Compact Cameras

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- Vivitar ViviCam 9126
- Vivitar ViviCam 9126 reviews
  from £29
- Available from 4 retailers
- Vivitar ViviCam 9126 reviews
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  Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 0x • Sensor resolution: 9 Megapixels • Weight: 100g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £29.99
  - £29.99
  - £29.99
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- Fujifilm JX400
- Fujifilm JX400 reviews
  from £59
- Available from 3 retailers
- Fujifilm JX400 reviews
  from £59
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card, SDHC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 16 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 130g • Digital zoom: 7.2x
  - £69.99
  - £59.99
  - £59.99
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- Canon Ixus 115 HS
- Canon Ixus 115 HS reviews
  from £93
- Available from 7 retailers
- Canon Ixus 115 HS reviews
  from £93
  
  Storage media: MultiMedia Card, SDHC, SDXC, MMCplus • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 12.1 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £99.99
  - £116.77
  - £99.99
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- Fujifilm FinePix JV200
- Fujifilm FinePix JV200 reviews
  from £56
- Available from 5 retailers
- Fujifilm FinePix JV200 reviews
  from £56
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 3x • Sensor resolution: 14 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder
  - £62.95
  - £59.12
  - £59.12
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- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 reviews
  from £199
- Available from 5 retailers
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 reviews
  from £199
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 16x • Sensor resolution: 14.1 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 197g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- Nikon Coolpix S2500
- Nikon Coolpix S2500 reviews
  from £49
- Available from 4 retailers
- Nikon Coolpix S2500 reviews
  from £49
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 12 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 117g
  - £58.25
  - £59
  - £59.97
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- Samsung SH100
- Samsung SH100 reviews
  from £119
- Available from 3 retailers
- Samsung SH100 reviews
  from £119
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 14.2 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 110.2g
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- Nikon Coolpix S9100
- Nikon Coolpix S9100 reviews
  from £158
- Available from 5 retailers
- Nikon Coolpix S9100 reviews
  from £158
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 18x • Sensor resolution: 12 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 214g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 reviews
  from £59
- Available from 6 retailers
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 reviews
  from £59
  
  Storage media: MultiMedia Card, SDHC • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 14.1 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 100g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £79.98
  - £87.70
  - £74.98
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- Canon Ixus 310 HS
- Canon Ixus 310 HS reviews
  from £171
- Available from 5 retailers
- Canon Ixus 310 HS reviews
  from £171
  
  Storage media: MultiMedia Card, SDHC, SDXC, MMCplus • Optical zoom: 4.4x • Sensor resolution: 12.1 Megapixels • Weight: 185g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- Olympus SZ-30MR
- Olympus SZ-30MR reviews
  from £206
- Available from 3 retailers
- Olympus SZ-30MR reviews
  from £206
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 24x • Sensor resolution: 16 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 226g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £192.35
  - £206
  - £250.78
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- Samsung MV800
- Samsung MV800 reviews
  from £169
- Available from 5 retailers
- Samsung MV800 reviews
  from £169
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card, SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 16 Megapixels • Weight: 121g • Digital zoom: 5x
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- Samsung ST90
- Samsung ST90 reviews
  from £59
- Available from 5 retailers
- Samsung ST90 reviews
  from £59
  
  Storage media: microSD • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 14 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 105g • Digital zoom: 5x
  - £66.95
  - £59.99
  - £59.99
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- Nikon Coolpix S3100
- Nikon Coolpix S3100 reviews
  from £64
- Available from 6 retailers
- Nikon Coolpix S3100 reviews
  from £64
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 14 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 118g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £69.99
  - £69.99
  - £75
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- Canon PowerShot A1200
- Canon PowerShot A1200 reviews
  from £58
- Available from 4 retailers
- Canon PowerShot A1200 reviews
  from £58
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 12 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 137g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £79.08
  - £59.70
  - £59.95
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- Canon PowerShot G12
- Canon PowerShot G12 reviews
  from £355
- Available from 4 retailers
- Canon PowerShot G12 reviews
  from £355
  
  Storage media: MultiMedia Card, SD Memory Card, SDHC, SDXC • Standard supplied memory size: 2097152MB • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 10 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 351g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £379
  - £354.99
  - £379.99
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- Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR
- Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR reviews
  from £123
- Available from 4 retailers
- Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR reviews
  from £123
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 16 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 135g • Digital zoom: 5x
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- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W510
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W510 reviews
  from £64
- Available from 6 retailers
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W510 reviews
  from £64
  
  Storage media: Memory Stick Duo, SDHC • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 12 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 103g • Digital zoom: 2x
  - £148.98
  - £73
  - £69.99
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- Fujifilm FinePix Z90
- Fujifilm FinePix Z90 reviews
  from £76
- Available from 4 retailers
- Fujifilm FinePix Z90 reviews
  from £76
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Standard supplied memory size: 8192MB • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 14 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 150g • Digital zoom: 6.8x
  - £87.99
  - £79.99
  - £79.97
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- Samsung ES80
- Samsung ES80 reviews
  from £53
- Available from 4 retailers
- Samsung ES80 reviews
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  Storage media: SDHC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 12 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 124g • Digital zoom: 3x
  - £77.61
  - £79.99
  - £59.99
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- Samsung EC-PL121
- Samsung EC-PL121 reviews
  from £79
- Available from 5 retailers
- Samsung EC-PL121 reviews
  from £79
  
