Fujifilm Finepix

EXPOSURE

As the A820 is considered an entry-level digital camera, it gets a pretty straightforward feature set, with no manual exposure modes. On the mode dial, you'll find the auto mode, movie mode, SP mode, portrait, digital zoom, red-eye reduction, digital image stabilization mode, and baby mode. The SP position on the mode dial lets you use "manual" mode, which is essentially a program auto mode where you can change the ISO, white balance, etc. You can also choose the other scene modes while in SP mode: landscape, sport, night, natural light, beach, snow, fireworks, sunset, underwater, flower, party, museum, and text.

Movie Mode

The movie mode on the A820 allows you to capture movies at a resolution of 320x240 pixels at 30fps. The movies are recorded with mono sound and the optical zoom is not available during movie capture.

Metering

A 256-zone metering system takes care of exposure.

White Balance

The white balance can be left in auto, but there are a couple other presets. You can choose from fine, shade, daylight fluorescent, warm white fluorescent, cool white fluorescent, and incandescent.

Sensitivity

In addition to auto ISO, you can also select ISO 100, 200, 400, and 800 while in program auto mode.