Fujifilm's 2011 touchscreen Z-series flagship — 16MP EXR CMOS, 28-140mm stabilised zoom, 1080p video
The FinePix Z900 EXR headed Fujifilm's style-oriented Z-series in spring 2011, launched that April as part of the company's seasonal compact refresh. It brought the EXR sensor technology from the F-series into the slim sliding-cover Z body and switched the rear of the camera over almost entirely to touch control.
Its 16-megapixel 1/2-inch back-illuminated EXR CMOS sensor sits behind a 5x zoom covering 28-140mm equivalent, with sensor-shift image stabilisation. The 3.5-inch 460k-dot touchscreen supports multi-touch operation, sensitivity reaches ISO 6400, burst shooting is quoted up to 12fps, and video records at full 1080p in H.264. Storage is SD/SDHC/SDXC plus 63MB internal, and the NP-45A battery is rated around 220 shots.
It appeals to buyers wanting a Y2K-adjacent slider with more modern output than CCD-era Z models: the CMOS sensor handles low light better and the wide 28mm end is genuinely useful. Touch-driven operation divides opinion, and physical controls are sparse, so it suits casual shooters more than tinkerers.
Test the touchscreen across its whole surface, since the interface depends on it, and check the sliding lens cover still powers the camera reliably. The NP-45A battery is shared with many Fujifilm compacts and easy to replace, and SD-family storage poses no problems. Listings under Z909EXR describe the Japanese-market equivalent.