Toshiba Camileo SX500

Lightweight and small in size and price tag; rubberised surface neatly aids grip in lieu of a palm strap; operation is point-and-shoot easy

Narrow and stiff zoom rocker switch; plasticky buttons; modest feature set compared with others reviewed

In use, however, the top and backplate controls felt a little cheap for our liking – we were particularly unimpressed with the stiff and uncomfortably narrow rocker switch for operating the zoom. It’s also slower to power up from scratch with a wait of...

very easy to use. great quality on both videocamera and camera.

can be a bit awkward to hold as handle is a bit flimsy.

It's very good and straightforward to use. You turn it on and the camera is there and I only have to press the camera button and it takes the picture. If I wanted to record video then all I have to do I press the camcorder button and it starts right...

There is a bit of fiddling with the menu, if I wanted to change the settings to decrease the video and image resolution to free up space on the memory card. It's only about once I used the settings, as I was setting the camcorder up after getting it....