Fujifilm's 2008 fashion compact — 10MP CCD, 3x 35-105mm zoom, xD or SD storage, five loud colours.
The FinePix Z20fd was announced in January 2008 and reached shops that spring as the youth-oriented model in Fujifilm's fashion-led Z-series, following the Z10fd. It leaned hard into the social-photography trend of the time, with a Blog mode for web-sized images, IrSimple infrared picture transfer, and a run of loud colourways including Bright Champagne Pink, Ice Blue, Panther Black, Tropical Green and Diablo Red.
It couples a 10-megapixel CCD with a 3x optical zoom covering 35-105mm equivalent, plus 5.6x digital zoom, in a flat 91 x 56 x 19mm body weighing about 126g loaded. The 2.5-inch 150k-dot LCD handles framing, and face detection, automatic red-eye removal and a one-touch movie button round out the feature set. There are 45MB of internal memory and a single slot that accepts both xD-Picture Cards and SD/SDHC cards, with power from a custom rechargeable lithium-ion battery charged via the supplied cradle-style charger.
The Z20fd suits casual shooters and Y2K-digicam fans after a slim, colourful pocket camera with punchy CCD output; face detection makes it friendly for quick portraits and nights out, exactly its original brief. Picture stabilisation is sensitivity-based rather than optical, so indoor telephoto shots blur easily, and everything is automatic.
Usefully for a Fujifilm of this era, the dual-format slot means cheap SD/SDHC cards work and scarce xD cards are not required. Confirm the lithium-ion battery holds charge and a charger is present, test the sliding front panel switches the camera on reliably, and check the lens area and screen for scratches, as these fashion compacts were carried loose in pockets and bags.