Best Family Point & Shoot Digital Cameras: Archive 2007 - 2010

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	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) 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.
	Canon Powershot A630 For: High quality 35-140mm zoom (35mm equiv). 8 mega pixels. Full manual controls. VGA movies. Fast operation. Rotating 2.5" LCD. Uses AA batteries. Against: Movies limited to 8 minutes.
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX33 For: 8 megapixels. 28-100mm Leica zoom lens. Small & compact. Fast operation. 2.5" high resolution TFT. Against: Limited manual controls. Noise at higher ISOs.
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 For: 7 megapixels. Sharp Optically stabilized Leica 28-280 zoom lens. Fast operation. Widescreen and VGA movies. High resolution 3" TFT. Small size. Against: Heavy noise reduction at higher ISOs . No manual controls.
	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.
	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.

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Best Family Prosumer Digital Cameras & Digital SLR Cameras: Archives 2007 - 2010

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 A720 IS
For: 8 megapixels. Optically stabilized 35-210 zoom lens. Manual controls. Digic III for fast operation. VGA movies. Optical viewfinder. Face detection.
Against: Noise at higher ISO settings. Low resolution 2.5" TFT. Poor in low light.

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.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5
For: 9 megapixel CCD. Optically stabilised 28-280mm (35mm equiv) Leica zoom. 460k 3" LCD. Fast operation. HD movies at 15 fps. SD / SDHC cards.
Against: Limited manual controls. Noise & smearing of fine details at most ISOs.

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

Canon PowerShot S5 IS
For: 12x zoom . 2.5" LCD. Optical image stabilisation, 8 mega pixels. Full manual controls. AA batteries. Hotshoe. VGA movies. Fast operation. Stereo sound.
Against: Redeye. No raw file support. Noise at higher ISOs.

Nikon D40X Digital SLR Camera
For: 10 megapixels. Small & lightweight. Interchangeable lenses. High quality images. Bright viewfinder. 2.5" TFT. Best in class resolution. Raw format. Low or no noise upto 800 ISO. Fast operation. 3 fps shooting.
Against: No autofocus with non-AF-S/AF-I lenses.

Fujifilm FinePix F100fd
For: 12 megapixel super CCD. Fast operation. 28-140mm (35mm equiv) zoom. VGA movies. Compact size. Face detection. XD & SD/SDHC cards. 2.7" TFT. Wide dynamic range. Low noise upto 1600 ISO. Image stabilization.
Against: Limited manual control.

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS
For: 12x zoom 28-336mm (35mm equiv.). 12.1 megapixels. 3" LCD. Full manual controls. HD movies at 1280 x 720 30 fps using H.264 codec. 3 colors - red, blue & black. Compact. Face detection. HDMI.
Against: No memory card supplied or built in. Slow flash. Heavy noise reduction above 200 ISO.

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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Many of the cameras listed here may be available for purchase secondhand or new from Amazon.