Best Family Point & Shoot Digital Cameras: Archive 2007 / 2008

	Ricoh Caplio R5 For: Huge 28-200mm (35mm equiv) zoom lens. 7 mega pixels. CCD shift vibration correction. Pocket size compact. VGA movies. Fast operation. Long battery life. Against: Poor focusing in low light.
	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50 For: Carl Zeiss 3x Zoom lens. 6 mega pixels. Fast operation. Compact size. VGA movies. Against: Noise at higher ISO settings. Slow focusing in low light. No manual controls.

	Fujifilm FinePix F20 For: 6 megapixel super CCD. Good in low light without flash. Fast operation. VGA movies. Small and compact. Against: No manual settings. XD card.
	Olympus Stylus 750 For: 7 mega pixels. Weatherproof. CCD shift image stabilization. 36-180mm (35mm equiv) zoom lens. Against: No manual controls. Poor in low light.
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 For: Leica 28-105 zoom lens (35mm equiv). Fast operation. Pocket size. VGA movies. Optically stabilised zoom. Against: Images are noisy above ISO 100. No manual settings.
	Fujifilm FinePix F50 fd For: 12 megapixel super CCD. Fast operation. Shutter & aperture priority. VGA movies. Compact size. Face detection. XD & SD cards. 2.7" TFT. Against: Noise at higher ISOs. Less capable in low light.
	Ricoh Caplio R6 For: Huge 28-200mm (35mm equiv) zoom lens. 7 mega pixels. CCD shift vibration correction. Face detection. Pocket size compact. VGA movies. Fast operation. Long battery life. 2.7" LCD. Against: Noise in images above ISO 100.

Best Family Prosumer Digital Cameras & Digital SLR Cameras: Archive 2007 / 2008

	Fujifilm Finepix F31fd For: 6 mega pixel super CCD. Face detection. Excellent low light capability. VGA movies. Super fast operation. Manual controls. Against: XD cards.
	Casio Exlim EX-Z850 For: Full manual controls. 8 mega pixels. Compact size. Advanced Bestshot MPEG4 movie modes. Very fast operation. Long battery life. Against: Noisy night time images.

Canon Powershot A710 IS
For: Image stabilised 35-210mm zoom (35mm equiv). 7 mega pixels. Full manual controls. VGA movies. Fast operation. AA batteries.
Against: Time limit of 8 minutes on movies.

Nikon D40 Digital SLR Camera
For: Compact size for a SLR. Excellent images. Good low light capability. Full manual controls. Interchangeable lenses. Fast operation for family photography.
Against: None

Olympus E-410 Digital SLR
For: 10 megapixels. Very small & lightweight with no grip. Fast operation. Excellent images. Live view through 2.5" TFT. Supersonic wave filter for dust reduction. Low or no noise upto 800 ISO. Against: Small viewfinder.

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