Canon Digital IXUS 75

The Cannon IXUS 75 is stylishly designed, well-built, boasting an array of additional features including various scene modes, automatic face detection, DIGIC III technology and including the benefit of iSAPS. ISO modes range from 80 to 1600. The Cannon IXUS 75 is just 19.6mm thick, being one of the slimmest compact cameras in Canon's extensive range. The new Canon IXUS 75 offers a 7.1 megapixel sensor, 3x zoom lens equivalent to 35-105mm, and a large 3 inch LCD screen with 230,000 pixels. The Cannon IXUS 75 also includes Face Detection and Noise Reduction technologies, a new Red-Eye Correction feature on offer in Playback mode, and a new ISO Auto Shift function to assist in image blurring. The IXUS 75 includes Canon's DIGIC III imaging processor, making super-fast responses and advanced noise reduction, as well as automatic face detection which brings human faces into sharp focus and corrects any exposure errors. Also combined is Canons' iSAPS technology (Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space) which optimizes key camera settings even before a shot is taken. On the top of the camera is a mode switch to select video, scene or auto mode, together with a power on button and zoom rocker. On the back of the camera is an access to print functions, playback, menu access and display modes, and also controls for changing ISO settings, shooting mode, flash settings or selecting Macro mode. The automatic shooting modes include auto, manual, digital macro, color accent and can be programmed following the location and the subject. However the flash options are limited with a choice between Flash On (which cannot be used in auto mode), Automatic Flash and Flash Off. The Cannon IXUS 75 with its stylish metallic casing is an ideal compact camera, a great buy for professional photographers as well as amateurs.

Nikon COOLPIX L15

Easy-going excellence for even greater fun.
8.0 effective megapixels for high-resolution images
Optical 3x Zoom-NIKKOR lens
New Easy Auto mode for carefree shooting
Dedicated Shooting and Playback mode buttons on body’s top plane
High performance optical lens shift VR image stabilization
Large 2.8-inch high-resolution LCD monitor with anti-reflection coating foreasy viewing
AA-size battery compatible for power replenishment anywhere
High sensitivity up to ISO 1000
Three Unique Nikon Image Innovations for high performance – Face-priorityAF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and D-Lighting
Design combines a solid grip and a striking balance of smooth contours andsharp lines while providing operating stability and no-nonsense looks thatproudly carry on the COOLPIX L series style
Stop-Motion animation for more fun

Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd

The new Z100 fd Finepix digital camera features Face Detection tosignificantly improve your picture taking by identifying humansubjects’ faces in the frame (up to 10 faces) and in real time,determining the optimal focus and exposure settings for the absolute bestresults possible in any shooting conditions. Behind Fujifilm’s FaceDetection technology is a newly developed LSI chip combined with patentedsoftware that allows the FinePix Z10 fd digital still camera to reach alevel of performance in digital photography never before possible. Andthe sophisticated, intelligent software algorithms detect red-eye andcorrect it in-camera. More than just red-eye reduction…this isred-eye elimination, after the image has been captured, to assure everypicture looks its best. The FinePix Z100 gives you the best of both worldswhere image stabilization is concerned. With industry standard mechanicalimage stabilization, the photographer’s hand is steadied for aclearer, blur-free shot. Add to that Fujifilm’s high sensitivityleveraging Picture Stabilization Technology, and increased clarity andsharpness is achieved, even in low light conditions or when shooting movingsubjects. The combination of the two is the ultimate in stabilizationtechnology.

