'It offers not just peace-of-mind supplying brawn - complete with screw heads visible on the faceplate and a lens with a folded mechanism that ensures that at no point does it protrude from the camera body - but brains too.'
'The Optio W90's underwater capabilities are impressive, and it's a camera that Pentax designed as a tough, well-built model.'
' The premise of Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FP3 is sound: a slim, attractive camera that's fast, easy to use, and has a touch-screen interface for an extra cool factor. '
'The Panasonic Lumix DMC FP3 is very impressive.'
'The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 is compatible with the latest Windows 7.'
'the manual selection of a focus point, useful for when users want to bias attention toward an off-centre subject.'
'It’s a relaxing and satisfying way to shoot because you can completely concentrate on your subject knowing that the camera has the technical details covered.'
'The built-in flash worked well indoors, with no red-eye and good overall exposure. '
'If we take issue it's that image-writing times are quite sluggish - the camera freezing for 5 seconds while a 14-megapixel JPEG file is being committed to SD card for example.'
'Purple/blue fringing around subjects in high-contrast areas is common to megazooms, but the Z981 produces above average amounts of it.'
'Kodak's EasyShare Z981 includes the company's face detection technology, capable of detecting up to five faces in a scene.'
'Purple/blue fringing around subjects in high-contrast areas is common to megazooms, but the Z981 produces above average amounts of it.'
'Stylus Tough cameras continue to enable you to capture great high-resolution images in freezing situations where most traditional cameras would fail. '
'great little camera'
'The Olympus M Tough-6020's menu system is new and incredibly easy to operate.'
'As an additional appealing factor for beginning photographers, the FE-47 runs from disposable AA batteries, which are handy to change while traveling, even if they aren't as cost effective as rechargeable batteries in the long run.
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'the 4-megapixel A80 delivers the best combination of features, image quality, performance, and price that we've seen in any recent camera.'
'This is an excellent choice for amateur shutterbugs.'
'It's a little too big to fit in your pocket'
'Equipped with Canon's high speed and noise-reducing DIGIC image processor, the Canon PowerShot A80 is a 4.0 megapixel camera with competitive options, impressive capabilities, and quality performance.'