Best 5x Zoom Digital Camera For Video

Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors.

The colours throughout all the photos are excellent. *

This SLR-lookalike is a capable compact with a superb lens, and turns out quality images

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as the resulting images can be quite noisy. The ISO 800 photo is quite noisy, and is really going to require a trip through some noise reduction software before you can do anything with it. The camera takes well-exposed, colorful photos with just the right amount of sharpness. *

The ISO 800 photo is quite noisy, and is really going to require a trip through some noise reduction software before you can do anything with it. The camera takes well-exposed, colorful photos with just the right amount of sharpness. The MovieEdit task lets you edit videos, complete with transitions, effects, text overlays, and much more. *

Colors were nice and saturated, without being over-the-top. Photo quality on the EX-V8 is quite good, especially considering its big zoom / small body combination. Colors were vivid, sharpness was pleasing, and noise levels were low. *

We were able to go from the off position to a (relatively) focused, finished photo in under 2 seconds, but unlike other cameras the time between successive shots did not improve. We tried extremely hard, but we were completely unable to like any of the photos we took with this camera. *

Colors were nice and saturated, without being over-the-top. Photo quality on the EX-V8 is quite good, especially considering its big zoom / small body combination. Colors were vivid, sharpness was pleasing, and noise levels were low. *

The EX-V8 is special because of the extra long zoom, stereo movies, and no need for a motor to yank the lens in and out. Video: 848 x 480 (roughly 16:9 with square pixels) and 640 x 480 at 30 FPS in a very efficient (small file size) H.264/AVC . *

Forget bells and whistles, a camera has essentially one purpose, no matter how it is delivered: to take good pictures. On paper, the EX-V8 seems like a winner: compact design, high megapixel count, 7x zoom, and a stereo microphone for widescreen video. But when asked to simply take a good picture, the V8 simply falls short. Release: September 2007. Price: $200.



Solid body, 7x zoom, decent video mode

Takes mediocre photographs

There's simply nothing else like the Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1. No other prosumer camera has faster shutter-speeds, and no other prosumer camcorder has anything close to its ultra-high frame-rates. The camera's Achilles heel, though, is that its still-image quality is competitive only with point-and-shoots, and its slo-mo videos are so tiny and compressed they're barely YouTube quality. The Casio EX-F1 is an incredible, endlessly fun device, and it feels like an important first in digital-ima...

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an exemplary job in that regard. The EX-F1 is capable of
up to 1200 frames per second. Video quality in HD mode is good – much better
league as a good HDV or third generation AVCHD video camera. *

This innovative camera shoots full-resolution bursts at up to 60 frames per second.

This innovative camera shoots full-resolution bursts at up to 60 frames per second.

It was clearly noticeable on many ISO 400 shots. *

We can definitely say that Canon's upgrade to last year's PowerShot SX10 IS was a step in the right direction. However, the 10-megapixel Canon PowerShot SX1 IS left us with a few sour tastes in our mouths, particularly due to a few basic imaging flaws and the camera's inability to transcend a one-second shutter speed in Manual mode. We had to use a Scene mode to reach 15 seconds, and that means we couldn't shoot in RAW. Oh yeah, the PowerShot SX1 IS can shoot in RAW and it's a definite improv...

The bottom line: A top megazoom option, the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS offers a 20x zoom lens and HD video, which you can't get in a similarly priced dSLR, and delivers more features and slightly better performance and photo quality than the cheaper SX10 IS.

Styling and Build Quality The composite materials used for the camera body seem on a par for the class and the overall impression of build quality is good. The feature may be disabled or set for continuous, shoot only or panning stabilization. *

The SX1 IS is really the ultimate bridge between a digital still and digital video camera. If you can bear to part with the cash, you won't be disappointed with the superb HD-video and image quality.

HD video recordings look and sound terrific. *

Kodak pushes the imaging envelope with the first dual-lens digicam.

Color saturation was pretty good, but the increase in noise affected the color accuracy and saturation to a degree. *

The panorama features are pretty neat. Images were generally well-exposed, with saturated color and low purple fringing levels. Photo quality on the EasyShare V570 was good, but not great -- and fairly typical of what you'll find on most ultra compact cameras. Images were well-exposed and colorful, but on the soft and noisy side. The V570's VGA movie mode is quite nice (you can zoom during filming), and the MPEG-4 codec lets you record longer movies than on most other cameras. *

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White balance options include Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, and Open Shade settings, which take advantage of Kodak's proprietary Color Science technology to achieve an accurate color balance under most lighting. The V570 is compatible with Kodak's EasyShare camera and printer docks, which offer hassle-free image downloading and printing. *