Buying Guide: Digital Cameras Features Search

The Digital Camera Comparison Engine is a powerful way to isolate and compare digital cameras which fall into your buying criteria, simply choose the features which are most important to you from the selection below then click on Compare to see the results.

If a criteria isn't important to your decision then leave it as Don't mind. Any or better (+) and or less (<) are inclusive, that is 4 Mb + means 4 Mb or better, < 500g means 500g or less.

Criteria Your selection Description Format Don't mind SLR SLR-like Compact Ultra Compact The physical design format of the camera Price (street) Don't mind <US$ 200 <US$ 300 <US$ 400 <US$ 600 <US$ 800 <US$ 1000 <US$ 1500 <US$ 2000 <US$ 3000 <US$ 5000 <US$ 15000 The price you should expect to pay in a high street store Sensor photo detectors Don't mind < 4 million 5 million 6 million 7 million 8 million 10 million + Number of photo detectors / photo diodes (megapixels) Sensor type Don't mind CCD CMOS JFET NMOS Type of sensor Zoom wide (W) Don't mind < 28 mm < 38 mm < 50 mm The 35 mm equiv widest zoom Zoom tele (T) Don't mind 70 mm + 100 mm + 135 mm + 200 mm + 320 mm + The 35 mm equiv furthest tele zoom Digital zoom Don't mind Yes No Does the camera feature digital zoom? Image stabilization Don't mind Yes Does the camera have an IS feature? Manual Focus Don't mind Yes Does the camera support manual focus? White balance override Don't mind Yes Does the camera have overridable white balance? Min shutter Don't mind 30 sec + 15 sec + 1 sec + 1/2 + 1/60 + The longest shutter exposure time Max shutter Don't mind < 1/500 sec < 1/2000 sec < 1/4000 sec The fastest shutter exposure time Built-in Flash Don't mind Yes Does the camera have a built-in flash? External flash Don't mind Yes Can the camera connect to an external flash? Aperture priority Don't mind Yes Can you lock the AE or set your own aperture? Shutter priority Don't mind Yes Can you set your own shutter time? Movie Clips Don't mind Yes Can the camera record movie clips? Timelapse recording Don't mind Yes Does the camera support timelapse recording? Orientation sensor Don't mind Yes Does the camera record the orientation of the shot? Storage types Don't mind Compact Flash SD/MMC Memory Stick xD SmartMedia Disk CD-R The storage medium(s) supported by the camera Uncompressed format Don't mind TIFF RAW Does the camera have an uncompressed format? Viewfinder Don't mind TTL Electronic Optical The type of viewfinder (Electronic = electronic viewfinder) LCD Don't mind 1.8 " + 2.0 " + 2.5 " + 3.0 " + Size of LCD monitor USB Don't mind Yes Does the camera support USB? Firewire (IEEE 1394) Don't mind Yes Does the camera support Firewire (IEE1394)? Battery / Charger Don't mind Yes Does the camera come supplied with a battery? Weight (inc. batteries) Don't mind < 150 g (5.3 oz) < 200 g (7 oz) < 350 g (12 oz) < 500 g (1.1 lb) < 750 g (1.7 lb) < 1000 g (2.2 lb) < 1500 g (3.3 lb) Approx. weight of the camera including batteries Only current YesDon't mind Select 'Yes' to excluded discontinued cameras.