Digital Trends

Fuji FinePix E900

November 16th, 2005 | by David Elrich

Conclusions

The Fujifilm FinePix E900 is a good--not great--digital camera. The tendency for the lens to grab focus in low light was annoying. Outdoors or shooting with a decent amount of ambient light eliminated this problem but it's still there. The E900 uses the same CCD as the more expensive FinePix S9000 but that's more D-SLR-like and has a potent 10.7x optical zoom with a top ISO of 1600. This camera does not exhibit the noise we experienced with some 8MP digicams such as the Panasonic DMC-FZ30. The 9MP CCD offers a lot of cropping options and some of the prints rivaled D-SLRs I've used. At around $500, the folks at Fujifilm have a tough sell on their hands especially when you can pick up a 7MP Canon A620 with a 4x optical zoom for $375. But boys will be boys...

Pros

• 9-megapixel resolution
• Shoots RAW files
• Fairly responsive when handling huge files
• Nice style, feel
• Quality LCD screen and viewfinder
• Uses two AA batteries

Cons

• “Grabs” for focus in some low light/contrast scenes
• No AF Assist lamp or hot shoe
• Flash has to be manually opened
• Software only opens RAW files (no editing)
• Uses more costly xD Picture Card media
• No diopter adjustment