Fujifilm FinePix F30 seems designed for the photographer who wants a lot of big-camera functions and performance in a small package. The Fujifilm Finepix F30 caters to this market with such functions as custom white balance, an Aperture or Shutter Priority mode, and three metering modes: Multi-segment, average, and spot. The metering modes are accessed via the obtusely titled “photometry” menu item, by the way. “Metering” works just as well, and takes up less space.
This camera has a truly usable ISO range of ISO 100 to ISO 800, and makes images at the extreme ISOs of 1600 and 3200 that can hold up to comparison with ISO 400 and 800 results from some of its competitors. The world is not made entirely of perfectly lit bright sunny days calling for ISO 100 — and Fujifilm deserves praise for pushing camera performance technology towards much more usable high ISOs in the compact market.