FinePix Z3 Zoom in pink, blue and silver

According to Fujifilm, the majority of pictures women take are "people pictures" in "low light at close proxmity" - a situation where digital cameras tend to underperform.  (My own photo gallery tends to fall into the low light category at least, and yes, even with a decentish Nikon digicam I've had that problem constantly.)  So with the Finepix Z3 they've gone for "a sensitivity range up to ISO 1600 at full resolution, which means that users are able to produce images with minimum 'noise".  And if you hadn't yet noticed it was aimed at the so-called gentler sex, it's available in pink (but also blue for boys and silver for Daleks).  5 megapixel, 3x optical zoom, 2.5 inch LCD, F 3.5 lens, ISO 64-1600, USB 2.0, xD memory, smaller than a pack of Yankee cigarettes.  Price TBA, but can the price be much distant from than the Sony Cyber-Shot T30 (around £300)?

Will Rolls, Marketing Manager - Digital Imaging, Fujifilm, said "This is a camera that fits right into a night out. So many slim cameras are marketed as the 'ultimate party accessory', yet they amount to little more than electronic jewellery, unable to cope in the dark world of indoor, sociable photography."  Mobile phone cameras have focused more on this area since there's a stronger idea that casual, on-the-fly photography is what camphones are meant for.  About darn time that the mainstream camera guys realized that there's a big market for small, anti-blur casual snaps.  [GT]