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Nikon S3000 Digital Camera - Black (12MP, 4x wide Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD

Review, 2010-07-22
Excellent! Perfect little camera. Simple to use and easy to carry. Produces quality pictures with a clear LCD screen. And the colour is stunning. The battery life is good and generally lasts 2-3 days on general usage, however there is no indicator to tell you the level of the battery life so a bit of guess work is required. Other than that, an amazing buy!!

Panasonic Lumix FS10 Digital Camera - Pink (12.1MP, 5x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD

• 12.1 Megapixels
• HD Movie Recording
• 5x Optical Zoom Lens
• iA Mode with Scene Detection
• Megapixels: 12.1

Fantastic camera., 2010-06-22
What can I say about this awesome camera? I wanted one that was small and lightweight and able to produce good pictures. This was the perfect choice.

It has many different shooting modes to choose from which are easy to select and you'll find one to suit most weather conditions/activities/purposes. For each mode, there's a quick summary of what it does - helpful when trying to find the best one to use.
It's quick to set up as soon as you open the box. Although it doesn't come with a memory card, you can buy them quite cheap from most places and the camera also has in-built memory, for when the SD card is full (40mb I think it is). Once the battery pack is charged (which didn't take long at all) the camera is ready to go.


Highly recommended!

Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS Digital Camera - Pink (10 MP, 3.0x Optical Zoom) 2.5 inch LCD

• 3.0x optical zoom with optical Image Stabilizer
• Scene Detection Technology
• Anti-Blur
• Face Detection Technology
• DIGIC 4

Great compact camera!, 2010-07-04
I always heard that canon's were great, but i didnt realise how much so. After having a Kodak camera for a number of years i decided that i neeeded a change. I wanted a camera that would be eay to carry around, whether it be on a night out or travelling around the world. This camera is definately it. It has excellent settings which you can change from auto to program and the picture quality is as good as a SLR. The zoom is not great but to be honest if you want a great zoom for specialised pictures then an SLR is the one.

Simply it does what it says on the tin. Will always buy Canon from now on!

Canon PowerShot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera - 5x Optical Zoom, 3 inch PureColor LCD II Viewfinder - Black

A Superb Quality Compact Camera with a Vast Range of Capabilities, 2010-07-11
I take a lot of photographs whilst out and about and on holiday, an 'artistic snapper' if you like. I have a venerable Toshiba PDR-M81 4.2Mp camera for lightweight/compact requirements where I can accept damage/loss (as I have a couple of spares due to me liking it so much !) and a Canon EOS 400D when the amount/size of equipment is not a factor and where the risk of damage/loss is 'low'. After seeing the specification/reviews of this camera I identified it as something that might fill a potential 'hole' in my camera line-up for occasions when I want something compact but am comfortable taking around something of value (ie the risk of damage or theft is minimal - this camera is not cheap !).

Having bought a Canon G10 and used it for a bit I'm so glad I got it. It fills my aforementioned 'capability gap' perfectly, takes excellent images, is easy to use in what one could refer to as the 'basic' mode and offers a copious range of capabilities. The camera has been around a while now, much written about it and it has also recently been superseded. Despite this I still thought it worth posting my views as from what I read the G11 isn't THAT much of a leap forward so any readers of this review might well be able to satisfy a temptation to get the older G10 at a lower price !

Aside from the size, the main factors which made this an excellent choice for me are the very useful zoom range of the lens, the sensor resolution, the ability to take RAW images and the wealth of features/adjustment possibilities on offer - plus it's a Canon of course.

I can't emphasise enough how wide-ranging and comprehensive the range of features and customisation/adjustment settings are - it really is mind-boggling and I doubt anyone has mastered an ability to remember how to perform every possible setting; but the beauty of the G10 is that it can be used perfectly well as a straightforward 'point and shoot' camera, without having to resort to fiddling with buttons etc. From my experience it is best to just peruse the manual in order to get a feeling for the capabilities, and how to access the essential functions, then use the camera almost immediately to get the feel of it; I am gradually over time discovering the extra capabilities it has, how to set them and what I can adjust.

I think the key consideration to always remember when using this camera is not 'what can it do' but, due to it's superb capabilities, 'what buttons do I have to press to achieve what I want' - I have consistently found it has the answer to any photographic 'requirement' I've thrown at it. You can either do this at your leasure with the user guide at hand or (and I know this sounds a bit stupid) whilst out taking photos 'in anger', 'playing' with the buttons and seeing what happens...

The best example I can give is the excellent 'Stitch Assist' function. I like taking sweeping panoramic images and this mode offers an easy and intuitive way to take multiple images which can be readily compiled (using photo software) to produce an overall image far bigger than one image 'frame'. Whilst taking photos in a large garden, I found myself thinking 'now it would be far more useful if I could take my images not just left-to-right (as offered when the mode is selected), but also from right-to-left, top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top'. No user guide at hand of course, but I instinctively fiddled with the control dial and lo-and-behold a stitch shooting direction menu appeared on the LCD offering those 4 shooting modes plus a clockwise mode (to form a 4-frame rectangular image) - MARVELLOUS !

