an underwater housing. And there is more

Strictly point & shoot, Small mode wheel hard to read underwater, Over-zealous underwater depth warnings, Tiny gray on silver labels difficult to read, LCD not always bright enough for underwater viewability, Elegant metal body can get scratched, ...

The Stylus 1030 SW is the camera a lot of divers have been waiting for. It brings 10-megapixel resolution to scuba diving without the need of an underwater case. It's also the most rugged Olympus Stylus camera yet, being able to survive huge drops ...

Nikon introduced the Coolpix S710 as part of its Fall 2008 lineup. With this camera Nikon pushes the resolution limit available in inexpensive consumer cameras even farther. You now get 14.5 megapixel, a number almost unimaginable just a few years ago ...

No optical zoom during movies, Costly

The S710 is a speedy point & shooter that also offers full P/S/A/M manual control. It offers full voice recording, VGA movies with sound and even time-lapse movies. Active image sensor vibration reduction eliminates most blur when you zoom. Movies use ...

Nikon introduced the Coolpix S60 as part of its Fall 2008 lineup. From the front it looks very much like the 9-megapixel Coolpix S52 unveiled earlier in 2008, but turn it around and you find the backside taken up entirely by a LCD display and nothing ...

No optical zoom during movies, Touch screen has learning curve, Costly

The S60 is a speedy point & shoot camera without manual control. It offers full voice recording, VGA movies with sound, has active lens shift vibration reduction eliminates most blur when you zoom. It also includes a wealth of Nikon's in-camera ...

It's becoming difficult to up the ante in today's crowded market for ultra-compact consumer cameras. Just a few months ago Casio introduced the Exilim EX-Z100 and Z200 to the US market (in January of 2008) -- a pair of ultra-compact 10-megapixel ...

Fewer scene modes, No 848 x 480 movies

However, according to the specs included in the press release, there is no high-res wide-format 848 x 480 pixel video mode and you must do with standard 640 x 480 vidclips. Missing seems to be MPEG-4 H.264 video format/compression that reduces MPEG-4 ...

In May of 2008, Pentax introduced the Optio W60, a waterproof and dustproof camera that can also operate in freezing temperatures. The camera was designed to be taken places that are usually off-limits for digital cameras, like boats, the beach, ...

No sensor shift shake reduction, No illuminator lamp

The Optio W60 is a waterproof and dustproof 10-megapixel point & shoot camera that you can take and use practically anywhere. It has an internal 5X optical zoom lets you get close to the action while also offering 28mm wide shooting. The high ...

In March of 2008, Pentax Imaging Company announced the Optio V20 compact digital camera with a 5X zoom lens, 8.0 megapixels, and a large 3.0 inch LCD monitor. The camera is slim and stylish, and designed to make it easy to capture images in a wide ...

No optical zoom during movies, No super-macro, No sensor shift shake reduction

The Optio V20 is an 8-megapixel point & shoot camera that offers a number of useful extras. Having a 5X optical zoom lets you get significantly closer to the action. And a high resolution 3-inch LCD display means you can see if a picture is really ...

When Nikon revealed its Fall 2007 lineup, something was missing: a 10-megapixel camera. The S-Series models jumped from 8 (S510) to 12 megapixel (S700). This oversight has now been addressed with not one but two new 10-megapixel cameras, the S550 and ...

No optical anti-blur

There are also two new modes: Smile and Blink Warning. In smile mode, the camera can actually tell a smile and will wait to shoot the picture until it detects one. Blink warning actually displays a warning message when, in the camera's opinion, the ...

The Coolpix S600 is one of two 10-megapixel cameras introduced by Nikon in January of 2008 as part of its Spring lineup. Why two 10-megapixel cameras that, at first look, are very similar? Because there are significant differences, enough to describe ...

Rotary mode selector a bit cumbersome

Like all recent Coolpix cameras, the S600 benefits from Nikon's EXPEED image processing system that optimizes noise reduction and improves the signal-to-noise ratio. The S600 also has an enhanced face-priority auto focus mode that can now detect and ...

The wholesale switch to digital cameras has made something possible that was never possible before: ultra-thin cameras. Without the need to accommodate a standard roll of film, a digital camera can be made much thinner. The cost of designing ever ...

No optical zoom during movies, Still a bit thicker than Casio and others

The S210 is a point & shooter without manual control. It offers 15 scene modes and also includes a slew of Nikon's in-camera goodies and technologies. The S210 is priced right at US$179 and is definitely a welcome addition to the Coolpix lineup

The shock and waterproof Olympus Stylus 850 SW was introduced in January of 2008 as part of the company's big winter announcement that included no fewer than nine new consumer cameras. The 850 SW appears to be the successor of last summer's Stylus 790 ...

Strictly point & shoot

The attractive ultra-compact water, shock and shockproof 8-megapixel Stylus 850 SW is perfect for those who love to take their camera outdoors without having to baby it. The camera can take a beating and you can even use it underwater, down to a depth ...