24mm ultra optical wide 3.6x zoom lens
1280x720p supported at 30fps
Samsung's DRIM Engine II for image speed and clarity
HD-level stereo video recording
Full HD images via upgraded HDMI
Face Detection function for portrait shots
Automatic shooting function for smiling face recognition
Red-eye fix

No guidelines to price or availability so far, but hey, that's an Asian Orlando Bloom, so who cares? [AVING]

The F40fd slims down to a lithe .9 inches and ups the resolution from 6.3 to 8.3 megapixels. Like the F31fd, it includes Fujifilm's face-detection technology, which can recognize up to 10 mugs and adjust focus and light metering so they come out clearly in the picture. (At least it worked with cardboard cutouts of faces in a demo.) And it's one of Fujifilm's first new cameras that accept SD memory cards (in addition to the white elephant xD type that Fujifilm has so stubbornly stuck by).

Using its face-detection foo, the F40fd can automatically produce cropped previews and copies of photos to create portraits of each individual in a group shot. And if you print directly from the camera (sans PC) it will kick out as many copies of a picture as there are faces in it. The camera can play slideshows from the memory card, and it automatically rotates photos taken in portrait mode so nothing ends up going sideways across the screen. Fujifilm did drop the maximum ISO from 3200 to 2000. But since 3200 was useless on the F30 anyway, it's not much of a loss.The F40fd goes on sale in March for $300.

This one is a keeper.– Sean Captain

FinePix F31fd, the camera that knows you [Akihabara]

To hear the Fujifilm people tell it, you would think it would be impossible to take a bad picture with this Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd digital SLR (DSLR), because it has the remarkable ability to detect faces in the frame using some pretty impressive hardware. It's able to quickly identify up to 10 faces in its field of view, focus on those faces and then snap a picture in less than 0.04 seconds. What if you're taking a picture of a dog?

Besides that neat trick, the camera has other respectable specs as well, including a 10.7x optical zoom, giving you a nice long lens with the 35mm equivalent zoom range of 28 to 300mm, and it also has picture stabilization to go along with that. The 6.3-megapixel CCD gives you fast low light performance, up to ISO 3200, and you can see all this happening optically through the lens or use its 2.5 LCD screen. Fujifilm didn't announce pricing, but said the S6500fd would be shipping in October. – Charlie White

Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd [Digital Photography Review]