The Smallest Digital Camera Models
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Is the Smallest Digital Camera the Right One for You?
For casual users there are a fair number of ultra compact digital cameras that can easily tuck away into a pocket; but make no mistake, many of them aren't really short on features. We'll show you some good ones right here.
For those who want to have more control, digital SLR cameras have shrunk a bit. In fact, Panasonic's micro four thirds design has been a jump forward in reducing the size of these cameras. See a couple of compact DSLRs near the bottom of the page.
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A Word About Your Options
On the other hand however, if you want the smallest digital camera and only have basic photography needs, then you could also consider a good camera phone. Camera phones can produce reasonable 4x6 prints and images for sharing online. Some of them are smaller than even an ultra-compact digital camera. They can't however, compete with most of the cameras on this page.
The Smallest Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
Sony Cybershot DSC-W170
Sony Cybershot DSCW170/R 10.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot (Red)
Amazon Price: $450.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
The Sony Cybershot DSC-W170 comes in silver, black, gold, and red. It's not only one of the smallest digital camera models on the market (3.6" x 2.3" x 0.9") but also one of the most affordable. It offers a 10.1 megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens, and a 2.7" LCD display. Other features include face detection and smile shutter technology to assure your subjects look as good and life like as possible.
To make things simple and to assure you capture the best photos, the W170 offers a number of special shooting and scene modes. Burst mode allows you to fire off three shots automatically at 1-second intervals (VGA standard mode) or 2-second intervals (full resolution mode) while Easy Shooting mode gives you easy-to-read, on-screen instructions and limits the number of camera settings you need to adjust. Intelligent Scene Recognition mode will automatically detect six different types of scenes and select the appropriate camera setting. High Sensitivity (ISO 3200) mode will allow you to shoot in low light without flash and minus excessive "noise". Other photo modes include: Auto, Program Auto, and Scene Selections such as Twilight, Landscape, Soft Snap, Snow, and Beach.
The W170 boasts a number of other technologies to assure better photos. It has 9 point auto focus to give you clear images and greater creative control, in-camera retouching capabilities to allow you to add creative effects to photos after you shoot, and in-camera red-eye reduction.
The W170 has 15MB of internal memory and accepts Memory Stick Duo media for storing your images. It's also HDTV compatible so that you can enjoy your images on a big screen.
Other features include a function guide for beginners which displays descriptions of the various functions and settings on the LCD screen if desired, HD Slide Show with music capability, MPEG Movie VX Fine mode which allows you to capture VGA (640 x 480) audio/video clips at a high frame rate (up to 30 frames per second), and a multi-resizing function so that your images fit any screen.
Kodak Easyshare Mini
Kodak EasyShare Mini M200 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-Inch LCD - Red
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
The Easyshare Mini is Kodak's smallest digital camera model. New in 2011, it has a 10 megapixel sensor to assure you get plenty of detail, even if you like to enlarge images or crop them. It also features a 2.5" LCD screen, 28mm wide angle lens to assure you can get everyone in the shot, 3x optical zoom for getting in closer, and a self-portrait mirror to help you frame shots perfectly even when you're in the shot.
Sharing your photos is also easy with 3 step sharing and one button uploading to e-mail, a Kodak Pulse display, the Kodak Gallery, and websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and more. This camera has face detection technology and can recognize up to 5 faces in an image, tag up to 20 faces, and allow you to organze and easily search for photos. With multiple scene modes such as auto, sport, portrait, fireworks, snow, and backlight, it's easy to get the right exposure, focus, and so forth. It even offers 5 color modes so that you can get more creative with your shots. In- camera editing allows you to crop images and much more.
You can also capture VGA quality video and print single frames. You can enjoy your HD images on an HDTV in 16:9 format. This small camera has 32MB of internal memory and a memory card slot to store hundreds of photos.
Sony Cybershot DSC-W220
Sony Cybershot DSC-W220 12.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Silver)
Amazon Price: $199.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
This ultra compact camera from Sony has a 12.1 megapixel sensor, 4x optical image stabilized zoom, a carl Zeiss f/2.8-7.1 lens, and a 2.7" LCD display. It offers technologies such as face detection and smile shutter for capturing your subjects at their best, 9 area multi-point auto focus, multiple shooting modes, and light sensitivity that can adjust from 100 to 3200 for better detail in your low light shots. This camera first came out in 2009 and it records VGA video, so if high quality video isn't a priority it's still a good choice.
