Digital Camera News and Reviews

Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR

Photography Blog has reviewed a compact camera with some very impressive specifications. The camera is called Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR and has a zoom range that ranges from 24mm to an astonishing 720 making the lens 30x optical zoom. The Fujifilm camera comes with a 16 megapixel sensor and is able to record full HD movies with stereo sound. The specifications are impressive, but is the camera able to perform?

Some key features for the Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR:
-30x optical zoom lens (24-720mm)
-16 megapixel image sensor
-3″ LCD screen
-Full 1080p HD movie recording
-ISO sensitivity 100-12800
-Supports RAW-format

Photography Blog ends up giving the FinePix HS20 EXR a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The compact camera scores highest on features where it gets a perfect score, almost as high on design and ease of use, while it scores lowest on value for your money and image quality. The HS20 is a good camera with many useful features, but it seems like Fujifilm have crammed too many megapixels into the image sensor as ISO noise comes visible even at low levels. If you mostly photograph at ISO 100 this should not be a problem, but let us hope they work more on image quality with their next camera in this line.
Read the full review of the Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR digital camera with 30x optical zoom here.

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Imaging Resource has reviewed a new compact digital camera from Canon. The camera is called Canon PowerShot A3300 IS and has plenty of megapixels, 16 to be exact, and a nice 5x optical zoom lens starting at 28. One other cool feature with the Canon camera is “Discreet Mode” that disables the sound, flash and auto focus beam.

Some key features for the Canon PowerShot A3300 IS:
-16 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm)
-Optical image stabilization
-High-definition 720p video
-3″ LCD screen
-Discreet Mode

Imaging Resource ends up giving the A3300 a good review and it even gets a “Dave’s Pick” reward. On the positive side the reviewer find the camera design to be nice, it has many good features and great image quality. There are some negative points too including poor battery life, only digital zoom while filming movies and no HDMI output. Overall Canon has produced another good compact camera that should make photographers happy.
Read the full review of the Canon PowerShot A3300 IS 16 megapixel compact camera here.

Canon IXUS 115 HS

Photography Blog has tested a new digital camera from Canon that has a slim and stylish design. The camera is called Canon IXUS 115 HS (also known as PowerShot ELPH 100 HS in some markets) and features 12 megapixels and wide angle zoom lens starting at 28mm.

Some key features for the :
-12.1 megapixel image sensor
-4x optical zoom lens (28-112mm)
-Optical image stabilization
-3″ LCD screen
-Full 1080p HD movie recording
-HDMI port

Photography Blog ends up giving the IXUS 115 HS a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The Canon camera scores highest on value for your money where it gets a perfect score, while it scores a little lower on image quality, features, design and ease of use. With the 115 HS you get a lot of camera for your money so if you are looking for a stylish compact camera that is able to take good pictures, this Canon camera might be your choice.
Read the full review of the Canon IXUS 115 HS / PowerShot ELPH 100 HS camera here.

Canon PowerShot A800

About.com has reviewed a very cheap digital camera from Canon called Canon PowerShot A800. This budget camera only has 10 megapixels and meager 3.3x optical zoom lens. Let us hear if the camera is able to perform even though it has such a low price tag.

Some key features for the Canon PowerShot A800:
-10 megapixel image sensor
-3.3x optical zoom lens
-2.5″ LCD screen
-ISO sensitivity 100 to 1600
-Built-in flash

About.com ends up giving the PowerShot A800 a poor review with an overall rating of only 1.5 stars out of 5 possible which one of the lowest scores I have seen in a camera review. On the positive side the reviewer finds aspects such as low price tag, easy to use and it is handy that the camera uses AA batteries. On the negative side we find issues like slow response times, poor image quality, bad auto focus and noisy lens. Overall it seems like Canon has tried too hard to cut back on costs. It would probably be smart to spend a little more cash on a compact camera even if you are on a budget.
Read the full review of the Canon PowerShot A800 budget camera here.