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| Price | $279.99 to $299.00 | $275.00 to $387.20 | $298.00 to $371.99 | $369.95 to $409.00 | $289.00 to $349.99 |
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| Release date | March 01, 2012 | April 15, 2011 | August 31, 2010 | April 01, 2012 | |
| The Bottom Line | If you want a compact megazoom with manual controls, GPS, and excellent photo quality, the Canon PowerShot SX230 HS is a good place to start. | The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS' wider, longer lens, a few much-needed design tweaks, and excellent photo quality add up to one pretty great compact megazoom. | Feature junkies in search of a compact megazoom should get the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V. | Though we'd like it to perform better, dSLR shooters looking for a sidekick camera will find the Canon PowerShot S95's top-flight photos and a full manual feature set worth the tradeoff of its compact size. | The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20's 20x zoom lens might be the main attraction, but the camera is all-around excellent. |
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| Type | LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color | TFT active matrix - Color LCD display - 3 in | TFT active matrix LCD display - 3 in - Color | LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color | TFT active matrix - Color LCD display - 3 in |
| Product Type | Digital camera - Compact | Digital camera - Compact | Digital camera - Compact | Digital camera - Compact | Digital camera - Compact |
| Digital zoom | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x |
| Light sensitivity | ISO 3200 ISO 1600 ISO 800 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO auto | ISO 3200 ISO 1600 ISO 800 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO auto | ISO 3200 ISO 1600 ISO 800 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO auto | ISO 2000 ISO 3200 ISO 125 ISO 1600 ISO 2500 ISO 250 ISO 800 ISO 1250 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 80 ISO 1000 ISO 160 ISO 640 ISO 320 ISO 400 ISO 500 ISO auto | ISO auto (1600-6400) ISO 1600 ISO 800 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO auto |
| Optical sensor type | CMOS | BSI-CMOS | Exmor R CMOS | CCD | MOS |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 4.2 in x 1.3 in x 2.4 in | 4.2 in x 1.3 in x 2.4 in | 4.1 in x 1.3 in x 2.3 in | 3.9 in x 1.2 in x 0.2 in | 4.1 in x 1.1 in x 2.3 in |
| Weight | 6.9 oz | 7.3 oz | 7.6 oz | 6 oz | 6.5 oz |
| Lens System | 14 x x Zoom lens - 5.7 mm - 18.8 mm - F/3.1-5.9 | 20 x x Zoom lens - 4.5 mm - 90 mm - F/3.5-6.8 | 16 x x Zoom lens - 4.28 mm - 64.48 mm - F/3.3-5.9 | 3.8 x x Zoom lens - 6 mm - 22.5 mm - F/2.0-4.9 | 20 x x Zoom lens - 4.3 mm - 86 mm - F/3.3-6.4 |
| Video capture | MOV - 1920 x 1080 - MOV - 1280 x 720 - MOV - 640 x 480 - MOV - 640 x 480 - MOV - 320 x 240 - MOV - 320 x 240 - | H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - H.264 - 1280 x 720 - H.264 - 640 x 480 - H.264 - 640 x 480 - H.264 - 320 x 240 - iFrame - 1280 x 720 - | AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - AVCHD - 1440 x 1080 - H.264 - 1440 x 1080 - H.264 - 1280 x 720 - H.264 - 640 x 480 - | MOV - 1280 x 720 - MOV - 640 x 480 - MOV - 320 x 240 - MOV - 1280 x 720 - MOV - 1280 x 720 - MOV - 1280 x 720 - MOV - 640 x 480 - MOV - 640 x 480 - MOV - 640 x 480 - | AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - AVCHD - 1280 x 720 - H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - H.264 - 1280 x 720 - H.264 - 640 x 480 - MJPEG - 320 x 240 - |
| Battery technology | Info unavailable | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Lithium ion |
| Memory storage capacity | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 12 MB |
| Flash Memory | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 12 MB Flash - Integrated |
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