Fujifilm Finepix J20 Digital Camera Review

July 15, 2009 by warren
Filed under Digital Camera Reviews, Featured Review, Fuji Digital Camera

By guest contributor Geoff Porter

The Fujiflim J20 Digital Camera

I live in Tamworth (yes…the country music capital) but my work often takes me through the beautiful New England region, towns like Uralla, Armidale, Guyra, Inverell and Glen Innes, it’s a pretty area but for me Autum is the best. The area also has some beautiful old churches and the combination of the Autum color and the churches made for I think an interesting combination. On a trip in May I took the Fujifilm finepix J20 compact digital camera for a test run. I’d purchased the previous model the Fuji J10 for my son for Christmas, the main difference between the two models was the Fuji J20 is a bit slimmer (only 17.4mm thick) than the J10 and the J20 is 10megapixels rather than 8megapixels in the older model.

While I was taking one of the photos in Uralla I commented to an old bloke who was walking past how good the color was and his reply reminded me of the last time I went fishing, he said I should have been here last week!

As far as the megapixel race goes I’d be just as happy with an 8mp sensor as a 10mp in a compact camera like this, I’m not likely to enlarge my “happy snaps” up to bigger than 10”x8”. I really can’t see the difference between 8 and 10 Megapixels at that size print. The quality of the lens is more important now than the amount of pixels and the lens in this little Fuji is very good, especially for a camera that retails at a touch over $200.

Shot using face detection mode

I was quite happy with the performance of the Fuji J20 taking the Autum scenes in New England a few people shots and some shots taken in macro mode, the only time I wished I had a camera in my hands with more features was when an echidna visited my back yard and I didn’t have quit enough zoom to get in close enough to fill the frame with him.

Overall I was very impressed with the Fujifilm Finepix J20, it’s very good value for money in my opinion.

Geoff Porter is the product manager for the Eastmon group and is an associate of the Tamworth store