With so many digital cameras on the market, it's especially bewildering for the first-time buyer to decide where to start and how to get to grips with all the digital technology, when so many cameras seem ...

For anxious and technophobe newcomers to the digital photography revolution, the FinePix A170 is an ideal introduction as it manages to combine ease of use, good quality images and stylish design for an extremely affordable price.

"The camera never lies" is one of those sayings that now seems truly outdated in this age of digital image manipulation. Even basic budget cameras like this J30 come with some image gimmickry built-in, such as ...

The J30 is a compact camera with a decent spec that produces some good quality pictures with a minimum of fuss. The images captured boast some vibrant colours, and the inclusion of an automatic panorama mode is a neat touch. For a point-and-shoot ...

Ricoh has been making a name for itself by exploring the digital camera market in the last few years, both with its CX range and more especially with the GR DIGITAL series which is now in ...

The latest in Ricoh's GR DIGITAL range of superior compact digital cameras is its finest achievement yet with exceptional picture quality, a wide range of manual settings, RAW capability and plenty of scope for customisation... but all at an ...

Sony's HDR-XR105E combines a pair of trends in the modern day circa-£500 camcorder. Firstly, it has an on-board 80GB hard drive, and a very quiet one at that. Secondly, it can shoot in resolutions of up ...

It might be overkill for someone who merely wants a solid device for some home movies, but Sony's HDR-XR105E is an impressive, quality piece of equipment nonetheless.

It's hard to believe that it's only six months ago that Ricoh brought out its stylish CX1 compact digital camera and already the company has produced a successor with a range of new and improved features. ...

Unfortunately for those who've only just bought the CX1, Ricoh has now expanded the telephoto reach of the CX2, thrown in a few funky scene modes and improved AF capabilities. But, alas, there's no improvement in video mode.

Cameras, like many current gizmos, are bought as much on the grounds of style and fashion as features and performance. Thus one of the popular trends at the moment is to include a waterproof model in ...

If you need a tough little compact digital for that scuba holiday or a bit of snowboarding, then this upgrade from Pentax is certainly rugged enough, but for the price the overall quality of the images - except those taken underwater - is unexpectedly ...

The compact digital cameras in Canon's Digital IXUS range have always been stylish as well as geared towards the happy snapper who likes high quality images for minimum amounts of effort. In that respect the IXUS ...

There's no doubting that the Digital IXUS 990 IS is beautiful to look at and produces high quality images as well as 720p HD movies, yet with its limited manual possibilities it's unattractively higher priced than similar models from the competition.

The PowerShot SX200 IS is striking on the eye, with a shiny aluminium casing in fetching shades of black, blue or red. This is a much more substantial digital compact than many of its rivals, weighing ...

Despite being beautifully stylish to look at, Canon's new PowerShot SX200 IS does have some uncharacteristically disappointing design flaws. But these are more than compensated for by the excellent zoom, powerful processor and good quality HD movie ...

If ever there's a market that feels as though it's close to saturation, it has to be the one for compact digital cameras. As most of them have roughly the length and width of a credit ...

Attractive, slim and sturdily constructed on the outside, the ST50 is nevertheless something of a mixed blessing, with above average video capability and some clever image effects, yet the finished images lack quality and the Auto Smart mode is not as ...

The μ9000 (Mju 9000) is one of the largest compact cameras produced by Olympus in a long while. Even with the zoom retracted it measures a fairly bulky 96 x 60 x 31mm, meaning you may ...

There's no denying the Olympus Mju 9000 is very easy to use. It's a perfect option for those who want a simple point-and-click device with added reliability and rugged build. Those who are concerned about image quality may be disappointed by the lack ...