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'Noticeable shutter delay.'

'No AF illuminator'

'Some annoyances include the lousy movie mode, lack of a file numbering system, and poor low light focusing. '

'Designed along the lines of a smaller SLR camera there is nothing really wrong with the design, but there are many more stylish cameras around.'

'slow flash recharge'

'Running its highest setting of ISO 800, it scored a mammoth 2.45, which is an exceptionally poor result, even for a compact.'

'While you may not notice the low resolution at first glance, when you compare it to some other cameras with "nicer" screens you will see a noticeable difference.'

'The camera was slightly larger'

'pictures at the maximum ISO 1,600 look very grainy, almost as if you had applied an impressionist art filter in an image-editing program'

'Some softness due to noise.'

'Images shot at ISO 1600 looked noisy.'

'It doesn't include a recharger or rechargeable batteries'

'manual focus is basically useless, since you have no idea as to the current focus distance, and there's no "focus check" feature either.'

'There is no AF-assist lamp on the Optio SV, unfortunately.'

'However, discriminating shooters will find the poor performance'

'Bumping the ISO up to 100 still produces good results, but ISO 200 and 400 definitely result in image degradation due to noise.'

'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.'

'it weighs 337 grams empty'

'Less sharp images'

'no colors are "spot on"'

'Average visual resolution and pixel transition'

'no rechargeable batteries'

'the size of the handgrip and the placement of the zoom control (at the back of the grip) make operating the Z2 one-handed difficult'

'it does lack the must-have feature du jour; image stabilization.'