  Storage media: SDHC • Standard supplied memory size: 512MB • Optical zoom: 1x • Sensor resolution: 14.4 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 110g • Digital zoom: 5x
  - £79.99
  - £79.99
  - £79.70
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- Nikon Coolpix L20
- Nikon Coolpix L20 reviews
  from £45
- Available from 1 retailers
- Nikon Coolpix L20 reviews
  from £45
  
  Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 3.6x • Sensor resolution: 10 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 135g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £45
  - £114.99
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- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS16
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS16 reviews
  from £69
- Available from 4 retailers
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS16 reviews
  from £69
  
  Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 14.1 Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Without viewfinder • Weight: 101g • Digital zoom: 4x
  - £107.78
  - £79.90
  - £69.99
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- Samsung PL120
- Samsung PL120 reviews
  from £74
- Available from 3 retailers
- Samsung PL120 reviews
  from £74
  
  Storage media: microSD • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 14 Megapixels • Weight: 110g
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Buying Guide - Compact cameras

Written by EditPlace

Making a choice

Compact cameras start from as little as £50 and this is enough for a pocket-sized compact that will keep you happy if all you want to do is upload your photos on to social network sites and share with friends. Ranging up to £120 you can find some decent compact models with around 10 megapixels, a 5 x zoom range and a decent screen size. If you want a hassle-free and affordable camera for occasional use then you will be able to find a compact to match your needs in the lower price bracket. It’s worth looking at the entry-level models of Canon compact cameras and Nikon compact cameras as they offer some excellent specifications – such as optical stabilisation to reduce camera shake.

If you have a bigger budget then anything up to £250 can bag you a serious compact camera with impressive features and picture quality. Some models have larger screens – and at the top-end of the market, touchscreens – as well as features such as GPS tagging and front facing screens. Other compacts, such as superzooms, offer impressive 10 or 12x optical zoom which gives you a huge amount of control in a compact. A good image-stabilisation system is important if you plan to shoot using the impressive zoom to prevent blurry images. Superzooms are generally bulkier than other types of compacts, though.

For over £250 you can buy the best compact camera on the market with incredible specs and bundles of added features including full HD video recording and some 3D shot capabilities.

Megapixels

One of the main features used to sell compact cameras is the amount of megapixels the camera has. They are often an important specification in compact camera reviews which sometimes are a little misleading because more pixels don’t necessarily mean a better image quality.

In compact cameras, because the sensors are generally small, the more pixels fit into the sensor means the less light each pixel can measure. A camera with fewer megapixels can allow each pixel to be a bit bigger to capture more light and measure it accurately. Some of the best compact cameras use 10 megapixel sensors and this provides a good level of detail than a cheaper, higher megapixel model. The aperture indicates the amount of light a camera’s lens can let in and the lower the figure the better.
The best compact camera, in the mid-to-high price range, generally has the specifications to handle more megapixels and, if you are an enthusiast, the better image quality may be worth the extra money. If you plan on printing the pictures, and then blowing them up, more megapixels is important or you will have grainy images.

New compact cameras generally come with 5 megapixel sensors which should be more than enough if you are a casual snapper. If you are away on holiday or travelling then you want to take as many pictures as possible and bigger megapixel pictures will take up more space on memory cards and computers – meaning you can’t take as many. So, it’s important to establish what your main needs for the camera are or you could end up paying more for a feature that turns out to be a hindrance.

Extra features

Don’t break easily models
There are plenty of models on the compact camera market that now have tough and resistant builds and this could save you money in paying for damages to the camera if you accidentally dropped it. Also, if you enjoy adventure sports or underwater activities, then you can find a compact that has a weather-proof or waterproof body. So, while the model might not be the best compact camera specification wise – this feature could make the camera perfect for you.

High Definition glory
The rapid advances in technology have brought high definition video recording to compact cameras and this is the new benchmark in video quality. At the moment you can only find HD recording capabilities in the high-end, pricier compact models, though. All HD models can record at least 720p quality images and you can find 1080p capabilities in only the very best compact camera models. There are still a lot of advancements to be made in camera HD technology though and most cameras can’t use the optical zoom feature whilst recording HD video.

Image stabilisation
This is an important feature on models with big zoom capabilities and there are three types: optical, sensor-based and ISO-based. ISO-based is the least desirable – because it gives you less control over noisy images – and sensor and optical stabilisation will allow you to shoot at lower ISO settings.

Extra storage

Most cameras come with a small amount of built-in storage which can normally hold an inadequate amount of pictures. If you want to take a decent amount of photos with your camera – which most people do – then a memory card is a necessity.

They are used to store pictures and video clips and there are a range of different types of cards. The main type of memory card is SDHC and a hefty 4GB card can be found online for less than £10. But, most digital cameras are only compatible with one type of memory card so you will need to check which type your camera can handle, first.

Memory cards also come in different classes and the higher class card the faster they can process information. Unless you have a top-of-the-range compact this doesn’t really matter. But if your camera does have advanced features, such as HD video, then you will need to make sure the class card you buy is fast enough to process your advanced features. There are four types – class 2, class 4, class 6 and class 10 – and, if you are dealing with HD video then you should consider class 6 or 10.

Some of the more basic models of compacts are unable to cope with very high capacity memory cards. So it’s worth checking the maximum storage space on your model – which should be located in the manual – before you invest in a hefty memory card.

Conclusion

Nowadays, there is a compact camera to suit everyone and all budgets. The main question one should consider before purchasing is what will you be using the camera for? Based on this, you will be able to considerably narrow down the options available to you. If you remain unsure as which model or even brand to go for, it is worth spending some time reading some compact camera reviews as they will help you make your mind up once you know what other buyers thought of the relevant products.

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