Nikon COOLPIX S700

Stylish elegance fused with advanced performance.
Smallest size among competitor models
12.1 effective megapixels for high-resolution images
Optical 3x Zoom-NIKKOR lens
High performance image sensor shift VR image stabilization
Swift response (0.9 second power-up, fast release-time lag under 0.005seconds)
High-precision 2.7-inch LCD monitor with anti-reflection coating
High-Sensitivity up to ISO 3200
Three Unique Nikon Image Innovations for high performance – Face-priorityAF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and D-Lighting
The COOLPIX S700 boasts a slim, stylish and user-friendly design as othercameras in the COOLPIX “S: Style” series
Distortion control

RICOH Caplio R7 silver

The new Caplio R7 is the successor to the award-winning Caplio R6! With an 8-megapixel sensor and a wide-angle lens (28 mm), the Caplio R7 takes digital photography to an even higher level. Retaining the best features of its predecessor, the Caplio R7 further enhances the series' reputation by adding a dual retractable-lens system and a powerful 7.1x zoom, so you can take photos of anything you choose. Its CCD-shift vibration correction function and ISO 1600 sensitivity work together to compensate for camera shake and low lighting conditions, ensuring excellent results. Its Smooth Imaging Engine III reduces the noise that can occur when taking photos in high sensitivity mode, without any loss in quality. The Caplio R7 also has a 2.7” LCD screen, making it easy to monitor your shots, and a host of advanced built-in functions, including the ADJ (adjust) button, which corrects exposure, a set of intuitive image editing modes, a face-detection feature and a number of scene modes. The Caplio R7 comes complete with a battery, allowing you to take up to 300 photos, and is set to continue the success of the Caplio series!

FUJI FinePix Z10 fd pink

Add a touch of style to your passion for digital photography with the FinePix Z10fd from Fuji. Available in a wide range of colours, this ultra-compact camera (less than 2 cm thick!) lets you capture all your greatest moments in high-quality photos!Equipped with a 7-megapixel CCD sensor and a 3x optical zoom, the user-friendly FinePix Z10fd is a hotbed of high-performance technology. It has an image stabilising system, 1600 ISO sensitivity and an extremely fast shutter speed to ensure that your photos come out clear and bright. The large 2.5” LCD screen provides exceptional visual comfort when you're taking photos and editing them, and the intuitive 2-button interface makes it easy to access all the camera’s functions.Designed to deliver the best results possible, the FinePix Z10fd offers a number of practical picture modes, such as the face detection mode, which is able to identify and focus on up to 10 different faces in a shot. What’s more, the Blog mode lets you edit your photos to display them on your personal Internet site. Finally, the infrared transmission system means you can transfer your photos wirelessly to a compatible external device.Available at a very reasonable price, the high-quality FinePix Z10fd from Fuji packs all the performance and user-friendliness you’ve been looking for into one stylish compact camera!

Canon PowerShot TX1

The Canon TX1 is an unusual hybrid digital camera optimized for video capture. It features a 10x f/3.5-5.6 optically stabilized zoom lens, a seven megapixel imager, and a Movie mode with resolutions up to 1,280 x 720 pixels and frame-rates up to 60 frames per second in QVGA resolution. Other resolutions are limited to 30 fps video, and surprisingly for a camera aimed at video capabilities, Canon has selected a Motion JPEG AVI file format rather than the MPEG4 format found on most other such cameras.

Other features of the Canon TX1 include a rather small 1.8 inch LCD display with a fairly average 115,000 pixel resolution, as well as 35mm-equivalent zoom range from a rather tight 39mm wide-angle to a powerful 390mm telephoto. Optical zoom is supported during movies. Focusing is done via Canon's relatively new Face-Detect AF system, and the TX1 can macro focus to a minimum of 10 centimeters; however, the TX1 has a Super Macro mode that gets right up to the glass. ISO sensitivity tops out at 1,600 as with Canon's other PMA 2007 PowerShot digicams, and data is stored on Secure Digital or MultiMediaCards, including the newer SDHC types, with a not-very-generous 32MB MMC Plus card in the product bundle.

The TX1 derives its power from a custom lithium-ion battery pack and connectivity includes USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed), standard definition NTSC, or PAL A/V out, as well as high definition 1080i component video out. A component video cable assembly (CTC-100/S) is included.

