Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Campact Cameras: 2011 Best of the Best

Finding the best compact camera for your needs is never going to be easy because the compact camera market is a very crowded place. There are literally hundreds - if not thousands - of digital compact cameras out there, waiting for you to ogle them, to scratch your heads over them, and eventually hand over your hard-earned cash for them. Once the transaction is complete and you're unboxing your newest purchase, a nagging doubt enters your mind: did I make the right choice?

The right choice, of course, depends on what you want from your digital camera. Maybe you're looking for a high-end compact camera to use on your DSLR's day off, or perhaps you want something more basic to help someone else get started in photography.

Whichever compact digital camera you might be looking for, we've pulled together a selection of what we believe are the 25 best compact digital cameras on the market now.

Fujifilm Finepix X100

Fuji turned plenty of heads with this retro-tastic beauty, which makes use of a revolutionary hybrid viewfinder that combines an optical and an electronic viewfinder in one screen. Looking to captivate hardened DSLR users, it offers plenty of control with an aperture ring, shutter-speed dial and raw mode.

Canon PowerShot G12

When it comes to the high-spec compact camera market, Canon has set the standard with the G-series, and raised the bar again with the PowerShot G12.

The Canon G12 offers full manual control and raw shooting mode as well as smart auto, which lets the camera take charge. Add to this image stabilization, HDR capability and multi-aspect shooting, and you can see why this compact camera gives interchangeable lens cameras a run for their money.

Nikon Coolpix P7000

The P7000 offers the full manual control that you'd expect from a pro-level camera, but comes with the automatic functions of a compact camera. The Nikon P7000 has 18 different scene modes to help you capture everything from fireworks to museum visits, automatically corrects red-eye, and it even has a smile timer.This could be the best compact camera for you if you don't want a DSLR in your bag.

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