Smile for the Digicam

Digicams have grown up and are ready to steal you away from film cameras forever. The latest models power up quicker, snap photos faster and zoom farther than their predecessors. As prices drop, it's easy to buy enough memory (measured in megapixels) so that you'll never again have to apol...

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Published in:Kiplinger's personal finance 2005-04, Vol.59 (4), p.104-108
Main Author: Roha, Ronaleen R
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:Digicams have grown up and are ready to steal you away from film cameras forever. The latest models power up quicker, snap photos faster and zoom farther than their predecessors. As prices drop, it's easy to buy enough memory (measured in megapixels) so that you'll never again have to apologize for grainy pictures. Two small digicams that are big in both memory and screen size are the five-megapixel Casio Exilim EX-Z55 ($400) and the five-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7 ($400). Both have generous 2.5-inch liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), measured diagonally, which fill the back of the cameras and seem huge given that the cameras measure only about 3.5 inches wide and 2 inches high. When it comes to the screen scene in smaller cameras, the Kodak EasyShare-One ($600), due on the market in June, will be the one to beat. This camera has only four megapixels, but it has a whopping three-inch display that rotates and flips out to the side, like many camcorder screens. Parents who want to zoom in on Timmy's winning touchdown or the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker need more zip in their zoom. Consider the five-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 ($600), with a 12X optical zoom, or the eight-megapixel Konica Minolta Dimage A2 ($800), with a 7X zoom. The zooms on both cameras operate smoothly, quickly and quietly.
ISSN:1528-9729