Lori Grunin,
Senior Editor
June 11, 2009
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 big, bright LCD that's 3 inches or bigger.
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| Price | $209.99 to $319.95 | $254.99 to $299.99 | $313.95 to $379.99 | $123.50 to $249.95 | $329.00 to $379.99 | $212.49 to $299.95 |
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| Review date | March 13, 2009 | February 04, 2009 | June 11, 2009 | September 15, 2008 | May 14, 2009 | May 19, 2009 |
| The Bottom Line | The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 is a very good ultracompact camera with a lot of shooting flexibility. It's just its slow performance that's keeping it from achieving excellence. | If it wasn't so slow, the Nikon Coolpix S710 would be a very good high-end, full-featured ultracompact. | Though some will be disappointed by its photo quality, the barely there, high-tech Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900 is a very good ultracompact camera. | Kodak's EasyShare M1033 is a better-than-average budget ultracompact. | It might take a good picture, but the Canon PowerShot SD970 IS' feature-to-price ratio is disappointing. | The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 is an excellent, well-balanced compact camera. |
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| Lens aperture | F/2.8-5.9 | F/2.8-5.6 | F/3.5-4.6 | F/3.1-5.7 | F/3.2-5.8 | F/3.3-5.2 |
| Equivalent 35mm focal length | 25 - 125 mm | 28 - 101 mm | 35 - 140 mm | 35 - 105 mm | 37 - 185 mm | 28 - 140 mm |
| Optical zoom | 5 x | 3.6 x | 4 x | 3 x | 5 x | 5 x |
| Light sensitivity | ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO auto ISO auto (1600-6400) | ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 (3Mpix) ISO 12800 (3Mpix) ISO auto (100-1600) | ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto | ISO 64 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 (3Mpix) ISO auto (64-1600) | ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto | ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto |
| Display (projector) technology | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix |
| Video input type | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera |
| Digital zoom | 4 x | 4 x | 2 x | 5 x | 4 x | 2 x |
| Weight | 5.5 oz | 5.5 oz | 5.3 oz | 4.4 oz | 5.6 oz | 5.1 oz |
| Effective sensor resolution | 10,100,000 pixels | 14,500,000 pixels | 12,100,000 pixels | 10,000,000 pixels | 12,100,000 pixels | 12,100,000 pixels |
| Still image format | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG |
| Display (projector) diagonal size | 3 in | 3 in | 3.5 in | 3 in | 3 in | 3 in |
| Manual focus | Automatic | Automatic | Manual Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Manual Automatic |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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