, Off
DIGITAL ZOOM - On or Off
DATE/TIME - setting of date and time
BEEP VOLUME - Volume of camera sounds, Low/High/Off
SHUTTER VOLUME - Shutter sound-fx volume
SHUTTER SOUND - Select different shutter sounds
PLAYBACK VOLUME - Volume of movies or voice memos
LCD BRIGHTNESS - LCD brightness
FORMAT - Format the xD Card
LANGUAGE - English/French/German
AUTO POWER OFF - Off, 2 min. or 5 min.
TIME DIFFERENCE - World time offset
BACKGROUND COLOR - Menu screen color scheme
VIDEO SYSTEM - NTSC or PAL video signal timing
RESET - resets all camera settings to default.