Fujifilm MX-2700

Fortunately for the MX-2700, Fujifilm has chosen to pitch it at a remarkably sensible price. I'd normally expect the first device boasting new technology to be expensive, but at just £511 the MX-2700 is closer in price to cameras like the Olympus C-840L than anticipated. The big problem with the MX-2700 is that it doesn't live up to its 2.3 megapixel billing. Presumably the company is relying on big numbers to sell its cameras, but the reality is that better quality can be achieved by combining a lower resolution with less or no compression. And bearing in mind the inherent file size of such high-resolution images, it looks like the new ultra-high resolution wave of cameras will fail to live up to their promise until, or unless, manufacturers begin to ship them with much more memory.

Author: Jonathan Bray