Buying Guide: Features Search: Digital Photography Review

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Buying Guide: Features Search

The Digital Camera Comparison Engine is a powerful way to isolate and compare digital cameras which fall into your buying criteria, simply choose the features which are most important to you from the selection below then click on Compare to see the results.

If a criteria isn't important to your decision then leave it as Don't mind. Any or better (+) and or less (<) are inclusive, that is 4 Mb + means 4 Mb or better, < 500g means 500g or less.

Criteria	Your selection	Description
Format		The physical design format of the camera
Price (street)		The price you should expect to pay in a high street store
Sensor photo detectors		Number of photo detectors / photo diodes (megapixels)
Sensor type		Type of sensor CCD / CMOS
Zoom wide (W)		The 35 mm equiv widest zoom
Zoom tele (T)		The 35 mm equiv furthest tele zoom
Digital zoom		Does the camera feature digital zoom?
Manual Focus		Does the camera support manual focus?
White balance override		Does the camera have overridable white balance?
Min shutter		The longest shutter exposure time
Max shutter		The fastest shutter exposure time
Built-in Flash		Does the camera have a built-in flash?
External flash		Can the camera connect to an external flash?
Aperture priority		Can you lock the AE or set your own aperture?
Shutter priority		Can you set your own shutter time?
Movie Clips		Can the camera record movie clips?
Time-lapse recording		Does the camera support time-laps recording?
Storage types		The storage medium(s) supported by the camera
Microdrive compatible		Is the camera compatible with the IBM Microdrive?
Storage included		How much storage is supplied with the camera
Uncompressed format		Does the camera have an uncompressed format?
Viewfinder		The type of viewfinder (EVF = electronic viewfinder)
USB		Does the camera support USB?
Firewire (IEEE 1394)		Does the camera support Firewire (IEE1394)?
Battery / Charger		Does the camera come supplied with a battery?
Weight (inc. batteries)		Approx. weight of the camera including batteries
Only current		Select 'Yes' to excluded discontinued cameras.