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Wide-angle sample from all cameras here (40MB zip) and tele-photo here (43.2MB zip).

Canon Ixus 115 HS

Canon Ixus 115 HS
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Casio Exilim EX-Zs10

Casio Exilim EX-Zs10
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 Kodak EasyShare M200

Kodak EasyShare M200
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Fujifilm FinePix Z90

Fujifilm FinePix Z90
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Nikon Coolpix S2500

Nikon Coolpix S2500
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Olympus VG-130

Olympus VG-130
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Panasonic DMC-FS18

Panasonic DMC-FS18
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Pentax Optio S1

Pentax Optio S1
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Samsung ST30

Samsung ST30
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Sony DSC-W360

Sony DSC-W360
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Ten... pocket compact cameras

Latest Comments

Well, I like cinema type stuff

So give me 24fps. But I agree wholeheartedly about the evils of interlacing. It's ugly and stupid and has no place in the 21st century. Just kill it with fire.

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PAL/NTSC again

It records 720p HD video as MP4 files at 29.97fps ....., although 25fps would be nice

no.no.no.

Almost always for all but cinema type stuff, more temporal info is better. 25fps should have died a death when we moved to HD, as should interlaced (though Sony annoyingly still use the bloody thing randomly on some cameras and not others*)

stu

*my Sony A55V shoot AVCHD 25fps** progressive (in interlaced AVCHD container), whereas my HX9V shoots it at 50i true interlaced....arggggg... die interlaced video. DIE!!!!

**Sony are still one of the arseholes that insist on selling 'PAL' cameras to PAL markets, even though there is no such thing as PAL in HD and LCD tvs. does my fucking head in but gave up trying to source a 'NTSC' model...

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Phone Cameras

In perfect conditions a phone camera may look like it comes close but full size photos in anything but and the difference becomes obvious. You cannot cheat the laws of physics and the pinhole lens and microscopic sensor are the limiting factor unless you want a phone as thick as a camera etc.

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Alternatively useful: a comparison of cheap WATERPROOF cams.

You know, with the holiday season an' all that?

Or as a second choice, combinations of cheap compacts + suitable waterproof covers (and compare the photo results of that setup).

/sunglasses

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Sensor

Sure, the glass is a big factor, but so is the sensor. It doesn't matter how good your lens is if it's focusing the light onto a microscopic CCD. The N8 is remarkably well-endowed in this department with its 1/1.83" sensor.

Now if only Nokia had embraced Android, or some manufacturer of Android phones had taken as much care over their imaging hardware as Nokia have. :)

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