Customer Reviews

Fujifilm FinePix 40i 2.4MP Digital Camera /MP3 Player, Silver

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I was stunned when I first saw this Fujifilm camera. I was originally looking for the Cannon Ixus, but this was smaller, very light-weight, and had a 4.3 million pixel definition! The advantage of this is that you do not need to zoom with the camera. It will allow for a 2400x1800 resolution, so you can zoom in on a quarter of an A4 sized picture with the software whilst hardly losing picture quality. The Quicktime movie mode works well and is fun showing a webcam like video with sound. Finally, it is an MP3 player which is hardly bigger than the dedicated ones. Sound is good, the MP3 player alone is worth having, allowing you to do voice recording and pictures when necessary. Oh, it also looks very cool! Only drawbacks that I've seen so far are no onboard memory and the MP3 player doesn't take VBR encoded files. I say nevermind!

Ok, I have been dubious about digital cameras for a while now and have been very dubious over the 4.3mp claims of the fuji range, it is after all an interpolated octagonal 2.4 mg chip at the end of the day. Well all that doesn't matter. This baby rocks.

First off I had no problems with mp3's, I got mine ... and stuck 'em in the 40i and off I went. NO PROBS!!

This camera is tiny, it's light and it a joy to hold and use. The quality of the pictures are amazing, I took a shot of the sky just before sunset and the detail in the clouds is unreal.

The 16MB supplied card is a bone of contention for me. Yes it will store 19 or so max resolution pics. But compact flash would have been the way to go Mr Fuji.

The smartmedia is ok but it's wafer thin, looks like it could easily break with removing it all the time to go in a card reader and the industry seems to support the bigger CF cards. So why not Fuji?

I reckon a 64meg card would give you almost 80 pics at the max setting. Maybe enough for a holiday/vacation hmmm maybe.....

I did print out some pics first at max setting, then at norm setting and I couldn't tell the difference - even at 10 by 8 size so maybe a 64 meg card would do it.

Anyway, this is the camera for me, I don't buy things unless I am totally happy with them and I am totally happy with this purchase.

This camera is the perfect balance between high resolution and small size. The photo's I have taken with this camera are so fantastic, that two other picky people from my office finally bit the bullet and bought one too! I have traveled the world for 13 years capturing the moment - therefore -my photo's are important to me. By the same token, if the thing is too large, I am less likely to want to drag it along. This camera is so small, I carry it with me everywhere - traveling or not. It is also easy to use with auto or manual functions if you prefer. The macro lens is great - I have used it in lieu of a document scanner in a pinch. I carry a couple of spare rechargeable batteries (extra 5 bucks) so I am never out of juice and the smart media cards are only limited by MB = hundreds of pictures on one card. Another important consideration is the time it takes the camera to record the shot. Some digitals have more megapixels but are too slow to record initially or between shots. This one is as fast as a film camera. To sum it up - this camera takes beautiful pictures, is easy to operate, fast to act, and small enough to carry in a pocket while skiing. Top this off with ?Ofoto? (Amazon's photo printing service) and the results are amazing - worth framing. If this baby ever dies--> I will buy another one!
The digital video is fun for short takes with sight and sound that can be replayed on the camera. I have never used the MP3 function and I do not care if I ever do.
Best of luck on your camera hunt. From Venice to the Swiss Alps to New Zealand, this is my choice. _ams

The 40i is a truly amazing little camera. Not only does it play MP3's and take great hi-res pictures, but it also takes digital video with sound, which you can review instantly on the LCD screen on the back of the camera. The 40i is easy to use, the smart card media cards hold tons of pictures and the whole thing easily fits in my pocket! (It's about the size of a wallet). I have used the 40i to send pictures and videos of my baby to my family in Texas and Atlanta and they are always amazed by the quality. If you are considering getting this or the Canon Elph, get the Fuji 40i. It's just as small (actually, it feels smaller), but it does a whole lot more.

