Fujifilm FinePix F601 Zoom Review

Typical Play mode screen with overlay information enabled. The FinePix F601 Zoom does not display the extended image information (shutter speed, aperture, etc.) or a histogram.

Pressing the Up button enables the magnified playback function and depending on the image size there are multiple steps up to a max. of 18x. Pressing the Down button steps back out to normal fullscreen mode. To pan around inside of the magnified image you first press the DISP button.

Pressing the DISP button while in Play mode toggles between full screen and index modes. In Index mode you can quickly preview the stored images on the card and display any one in normal fullscreen mode.

The full motion video movie clips can be played in-camera with the usual Start, Pause and Stop controls. The F601 Zoom has a built-in speaker so the audio portion can be heard during playback. Movies and still images may also be displayed on a television set, but this requires the optional cradle -- there is no A/V out port on the camera.

Pressing the MENU button while in Play mode will bring up the above screen.

Menu options are:

Erase - Frame(presently viewed), All Frames, Format(card)
DPOF Set Frame - Date ON/OFF, submenu then allows marking pictures for DPOF printing.
Set-Up sub menu - Click here to see options
Voice Memo - ON / OFF, attach up to a 30 second audio clip (WAV format) to the current image.

FinePixViewer Software

The FinePix Viewer software lets you view images in the camera, download them to your computer, perform simple editing and manipulation or use the video conferencing features of the F601 Zoom camera (see the next frame.)

FinePix PictureHello Software

Video conferencing or WebCam operation is accomplished by placing the camera in the cradle and using the included FinePix PictureHello software.