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The Canon Powershot S5 IS is unquestionably the most versatile digital camera on the market, with a powerful high quality zoom lens, superb image stabilisation, class-leading performance and what may be the best AF system on the market.
It has a huge range of features, including a video mode with full zoom lens and stereo audio. It is slightly let down by the small sensor and its inherent noise problems, but it is still an outstanding camera by any standard.
Surprisingly broad depth-of-field and solid white balance contribute to the camera’s excellent picture quality. Both small text and fine textures appear crisp and full of detail, even when stretching across multiple planes. Slight fringing appeared on off-white and yellow edges, though not to the point that the photos suffered.
In general, if you stick to ISO 400 or lower, the Canon Powershot A720 IS will produce great pictures.
Image quality isn’t the 790 SW’s strong point, but it isn’t particularly bad either at lower ISOs. Colors aren’t quite as saturated as they can be on some other cameras, but they do look fairly accurate. The images also aren’t as sharp as I’d like to see, but not terribly so, and given that this is a waterproof camera, that’s not totally unexpected. The 790 SW’s automatic white balance leaves photos shot under incandescent lights slightly warm, but does a good job with fluorescent lighting and, of course, natural sunlight.
While the Olympus Stylus 790 SW is far from perfect, it’s one of the few cameras on the market, especially in this price range, that can take a beating and actually operate under water or at the top of a ski resort without worry. If you need a camera that can face up to those challenges, then the 790 SW makes sense.
The Pentax Optio Z10 is a bit of a departure for a company that has specialised in 3x zoom compacts for several years.
Build quality and design are good, and general performance is adequate, but image quality issues and the lack of any image stabilisation limit its usefulness, and it looks rather weak compared to several competing models.
With a rating of 6.4, Olympus continues the Stylus line of digital cameras with the Stylus 820, an attractive 8-megapixel digital camera.
This new model sports a 5x lens, a large, bright LCD screen, and a surprisingly useful new feature Olympus is debuting with its current generation of cameras.
The Olympus Stylus 820 packs some pretty useful features in its stylish metal case. Unfortunately, its painfully slow shooting and overly soft pictures render this otherwise nifty camera a flop.