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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50K (black) comparison

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Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)
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Nikon Coolpix P80
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Nikon Coolpix P80

Price $559.00 $299.99 to $499.00 $698.33 $296.99 to $412.99 $336.91 to $399.99
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Release date June 15, 2007 May 15, 2006 May 01, 2008 April 14, 2008
The Bottom Line If you can get past its large size, Panasonic's DMC-FZ50 is a decent choice for a superzoom. Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors. A very well-executed megazoom camera, the Canon PowerShot S3 IS reminds you why dSLRs still have competition for photo enthusiasts' hearts. Though its lens isn't as wide and suffers from many of the same lens artifacts as its competitors, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 is a good megazoom camera with a lot of features for experiment-minded snapshooters. One of the better 18x megazooms, nevertheless you should consider the Nikon Coolpix P80's sluggish performance before you commit to it.
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Features
Lens aperture F/2.8-3.7
F/2.7-3.5
F/2.7-3.5
F/2.7-4.5
F/2.8-4.5
Equivalent 35mm focal length 35 - 420 mm
36 - 432 mm
36 - 432 mm
31 - 465 mm
27 - 486 mm
Optical zoom 12 x
12 x
12 x
15 x
18 x
Light sensitivity ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 1000
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto (64-1600)
ISO 400
ISO 6400 (3Mpix)
ISO 2000
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 64
ISO auto (64-800)
ISO 3200 (3Mpix)
Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity 32 MB
32 MB
16 MB
Info unavailable Info unavailable
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card
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Digital zoom 4 x
4 x
4 x
2 x
4 x
Battery technology Lithium ion
Lithium ion
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Weight 1.5 lbs
15.9 oz
14.5 oz
14.6 oz
12.9 oz
Effective sensor resolution 10,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels
6,000,000 pixels
9,100,000 pixels
10,100,000 pixels
Still image format JPEG
RAW
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
Display (projector) diagonal size 2 in