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'with the DSC-S85 will be familiar to anyone used to point-and-shoots.'

'The addition of a Mode dial is very welcome, as it greatly simplifies camera operation and makes switching between Recording and Playback modes much faster and more intuitive.'

'fully manual exposure mode and spot metering'

'respectable zoom range'

'Even this A530 can shoot, edit and play movies with sound, make photos sharp enough for poster sizes, and has a special panoramic mode that, with the included software, creates excellent panoramas easily.'

'high performance'

'The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10's built-in 8x optical Mega Zoom lens and 4x digital zoom combine for a total 32x zoom'

'Optio 33WR were in my price range and sounded like good cameras.'

'The Optio 33WR may not be to everyone's taste with its plain, square design, but looks aren't everything.'

'This is pretty much the middle-of-the-line camera in the Cyber-Shot 'P' series of cameras from Sony.'

'Photos taken in daylight had rich, accurate colors'

'The DSC-P72 gives you whopping 3.2 megapixel effective resolution, 3x optical zoom'

'However, at a very reasonable $499 for 3.3-megapixels, it's a great buy in the under $500 market.'

'The LCD is well lit, clear and offers reasonable response times when using it to frame potential images.'