"Simple; cheap; relatively small; AA battery powered....Chunky, plastic design; leisurely performance....Photo quality from the A480 was better than expected...Overall, you're really not going to find better photos for the cost of the A480...It's tough getting overly critical about a camera as inexpensive as the Canon PowerShot A480...Comparing these reviews to 534023 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent......" read more »
"Great image quality for the price...A bit bulky
No manual ISO controls...Nikon's Coolpix L20 represents one of the best options we've seen in a growing category of cameras: very affordable, easy-to-use point-and-shoots with surprisingly stellar image quality and a bit of fashion sense...The Coolpix L20 clocks in at just $130, but its image quality surpassed some much more expensive cameras in the PC World Test Center's jury evaluations...People..." read more »
Retrevo's Recommendation: Average Buy for Everyone
"Slim, stylish design...Mediocre image quality
No wide-angle lens...The slim Nikon Coolpix S220 looks great and has a few unique features, but we've seen more-enticing options in its price range...It's also a good-looking camera, available in six colors (silver, black, blue, magenta, green, and plum) and ultraportable thanks to its slender 0.7-inch-thick frame...In PC World Test Center jury evaluations, the S220's glaring weak points..." read more »
Retrevo's Recommendation: You can find better products
"The Nikon Coolpix S230 ($229.95 list) may be the least-expensive camera on the market to offer a touch-screen LCD...With its compact build, large LCD, and brushed-aluminum case, this camera may feel expensive and sophisticated, but for a 10-megapixel camera at this price, its image quality simply isn't good enough...Because of its size (2.25 by 3.56 by 0.75 inches, HWD) and weight (4.1 ounces), the S230 is very pocketable...Anyway you look at it, the S230's shooting times are slow..." read more »
Retrevo's Recommendation: Buy with caution if you really want it
"The compact Casio EXILIM EX-S5 is based around a 1/2.3"-type 10.1 effective megapixel CCD image sensor and an EXILIM-branded 4x optical zoom lens with a 36mm wide-angle...The Casio EX-S5 records 10.1 megapixel still images or movies at up to 848 x 480 pixel widescreen resolution on SD / MMC cards, and offers both USB (type unspecified) and NTSC / PAL video connectivity...Two slightly more unsual features on the Casio EXILIM S5 include the ability to choose the menu system color - either black, chocolate, cinnamon, rose, sky-blue or olive green - and to change the focusing frame..." read more »
Specs: 10.0 Megapixel • 3 x Optical Zoom • 2.5 in LCD Display • Video Capture • Face Detection • Image Stabilization
Reviews: 30 user reviews
"Being dropped into a rock pool or stream used to mean certain death to a camera, but not the new Olympus µ-550WP, its robust metal body is waterproof to depths of up to 3 metres...Packed with features that make taking great quality underwater photos as easy as falling into a lake, the 10 Megapixel Olympus µ-550WP will be available in a choice of Crystal Blue, Pure White or Midnight Black...Now, with the launch of the µ-550WP - waterproof to depths of up to 3 metres - it opens up the world of high quality, underwater photography to an even wider audience...Being kept nice and dry inside the µ-550WP are lots of features designed to take the hassle out of shooting high quality photographs...With so many great features working together to deliver great results, the Olympus µ-550WP doesn't only make high quality underwater photography a reality, it makes it fun as well..." read more »
Retrevo's Recommendation: Average Buy for Everyone
"The Kodak EasyShare M340 combines a ten megapixel 1/2.3" CCD imager and a Kodak-branded 3x optical zoom lens with a 35 - 105mm equivalent focal range, a rather tight wide angle to a moderate telephoto...They're an increasingly rare option these days, but one that adds a good degree of versatility, letting you get the shot when you can't make out the LCD in bright sunlight, or save battery life by disabling the LCD when accurate framing isn't vital...The Kodak M340 offers a generous 18 scene modes to help beginners achieve the results they're looking for without the need to understand subtleties like shutter speeds, apertures and the like...The EasyShare M340 also offers a movie mode, capturing VGA (640x480) clips at 24 frames-per-second or QVGA (320x240) clips at 24 frames-per-second, in QuickTime MotionJPEG format..." read more »
"Fujifilm has for some time recognised that cameras should be fun, lightweight and perfectly adapted to your lifestyle and the Z33WP is a classic example of a cheeky compact for the adventure generation...The reason for this is the Z33WP's biggest selling point: it's waterproof to a depth of 3 metres, hence the control buttons have been completely reconfigured..." read more »
Retrevo's Recommendation: Average Buy for Everyone
"The Kodak EasyShare C180 is a 10-megapixel compact camera with a 3x zoom lens and a 2.4-inch LCD...It also records HD-quality movies while the C180 is VGA only..." read more »
"Detail problems; slight but correctable color cast; Easy Auto mode doesn't really work; weak flash....As with all snapshot cameras, you’ll predominantly use the L19 in auto mode...In most cases during testing, the Easy Auto mode didn’t do a particularly good job of identifying the scene, so you’re usually better off with standard auto mode...The metering is also very good, though it occasionally overexposes...Like most point-and-shoots, the L19 includes lots..." read more »