Top-Rated Advanced Point-and-Shoots
These cameras offer more manual controls, powerful optical zooms and more features than most point-and-shoots. Rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
Tim Moynihan
Bottom Line:
The king of the high-zoom cameras offers sharp long-distance pics and quality ergonomics,
PC World Rating:
86.5
- Megapixels: 10
- Battery life: 273.5
- LCD screen size: 2.7
- Weight: 19.5
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
Anyone who takes a lot of vertical shots, shoots in RAW, and needs a hotshoe can probably overlook the Z980's image shortcomings.
PC World Rating:
84.0
- Megapixels: 12
- Battery life: 273.5
- LCD screen size: 3
- Weight: 19.1
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
A beast of a lens, great image quality, and fun in-camera features make the SX200 IS a phenomenal pocket megazoom.
PC World Rating:
83.0
- Megapixels: 12.1
- Battery life: 177.5
- Maximum video resolution: 1280 x 720
- Memory type: MMC,MMCplus,SD Memory Card,SDHC Memory Card
- LCD screen size: 3
- Weight: 8.6
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
The SX10 IS--lightweight, with a terrific zoom and decent video--is a great megazoom to carry around.
PC World Rating:
83.0
- Megapixels: 10
- Battery life: 232.75
- LCD screen size: 2.5
- Weight: 23.3
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
This lightweight model has a zoom lens that plays well at both wide angle and telephoto extremes.
PC World Rating:
81.4
- Megapixels: 10
- Battery life: 251.25
- LCD screen size: 2.5
- Weight: 18.7
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
The G10 is a fun and stylish camera, but its soft focus and low-light performance are disappointing.
PC World Rating:
81.1
- Megapixels: 14.7
- Battery life: 250.5
- LCD screen size: 3
- Weight: 14.2
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
This innovative camera shoots full-resolution bursts at up to 60 frames per second.
PC World Rating:
85.0
- Megapixels: 6
- Battery life: 273.5
- Maximum video resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Memory type: Internal Memory,MMC,SD Memory Card,SDHC Memory Card
- LCD screen size: 2.8
- Weight: 28.7
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
The 24X-optical-zoom Pentax X70 is one of the lightest, smallest megazoom cameras on the market, but it maintains "bigness" where it should: in the lens.
PC World Rating:
80.0
- Megapixels: 12
- Battery life: 119.5
- Maximum video resolution: 1280 x 720
- Memory type: Internal Memory,SD Memory Card,SDHC Memory Card
- LCD screen size: 2.7
- Weight: 14.6
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
Light, durable, and easy to use, this Panasonic megazoom model performs marvelously under most conditions.
PC World Rating:
80.0
- Megapixels: 10.1
- Battery life: 273.5
- LCD screen size: 2.7
- Weight: 15.1
- Sensor type: CCD
Bottom Line:
A great follow-up to Fuji's F50fd, the F60fd adds automatic scene detection to its impressive list of features.
PC World Rating:
77.4
- Megapixels: 12
- Battery life: 103
- LCD screen size: 3
- Weight: 6.3
- Sensor type: CCD
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