'It is an attractively designed camera, available in black or silver, with plenty of shiny chrome trim.'
'Additionally, the Olympus Stylus FE-290 features an in-camera Help Guide, making digital photography simple and fun for users of all ages and skill levels.'
'This is an irritating design, and large thumbs will be prone to accidentally bumping the zoom in or out, or changing settings such as flash when using the zoom.'
'the camera supports only 10 frames per second, even for its "high-quality" VGA clips, which results in pretty jerky video.'
'Nikon's D-Lighting system can be used to create a copy of a picture with enhanced brightness and contrast, typically when a photo is shot with backlight or insufficient flash lighting.'
'I wasn't terribly impressed with the face detection feature on the Coolpix S10, and it's no better here.'
'In addition, each of these buttons support other functions: The four directional buttons also when the camera is set to specific scene modes.'
'I found focus was often problematic in dim, low contrast conditions.'
'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.'
'Unfortunately, Canon skimped big time on the screen resolution (there are just 85,000 pixels)'
'he A540's images got rather noisy; at anything above ISO 200, the noise pattern was noticeable and distracting, and the colors become flat and dull.'
'Solid image quality, usable ISO 800 performance, and a full set of manual controls make the Canon PowerShot A540 an excellent choice for photo enthusiasts looking for an almost-pocketable second camera, or for budding photographers who aren't ready to move up to a superzoom EVF model or digital SLR.'
'digital cameras are more like slide film than negative film (in that they tend to have a more limited tonal range), we test them in the harshest situations to see how they handle scenes with bright highlights and dark shadows, as well as what kind of sensitivity they have in low light.'
'The LZ5 is very light on accessories.'
'With the Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ5, Panasonic offer a very attractive camera indeed.'
'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 increased zoom may be the reason for the camera's bulky design, but with vendors finding ways to cram more powerful lenses into smaller bodies, we don't really think it is justified in this case.'