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'ISO 1,600 images are rough at 5x7, with very grainy shadows, and a more pointillist painting feel throughout, which doesn't get much better at 4x6.'

'But it's missing the vegetables, like an improved AF system, smaller spot meter, better viewfinder coverage, and customizable boundaries for shutter speed and aperture, which might have pushed it from compelling to must have. '

'As with most compact digital cameras, higher ISOs tend to suffer from noise and image detail loss.'

'When powered down, the Olympus SP-550UZ is a squat, bulky looking camera, with an appearance very similar to competing Canon and Sony models.'

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'In our lab tests, the Sigma SD 14's performance was not impressive, especially considering its price.'

'Noise at higher ISO settings.'

'lack of sharp focus.'

'manually enabled popup flash is fairly weak - maximum flash range (in auto ISO mode) is just short of 15 feet; not very impressive for a camera with a 10X zoom.'

'Recycle time between shots is an unimpressive 3.6 seconds and nearly 4.9 seconds with flash.'

'Unfortunately, without a video out port, users will only be able to export video and still images through either the memory card or the USB port located on the right side of the camera.'

'its 1.5-inch LCD seems puny in the current market.'

'Low light focusing performance was poor'

'regardless of whether the Z10 was badly bullied as a prototype, there's no excuse for a grown-up camera carrying a design joke this far.'

'Low light focusing performance was poor -- guess that Rapid AF sensor isn't so hot for those conditions.'

'sluggish menus'

'a dozen function buttons sprinkled all over the body, the first impression of the PowerShot Pro 1 may be that it is a confusing camera to use.'

'unless you habitually print at 20x30ins, you're not gaining much over a 5MP camera.'

'It's too bad that the flagship PowerShot camera doesn't support USB 2.0!'