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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


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