Standard Digital Camera Review

Raising the Standard

Standard digital cameras are perfect for snapshots and shooting on the go. Compiling the features you need in a user-friendly package, standard digital cameras help you capture those once-in-a-lifetime moments.

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Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20	Samsung Digimax V50	Nikon Coolpix 5700	Olympus Camedia C-50	Nikon Coolpix 5000	Konica Minolta Dimage Z5 (black)	Leica DIGILUX 3	Panasonic Lumix Dmc-fz5 Digital Camera	Sony Mavica MVC-CD500	Casio Exilim PRO EX-P505
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Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	$240.00	$399.99	$192.00	N/A	N/A	$479.99	N/A	$150.00	N/A	$159.00

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Resolution (MP)	5.36	5.3	5.24	5	5.24	5	5	5.36	5	5.25
Optical Zoom	12 x	3x	8x	3x	3x	12 x		12x	3x	5x
Battery Type	Li-ion	AA	Li-ion	Li-ion	Li-ion	AA	Li-ion	Li-ion		Li-ion
Image Stabilizer	Optical					Optical		Optical
LCD Screen Size	2 in.	2 in.	1.5 in.	1.5 in.	1.8 in	2 in	2.5 in	1.8 in.	2.5 in	2 in.
Red Eye Reduction
Self Timer
Warranty		1 Year	1 Year	2 Years	1 Year				1 Year	1 Year
Aperture	F2.8-8	F2.8-4.9	F/2.8-4.2	F/2.8-4.8	F/2.8-4.8	F/2.8-4.5	F/2.8-3.5	F/2.8-3.3	F2-2.5	F3.3-7.4
Built-In Memory										7.5 MB
Camera Depth	4.2 in	1.6 in	4 in	1.7 in	2.7 in	3.3 in	3.1 in	3.3 in	4 in.	2.89 in.
Camera Height	3.43 in.	2.3 in	3 in	2.3 in	3.2 in	3.1 in	3.4 in	2.7 in	3.8 in	2.19 in.
Camera Weight	1.1 lbs		1.06 lb.	0.43 lb.	0.79 lb.	0.7 lbs		0.7 lbs	1.38 lb.	0.4 lbs
Camera Width	5 in	4.3 in	4.3 in	3.9 in	4 in	4.3 in		4.3 in	5.5 in	3.88 in.
Continuous Shooting Speed	3 fps					10 fps	3 fps	4 fps
Digital Zoom	4 x	5 x	4x	4 x	4x	4 x	4 x	4 x	4x	8x
Focal Length	6 - 72 mm	7.7 - 23.1 mm	8.9 - 71.2 mm	7.8 mm - 23.4 mm	7.1 - 21.4 mm	5.83 mm - 69.9 mm	28 - 100 mm	6 mm - 72 mm	7 - 21 mm	6.3 mm - 31.5 mm
LCD Screen Resolution	130,000 pixels	117,600 pixels	110,000 pixels	134,000 pixels	110,000 pixels	114,000 pixels	207,000 pixels	130,000 pixels	123,000 pixels	84,960 pixels
Macro
Max Shutter Speed	1/2000 sec	1/2000 sec	1/4000 sec	1/1000 sec	1/4000 sec	1/1000 sec	1/4000 sec	1/2000 sec	1/1000 sec	1/2000 sec
Memory	SD	Memory Stick	CF	XD	IBM Microdrive	SD, MMC	MMC, SD	SD	CDR	MMC, SD
Min Focus Range	11.8 in	31.5 in	19.7 in	19.7 in	19.7 in	23.6 in		11.8 in	19.7 in	15.7 in
Min Shutter Speed	8 sec	15 sec	8 sec	8 sec	60 sec	4 sec	60 sec	8 sec	8 sec	60 sec

Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	$240.00	$399.99	$192.00	N/A	N/A	$479.99	N/A	$150.00	N/A	$159.00