Pentax Optio P70
Pentax Optio P70 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Red)
Amazon Price: $100.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
The Pentax Optio P70 is among the smallest digital camera models on the market, measuring only 2.1 x 0.8 x 3.8 inches. It's one of the more affordable options and yet packs some pretty nice features. It has a 12-megapixel sensor to allow you to produce high quality prints as large as 11 x 14-inches and to crop photos while maintaining good quality. It features a 4x wide angle optical zoom to allow you to fit everyone in the group in the pictures and to capture better landscape images.
It also boasts a 2.7-inch LCD screen, Pixel Track Shake Reduction for blur-free images without noise, and advanced face recognition which automatically recognizes and quickly captures up to 32 faces in 0.03 seconds, so every face is bright and focused, even in backlit areas. This camera also features smile capture and blink detection to be sure you get your shots at just the right moment.
The Optio P70 is perfect for beginners too. It's Auto Picture mode automatically selects from 8 shooting modes so that you don't have to make any decision or adjustments. It even captures HD video in wide-screen 720p at 15 FPS.
It's available in red, silver, and white and comes with software CD-ROM, USB cable, AV cable, rechargeable Li-Ion battery,battery charge cradle, AC plug cord, and strap.
Fujifilm F80EXR
Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR 12 MP Super CCD EXR Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD
Amazon Price: $140.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
Among the smallest digital cameras available, this F80EXR doesn't lack for image quality. It has a 12 megapixel 1/2" type sensor, 3" LCD with high contrast, and 10x optical zoom. Users get dual image stabilization, 720p HD video recording, and 6 scene modes to help get the best shot. It allows you to up the sensitivity to produce great looking low light shots.
It also features technologies such as face detection, red eye removal, intelligent flash, and auto focus. It measures 3.9" x 1.1" x 2.3".
Casio Exilim EX-FS10
Casio Exilim EX-FS10 9.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Blue)
Amazon Price: $212.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
This Casiio Exilim EX-FS10 is available in gray, red, and blue. It's a fast little camera which offers a high-speed 30 shot-per-second burst rate at 6 megapixels. In fact, it can save as many as 25 frames prior to activating the shutter button. It can allow you to view these images in slow motion while shooting, to help you choose the perfect shot. Or, it can select the best image for you. Of course still images aren't all that this camera does, as it can capture high-speed movies at a maximum of 1000 fps and then play them back in slow motion. Using the HD movie function, you can also record 1280x720 resolution video and capture 6.0 megapixel still images at the same time.
As one of the smallest digital camera models, the Exilim EX-FS10 measures just 3.8 inches wide, 2.3 inches high and .64 inches thin. It also boasts a 3x optical inner-zoom lens, a 2.5-inch LCD, and 9.1-megapixel resolution. Other features include high-speed anti-shake and night scene function to eliminate blur as well as lag correction to assure you don't miss an important shot.
Canon Powershot Elph 300HS
Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with Full 1080p HD Video (Silver)
Amazon Price: $179.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
This is one of the smallest digital camera models thanks in great part to its ultra slim design. It has a 1/2.3" type 12 megapixel sensor and 24mm wide angle lens with 5x optical image stabilized zoom. It offers 32 predefined shooting modes including a high speed burst mode that can capture up to 8 frames per second. It also records 1080p HD video with stereo sound and offers a Super Slow Motion video capture. Users can zoom while recording video as well.
Panasonic DMC-ZS3
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Black)
Amazon Price: $549.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
Although a bit larger than the other camera models on this page, the Panasonic Lumix DMCZS3 is still a very portable ultra compact camera measuring 2.4" x 1.3" x 4.1". It's available in black, blue and silver.
It offers 10.1-megapixel resolution, a 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens, 12x optical zoom, 3x digital zoom, 3" LCD display, and a Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens. The ZS3 also features an Intelligent Auto (iA) mode with Face Recognition. This allows it to recognize faces from previous shots and when it appears again, the camera will prioritize focus and exposure on it.
This tiny camera offers users 26 scene modes for still images and 17 for motion images (Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self portrait, Scenery, Low light, Food, Party, Candle light, Sunset, High sensitivity, Beach, Snow, Aerial, Pin hole, Film grain and Underwater) Users can set their two most frequently used scene modes to "My Scene Mode" giving them quick acces to these settings. Using the Panorama Assist mode and PanoramaMaker software, users can create dramatic panoramic images.
