Quite a bit smaller than most Canon Digital ELPH models, the Canon PowerShot SD20 realizes more of the advantage offered by the smaller SD card format than the ELPH that first entered the SD space, the SD100. Up until the SD100, all ELPH digital cameras used Compact Flash cards. The Canon SD20 is actually an update to the nearly identical SD10, only now this nice little camera has a 5.0 megapixel sensor, and a slight reshuffle of the available features. With the lens retracted, the Canon SD20’s front panel is flat and pocket friendly, and its all-metal body rugged and durable. The SD20 captures high quality images, suitable for printing snapshots as large as 11 x 14, or 8 x 10 inches with some cropping. Smaller image sizes are also available for email transmission or Web applications, and a movie mode captures short video clips with sound. Coming in four colors, the SD20 has one more important feature: Style. It was designed as the ultimate fashion accessory, now with four new colors to prove the point. There’s Garnet, Midnight Blue, Zen Gray, and Silver.

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A 5X optical zoom lens, excellent macro capabilities, and a burst mode that doesn’t know when to quit differentiate the otherwise average Pentax Optio SV from the proliferation of 5-megapixel snapshot cameras. One of four 5-megapixel Optio models introduced by Pentax alone in the latter half of 2004, the SV is designed for the snapshooter who’s content with letting the camera make all the decisions most of the time but who wants room to grow. However, discriminating shooters will find the poor performance and the mediocre photo quality enough to send them looking elsewhere.

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