I do not intend to go into great depth about everything else the camera can do, but here's a short list of the things I particularly like :

The build-quality - it's very robust and well-finished.
The overall zoom range plus the minimum/maximum focal length capability.
The battery life is excellent - I can almost always go out with just the camera and a well-charged battery knowing it will last the day.
That fantastic stitch assist function !
The readily available exposure compensation facility via a dial - no buttons to press or menus required to access it.
It has a viewfinder.
The useful size of the LCD.
The image quality in bright sunlight doesn't seem to require me getting a polarising filter fitting - the contrast and colour of blue skies, water etc is quite acceptable 'as-is'.
The video quality and that sound is recorded.
File playback can be performed on the LCD without turning on the camera/activating the lens.

On the down-side, I do have a couple of niggles :

It might be pocket-sized but it's much heavier than I was expecting so can't comfortably be stored in a pocket.
The location of the 'Exposure Lock' button - I have lost count how many times I've unintentionally activated the function (I don't have the same problem with my EOS despite the button being similarly placed - it's the overall body size and overall layout of the G10 which makes the button more 'vulnerable' when taking photos).
I would prefer that the 'mov' (ie QuickTime) video file-format was a more widely used type such as 'wmv' or 'avi'. This would make the files more readily playable on computers and portable playback devices (eg I can view images from the G10 on my Epson multimedia player but not the video).

There might be other cameras out there that offer similar levels of quality and capability to the G10, but for me this camera is a real winner and well worth considering if your budget can stretch to buying it.

Nikon S3000 Digital Camera - Blue (12MP, 4x wide Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD

Review, 2010-07-22
Excellent! Perfect little camera. Simple to use and easy to carry. Produces quality pictures with a clear LCD screen. And the colour is stunning. The battery life is good and generally lasts 2-3 days on general usage, however there is no indicator to tell you the level of the battery life so a bit of guess work is required. Other than that, an amazing buy!!

Fujifilm FinePix S1500 Digital Camera - Black (10MP, 12x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD

Ideal fuji s1500, 2010-07-26
I already own a Fuji S8000FD camera which is excellent. Having read the good reviews I decided to purchase the S1500 for my daughter for a birthday present, she is a keen photographer,and I must say how delighted we/she is with this camera, lots of usable functions which are quick to pick up, excellent pictures with the 10mp.All in all a superb digital camera, well recommended, only grumble is the lens cap is a bit iffy. I would suggest downloading Picaso 3 Photographic programme from the internet to enhance your pictures, the software supplied with the camera is rubbish.
As usual Amazon delivery service excellent and efficient

Canon IXUS 105 Digital Camera - Silver (12.1 MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.7 Inch PureColor LCD

• 12.1 Megapixel IXUS with compact metal body in four colour options
• Genuine Canon 28 mm wide-angle 4x zoom lens with optical Image Stabiliser
• 6.8 cm (2.7 inch) PureColor LCD II screen
• Smart Auto with Smart Flash Exposure and Scene Detection Technology for great looking photos
• Features include: Face Detection, FaceSelf-Timer and Auto Red-Eye Correction

Panasonic Lumix TZ8 Digital Camera (12.1MP, 12x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD - Silver

• 12x Optical/16x Intelligent Zoom
• 25mm Wide-angle LEICA DC Lens
• HD Movie Mode
• Intelligent Resolution Technology
• Megapixels: 12

Fab Camera, 2010-06-26
Not had a chance to fully use all the features on this camera yet but so far am loving it. The zoom is great and picture quality looks good. Very happy! A great choice!

Sony DSCH55B Cyber-shot Digital Camera - Black (14.1MP, 10x Optical Zoom) 3 inch LCD

Sony DSCH55B Cyber Shot Digital camera, 2010-07-19
Outstanding camera does everything it claims and more, it gives outstanding results picture quality second to none. Only niggle is that it doesn' have a eye piece for framing your picture you have to use the LCD screen however this seems to be the case with most of the Sony range of cameras. Do not let this put you off its without doubt the best little digital camera around and incredible value for money from Amazon.

Barry Close

Canon PowerShot D10 Digital Camera (12.1 MP, 3.0x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD

• Resistant to water shock dust & cold
• 12.1 MP
• 3.0x zoom and optical IS
• Scene Detection Technology
• DIGIC 4

Sun Sea Snow and Ice, 2010-07-28
I have had this camera for about a year now and it has performed excellently in all conditions. It is a little bulky both in your pocket or clipped to your belt but to be able to use it anywhere more than makes up for it.

My camera is well travelled to sunny beaches, ski resorts, gloomy days out in England and it always produces great pics. I have a full Nikon DSLR set with many expensive lenses that now tends to live under my spare bed as the convenience and quality of this product is great.

I use an 8 gig card and if I'm going away for a week I don't even take the battery charger, it's good for as many photos as you will take on a week's holiday.