Fujifilm debuts classy compacts

This is the 12-megapixel FinePix F50fd. We've had Web 2.0 and, er, Die Hard 4.0 -- now get ready for Face Detection 2.0. Fuji claims the F50fd will find 10 faces in 0.05 seconds. This new generation of face detection gets over the drawback of needing people to look straight at the camera and not be speccy. Glasses won't fool the F50fd, which will also recognise profiles and tilted heads.

The F50fd continues the low-light capability of the F40fd, with sensitivity modes of up to ISO 6,400 (albeit at lower resolutions). Three times optical zoom, dual image stabilisation and automatic red-eye correction are all present and correct. The F50fd has a US price tag of $299.95 (£150).