Best Digital Cameras - 0.95 to 1.49 lb. Weight, 800 to 4400 Images Battery Life

'A clear Dave's Pick, the Nikon D7200 is the company's best effort yet in the enthusiast DSLR market.'

'great camera'

'Overall the Nikon D7200 is an impressive enthusiast DSLR.'

'The D7000 line has always been a solid DSLR, Nikon's 2015 enthusiast camera takes the fully featured D7100 and enhances the sensor even more, for images with rich, yet true-to-life colors and excellent noise reduction. '

'The Nikon D5500 is a minor update to an excellent camera, the D5300. '

'excellent and affordable DSLR camera'

'The overall feature set of the D5500 is great.'

'It’s a good option for new DSLR buyers.'

'The all new Nikon D7000 - has appeal for the enthusiast. <>. '

'excellent point-and-shoot camera'

'Sealed against weather and dust.'

'excellent point-and-shoot camera'

'excellent camera'

'The EOS 60D also gains a couple of brand-new features of its own.'

'The Canon EOS 60D sits between the EOS 50D and the EOS 7D in Canon's mid-range digital SLR offerings, and it's a mighty beast to shoot with.'

'The Canon EOS 60D is one of the shining stars next to the Pentax K-7 and Olympus E-3, but the fiercest competition comes from the Nikon D7000.'

' The 12.4 effective megapixel K-r is Pentax’s follow-up digital SLR to the entry level K-x, a sound, good value starter option. '

'The Pentax K-r is one of the few worthy intruders, flaunting several improvements over its next in command, the Pentax K-x.'

'exceptionally fast performance'

'If Pentax can step up its efforts to make itself visible in the industry, the K-r is a competitive model in the entry-level dSLR category.'

'the Pentax K-7 feels tight and solid.'

'The live view experience on the K-7 is quite nice.'

'The camera is robust and confidence-inspiring.'

'the K-7 is much more comfortable to hold with average sized male hands, and doesn't seem anymore cramped.'

'Pros Strong all-round performance'

'The A500's performance is quite robust, with power on to first shot running around 5/10 of a second.'

'Coupled with their BIONZ image processor, the A500 and A550 are optimized for low-light performance and boast a range of up to 12800 ISO. '

'Overall, the Sony A550 and A500 look like good camera designs with some interesting innovations that take advantage of the serious CPU power of Sony's processing chips. '

'The Sony A550 delivers several exciting and unusual capabilities, including in-camera high dynamic range images that come out very well, and a full-resolution burst mode of nearly 7 shots per second. '

'Sony’s Alpha DSLR-A550 is a mid-range DSLR aimed at enthusiasts, featuring 14.2 Megapixels, built-in stabilisation, a vertically-tilting VGA screen, two Live View modes and quick continuous shooting at up to 7fps. '