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Digital Compact Cameras
What Choice Digital Compact Cameras brings you a quick lookup of all current top selling camera brand and models, making it easy for you compare products, check prices and of course, choose one that fits your budget. Compact cameras are designed to be small and portable; the smallest are described as subcompacts. Compact cameras are usually designed to be easy to use, sacrificing advanced features and picture quality for compactness and simplicity; images can usually only be stored using Lossy compression (JPEG).
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A few pointers to help you make a better choice
While some of you might be thinking that looking for a digital camera is a struggle with make, model and MPs, here are a few pointers on how to make the process a little easier:How many megapixels
While you can now get up-market compact cameras featuring sensors with 12MP resolution, rivalling D-SLR cameras, it's worth knowing that you can get perfectly good poster sized prints even from a 5MP camera. Even though higher resolutions can enable creative cropping, you will be putting a lot on the lens which is not really geared fot this. 7MP should be ample for a compact camera.
Optical and/or digital zoom
Most compact digital cameras feature a 3x zoom lens, which offers a reasonably wide-angle setting at one end and a short telephoto at the other. Digital zoom relies on software that interpolates what's between the pixels that the camera can actually see, often leading to jagged edges and fuzziness in fine detail.
Straight shooter or 'creative compact'
While the latest cameras has all the abilities of getting things right almost all of the time, a 'creative compact' that enables you to adjust shutter speed, aperture and so on, puts you in control, so you can get specialist effects and add mood to your photos, instead of just taking snapshots. Your decision really.
Large LCD Screen
The majority of compact cameras now come without separate viewfinders, so a clear and bright LCD is essential for composing shots. With this in mind, bigger LCD screen (currently at 2.7 or 3inches) are preferable over smaller ones.
Wide ISO Range
Try to get one with a good sensitivity range, typically from 50 to 800 ISO or more. This will you the best chance of getting the shots you want without resorting to built-in flash. Bear in mind that higher ISO speeds may also mean higher image noise.
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Resource Links
- How to Buy a Compact Digital Camera | eHow.com
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Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)
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Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Canon Powershot
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Canon Powershot A2000IS 10MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Canon PowerShot A470 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom (Gray)
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Canon PowerShot A470 7MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom (Blue)
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Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Casio Exilim EX-Z80 8MP Digital Camera - Black
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Casio Exilim EX-S5 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Purple)
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Casio Exilim EX-S5 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Blue)
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Casio High-Speed Exilim EX-FC100 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Black)
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Casio Exilim EX-S12 12MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Black)
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Fujifilm FinePix J20 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Fujifilm FinePix S1500 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom
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Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP 10 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Green)
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Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Wasabi Green)
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Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR 12MP Super CCD Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom
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Kodak EasyShare M1033 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
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Kodak EasyShare M1073IS 10.2 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Kodak EasyShare M763 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Blue)
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Kodak EasyShare C713 7MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Kodak EasyShare Z980 12MP Digital Camera with 24x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0 inch LCD
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Best Selling Nikon Coolpix Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com
Nikon Coolpix S220 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Plum)
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Nikon Coolpix L20 10MP Digital Camera with 3.6 Optical Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Navy Blue)
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Nikon Coolpix L20 10MP Digital Camera with 3.6 Optical Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Deep Red)
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Nikon Coolpix P90 12.1MP Digital Camera with 24x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 3 inch Tilt LCD
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Nikon Coolpix L19 8MP Digital Camera with 3.6 Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Silver)
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Best Selling Olympus Stylus Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com
Olympus Stylus 9000 12 MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)
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Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 12 MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Wide Angle Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Silver)
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Olympus Stylus 1010 10.1MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Olympus Stylus 840 8.0MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Olympus Stylus 9000 12 MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Champagne)
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Best Selling Panasonic Lumix Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Black)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Black)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5S 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5A 9.1MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)
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Best Selling Pentax Optio Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com
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Best Selling Sony CyberShot Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com
Sony LCS-CST General Purpose Soft Carrying Case for Slim Cybershot Digital Cameras
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
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Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
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Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Silver)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 12 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Dark Blue)
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