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| Value for Money | 5.1/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 5.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6.1/10  |
| Fuji FinePix F40fd Digital Camera |  | £98.94Free P&P |
Full review by
snowleopard
on 4th Oct 2008
User Rating : 8
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Good Points: Easy to use, excellent photo performance, robust, great features for a camera this size.
Bad Points: Reliability
General comments: I have had my Fuji Finepix F401 for some 6 years and though I haven't used it a great deal, I have taken some fantastic photographs with this camera. It is very easy to use and the performance is excellent. Battery life is about average for this type of camera, but it doesn't take long to charge up again. It will take small videos too, but without sound. It is a nice looking camera with a good feel and does feel more robust than some cheaper alternatives.
Unfortunately there some seem to be a reliability issue with the CCD. Mine has lasted 6 years (though has had minimal use),but many others have written about much earlier failure. This alone would render the item as not recommended.
snowleopard's review and ratings | 140 words
Review by
colin turner
on 9th Apr 2008
User Rating : 8
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0
i would really like to get my Fuji Finepix F401 repaired. This was the first digital camera the f401 I brought the quality was great we had it for about three years until it went wrong but at the same time it had taken thousands of photos of our children so i cant really complain as those memories are not replaceable.
colin turner's full review | 93 words
Review by
ginah142
on 11th Mar 2008
User Rating : 1
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0
When the first model i had of this camera started taking dodgy (black, green and purple patterned) photos i brought another one from ebay as i was used to the camera and liked the quality of the images it had given me in the past. A couple of months later the new model started doing exactly what the old one was doing. now i have a baby on the way and no decent camera or money to collect all those fond memories with.thumbs down for fuji.
ginah142's full review | 120 words
Review by
kizzanne
on 24th Sep 2007
User Rating : 0
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0
We had five of these Fuji Finepix F401 for our company and within 4 years all but one of them has packed up with a red/green distortion to every photo. None of them have been used extensively so I wonder if this is a design fault?
We're using the last one now but I don't suppose it will last much longer.
Definitely NOT recommended!
kizzanne's full review | 64 words
Review by
dman55555
on 22nd Mar 2006
User Rating : 3
Respect :
0
Purchased my Fuji Finepix F401 in 2003, was never abused, dropped, used rarely, etc.., and now recently the display started malfunctioning, and when a picture is taken it's all black with a green swirl. My warranty is up so no coverage. Quite a few other people seem to have the same problem.
FUJI NEVER AGAIN!
dman55555's full review | 59 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
Bill G
on 9th Jan 2006
User Rating : 6
Respect :
0
After two years the CCD died on my Fuji Finepix F401 digital camera. All I get is a white display on the LCD monitor. It will still display images already on the Smartmedia card, but will no longer take pictures.
Bill G's full review | 76 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
jeanb44
on 10th Jul 2005
User Rating : 1
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I got the Fuji Finepix F401 as an xmas present for us from sons 18 months ago, the view frame at back of camera shows everything in red. I took it to a camera clinic for diagnosis and cost of repair. I was told only second one she had seen, the cdv or something had gone and it would cost £140 to put right. Too much for to have repaired afraid it would happen again camera is out of guarantee year we have never abused it, won't be buying Fuji again, disgraceful.
jeanb44's full review | 98 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
taffy1004
on 5th Apr 2005
User Rating : 4
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0
Maybe we just got a bad one but after two years of pretty minimal use, the screen at the back of the our Fuji F401 started looking like an out of tune TV. If you took a picture that's what it took a picture ... can this be fixed & at what price?
taffy1004's full review | 51 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
rcsyoung
on 8th Mar 2005
User Rating : 5
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0
Maybe we just got a bad one but after two years of pretty minimal use, the screen at the back of the our F401 started looking like an out of tune TV. If you took a picture that's what it took a picture of. Any pictures that we'd taken before the problem we could see with no problem.
So now we're faced with a £100 bill for a two year old camera. Not impressed.
rcsyoung's full review | 85 words
Review by
Abs25
on 3rd Oct 2004
User Rating : 8
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0
I bought a Fuji Finepix F401 over a year a go and has not let me down once. It is slightly bulky, but presume newer versions will be smaller.
Abs25's full review | 47 words
Review by
john kingsley
on 30th Nov 2003
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+1
The Fujifilm Finepix F401 Zoom offers good tonal balance. Shutter speed displayed in viewfinder before you shoot. Like the 'first 4/last 4' feature - we were trying to photograph a surfacing dolphin and were the only digital to get decent shots!
I really really wish there was manual focussing available! sometimes it can't find focus on infinity and you get blurred pictures.
john kingsley's full review | 114 words
Review by
emi
on 23rd Aug 2003
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+2
I bought this camera a christmas time and have been very pleased with the results. The picture quality has been excellent apart from the moving images which tend to be blurred. The size of the camera makes it very portable. The only other negative points are the time taken to take the shot, (ie from when you hit the button there is a slight delay - sometimes missing that vital moment) and the limitations of having only 2 mega pixels. After a lot of use, I have begun to think - I wish I had gone ...
emi's full review | 165 words
Review by
mlkoen.
on 24th Apr 2003
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+5
The videos taken are very clear often a lot clearer than I would expect from bad weather conditions. Glare is no problem and the clarity overall brilliant.
mlkoen.'s full review | 55 words
Review by
Rod.
on 3rd Mar 2003
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+13
So, I went out to purchase my first digital camera. After much research I decided on the Fuji f-401. It is a very cool, feature packed, easy to use camera. First time buyers will appreciate the ease that you get started. Setting up the dock was a breeze, and figuring out how to actually get your shots into the computer well explained in the manual. The quality of the shots are excellent and I haven't even touched on what this thing can really do.(movies, video conferencing, theres a ton of stuff ...
Rod.'s full review | 229 words
Fuji&; 039;s 2.1 megapixel Super CCD sensor delivers resolutions up to 2,304 x 1,728 pixels (4.0 megapixels) through interpolation3x optical plus 3.6x digital (10.8x total) zoom lens with autofocusInc More...
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