Best Digital Cameras - USB 2.0 Interface Type, false Touchscreen Panel, Selective single-point Focus Type

Great quality rivals DSLRs of similar resolution

An affordable full-frame CSC

Pros: Affordable, small size.

Once in a while we are treated to a groundbreaking camera that astounds us. For 2013, it’s Sony's Alpha A7 compact mirrorless full-frame camera.

Comfortable and intelligent design, and excellent photo quality and performance

Great, responsive and versatile tool

Nikon cleans up its full-frame act with the D600 upgrade

Pros: Excellent image quality, small and light for a full-frame camera.

Excellent image quality, straight-forward handling and quick performance

1080p60 HD video mode, Excellent image quality

New sensor, No anti-aliasing filter

Built-in Wi-fi addition, Good build quality

Very good photos in bright light, and the fast lens, optical viewfinder

Larger-than-average image sensor, Sharp

Faster auto-focus and burst shooting speeds

Built-in Wifi and GPS via a smartphone, 1080p60 HD video mode.

Delivers the same excellent photo quality as the X-E1

Better handling and importantly faster performance than its predecessor

Impressive noise performance, Great build quality and handling

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.

Ability to shoot Raw as well as JPEG

Waterproof wonder

Waterproof to 15 metres, High speed shooting at 60fps

Above average image noise for a mirrorless

Delivers excellent photo quality for the money

Inexpensive, SLR-like design, Built-in EVF

Image quality is excellent for such a cheap camera

Intelligent control layout familiar from the NEX system

Compact design with APS-C image sensor

Delivers outstanding still images

A good level of sharpness throughout the frame

Image quality is exceptional, super-sharp lens

Fast-shooting, well-designed camera

Fast, 51-point autofocus system, Dual SD card slots

Sharpness was very strong

Exposure, colour and white balance were all uniformly reliable