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Digital Camera | Features | |
Criteria | Options | Description |
Format | Full
size Compact Ultra Compact |
The physical design format of the camera, size, handling |
Price | under
$100 $100 - 200 $200 - 400 $400 - 600 $600 - 900 more than $900 |
The price you should expect to pay in a store or online |
Sensor photo detectors | 1
million 2 million 3 million 4 million 5 million more than 5M |
Number of photo detectors / photo diodes (megapixels) |
Sensor type | CCD CMOS |
Type of sensor CCD / CMOS |
Zoom wide (W) | < 50mm | The 35 mm equiv widest zoom |
Zoom tele (T) | 100mm 320mm |
The 35 mm equiv furthest tele zoom |
Digital zoom | Does the camera feature digital zoom? | |
Manual Focus | Does the camera support manual focus? | |
White balance override | Does the camera have overridable white balance? | |
Min shutter | 1
sec. 1/60 sec. |
The longest shutter exposure time |
Max shutter | 1/500
sec. 1/2000 sec. |
The fastest shutter exposure time |
Built-in Flash | Does the camera have a built-in flash? | |
External flash | Can the camera connect to an external flash? | |
Aperture priority | Can you lock the AE or set your own aperture? | |
Shutter priority | Can you set your own shutter time? | |
Movie Clips | Can the camera record movie clips? | |
Time-lapse recording | Does the camera support time-laps recording? | |
Storage types | Compact Flash SmartMedia Memory Stick SD/MMC xD PCMCIA Clik! Disk CD-R |
The storage medium(s) supported by the camera |
Microdrive compatible | Is the camera compatible with the Microdrive? | |
Storage included | 8 mb 32 mb 128 mb 256 mb 512 mb or more |
How much storage is supplied with the camera |
Uncompressed format | TIFF RAW |
Does the camera have an uncompressed format? |
Viewfinder | optical electronic |
The type of viewfinder (EVF = electronic viewfinder) |
USB | Does the camera support USB? | |
Firewire (IEEE 1394) | Does the camera support Firewire (IEE1394)? | |
Battery / Charger | Does the camera come supplied with a battery? | |
Weight (inc. batteries) | <
10 oz. < 35 oz. |
Approx. weight of the camera including batteries |