Fujifilm rolls out affordable FinePix A700

In what appears to be a revamp that's more evolutionary than revolutionary, Fujifilm has announced the latest member of the affordable A-series. Aside from the ever-increasing amount of megapixels, there isn't much here to get enthused about; the FinePix A700 sports a 7.3 megapixel Super CCD sensor (up from 6 in the A600), 3x optical zoom, 2.4-inch LCD, automatic ISO adjustments (up to ISO 400), and "approximately" 12MB of internal storage, which may come in handy when needing "just one more shot" after that xD card taps out. As with most budget cameras, you should expect to lug around a copious supply of AA batteries, and while we can only get so excited about jamming more megapixels into a camera and slapping a new model number on it, you can snag the A700 for $199 when it hits shelves in early October should it suit your fancy.

[Via Digital Photography Blog]

[ben @ Sep 12th 2006 11:10AM]

you know what I don't get? The fact that camera companies don't include more internal memory in their cameras. I mean, I would be painfully easy to do it, it's not like it's tech holding them back..

[Derek @ Sep 12th 2006 11:23AM]

Perhaps so Ben, but where's the incentive for them to add more internal storage? That won't net them any more money, whereas selling more memory cards will.

[tekdroid @ Sep 12th 2006 2:36PM]

personally I'd prefer no internal storage. Flash has limited writes. Put it on the card. If/when the card goes south, get another. If internal flash fails, good luck (not that anyone is using it, which brings me back to my point; no internal flash would be better). They do it to avoid having to ship with a (more expensive) external flash card, no doubt. Probably saves them $1 or less, but multiply that by hundreds of thousands...

[Arcaynn @ Sep 12th 2006 3:56PM]

Dang, And I just bought myself an a600 for a cheap pocket camera.

Oh well, I've already gotten tons of mileage with the a600, so this being just a higher MP version should be a fine budget camera as well.

Also, the AAs don't bug me as much, I have 15-min recharge time duracells that last for ~100 shots per pair.