Best Digital Cameras - 0.48 to 1 lb. Weight, 1 to 215 Images Battery Life, Neck strap Included Accessories

'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 DiMAGE Z3's newly developed GT APO lens offers strikingly clear, high-contrast, high-resolution images thanks to Konica Minolta's G lens optical technology.'

'flexible exposure control'

'strong enthusiast-oriented feature set.'

'Designed to resemble a scaled-down SLR camera, the Canon PowerShot S1 IS brings together a lot of advanced features--including the ability to captures video at up to 640-by-480 pixels and 30 frames-per-second with 22-KHz 16-bit sound--for its $499 price tag.'

'perfect camera.'

'The EasyShare DX6490 is a camera that performs great within the concept and puts down the base for a new generation of high quality digital cameras.'

'Buttons are convenient and well marked, and the menus display helpful explanations.'

'a compact but articulate and consistent camera'