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... The Fuji Finepix F40 is an excellent ultra-compact. Despite not being the best, the F40 produces low-noise images with plenty of details. Add to that its good speed of operation, good battery-life and you have a great ultra-compact digital camera. ..."

The ease of use that is evident in all aspects of the F40fd's design is also underlined by its Face Detection system. With this camera, the Face Detection system is now remarkably capable, and when active, picks out faces in the frame even before the shutter release is pressed, placing a green frame around them and following them until they move out of frame. ..."

... Fujifilm continues to demonstrate that it is the only manufacturer that has successfully addressed the issue of image noise. The Finepix F40fd is an attractively designed, extremely well made camera with a good range of features and outstanding image quality. It is a bit lacking in overall speed, but its exceptional low-light and high-ISO performance are better than any other compact on the market - except another Fuji."

... The Fujifilm FinePix F40fd is a nice, but not exceptional, point-and-shoot camera. Most casual snapshooters will likely be pleased with the images they get from this model. If you're willing to spend a little more, Canon's PowerShot SD800 IS will get you optical image stabilization and an optical viewfinder."

The 8.3-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix F40fd has more resolution than its F-series siblings and proved through performance tests that its new 1/1.6-inch image sensor is worthy of the hype; it kept noise to a minimum and resolution to a maximum. Pictures were sharply focused and properly exposed with the help of the face detection auto focus system and the vast ISO range. ..."

Overall, image quality is good for the resolution, with particular emphasis on the higher ISO shots where noise is controlled well up to ISO 800 and detail retained well, thanks to sensitive image-noise processing. White balance is excellent in all but some mixed indoor lighting, color rendition is, in a word, accurate and while there is some mild purple fringing issues and slight barrel distortion on the lenses wide end, the F40fd is as accomplished an 8-megapixel model as you'll find on the market today. ..."

... The bottom line is that the FinePix F40fd is a capable point-and-shoot camera, best suited to people who take low light photos and aren't planning on turning them into huge prints. It's not the fastest camera around, there are no manual controls, and the low ISO photos are a little grainy, but for those who aren't always shooting in bright outdoor light, a few tradeoffs are acceptable."

The F40fd's performance impressed me. Resolution averaged 1,800 lines, which is on target for an 8MP camera. This is a big improvement over the 8MP Casio Exilim EX-Z850, which scored only 1,600 and produced slightly fuzzy images. The F40fd's 3.1-second bootup and 2.7-second recycle times were both quite good, but not the fastest we've seen. I was very happy to see that there was absolutely no shutter lag. ..."