Leica C-LUX 2

The new Leica C-LUX 2 is the equivalent of Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FX30 digital camera, a compact seven megapixel model with image stabilized 3.6x optical zoom lens. Changes between the two models are mostly in terms of the product bundle, where Leica's variant ships with a 64MB Secure Digital card while Panasonic does not include a card, and Leica includes Adobe's Photoshop Elements 5.0 software in place of the ArcSoft bundle provided by Panasonic. The camera body is essentially identical other than product logos, and the absence of the oval trim piece on the front of the Panasonic which serves to provide a grip for your fingers.

As with the DMC-FX30, the C-LUX 2 lens is branded as a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit, and offers a useful 28mm wide angle to 100mm telephoto. There's no optical viewfinder, with a large 2.5" 207k pixel LCD display being provided as the sole method of framing and reviewing images instead. ISO sensitivity ranges from 100 to 1600, with the ability to extend to a maximum of ISO 3200 in high sensitivity mode. Other features include an 848x480 movie mode (plus a choice of lower resolutions), SD / MMC card storage with SDHC compatibility, Lithium Ion battery, and a generous selection of scene modes.

Hewlett Packard Photosmart R937

The Hewlett-Packard Photosmart R937 includes both an eight megapixel CCD imager and an Fujinon-branded 3x optical zoom lens. An 8x digital zoom will help you crop in on subjects even more tightly, but like any digital zoom it cannot recreate detail that wasn't in the wide-angle image, and hence will tend to soften images proportionally to the zoom strength. For framing images, there's a whooping 3.6 inch touchscreen LCD display - much larger than average, which would make the camera more conducive for sharing images with family and friends immediately after capture. There's no optical viewfinder though - something that's become an increasingly rare in modern digital cameras, unfortunately. Images are stored on Secure Digital / MultiMediaCards, including SDHC cards, or in 32MB of internal memory.

R937 shooting modes include Action, Auto (default), Beach, Landscape, Macro, Night Portrait, Panorama left, Panorama right, Portrait, Snow, Steady Photo (in menu), Sunset and Theatre. Other HP R937 features include in-camera red-eye removal and pet-eye fix, HP Design Gallery (artistic effects, borders, colors), slimming and HP touch-up, adaptive lighting, in-camera panorama preview and stitching and HP Image Advice.

Images captured on the HP Photosmart R937 are transferred to your computer over a USB 1.1 connection, rather slower than the USB 2.0 High Speed connections offered on most current cameras. The R937 derives its power from a proprietary Lithium Ion rechargeable battery, and a charger/AC adapter is included in the bundle. The HP R937 is covered by a 1 year warranty, comes with HP Photosmart software and is Windows Vista ready.

Samsung L74 Wide

The Samsung L74 Wide has a seven megapixel CCD imager coupled to a Samsung NV-branded 3.6x optical zoom lens with a useful 28mm wide angle. At wide angle the lens is reasonably bright at f/2.8, although as you reach the 100mm telephoto the maximum aperture becomes a rather dim f/5.8. The Samsung L74 Wide has an exceptionally generous 512MB of built-in memory (450MB available for photos), as well as both SD / MMC and SDHC card storage. Images are framed on a whopping 3.0" LCD display with a higher-than-average 230,000 pixel resolution.

The Samsung L74 also includes the company's face detection technology, coupled to both the autofocus and autoexposure systems to ensure that your subject's faces are correctly focused and exposed. One more unusual feature is the ability to capture video with sound at just a few pixels shy of SVGA resolution, although in this mode the framerate is limited to 20 frames per second. In the lower VGA and QVGA resolutions, the L74 Wide can manage 30 fps. Power comes from a proprietary Lithium Ion battery.

Pentax Optio A30

The Pentax Optio A30 is an attractive ten megapixel camera with an SMC Pentax-branded 3x optical zoom lens, and a 2.5" LCD display. Offering a higher than average resolution of 232,000 pixels, this LCD is the only method of framing images since the A30 forgoes any form of optical viewfinder.