The ZS3 also has a High-Speed Burst that can capture approx. 10 shots per second. However, if you really want to capture motion there's always the the ZS3's HD video recording in "AVCHD Lite." With intelligent auto in Movie Mode, it can automatically select the best scene mode, and eliminate handshake, focus and brightness problems. It also uses optical image stabilization when using zoom to assure smooth video. Face detection and intelligent exposure help assure quality shots and the Intelligent Scene Selector automatically switches between Normal, Portrait, Macro, Scenery, and Low Light modes according to the situation.
It comes with PHOTOfunSTUDIO 3.0 HD Edition editing software and can connect to your Pnasonic Viera HDTV with an optional HDMI mini cable or by inserting the SD memory card directly into the set.
Canon SD1100IS
Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)
Amazon Price: $359.98 (as of 02/16/2012)
The Canon Powershot SD1100 Digital Elph is available in gold, silver, blue, pink, and brown. It's features a 8.0-megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom, and optical image stabilizer for clear well focused pictures. This camera also features enhanced Face Detection technologly which captures skin tones perfectly, recognizes faces in a scene, and concentrates exposure and focus upon them while calculating the right white balance. With Canon's Motion Detection Technology blur is also reduced by sensing movement, and then automatically setting the optimal exposure and ISO settings. It's easy to get pictures right too with the SD1100 because of it's 18 shooting modes and 9 special scene modes that let you adapt to almost any situation with the press of a button.
You'll quickly see that although the SD1100 is one of the smallest digital camera models currently on the market, it's list of features is not. It also boasts red eye correction, a 2.5" color LCD with night-display, high ISO settings for great low light shots, and simple photo/movie printing directly to Pixma, Selphy and PictBridge printers. All of this in a camera that measures 3.4" x 0.9" x 2.2".
The Smallest Digital Camera Models with Interchangeable Lenses
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MickMack
Dec 25, 2011 @ 6:13 am | delete
- The samsung St30 i believe currently holds the record for smallest zoom compact 82.0 x 51.9 x 16.9mm. Heaps smaller than the above listed, but came here in the hope to confirm.
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Lindrus
Aug 28, 2011 @ 12:14 am | delete
- Good list and sum-up of some of the most compact cameras out there. I've been looking to get as small of a camera as possible - so I can always have it with me...
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sweer
May 27, 2011 @ 7:47 am | delete
- Nice lens.smallest digital cameras are very easy to handle.Thanks for sharing. strategic planning software
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TeamDealStartsHere May 18, 2011 @ 4:03 pm | delete
- I'm looking to buy a new Digital Camera and wasn't sure if I wanted to sacrifice quality over portability. I'd love to have a point a shoot fit snug in my pocket! Your Lens definitely helped me narrow down my choices! Thanks!
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SereneSea
Apr 11, 2011 @ 12:05 pm | delete
- These are really cute smaller models.
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Portable_eBay
Feb 14, 2011 @ 5:27 pm | delete
- Blessed. :-)
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AslanBooks
Jan 14, 2011 @ 11:12 am | delete
- I have a Nikon D40...love it!
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SereneSea
Jan 14, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete
- Technology is making our life more simple and high tech. Smaller digital cameras are welcome.
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JoyfulPamela
Jan 14, 2011 @ 9:16 am | delete
- Wow ~ technology is so cool!
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SmartDad
Aug 15, 2010 @ 6:29 am | delete
- Cool lens, I am a real fan of the compact digital, I do like the Casio Exlim range as they are so easy to use, A true point and click that gives great photo's even for a novice, (like my 2 6 & 9 yr olds ;)
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Irenemaria
May 12, 2009 @ 3:13 am | delete
- Want Want Want. I am going to buy a camera soon. Thank you for suggestions.
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oneskms
May 12, 2009 @ 12:22 am | delete
- The wife has broke my fuji finepix f40fd and befor that I had a fuji with a cradle - both of which I liked. Will be back here to check these out
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Kodak EasyShare Mini M200 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-Inch LCD - Red
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
Available in a variety of colors, this Kodak Easyshare Mini is among the smallest digital camera models available. It features a wide angle lens and a front mounted mirror so that you can get yourself and all of your friends in the shot. It has a 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom for getting closer, blur reduction, and face recognition technology.
It has a 2.5" LCD display and offers a variety of scene modes like sport, portrait, snow, fireworks, and more. There are also 5 color modes which allow you to be more creative with your photos. Sharing is simple of course with one button uploading to email, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and many other sites. You can even do some editing directly on the camera such as cropping and picture rotation to get just the right look.
