Digital Camera News and Reviews

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10

Photography Blog has tested the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 (also known as Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10) compact digital camera. This digital camera has a massive 14.5 megapixels and is able to shoot with three aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9. It also has a built-in GPS unit.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10:
-14.5 megapixel image sensor
-12x optical zoom lens (25-300mm)
-3″ LCD screen
-Image stabilization (Power O.I.S)
-Three aspect ratios 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9
-Built-in GPS unit

Photography Blog ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10 a “Highly Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4.5 stars out of 5. The camera gets a perfect score on features, very high on design and ease of use while getting a little score on image quality and value for your money. The ZS7 seems to be an excellent travel camera with it’s useful zoom range, GPS unit and it is able to take pictures of good quality.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10 digital camera here.

Casio Exilim EX-Z2000

Casio Exilim EX-Z2000 is an ultra compact digital camera that Trusted Reviews has tested. This Casio camera has 14.1 megapixels, a large LCD and the ability to record movies with HD quality.

Some key features for the Casio Exilim EX-Z2000:
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (26-130mm)
-3″ LCD screen
-Sensor-shift image stabilization
-HD movie recording, 1280 x 720 30fps
-Size: 100.5 x 58.5 x 19.8mm
-Weighs 149g

Trusted Reviews ends up giving the Casio Exilim EX-Z2000 a very good review with an overall score of 9 out of 10 points and it even receives a “Trusted Reviews Recommended” award. The camera gets a top score on value and scores very high on the other factors: image quality, features and build quality. The Casio camera has tons of good features and has a good design. In addition it comes with a low price tag that makes it a real winner. It is nice to see that smaller camera brands are able to make such quality cameras and give the bigger brands some competition.
Read the full review of the Casio Exilim EX-Z2000 digital camera here.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V

Imaging Resource has reviewed the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V digital camera. This Sony camera has an Exmor R CMOS sensor that is back-illuminated. This technology is supposed to give better pictures at higher ISO levels so let us hear what the reviewer thinks about this compact camera.

Some key features for the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V:
-10.2 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor
-10x optical zoom lens (25-250mm)
-3″ LCD screen
-Optical image stabilization
-Record movies in 1080i AVCHD quality
-45MB of internal memory

Imaging Resource ends up giving the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V a very good review and it even gets a “Dave’s Pick” award. The reviewer find the camera to be very usable and takes pictures of good quality. It also takes pretty good pictures in low light and has a nice zoom range. On the downside we find a few things like not much of manual controls and jerky zooming, but overall this seems like a very nice compact camera from Sony.
Read the full review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V digital camera here.

Canon Powershot SD3500 IS / Canon Digital IXUS 210

Photography Blog has reviewed the new Canon Powershot SD3500 IS (also know as Canon Digital IXUS 210) digital compact camera. This camera from Canon has an enormous LCD with touchscreen abilities. It also has 14 megapixels and a wide angle zoom lens.

Some key features for the Canon Powershot SD3500 IS / Canon Digital IXUS 210:
-3.5″ touchscreen LCD with 460k resolution
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (24-120mm)
-Optical image stabilization
-Able to shoot 720p HD movies
-HDMI output

Photography Blog ends up giving the Canon Powershot SD3500 IS a pretty mediocre rating with an overall score of 3.5 stars, “Above Average”. The camera scores highest on design while scoring a little lower on features and ease of use. It scores lowest on image quality and value for your hard earned money. The reviewer find the touchscreen to be really nice, but the price tag is very high for a compact camera in this class and when the image quality has not improved from earlier models you really need to love touchscreen (there is no other way to control the camera) to invest in this camera.
Read the full review of the Canon Powershot SD3500 IS / Canon Digital IXUS 210 camera here.