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Buyer's Guide

There are so many digital cameras on the market it can be quite bewildering knowing which one to choose. The aim of this buyer's guide is to suggest cameras which fit different criteria. The list is by no means exhaustive, but the aim has been to select cameras which are currently available and which match your chosen criteria.

I want a camera that...

Has a high resolution (megapixel count)
Is easy to use
Costs less than £100
Has a high optical zoom
Has an extra large LCD screen
Is very slim and compact
Is weatherproof or waterproof
Has lots of manual features
Has image stabilization or anti-shake
Is Wi-Fi enabled
Plays music
Comes in fancy colours (e.g. red, blue, pink, black)
Is an SLR

Has a high resolution (megapixel count)

The cameras listed below have 7 megapixels or more.

Canon Fuji Kodak Nikon Olympus Samsung Sony
PowerShot A710 IS
PowerShot A640
PowerShot A630
PowerShot S3 IS
Digital IXUS 900 Ti
Digital IXUS i7 zoom
Digital IXUS 850 IS
IXUS 750
EOS 350D
EOS 400D
FinePix A700 Zoom
FinePix S9600 Zoom
FinePix S9500 Zoom
FinePix E900
C875 Zoom
C743 Zoom
P880 Zoom
P712 Zoom
V705 Zoom
Coolpix P3
Coolpix P4
Coolpix S7c
SP-350
SP-310
SP-320
MJU 725SW
MJU 720SW
MJU 1000
MJU 750
MJU 740
MJU 700
Digimax L85 DSC-N1
DSC-N2
DSC-W70
DSC-W100
DSC-R1
DSC-T10
DSC-T50
DSLR-A100

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Is easy to use

The Canon A-range
The Fuji A-range
The Kodak C-range
The Nikon L-range
The Olympus FE-range

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Costs less than £100

Canon Fuji Kodak Olympus Samsung
PowerShot A430
FinePix A400 zoom
FinePix A500 zoom
FinePix A600 zoom
Kodak C533
Kodak C530
Kodak C433
Kodak C310
Olympus FE-170 Samsung Digimax S500
Samsung Digimax S600

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Has a high optical zoom


The cameras listed below have 6x optical zoom or higher.

Canon Fuji Kodak Nikon Olympus Samsung Sony
PowerShot A710 IS
PowerShot S3 IS
FinePix S9600 Zoom
FinePix S9500 Zoom
FinePix S6500fd zoom
FinePix S5600 zoom
Kodak Z650 zoom
Kodak Z612 zoom
Kodak P850 zoom
Kodak P712 zoom
Nikon Coolpix S10
Nikon Coolpix S4
  Samsung NV7 OPS Sony DSC-H1
Sony DSC-H2

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Has an extra large LCD screen

Canon Digital IXUS 65
Fuji FinePix F650 zoom
Nikon Coolpix S7c
Nikon Coolpix S6
Sony DSC-N1
Sony DSC-N2
Sony DSC-T50

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Is very slim and compact

Fuji FinePix Z2 zoom
Kodak V705 zoom
Nikon Coolpix S6
Nikon Coolpix S7c
Nikon Coolpix S9
Samsung Digimax i6 PMP
Sony DSC-T50

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Is weatherproof or waterproof

Olympus MJU 725SW (waterproof)
Olympus MJU 720SW (waterproof)
Olympus MJU 1000 (weatherproof)
Olympus MJU 750 (weatherproof)
Olympus MJU 740 (weatherproof)

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Has lots of manual features

Canon Fuji Kodak Samsung Sony
PowerShot S3 IS FinePix S9600 Zoom
FinePix S9500 Zoom
FinePix S6500fd zoom
FinePix S5600 zoom
Kodak Z700 zoom
Kodak Z650 zoom
Kodak Z612 zoom
Kodak P880 zoom
Kodak P850 zoom
Kodak P712 zoom
Samsung Digimax L85
Samsung PRO815
Sony DSC-H1
Sony DSC-H2
Sony DSC-R1

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Has image stabilization or anti-shake

Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS
Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS
Kodak P712 zoom
Samsung NV7 OPS

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Is Wi-Fi enabled

Canon Digital IXUS Wireless
Nikon Coolpix S6
Nikon Coolpis S7c

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Plays music

Samsung Digimax i6 PMP
Nikon Coolpix S6 (Pictmotion by Muvee)
Nikon Coolpis S7c (Pictmotion by Muvee)

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Comes in fancy colours (e.g. red, blue, pink, black)

Olympus MJU 725SW
Olympus MJU 720SW
Olympus MJU 750
Olympus MJU 740

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Is an SLR

Canon EOS 400D
Canon EOS 350D
Sony DSLR A-100

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