Digital Cameras > 10 - 12 Megapixels Digital Cameras > 3x - 5x > $150 - $200

Advantages: nice looking
Disadvantages: none

...its left is an embossed Fujifilm logo. In the center of the left side is a printed FinePix logo with "12.0 Mega Pixels" printed just below it. There is a contour in the body that forms a small grip for the right finger. On the right side of the front is the lens barrel, which protrudes a few millimeters even when the camera is turned off. The barrel has a wide chrome rim with a decorative, thinner black band around it. Around the inner rim of the ...
...left side with a white Fujifilm logo printed below it. In the upper right corner of the back is the mode dial. It has a small LED to its left to show which position of the dial is currently activated. The following positions are on the dial: Auto, Natural Light, Scene Position 1, Scene Position 2, Movie, Aperture/Shutter Priority, Manual, and Natural Light & With Flash. Below the mode dial are two neatly aligned buttons. The playback button is on ... Read review

Advantages: Compact, hig resolution, shake reduction
Disadvantages: Not the best range of features, small screen

Pentax's first ever 12 megapixel camera, this is the front runner for Pentax. The lens is really state of the art, delivering high quality pictures every time, and I am no professional photographer. The camera featueres a Shake Reduction (SR) system that automatically adjusts vertically and horizontally if you move the camera just as you are about to hit the button. This delivers crystal clear images when other compact cameras may be showing blur. ...
...tone so that colours look good when the photos have been taken. It focuses in on the face without you having to think about it. There is also a mode that lets you take head and shoulders shots close up. The LCD Screen is a little on the small side but it does have a light adjustment feature which means you can still see what is on the screen even in bright light conditions. ... Read review

Advantages: Great pics, great vids
Disadvantages: people steal it!!!

I Love the camera. It takes great video, great pics, and its been very reliable. I've owned two of them... you wonder why i'd buy it two times if its so good im sure. Its because my first one was stolen at a wedding. A week after i bought the first, it got taken, and i loved it so much i bought a second. I haven't fully gotten the full effect of the camera yet, due to lack of exciting events in my life, but what i have found is that its a fairly ... Read review

Advantages: The recording and video screen
Disadvantages: Must improve some functions

...regard to digital cameras and Kodak have my preferences I am surprised with many of its models, as well as confidence in the brand I have. The Kodak EasyShare V1253 is a very attractive design and its 12-megapixel resolution plus a huge screen are the foundations on which this camera is maintained. This compact enters the realm of high definition posibiltando not only view the photos on a TV HD through an optional basis, as the Kodak HDTV dock, but ...
...720p, or , With a resolution of 1270 x 720 pixels. Step to describe the video that was more surprising, as well as recording in high definition is the possibility of using the optical zoom to record video sequences. This is nothing new but only other cameras have digital zoom at the time of recording videos. I am not describing a camcorder but it already appears that offers an unsurpassed quality video with stereo sound, color and sharpness as few. ... Read review

Advantages: 10.1 MP camera
Disadvantages: only 3x zoom, cashing camera wasn't made of very durable material

...market for another camera. The Casio Exilim Z1050 left such a good impression on me, but it was wary about making such a huge investment on such a small camera. I asked around, and found that a good friend had the same Casio Exilim. I wanted to buy. Had being the operative word, because it broke after only two months of use. The reason was that since it fit in his pocket, he would literally put in his pocket. He said that even though It was in a ...
...other hand has had his Casio Exilim for only a month,and has high praises for the camera. He bought it especially for a trip up North because it was the only camera he could fit inside a water proof camera casing he had bought in Japan a few months back. After speaking with both of them, I am more confused than ever. The clerk at the store took the Liberty of showing me the photo quality of the camera, and I have to say that it does take a better ... Read review