The Canon A700, though priced fairly steep, seems like a good contender, even at the price. Featuring a 6x optical zoom lens, it is priced in a similar range to others offering 10x zoom lenses. However, the compact design and high quality makes up for it, making it a good buy, even at the price.

The 6x optical zoom, double the length of a standard zoom, is aimed at people who want more than just a “point and shoot” model. It boasts a number of advanced features, including manual exposure setting.  As you would expect, it may take a while to become accustomed to everything it has to offer, being somewhat Read more »

Casio digital cameras have presented a few problems, one of which is the complexity of menu options. If you are unsure about its operation, or unfamiliar with digital cameras in general, you may want to have the user manual close by until you have become familiarized with the way it works.

Some of the cameras have been reported to have memory management problems. However, it turned out to be a case of the user not being familiar with the options, and the cameras were fine. Another complaint, especially on the older QV Casio digital cameras, was the imaging quality. In the viewer the pictures all seemed slightly blurred, although this seemed a natural trait. Unfortunately, if you really did take a bad picture, you would only see it once uploaded to your computer. Fortunately, the newer Casio models have clear LCD viewers, allowing you to see the quality of your shot, and adjust if need be. Read more »

The new Canon PowerShot s3 IS offers some noted improvements over its predecessor. Equipped with a new CCD, designed to suppress noise, it offers a range of ISO sensitivities reaching up to 800. This is a fair amount of noise for pictures taken just after sunset, or macro mode daylight close-ups. Adding the zoom feature during a shoot does not add any more noise. Read more »

As the description would suggest, the camera has to be small enough to conveniently fit into a small pocket. Anything less than an inch thick can probably classify as ultra compact, or pocket size. Due to emerging technology trending towards the “slim camera” concept, you may find compact digital cameras shrinking even further. Read more »

Electronic equipment seems to shrink in physical size with every new model range. For example, one of the first hard drives ever created, had a capacity of about five megabytes, and weighed about a ton. They needed a forklift to get it onto a plane. Read more »