The Pentax A30 has a fairly typical 35mm-equivalent focal range of 38 - 114mm, with a maximum aperture that varies from f/2.8 to f/5.4 across the zoom range. ISO sensitivity is from 64 to 1600 (3200 in blur reduction mode), and the A30 offers both Shutter-priority and Manual exposure modes, plus a generous twelve scene modes. The A30 offers shutter speeds ranging from 1/2000 to 4 seconds, Multi-segment, Center-weighted and Spot metering modes, and +/- 2.0EV of exposure compensation.

Optio A30 connectivity includes both high-speed USB 2.0 and NTSC / PAL video, and images are stored on Secure Digital / MultiMediaCards, including newer SDHC types, plus 22MB of built-in memory. Power is derived from a proprietary Lithium Ion battery pack.

Kodak EasyShare V1233

The Kodak EasyShare V1233 and V1253 are closely related cameras with 12 megapixel resolution and 3x SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH branded optical zoom lens. Both cameras have a high-res 16:9 video mode at 30 fps described as "720p". The lower-cost V1233 offers a 2.5-inch LCD display, while the V1253 uses a larger 3.1-inch display. The only other difference of note is that the V1253 weighs about 5 grams more.

Other features common to both the V1233 and V1253 include Face Detection Technology, which automatically adjusts the camera’s settings for optimal portrait shots, Digital Image Stabilization to reduce blur caused by camera shake or subject movement, a sleek design, and simple-to-use controls.

SAMSUNG S750 silver

The S750 combines high-perfomance capacities with easy-to-use functions, bringing digital photography within everyone’s reach.Equipped with a sensor with 7 effective megapixels and a 3x optical zoom, the S750 takes photos in 3072 x 2304 pixel resolution!The S750 is designed to fit comfortably in your hand, and its 2.5” LCD screen is easy on the eyes as you take photos and videos, and touch them up. Among its many functions, the S750 has a 5cm macro mode, 11 scene modes that adjust to any situation, and even a video mode with audio which shoots footage at 30 fps!The compact and stylish S750 is a great way to introduce novice photographers to the world of digital photography!

SONY Cyber-shot DSC-W55 silver

Sony has added to the renowned W series with a discreet and stylish camera. The Cyber-shot DSC-W55 is a light and compact camera that's equipped with a 7 million-pixel CCD Super HAD sensor and the unbeatable Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 3x optical zoom. It's also equipped with the “Clear RAW NR” system, which reduces background noise and optimises colours, making it easy to take beautifully sharp photos, even when you're using the zoom. The 2.5” TFT screen is easy to see on the DSC-W55, and the camera also includes an optical viewfinder. Among the DSC-W55’s numerous advantages is a sensitivity of 1000 ISO, which is ideal for low-lighting conditions, 7 scene modes, a VX Fine video mode and even a Stamina battery, letting you take up to 380 photos without recharging the camera! Easy to use, the Cyber-shot DSC-W55 is a high-performance camera with an elegant design, perfect for those wanting to take advantage of digital-quality photos.

FUJI FinePix S5700

Successor to the famous FinePix S5600, the S5700 from Fuji guarantees impressive results each and every time! Equipped with a powerful 10x optical zoom and "Real Image" technology, the S5700 has a 7-megapixel sensor and a 2.5" LCD screen, so you can preview your shots before taking them. Despite its large screen, it’s more compact and lightweight than the S5600, and has a high sensitivity of 1600 ISO, meaning that it can function at higher shutter speeds to limit the effects of blur in poor lighting conditions. The S5700 is also the first camera from Fuji with a stabilised video mode, allowing you to use the optical zoom when you're filming and guaranteeing sharp and fluid video results. The S5700 includes a number of scene modes and an intuitive menu, making it easier to take fantastic photos in any situation. At great value for money, the S5700 is the ideal choice for photographers looking for a high-performance and easy-to-use camera!