'the Canon PowerShot S3 IS's combination of features, performance, and relatively compact design certainly gives megazoomers a compelling alternative.'
'S3 shooters have a fast, accurate, and very quiet ultra-zoom digital camera that's capable of capturing reasonably sharp handheld shots at shutter speeds that are beyond the ability of other (non IS) long zoom digital cameras.'
'It offers just about everything you want in a camera, from a big zoom lens to optical image stabilization to manual controls to a fancy movie mode.'
'The S3 IS fit well in my hand and felt sturdy, though it's light and fairly compact.'
'The P880 was designed to combine the sophisticated performance options and advanced creative capabilities of a dSLR with Kodak's signature user-friendly philosophy and legendary operational simplicity.'
'The EasyShare P880 is a fairly large camera that looks more at home with D-SLRs than fixed-lens cameras.'
'on paper - looks like a very compelling mix of features'
'There was no pincushion distortion visible at the telephoto end of the zoom'
'The Konica Minolta is a 6 megapixel camera that fits in between the simple point and shoot consumer cameras and the digicams that offer greater manual control of functions.'
'The camera features a GT HEXANON lens, a newly developed Signal Processing Engine'
'no manual white balance or exposure bracketing modes'
'The G400 is a good compromise between a simple point-and-shoot camera and one designed for advanced use--especially if you already own gadgets that use Sony Memory Sticks.'
'Build quality is quite good'
'rechargeable lithium-ion battery'
'I was not impressed with the low light focusing ability of the G400.'
'Unfortunately detecting the camera can be a tricky affair, with Windows XP only finding it successfully 50% of the time no matter which PCs we tested it on'
'Unfortunately detecting the camera can be a tricky affair, with Windows XP only finding it successfully 50% of the time no matter which PCs we tested it on.'