Best Digital Cameras - 10000 to 50000 Max. ISO Speed, 1 to 2 lb. Weight, 1080p (HDTV) HD Recording Format

Impressive image quality, even at high ISO settings, Dust-proof, splash-proof design

Very good sensor, fast auto focus

Great image quality, Weather proofed, Awesome grip

Olympus's best MFT camera to date and one of the best CSCs on the market, now with firmware update 2.0

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

Delivers excellent autofocus performance and the camera itself is quite fast

Smooth video autofocus, Articulating touch-screen LCD

Excellent image quality

Good still image quality, Good ISO noise performance

Ability to preview the Creative Effects

Sensor records lots of detail

Comprehensive touchscreen interface that is intuitive and efficient

Impressive noise control

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.

Photos are very subtly sharper

Smallest full-frame camera available, Impressive noise performance

High-resolution full frame sensor in a small-ish camera package

Impressive image quality, AT&T/T-Mobile LTE connectivity

Excellent image quality

Slow processing, No physical buttons

Android OS and 3G/4G connectivity

Fast performance, very good picture quality for its class

Full 1080p movie recording with stereo sound

Good viewfinder, Pleasing handling, Impressive focus performance

Decent image quality, raw capture option