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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 (blue) comparison

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Price $197.95 to $229.99 $399.00 to $429.99 $149.00 to $219.00 $329.00 to $349.00 $257.95 to $349.97
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Release date April 01, 2009 March 15, 2009 April 20, 2009
The Bottom Line The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 is an excellent, well-balanced compact camera. As long as you're not expecting dSLR speed in a tiny body, the Canon PowerShot S90 is an excellent compact camera for advanced amateurs. Simple and stylish, the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS is a fine back-pocket camera as long as your photo-quality expectations are reasonable. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 is a great, fast-performing snapshot camera that falters on photo quality. As long as you don't want much in the way of manual features, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 is a very nice camera that can handle a variety of shooting situations.
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Features
Lens apertureF/3.3-5.2
F/2.0-4.9
F/2.8-4.9
F/2.4-5.9
F/3.3-4.9
Equivalent 35mm focal length28 - 140 mm
28 - 105 mm
35 - 105 mm
24 - 120 mm
25 - 300 mm
Optical zoom5 x
3.8 x
3 x
5 x
12 x
Light sensitivityISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200
ISO auto
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 125
ISO 160
ISO 200
ISO 250
ISO 320
ISO 400
ISO 500
ISO 640
ISO 800
ISO 1000
ISO 1250
ISO 1600
ISO 2000
ISO 2500
ISO 3200
ISO auto
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200
ISO auto
ISO 160
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
ISO auto (1600-6400)
Display (projector) technologyTFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity11 MB
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Video input typeDigital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factorIntegrated
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Digital zoom2 x
4 x
4 x
2 x
4 x
Battery technologyLithium ion
Info unavailableLithium ion
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Weight6.1 oz
6.2 oz
4.2 oz
4.2 oz
7.2 oz
Effective sensor resolution12,100,000 pixels
10,000,000 pixels
10,000,000 pixels
10,200,000 pixels
10,100,000 pixels
Still image formatJPEG
RAW
JPEG
RAW + JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
Service & support type1 year warranty
Info unavailable1 year warranty
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Display (projector) diagonal size3 in
3 in
2.5 in
2.7 in
3 in
Manual focusManual
Automatic
Manual
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
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