Best 5x Zoom Digital Cameras - 1 to 215 Images Battery Life, 1 to 1.7 in. LCD Screen Size

'The Pentax Optio Z10 is a new entry from Pentax that features a 7x optical zoom in a very slim body (similar to the Casio Exilim EX-V8).'

'"Digital Wide" option, which allows you to rotate the camera and capture two sequential images of a scene'

'strong enthusiast-oriented feature set.'

'Designed to resemble a scaled-down SLR camera, the Canon PowerShot S1 IS brings together a lot of advanced features--including the ability to captures video at up to 640-by-480 pixels and 30 frames-per-second with 22-KHz 16-bit sound--for its $499 price tag.'

'perfect camera.'

'Bottom Line: This is a decent-performing 4-megapixel superzoom camera that is easy to handle and has a nice burst mode.'