Full feature set addressing the needs of experienced photographers as well as the snapshooters ; Helpful on-board user guide ; Decent performance on several levels ; Natural-looking colors ; Good detail capture at low ISO settings ; Base ISO of 64

Lens distortion at extreme focal lengths ; Tendency to clip highlights in high contrast shots ; Relatively small (2.5 inch) LCD compared to other Olympus superzooms ; Purple fringing along high contrast edges ; Only two levels of JPEG image compression

New features include Shadow Adjustment technology and enhanced Face Detection, which can now recognize up to 16 faces. On the other hand, the camera's smaller size reduces the LCD to 2.5 inches versus the 570's 2.7 inch display. But the 565UZ is ...

A light update to the popular FX35, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37 keeps all of the bells and whistles that made its predecessor such a fun, flexible camera: it's slim, chic, easy to use, and offers an even more versatile version of what may be the best ...

Chic, functional ultracompact design ; Wide-angle lens still the widest out there (on an ultracompact) ; iA mode is point-and-shoot simplicity at its best ; Rich, vibrant color reproduction

Pixel peepers will find noise intolerable, even at low ISOs ; Stronger competition hurts the FX37's by-the-numbers performance ; Premium price tag ; AF inconsistencies remain

So what's not to love? While the idea of a 25mm wide-angle lens on a camera small enough to disappear into a shirt pocket is still something to brag about, it's hard not to feel that Panasonic's last FX efforts, with all that it carries over from ...

Seemingly indestructible build quality and fantastic styling ; Impressively reliable metering/exposure ; Bold, vibrant colors make outdoor shots ideal for from-camera printing ; Video capture looks very nice ; Smart Auto mode is effective and easy to ...

Noisy shots, even at low ISOs ; Occasional flash quirks in Smart Auto mode ; Screen and body stay clean, but scratch easier than previous SDs ; Images get muddy on the telephoto end

720p video? Sign me up

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 delivers on consumer desires for more power and more resolution, generating absolutely mammoth 14.7 megapixel images while also including all the bells and whistles users have come to expect from premium point-and-shoot ...

Elegant, stylish, compact, feature rich ; Excellent Leica zoom ; Very good to excellent image quality ; Manual exposure controls

No optical viewfinder ; Noisy images ; Weird compass switch

I had the FX150 for a bit less than two weeks and the mid-winter weather here in north central Kentucky was typically horrid (gray skies, bad light, cold, and wet) the whole time, but I still managed to come away impressed with this elegant and easily ...

Uses SD Cards ; Simple operation

Painfully slow operation ; Inconsistent focus ; Poor button placement

Casio's latest size- and budget-conscious ultracompact comes in a variety of bright colors with anti-shake, an acceptable zoom range, a wide selection of pre-programmed "Best Shot" settings, and a built-in and easily accessible YouTube capture mode ...

Following close on the heels of the Nikon S600, the Nikon Coolpix S610 premium ultracompact provides a few nice upgrades in a redesigned platform for the manufacturer's latest Wi-Fi camera. But can the standard version, without the benefit of novel ...

Good image and color quality ; Very good AF acquisition time

Disappointing shutter lag ; No manual controls

has also launched a Wi-Fi equipped version of this camera, the more popular S610c. But lacking this unique file transfer functionality, is our standard S610 a slightly re-packaged S600, or has Nikon broken some new ground that's not readily apparent? ...

Following close on the heels of the Nikon S600, the Nikon Coolpix S610 premium ultracompact provides a few nice upgrades in a redesigned platform for the manufacturer's latest Wi-Fi camera.

Good image and color quality ; Very good AF acquisition time

Disappointing shutter lag ; No manual controls

has also launched a Wi-Fi equipped version of this camera, the more popular S610c. But lacking this unique file transfer functionality, is our standard S610 a slightly re-packaged S600, or has Nikon broken some new ground that's not readily apparent? ...

Very good image and color quality ; Very good shutter lag ; Good AF acquisition times in good light ; One of the better lenses I've encountered in this class of camera

No manual controls ; Disappointing continuous shooting performance ; Awkward memory card removal

brings to the table

Uses SD cards ; Quick AF and minimal shutter lag ; Fun to use

Way too many Best Shot presets ; Awkward button placement for Make-Up and Movie Modes ; Small, touchy d-pad

On the surface, then, the EX-Z300 looks and sounds like a lot of other cameras in this class, but some unique features and options may help set it apart

The Canon PowerShot SD990 IS, the latest flagship ultracompact in Canon's Digital ELPH line, was rolled out just before the holiday buying season got underway in an effort to tempt buyers with a camera that offers impressive specs but few frills. If ...

Superior build quality, styling ; Quick Shot mode makes OVF shooting logical ; Decent all around performance ; Sensible feature set offers the stuff you need without the bloat

High-res sensor muddies up images ; Lens performance, specs only adequate ; LCD should be bigger for this price ; Too much money for too few bells and whistles

The marketing hype surrounding this kind of resolution builds up some pretty high expectations for the SD990's images. But as we've all learned in the last few years, the connection between megapixels and image quality only extends so far..