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Nikon Coolpix P80
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Nikon Coolpix P80

Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Price $397.47 $329.99 to $399.99 $299.99 to $470.03 $274.95 to $449.99 $259.95 to $299.95
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Release date April 14, 2008 June 15, 2007 August 27, 2007
The Bottom Line Olympus' SP-550UZ has great ergonomics, but disappointingly slow performance and soft, noisy images drag it down. One of the better 18x megazooms, nevertheless you should consider the Nikon Coolpix P80's sluggish performance before you commit to it. 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 decent but not great camera, the megazoom Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 still manages to outdo its few competitors. Fuji's S8000fd 18x megazoom has a nice body design and offers a commendable level of control, but its mediocre image quality and sluggish performance blights what could otherwise be an excellent camera.
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Features
Lens aperture F/2.8-4.5
F/2.8-4.5
F/2.7-3.5
F/2.8-4.2
F/2.8-4.5
Equivalent 35mm focal length 28 - 504 mm
27 - 486 mm
36 - 432 mm
28 - 504 mm
27 - 486 mm
Optical zoom 18 x
18 x
12 x
18 x
18 x
Light sensitivity ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 5000 (3Mpix)
ISO 400
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 3200 (3Mpix)
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)
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 6400
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 1250
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 6400
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity 20 MB
Info unavailable 32 MB
27 MB
58 MB
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor Integrated
Info unavailable SD Memory Card
Integrated
Integrated
Digital zoom 5.6 x
4 x
4 x
4 x
5.1 x
Battery technology Info unavailable Info unavailable Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Alkaline
Weight 12.9 oz
12.9 oz
15.9 oz
0.8 lbs
14.5 oz
Effective sensor resolution 7,100,000 pixels
10,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels
8,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels
Still image format JPEG
RAW
JPEG
JPEG
RAW + JPEG
JPEG
RAW