The third generation offering in Panasonic's TZ line, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 maintains the 10x Leica ultrazoom lens and optical image stabilization offered by its predecessors and brings an upgrade in sensor resolution to the table. This small, if not entirely lightweight, camera offers over 20 scene modes, but does not offer manual exposure...
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The Pentax Optio W60 is part of Pentax's "waterproof" line of cameras, offering water-tight performance to 13 feet in addition to a 10 megapixel sensor and internally contained 5x optical zoom (with a max width of 28mm). The various shooting modes include face detection (with smile and blink detection capabilities), landscape and panorama assist....
The Pentax Optio K200D is a 12 megapixel digital SLR aimed at novice photographers taking the leap into the realm of dSLR photography, but even more advanced users will appreciate features like in-camera shake reduction and dust removal systems. Users can take the amount of control they are comfortable with, from full manual exposure...
Canon's acclaimed G-Series has a new top-of-the-line model, and serious photography enthusiasts have a lot to be excited about. A matte black, retro-hip design houses impressive capabilities and top core specifications, including 10.0 megapixel resolution and a powerful 6x optical zoom. Loaded with Canon's latest and most advanced technologies, including an Optical Image Stabilizer...
One of Casio's older Exilim models, the EX-S770 is still small by today's ultracompact standards (although larger than some newer models). The EX-S770 offers over 30 scene modes, a large and bright LCD panel and video capture capabilities. Some of the bells and whistles found in more expensive ultracompacts, such as optical image stabilization...
The Pentax Optio E40 is a basic, entry-level digital point-and-shoot camera. It offers an 8 megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom lens, face detection, digital image stabilization, but little else in the way of features. Because it uses 2 AA batteries, and because of its small size and low price, Pentax has billed it...
Following the Optio V10, the Pentax Optio V20 offers an extended zoom range (5x over the V10's 3x) with the same 8 megapixel sensor. The processor has been upgraded, introducing smile and blink detection to accompany the standard fact detection. Users can select from 16 scene modes or they can have the camera choose...
The Fujifilm FinePix F50fd, follow-up to the popular F31fd, delivers 12 megapixel resolution and low-light (high ISO) performance that many reviewers claim outshines the competition. The facial recognition software is designed to recognize faces at virually any angle. While there is no full manual control available over exposure settings, the F50fd does offer shutter-...
This exciting successor in the high-performance G-Series takes a big step forward with a new optical system that optimizes the impressive 7.1-Megapixel CCD for crystal clear image quality. And while the camera is loaded with SLR-style functions and sports a 2-inch LCD monitor, it's more compact than the previous model!
Like its sibling, the i8, the Samsung i80 is small and feature packed. Point-and-shoot simplicity is provided in the form of 14 scene modes. Macro mode, red-eye reduction, face detection and self-portrait mode (notification when your face is in the frame) help ensure that the right subject is in focus. When not in use...
The Casio Exilim EX-Z85 is an ultra-compact digital camera, the entry-level camera of the Exilim line of cameras. It is lightweight, thin, and multi-functional. It has a 3x optical zoom lens compared to a 4x in its big brothers, the EX-Z250 or EX-Z300. Digital Photography (DP) Review, on its web site, reports that the...
The Casio Exilim EX-Z80 offers many programmed and automatic features to simplify day-to-day snapshots. The 8.1 megapixel camera offers 30 scene modes, facial recognition (including the ability to teach the camera to recognize specific faces) for focus assistance and a blur detection mode that can release the shutter at the best moment to capture...
Following in the footsteps of the Optio E50, the Pentax Optio E60 is an entry-level digital compact camera with a minimalistic feature set, aimed at what Pentax describes as "digital newbies and travelers." While the 3x optical zoom is pretty standard, the 10 megapixel sensor offers a fairly high resolution for a budget camera....
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 is set to be released in May, 2008 and is one of the first digital cameras on the market with a touchscreen LCD. The idea behind the touchscreen is that it provides the user with an easy-to-use interface, similar to the iPhone. The main benefit to the touchscreen is that...
The 14.6 megapixel Pentax Optio K20D continues their line of professional-level digital SLR cameras, building on the K10D. Because most professional photographers don't use them, the K20D doesn't include any scene modes, but does offer extensive control over all aspects of image settings, including how the processor "develops" images. RAW mode is accessible via...
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W130 is part of a compact line of digital cameras. It is equipped with an 8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD and Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens. The DSC-W130 shares common features of the series inluding, Smile Shutter technology, Super SteadyShot and Face Detection systems as well. It features a 2.5-inch TFT...
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W120 is the lowest-priced model within the line of compact digital cameras. It features 7.2-megapixel Super HAD CCD and a Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens. The DSC-W120 also comes with Dynamic Range Optimization, Face Detection and Sony's well-known Smile Shutter technology (which automatically detects when a photo subject smiles and...
As of its release in September 2008, the Nikon Coolpix S610 has the fastest start-up of any digital compact with a wide-angle (28mm) lens. Choose from 15 scene modes, or let the camera's automatic scene selector make the call for you. Active Child Mode will track a moving subject and keep them in focus,...
Following in the footsteps of the M40 and M50, the Pentax Optio M60 is an ultra-compact, consumer level digital camera. The sensor resolution has increased from 8 megapixels to 10, while the 5x optical zoom range remains the same. Scene modes for a broad range of photo situations are included, as is Pentax's "Green"...
The Pentax Optio Z10 offers a fairly standard 8 megapixel sensor along with a 7x optical zoom lens, much more zoom capability than many other digital compacts in its class. Shooting modes include scene modes for common situations (portrait, landscape, etc) and Pentax's fully automatic "Green" mode which lets the camera select every aspect of the image settings...
The Nikon Coolpix S600 is an ultra-compact digital camera that hit the market in early 2008. The camera features a 4x Nikkor zoom lens that ranges from 28mm (moderate wide-angle) to 112mm (short telephoto), optical image stabilization, 15 scene modes to help users ensure correct image settings are in place for any given photo...
The Pentax Optio S10 a sleek ultra-compact, billed by Pentax as one of the smallest and lightest 10 megapixel digital cameras available. It offers a 3x optical zoom lens, and several scene modes including a portrait mode with face detection. Pentax's fully automatic "Green" mode is as simple as possible, letting the camera select...
The simplest of the 3 new models recently introduced in Panasonic's FS line (FS3, FS5 and FS20), all of which were introduced as more affordable siblings to the FX line, the Panasonic Lumix DCM-FS3 puts 22 scene modes, optical image stabalization, a 3x optical zoom lens and image quality that many critics describe as...
Successor to the EX-S770, the Casio EX-S880 offers many of the same features, upgraded slightly, in the familiar slim metal body. Over 30 scene modes, facial recognition software and video capture are all there, but optical image stabilization remains unavailable. The EX-S880 does have a scene mode that offers digital image stabilization for slow,...
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