Advantages: Easy to use, great for first-timers, bonus games, easily maintainable, predominantly self-explanatory
Disadvantages: Batts can drain quickly whilst uploading pics, main menu can be confusing

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Advantages: Small and compact
Disadvantages: Slow to take picture, distortion, lack of viewfinder

...anything up to 10 seconds to be ready for the next shot by the time it had interpolated all the data. Enough of the negatives and on to the positives. Small and discreet it was a pleasure to carry around. With the 128mb card it held more than enough shots. The flash was strong and powerful and no sign of redeye. I liked the simple on/off lens cover and the autopower off. And when it did take a shot it really was crisp with good colour balance. It was also very useful as a webcam when we needed it. Have I kept it? No. I sold it and reverted to the old FinePix. Despite the nominally lower 2 meg resolution to be honest I don't notice the difference on the average shot. Plus the Finepix is 100% reliable and fast - a true point and shoot. Sorry Praktica - this one doesn't get my vote...... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonably light, Full of functions and Easy to use. Great camera
Disadvantages: Gobbles up batteries. Poor video compression

...The DCZ 5.5 digital camera from Praktica is without a doubt a great little snapper and at a price easy on the wallet too. A number of months ago, I decided it was time to invest in a camera, mostly for myself, but also to enhance my listings on eBay. After some research I quickly ruled out the latest Canon and Sony efforts due to the cost associated with the brand names. Although this unit is somewhat cheaper than its popular counterparts it is still a worthy adversary despite its £70 price band. My only criticisms' against this bundle of joy is the pitiful video recording feature. You'll need a vast memory card in order to record a half hour of holiday happiness, where a 10 second clip swallows up 4.4 MB of space. If you're like me and don't want to record video, or have a great camera phone then this wont affect you too much... Read review

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Advantages: Good Price, Lots of Control, Video, Voice Recording, Compact, Good Zoom
Disadvantages: Shutter Cover, No viewfinder

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Advantages: Easy to use and quick to set up
Disadvantages: Can barely see what you're taking pictures of

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Advantages: Low Cost, Size
Disadvantages: Slow to take picture, Flash

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Advantages: Half decent sound quality on videos.
Disadvantages: Uses batteries really quickly, automatic flash,

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Advantages: Very solid construction, excellent quality Zeiss lenses, excellent value
Disadvantages: It is fiddly to load the film, no TTL flash metering or DX film sensing

...I have used Prakticas for about 16 years now, and they are wonderful cameras. Seek one out in your local camera shop. A drawback with the more "modern" Praktica cameras is their obscure bayonet lenses. These are fantastic quality lenses and are exceptionally good value for money, but are hard to find. The B series cameras are similarly great, but are scarce. A short history of Praktica: Before the break up of Germany into East and West - the Carl Zeiss factory made some of the best cameras in the world. They are still doing so under the Contax name - check out how expensive Contax cameras are! In the East, the cameras were called Praktica, and they are just as good but a fraction of the price. This camera has no add ons - just centre-weighted metering and it is completely manual. It is also fairly heavy and chunky - but feels good... Read review

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Advantages: Good value for money, lots of functions and presets, easy to use
Disadvantages: little bulky by todays standards, flash isn't great

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Advantages: High quality, clear pictures uploaded on your computer. Useful for time-taking events.
Disadvantages: Slow speed when preparing for the next shot. Takes time to take a picture when in flash-mode.

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