I first fell in love with this small cute camera. Then for the sake of having a better resolution, returned it and bought a Canon Powershot 20; but it was too heavy (compared to the Fuji) and the image quality was not any better. I don't care for the MP3 but this camera is cute, ultra-compact, very light, sexy and produces amazing quality pictures. I am very pleased with it and take it every where. It also shoots a movies for 1mn30s. It does not have an optical zoom but the other comparative ones don't have a great zooms either. I definitely recommend this camera. ... Shahin

This is one of the easiest camera's to use. The quality is great and in such a small , light but durable package! Megapixel !!!! I can't say enough about this camera. So many features. I do use the mp3 player and it works great , but to hold pics and mp3's I have to upgrade my smart media card. I will go to a 128 meg and that will be all I need. (I called Fuji and they said it will handle a 128 meg card) This camera requires a special ID smart media card and Viking makes it. Last time I looked Amazon was selling it [price] dollars for 128 meg. Nice! My wife has her eye on this beauty and now she wants one, so I ordered the metallic blue model. The movie function is nice and includes sound but I really don't use it. I noticed that although the movies have an .avi extension windows media player won't play them but quicktime does. .... Some camera buffs wish this camera had optical zoom, but I'm happy with the digital zoom and after all optical zoom means heavy weight added to the camera. No thanks, I love this baby just the way it is! Enjoy...

The instructions...very poorly written. English as taught in Seoul. I immediately bought extra batteries and a speed charger at Radio Shack. Have not regretted it. I've had it about two weeks. I love it. Never was big on cameras but being able to erase bad shots, edit good ones, email, print, take close ups from 6-8 inches. It is fun. Fits in my shirt pocket, sometimes I forget I have it with me. I am tempted to upgrade the memory but I have not reached its capacity yet. The picture quality is excellent. The video capability is a lot of fun too. It seems too tiny to do so much. Everyone who has seen it is impressed with it. I would buy it again.

It's the perfect size, but the lack of a zoom lense kills it. Also,the indoor photos have a redish tint and the quality of the photos fell far short of the Canon Elph 300. The only zoom on the camera is digital zoom -- just like cropping a photo on your computer.

The MP3 player software forces you to convert via a special process, but if you can get the music on to the camera then it's a great plus.

An excellent camera with a few major faults:
The obvious one - theres no optical zoom. If you look through the viewfinder, and your subject is only taking up a tiny fraction of the display, YOU're the one that's going to have to physically move yourself closer to the subject. The camera cannot do the zooming-in for you.
And secondly, the shutter speed is far too slow. Trust me, you cannot take photos of, say, people dancing. All you'll get is a blur.
Oh, and why Fuji neglected to include the AC Adapter as part of the package is beyond me. Supplying two rechargeable batteries, which take about 13 hours to charge simply isn't on...

That aside, it is a good little camera. TV-Out is more of a gimmic than something you'll use regularly, as the pictures look very fuzzy, even on a decent TV. And it's very very easy to use, and produces very good photos.

But personally, I'd think twice about going for this camera over, say, the Canon Ixus V.

I've had my 40i for just over 3 months and I'm very happy with it's performance. The major advantages for me have been it's size, picture quality and, of course, the very handy digital video recording functions. I would definately recommend it to friends because, in my opinion, it's the best all round performer. OK, with that out of the way, I have one major problem with the video function: Having used the camera on a regular basis, I've found myself recording more and more videos. I now have 2 64meg cards to support my habit. The videos are saved as .avi files which I thought would be ideal to send to friends to view the videos. Unfortunately, if the video is double clicked on a standard Windows PC it does not act as a standard .avi file and it cannot be viewed ie it can only be viewed either from within the Exif Viewer software (supplied with the camera) or by opening Quicktime then opening the file itelf. I'm happy to be proved wrong on this. I've tried renaming the file to .mov so that it can be recognised by Quicktime and I've also tried changing the file associations in Explorer so that the file is viewed by the standard .avi viewing software. When the file is double-clicked in Explorer a connection to the net is made to attempt to download the appropriate decompressor (which, of course, fails). My suggestion is simple - if the file generated is indeed given a .avi extension, can it be viewed as any other .avi please? I'm sure that there's a very good reason why this occurs but try explaining it to the average Joe who tries to view the video without Exif Viewer or Quicktime.