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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
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Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)

Price $499.83 $698.33 $149.95 to $199.99 $299.99 to $470.03 $296.99 to $412.99
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Release date May 15, 2006 February 27, 2007 June 15, 2007 May 01, 2008
The Bottom Line The megazoom Sony Cyber Shot DSC-H2's long, image-stabilized lens should have the soccer moms drooling--as long as they stick to the lower ISO speeds. A very well-executed megazoom camera, the Canon PowerShot S3 IS reminds you why dSLRs still have competition for photo enthusiasts' hearts. The Fujifilm FinePix S700 would be a nice budget megazoom if it weren't hampered by mediocre performance and a frustrating design. Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors. 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.
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Features
Lens aperture F/2.8-3.7
F/2.7-3.5
F/3.5-3.7
F/2.7-3.5
F/2.7-4.5
Equivalent 35mm focal length 36 - 432 mm
36 - 432 mm
38 - 380 mm
36 - 432 mm
31 - 465 mm
Optical zoom 12 x
12 x
10 x
12 x
15 x
Light sensitivity ISO 200
ISO 1000
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 64
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 1000
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
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 32 MB
16 MB
27 MB
32 MB
Info unavailable
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor Integrated
SD Memory Card
Integrated
SD Memory Card
Info unavailable
Digital zoom 2 x
4 x
4.8 x
4 x
2 x
Battery technology Nickel metal hydride
Info unavailable Alkaline
Lithium ion
Info unavailable
Weight 0.9 lbs
14.5 oz
10.8 oz
15.9 oz
14.6 oz
Effective sensor resolution 6,000,000 pixels
6,000,000 pixels
7,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels
9,100,000 pixels
Still image format JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG