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Introduction

Long gone are the days of 36 shot films and disposable flashes. The evolution of the age of the digital camera has allowed novice and expert photographers alike to review, edit and improve the quality of their pictures. Be it for the family album pic or the artistic landscape shot, the Ciao Shopping Guide to Digital Cameras gives you overview of some of the major features to look for when making your purchasing decision.


Price + Size

As you would expect, the average price of a digital camera can vary highly depending on the specifications you are looking for. For a camera that provides a basic offering, you can spend as little as £50, but expect the quality of your photos to suffer as a result. While improvements to the number of megapixels offered by cheaper cameras have been made, buyers need to look at many other factors if they want a camera that takes the perfect shot. The lack of a decent zoom, battery life, decent flash and sufficient image and editing features will all have a detrimental effect on the final photo quality. The better you want your camera to perform in these particular areas, the more you will have to spend. Good quality digital cameras will cost between £150 and £200, with the best products starting at just over £300.


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Picture perfect

Advantages: Top of the range lense with top of the range electronics.
Disadvantages: On/Off funtion defect on mine

...warranty claim. I will update the review ince I know for sure what went wrong. For the picture, i would definitely recommend this camera, Lyca lense with Panasonic electronic, you could hardly go worng with that. It is just the glitch that put me off to strongly recommend this product. ...

seaweed78 18.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500EB-K

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Only lasted 11 months

Advantages: easy to use, bright, colourful
Disadvantages: does not last, switches on too easily which uses up battery

I purchased this camera for my daughter for a Christmas present last year, based upon the reviews I read on the internet, and she loved it. It is very easy to use and looks bright and funky. As it was an expensive gift, she has really looked after it, and I purchased spare batteries and memory cards for her to be able to use it regularly. Unfortunately it has not lasted - I bought it in October, ready to give her in December 08, so she has only actually ...
...I purchased more new batteries and a new battery charger, but none of these make any difference. I contacted Fuji, who wanted me to pay £58 to send it for repair or pay more money to upgrade to a new model. What a nightmare - it has totally put me off buying Fuji products in the future. ...

KLM74 23.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd

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Canon PowerShot A560 to capture our memorable moments

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: none

...cables that came ... Canon has integrated the PowerShot A560 with a digital zoom with optical stabilizer precision 4x that, helped by the 7.1 megapixel camera which is equipped, allows the resumption of images very clear, defined and bright colors, in a few short words .... image quality, and we realized when we made a series of photographic enlargements ... even with our printer ... home! In particular, at the time of shooting, you can combine digital ...
...this combination is perfectly displayed in the LCD monitor. The built-in flash ensures the recovery of photos even at night, though in the case of subjects and far too dark, you can easily connect a flash to the most powerful support bracket flash ... but you must buy a part! And I can assure you that even in low light pictures are good given the high ISO setting (1600) to which the camera has and also the brightness of the LCD monitor automatically ...

writein 17.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Canon PowerShot A560

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The low cost Nikon

Advantages: Good color reproduction, Strong quality build
Disadvantages: wrong placing of power button, weak LCD screen

...The colour reproduction of this Nikon isn't as good as a Sony. I own another Sony T30 digital camera. I love the stainless steel body which gives me a feeling of robustness. The LCD isn't viewable under the direct sunlight which is a pity. The camera scores for its face detection technology. The lens actually moves around to scan for faces. The menu on this camera is easy to use as well. Anyone can just browse through the menu and find what they ...

shiguo 11.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon Coolpix S500

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Its better to buy nikon cameras instead of buying Cybershots

Advantages: good, easy and user friendly features. Nice and strong body and slim
Disadvantages: Picture has noise and its quality is bot as per advertised results

...2 yrs before I bought Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S730. The features were good, user friendly and easy to use. I also received a battery charger for free along with the purchase. When using for several times I realized that this camera does not perform as advertised especially the picture quality is not that stunning as thought. It has 7.2 mega pixel camera, 3x optical zoom and various modes to take pictures. It has lot of noise effect when taking pictures. ...
...whose built was Nikon and it was 7 mega pixel. The picture quality of Nikon really astonished me. Its features were same as Sony Cybershot but there was much difference in the picture quality. Now henceforth I shall really go for Nikon cameras as it performs better than Sony Cybershots. ...

orvin_1986 09.07.2009 · Read full review
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