Nikon Coolpix P5100 Compact Camera Review
If comparing this against Canon’s Powershot G9, this camera is small in size. It offers a wide range of manual control and a user friendly optical view finder. It has a mode wheel which allows you to select from full-auto, anit-shake, scene, movie, program AE, aperture priority, shutter-priority, ISO 3200 and full manual modes. On the back are function, display playback and delete buttons.
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The handrip on the main body makes it safe to hold, however, when turned off it feels chunkier than it’s rivals.
It is an excellent choice for a sharp, detailed quality camera that you would be happy to carry for most of the time. If the quality of output is more important than having to wade through the menu and be patient with the slow focus - it is an excellent choice.
Pros: excellent picture quality and a wide set of manual controls.
Cons: not very user-friendly menu, slow autofocus and a chunky main body.
SLR Digital Camera score: 8/10
Casio Exilim Card S10 Compact Camera Review
The Casio Exilim Card s10 is an extremely slim line compact camera that would fit in the smallest of pockets, it comes in a number of different of different colours including Apple-White, Ferrari red, company-blue and gothic black depending on your personal preference.
The rear of the camera mainly consists of a large lcd screen sued to view photos etc, although the LCD screen is a nice feature it leaves little room for any controls. We are however offered five buttons and a D-pad which are tiny and hard to use unless you are gifted with pixie like hands. Again the zoom control is small and limits the range which makes it difficult to get your desired zoom.
Small controls aside the S10 is easy to use and the LCD screen is well designed and gives you quick access to features such as flash control , resolution, shutter mode and ISO rating. We are also provided with further advanced options through the use of a menu button - which can be pretty handy but again these function are not that advanced (it is a compact after all and not an Slr Digital Camera)
The cameras output are not particularly impressive we found that the camera performed poorly in low light conditions and some images it produced were quite blurry.
- Pros - pocket sized, great navigation controls
- Cons - Tiny buttons, few manual controls and occasional blurry output
- Rating - 7.5/10 (we couldn’t give it a full 8, due to its output)
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Casio Exilim EX-S10SR 10MP 3x Zoom 2.7-Inch LCD Screen Digital Camera (Silver)
