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Compact Point-n-Shoot Digital Cameras
Choosing a digital compact or point-and-shoot digital cameras can be daunting within the myriad of brands, models and cost options that are available.
Best Price on Digital Compact Cameras, Auction Deals! 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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Canon Powershot
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Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Green)
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Canon PowerShot SD1200IS 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Dark Gray)
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Canon PowerShot SD1200IS 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Silver)
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Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Silver)
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Canon PowerShot SD780IS12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Black)
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Casio Exilim
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Casio Exilim EX-S12 12MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Silver)
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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 Exilim EX-S5 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Black)
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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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Fujifilm FinePix J28 10.2MP 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 F70EXR 10MP Super CCD Digital Camera with 10x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD
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Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP 10 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (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 C180 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.4 inch LCD (Kodak Classic Red)
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Kodak EasyShare C180 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.4 inch LCD (Silver)
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Kodak Easyshare C190 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Silver)
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Kodak Easyshare C160 9.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.4 inch LCD (Silver)
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Kodak Easyshare Z915 10MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom with 2.5 inch LCD (Black)
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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 S220 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Graphite Black)
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Nikon Coolpix L100 10MP Digital Camera with 15x Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom
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Nikon Coolpix S620 12.2MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Rich Pearl)
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Nikon Coolpix S570 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)
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Olympus Stylus Tough-6000 10 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3.6x Wide Angle Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Blue)
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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 (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 550 WP 10MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-Inch LCD (Blue)
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Olympus Stylus 7010 12MP Digital Camera with 7x Dual Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Silver)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Black)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8 12.1MP Digital Camera with 4.6x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Silver)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Red)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 12.1MP Digital Camera with 18x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Blue)
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Pentax Optio W80 Waterproof 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Triple Shake Reduction Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Gunmetal Gray)
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Pentax Optio W80 Waterproof 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Triple Shake Reduction Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Azure Blue)
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Pentax Optio W80 Waterproof 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Triple Shake Reduction Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Cardinal Red)
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Pentax Optio P80 12.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom with Shake Reduction and 2.7-inch LCD (Black)
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Pentax Optio P70 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Silver)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20/B 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization
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Sony Cybershot DSC-W220 12.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
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Sony Cybershot DSC-W180 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3x SteadyShot Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Black)
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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-W180 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3x SteadyShot Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Red)
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