Best Digital Cameras - Contrast Detect (sensor) Focus Type, 6 to 10 x Digital Zoom

A toughened and waterproof compact camera that looks strangely familiar

An affordable compact camera with plenty of creative shooting options

Full-featured, best-performing super-zoom

One-size-fits-all bridge cameras are often touted as DSLR alternatives, but they’ve always lacked great performance and image quality – until Sony’s Cyber-shot RX10 showed up, that is.

Photos are very subtly sharper

Smallest full-frame camera available, Impressive noise performance

High-resolution full frame sensor in a small-ish camera package

Waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof and crushproof

Excellent value for money, Decent zoom range

Sharp lens, Wide aperture, Short shutter lag

Capable of a low-resolution burst mode

Solid product in more ways than one

Good photo quality, with respectable high ISO performance, Very rugged body

Optical image stabilisation, Good zoom range in a compact body

Autofocus easily confused

Affordable, plenty of creative framing opportunities

Good value

Disappointing movie performance