Fuji MX 1200 Review

Overall Rating

Attractive looking camera, outstanding picture quality, quick and easy, simple operation. A wide array of features built in.

Requires 4 AA batteries, and drains battery power rapidly. No USB capability to interface to a PC.

The Fuji MX-1200 was once one of the most popular digital cameras on the market and is still very popular today, despite its age and the newer improved cameras available. As you would expect from Fujifilm, this camera is extremely well made and stylish in its appearance all round. Operating the camera is very straightforward with Fujifilms novel 'thumb wheel' function selector which lets you easily change into different modes including; photo preview, photo ready, self-timer, delete mode, setup and various other options. Previewing is done on the decent sized full colour LCD on the rear of the unit which provides very good clarity with a 4x magnification feature allowing you to zoom in and scroll in any direction to review photos taken in closer detail. The camera uses a 2x digital zoom feature to take close ups of distant shots, although as with most digital zoom cameras this is no comparison to optical zoom in terms of picture clarity. A macro mode is provided allowing close-ups to be taken at a distance of 10cms which is ideal for photographing objects and even plates of food with remarkable detail and depth of colour. The camera stores photos on standard 'SmartMedia' cards which slide easily into the side of the camera under a hinged cover. A standard 32MB card will easily hold around 2 dozen pictures or more, even at highest resolution, and a 64MB card will seldom need clearing. The camera although only 1.3 megapixels in resolution, takes outstanding photographs with extremely sharp resolution at 1280 x 960 pixels and with exact colours, certainly equal to prints taken with any decent 35mm camera. Even at the lowest resolution 640 x 480 the camera takes outstanding photographs, both indoors and out. The built in flash has numerous flash settings including 'red eye' effect reduction, and there are also exposure balance settings and white balance settings, which is impressive and unusual to find on a camera such as this at the lower end of the market. The only drawback is that this camera does not have a USB (or any) PC interface. However, USB SmartMedia card readers are cheap and readily available so this presents little problem. A great little compact digital camera for general family use and even for professional/artistic use.

Members' Comments onidnetuk.'s Review

• R Darling. on 30th Dec 2002

  This camera does come with a serial interface cable.