Here's the cameras tested:
- Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS Digital ELPH
- Kodak EasyShare M550
- Nikon Coolpix S3000
- Olympus FE-4030
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH3
- Pentax Optio H90
- Samsung SL600
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330
Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS
What I liked:
- Very good photo quality
- Optical image stabilization
- Stylish, compact metal body
- Fastest startup time in the group
- Nice LCD with good outdoor/low light visibility
- AF-assist lamp, good low light focusing
- Smart Auto mode selects a scene mode for you
- Manual white balance and slow shutter speed controls
- Well-implemented face detection, with handy face self-timer feature
- Effective redeye removal in playback mode
- Optional underwater case and external slave flash
- Some corner blurring and highlight clipping
- Even with two anti-redeye systems, you still need to use the removal tool in playback mode
- Flimsy door over battery/memory card compartment; cannot access while camera is on a tripod
- Plastic tripod mount
- Full manual on CD-ROM; manuals are not terribly user-friendly
- No built-in memory or included memory card
Pentax Optio H90
What I liked:
- Good photo quality; better than average high ISO performance
- 5X, 28 - 140 mm lens in a uniquely styled and compact body
- Auto Picture mode selects a scene mode for you
- Lots of bells and whistles: instant panorama stitching, photo frames, virtual color filters
- Manual focus and white balance
- Customizable "green button"
- Good face and smile detection
- Can record up to ten minutes of continuous 720p video; in-camera video editing tool available
- Large, detailed, and easy-to-read printed manual (woohoo!)
- Redeye a problem, even after digital correction
- Some corner blurring and highlight clipping
- Lens is on the slow side
- No AF-assist lamp (though camera does okay in low light)
- Below average battery life
- Not great for night shots
- Video quality isn't great
- Poorly placed I/O port on bottom of camera
- Plastic tripod mount and flimsy door over memory/battery compartment
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH3
What I liked:
- Good photo quality in most situations
- Optical image stabilization
- 5X, 28 - 140 mm lens in a solid, well-designed metal body
- Nice LCD has good outdoor and low light visibility
- Intelligent Auto mode does just about everything for you
- Tons of scene modes, some of which are quite unique (though require compromises in terms of image quality)
- Fast autofocus, even in low light
- Best continuous shooting mode in the group
- Well-implemented face detection
- Records about eight minutes of continuous 720p video
- Best-in-class battery life; gets even better with optional battery
- Metal tripod mount!
- Redeye a problem, even with digital correction feature
- Some vignetting and corner blurring
- Details tend to get smudged by noise reduction
- Lens is very slow at the telephoto end (F6.9)
- Not great for night shots or unusual lighting conditions
- Lens moves through zoom range way too slowly
- No USB 2.0 High Speed support
- Flimsy door over memory card/battery compartment
- Full manual on CD-ROM; manual is not user-friendly
Samsung SL600
What I liked:
- Decent photo quality in good lighting
- Nice value for the money
- 5X, 27 - 135 mm zoom in a compact metal body
- Generally snappy performance
- Smart Auto mode selects a scene mode for you
- Only camera to feature AE bracketing
- Redeye not a problem
- Handy Photo Guide shows you what settings to change
- Cool self-portrait, Frame Assist, and motion timer features
- Performed well in our night test, despite lack of manual shutter speed control
- Some detail smudging from noise reduction; images get noisy fairly quickly
- Weak flash
- Unimpressive burst mode
- LCD on the grainy side
- Stiff zoom controller
- Flimsy door over memory card/battery compartment; cannot access compartment while using tripod
- Plastic tripod mount
- Very little built-in memory
- No video output cable; accessories difficult to find
- Full manual on CD-ROM; manual is not user-friendly
Nikon Coolpix S3000
What I liked:
- Good photo quality in most situations; performs better than average at high ISOs
- 4X zoom lens in the smallest and lightest body in the group
- Fast startup, focus times (at wide-angle)
- Auto Scene Selector picks a scene mode for you
- Smart Portrait mode combines face, smile, and blink detection with skin softening
- Help screens for all menu items
- Redeye a problem
- Noise reduction smudges fine details
- Telephoto/low light focusing not great
- LCD has poor viewing angle
- Not great for night shots
- Below average battery life
- Poorly located I/O port on bottom of camera
- Plastic tripod mount
- Full manual on CD-ROM
Olympus FE-4030
What I liked:
- Good photo quality at low ISOs
- Ultra-wide, 26 - 105 mm zoom in a small package
- iAuto mode features automatic scene selection
- Quick AF performance when lighting is good
- Handy preview of exposure compensation and white balance options in overlay menu
- Fun "Magic Filters"
- One-step image retouching and redeye removal in playback mode
- Help screens for some menu items via dedicated button
- Detail smudging from strong noise reduction; traditional noise shows up early
- Strong corner blurring
- No AF-assist lamp; slow low light focusing
- No burst mode
- No custom white balance
- Digital zoom cannot be turned off
- Sluggish menu system
- Below average video quality
- Small buttons on back of camera
- Flimsy door over memory card/battery compartment
- Plastic tripod mount
- Full manual on CD-ROM
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330
What I liked:
- Performs better than average at high ISOs (but isn't so hot at low sensitivities)
- Ultra-wide, 26 - 105 mm zoom
- Only camera in the group with a 3-inch LCD
- Intelligent Auto mode picks a scene mode for you
- Well-implemented face and smile detection
- Support for both Memory Stick Pro Duo and SD/SDHC media
- Optional underwater case
- Strong noise reduction smudges details
- Redeye a problem
- LCD has poor viewing angle
- Lack of custom white balance leads to color casts in unusual lighting
- Poor showing in night test
- Weak flash
- No AF-assist lamp; poor low light focusing
- Below average battery life; slow battery charger included
- Controls on back of camera are small; right thumb ends up leaving prints on LCD
- Can't access memory card slot while camera's on tripod
- Plastic tripod mount
- Full manual on CD-ROM; manual not user-friendly
Kodak EasyShare M550
What I liked:
- 5X, 28 - 140 mm zoom in compact metal body
- Smart Capture mode selects a scene mode for you
- Limited slow shutter speed control
- Good face detection/recognition
- Photos can be tagged for uploading/e-mailing at the push of a button
- In-camera panorama stitching and video editing
- Details in photos have been flattened by noise reduction; images often have a fuzzy appearance, as well
- Very noisy at higher ISOs
- Redeye
- Strong vignetting/fall-off at wide-angle; plenty of corner blurriness, as well
- Lens on the slow side
- No AF-assist lamp; poor low light focusing
- Nearly useless burst mode
- Video quality isn't great
- No manual white balance
- Small buttons on back of camera; other buttons are hard to distinguish
- Below average battery life
- Flimsy door over memory card/battery compartment; can't access compartment when using tripod
- Plastic tripod mount
- No A/V output cable included
- Software and manual must be downloaded from Kodak's website; manual is easy-to-read, but not detailed
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