When you are on the market looking to buy a 12mp digital camera, the possibilities are numerous as there are a lot of respectable and trustworthy manufacturers that produce these good devices and this makes purchasing a camera quite a difficult task.



One example of a pretty good 12mp digital camera is the Fujifilm FinePix JZ300 which is a nice and affordable camera that most people can use. the price of this gadgets is $200 and let us see just what you will get when you decide to pay the price and get this little baby for yourself. The Fujifilm FinePix JZ300 measures 3.8 x 2.2 x 1.1 inches in dimensions and having a total weight of 5.8 ounces, it is fair to say that you get a decent a portable camera that will fit great into your bag, backpack or purse, giving you the opportunity to capture things on camera even at unexpected times.

This camera has 12 mp and it comes with a 1 / 2.3 inch image sensor. On the back of the camera you will notice a beautiful small 2.7 LCS that comes with a 230,000 pixels resolution. Unfortunately, this little display does not have an optical viewfinder. The other key specs are the 10x zoom, the f 3.3 – 5.6 aperture and the 28 – 280 mm focal length. The pictures that you take with this camera are going to be saved in the JPEG format while the videos are all in the AVI format.



It is easy to take decent pictures using this camera as the highest resolution size when it comes to pictures is 4000 x 3000 pixels while the video you shoot can have a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and they can be recorded at a speed of 24 fps. The image stabilization type is both mechanical and digital while the lithium ion rechargeable batteries are rated at a life of 230 shots taken. The batteries cannot be charged while they are still in the camera (like you can in the case of a cell phone, for example) and an external charger is supplied. Thanks to the included card slot, you can extend the memory of the JZ300 with SD or SDHC memory cards.



Other important aspects are the ones that refer to the general shooting options. The Fujifilm FinePix JZ300 comes with 1600, 800, 400, 200, 100 and Auto ISO sensitivity while the options for white balance are manual, incandescent, cool white, warm white, daylight, shade, fine and auto. The recording modes are movie, scene 1, scene 2, natural light (simple and with flash), program, Auto and SR Auto. The focus modes of the Fujifilm FinePix JZ300 are macro, face detection, tracking AF and center SF. You get multi metering modes and the Standard, Chrome, Sepia and Black & White color effects. There is no doubt that for a mere $200 you can buy a digital camera that comes with a lot of cool pictures, enabling you to take great pics everytime you come across that moment that you want to keep forever.