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Little cameras, big screens

Lori Grunin
Lori Grunin
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Updated August 20, 2006

Go ahead--take your best shot. Then force friends and family to squint painfully at your camera's tiny LCD in an attempt to admire it. Feeling stifled by small screens? Treat yourself to one of these digital cameras, all of which combine a slim silhouette with a bright 2.5-inch LCD. Still not big enough? Check out Little cameras, bigger screens!

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Product name Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T10 (silver)
Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T10 (silver)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (silver)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (silver)
Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T9
Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T9
Canon PowerShot SD550
Canon PowerShot SD550





Review date August 18, 2006 September 20, 2005 January 10, 2006 September 30, 2005





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Review summary Sony's Cyber Shot DSC-T10 delivers an attractive pocket camera with decent image quality, this time in multiple colors, too. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 has a broad set of manual controls, image stabilization, and a wide lens and sensor crammed into a compact package. Sony's new Cyber Shot DSC-T9 is a beautiful, highly pocketable camera that's fast and easy to use and has good image quality, to boot. The Canon PowerShot SD550 is a very well-designed, 7-megapixel snapshot camera. Just don't look for advanced controls.





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Basic Specs
Video input type Digital camera  
Digital camera  
Digital camera  
Digital camera  





Digital zoom 2 x 
4 x 
2 x 
4 x 





Effective sensor resolution 7.4 megapixels 
8,400,000 pixels 
6,000,000 pixels 
7,100,000 pixels 





Still image format JPEG  
JPEG , TIFF , RAW  
JPEG  
JPEG  





Lens aperture F/3.5-4.3  
F/2.8-4.9  
F/3.5-4.3  
F/2.8-4.9  





Optical zoom 3 x 
4 x 
3 x 
3 x 





Manual focus Automatic , Manual  
Automatic , Manual  
Automatic , Manual  
Automatic  





Memory storage capacity 56 MB 
32 MB 
58 MB 
32 MB 





Flash memory form factor Integrated  
SD Memory Card  
Info unavailable 
SD Memory Card  





Display (projector) diagonal size 2.5 in 
2.5 in 
2.5 in 
2.5 in 





Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix  
TFT active matrix  
TFT active matrix  
TFT active matrix  





Battery technology InfoLithium  
Lithium ion  
InfoLithium  
Lithium ion  





Service & support type 1 year warranty  
Info unavailable 
Info unavailable 
Info unavailable 





 
 
 
 
 
Product name Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T10 (silver) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (silver) Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T9 Canon PowerShot SD550





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