This is a very compact little camera with a solid-feeling Duralumin body. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, but still has the highest resolution of any of the cameras in the group. It uses a slim SmartMedia memory card for image storage and is supplied with an 8MB card. You transfer images through an ordinary PC serial link or you can buy card adapters for USB or even floppy drive use.

The control system uses the colour LCD panel, which is again tricky to see in sunlight. The brightness control for the panel made little difference to this. You navigate with six push-buttons and a circular, four-way controller, quite similar to the thumb controls on game-pads. This makes most adjustments pretty straightforward.

Switch the camera on and after a short diagnostic test the lens cover flicks open and you're ready to shoot. The camera uses auto-focus and auto-exposure and both systems work well. For most subjects a simple point and shoot is all that's needed. Even using the macro facility is straightforward and is conveniently located on a dedicated button.

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Image quality is good, though high resolution images take a second or so to process. It's a shame there isn't an intermediate resolution, something between 1,800 by 1,200 and 640 by 480, as you can only fit 17 high resolution images on the supplied 8MB SmartMedia card. Macro mode created well-focused images down to well below six inches from the subject.

This is an excellent digital camera, taking full advantage of the technology's benefits. Fujifilm should consider supplying a higher capacity memory card, though, or support a third image resolution.