'Overall, the Sony A550 and A500 look like good camera designs with some interesting innovations that take advantage of the serious CPU power of Sony's processing chips. '
'The Sony A550 delivers several exciting and unusual capabilities, including in-camera high dynamic range images that come out very well, and a full-resolution burst mode of nearly 7 shots per second. '
'Sony’s Alpha DSLR-A550 is a mid-range DSLR aimed at enthusiasts, featuring 14.2 Megapixels, built-in stabilisation, a vertically-tilting VGA screen, two Live View modes and quick continuous shooting at up to 7fps. '
'On the downside, however, the site found that the A550 sits somewhat uncomfortably between the low and high-end, with its slightly stripped down controls turning off pros, and its rather weak performance in auto mode potentially being a problem for beginners. '
'with the DSC-S85 will be familiar to anyone used to point-and-shoots.'
'The addition of a Mode dial is very welcome, as it greatly simplifies camera operation and makes switching between Recording and Playback modes much faster and more intuitive.'
'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.'
'the average shopper doesn?t want an ultra-compact with a mind-bending design from one of Philippe Starck?s nightmares that they might lose down the back of the sofa.'
'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.'
