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Remember: Review ratings are given at the time of review (indicated beside the camera name) as an overall rating for the camera as it performed in our review tests, in comparison to other cameras in its class, price range and which were available / announced at the time of review. Ratings are the opinion of the reviewer. You must take the time to read reviews fully to be able to draw your own conclusion about a particular camera.

Highly Recommended

• Pentax K-x (23/12/2009)
• Canon PowerShot G11 (16/12/2009)
• Nikon D3000 (11/12/2009)
• Nikon D300S (16/11/2009)
• Canon EOS 7D (06/11/2009)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 (14/10/2009)
• Pentax K-7 (02/10/2009)
• Olympus PEN E-P1 (29/07/2009)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 (10/07/2009)
• Olympus E-620 (06/07/2009)
• Nikon D5000 (12/06/2009)
• Canon EOS 500D (08/06/2009)
• Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR (30/04/2009)
• Olympus E-30 (24/03/2009)
• Nikon D3X (19/02/2009)
• Canon EOS 5D Mark II (13/02/2009)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 (19/01/2009)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37 (05/12/2008)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (04/11/2008)
• Canon EOS 50D (30/10/2008)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 (22/10/2008)
• Nikon D90 (13/10/2008)
• Nikon D700 (07/10/2008)
• Pentax K200D (01/09/2008)
• Olympus E-520 (20/08/2008)
• Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III (18/08/2008)
• Canon EOS 1000D / Digital Rebel XS (22/07/2008)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 (17/07/2008)
• Pentax K20D (25/06/2008)
• Olympus E-420 (23/06/2008)
• Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi (23/05/2008)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 (22/04/2008)
• Nikon D3 (18/04/2008)
• Nikon D60 (19/03/2008)
• Nikon D300 (12/03/2008)
• Olympus E-3 (20/02/2008)
• Canon PowerShot SD850 IS (16/02/2008)
• Canon PowerShot A720 IS (09/01/2008)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 (19/12/2007)
• Fujifilm FinePix F50fd (05/12/2007)
• Olympus E-510 (23/11/2007)
• Canon PowerShot G9 (26/10/2007)
• Canon EOS 40D (24/10/2007)
• Canon PowerShot A570 IS (22/10/2007)
• Olympus E-410 (14/06/2007)
• Nikon D40X (27/05/2007)
• Fujifilm FinePix F31fd (11/04/2007)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 (07/02/2007)
• Nikon D40 (20/12/2006)
• Canon PowerShot A640 (19/12/2006)
• Pentax K10D (15/12/2006)
• Canon PowerShot A710 IS (13/12/2006)
• Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd (06/12/2006)
• Pentax K100D (03/12/2006)
• Canon PowerShot G7 (17/11/2006)
• Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi (14/10/2006)
• Nikon D80 (23/09/2006)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 (08/09/2006)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 (31/07/2006)
• Fujifilm FinePix F30 Zoom (25/07/2006)
• Canon PowerShot SD700 IS (16/07/2006)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5 (04/07/2006)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H2 (28/06/2006)
• Canon PowerShot S3 IS (19/05/2006)
• Canon EOS 30D (04/04/2006)
• Nikon D200 (23/02/2006)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 (06/12/2005)
• Canon PowerShot A620 (28/11/2005)
• Canon EOS 5D (12/11/2005)
• Canon PowerShot S80 (08/11/2005)
• Olympus E-500 (21/10/2005)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P200 (12/10/2005)
• Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II (11/10/2005)
• Nikon D50 (23/07/2005)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H1 (05/07/2005)
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 (23/06/2005)
• Canon PowerShot S2 IS (21/06/2005)
• Nikon D2X (01/06/2005)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5 (08/04/2005)
• Canon EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT (06/04/2005)
• Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D (17/01/2005)
• Canon PowerShot G6 (02/12/2004)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-V3 (02/12/2004)
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 (15/11/2004)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 (04/11/2004)
• Canon EOS 20D (03/11/2004)
• Canon PowerShot S70 (27/10/2004)
• Fujifilm FinePix E550 Zoom (22/10/2004)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P150 (23/09/2004)
• Canon PowerShot A95 (17/09/2004)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3 (14/09/2004)
• Canon PowerShot S60 (13/08/2004)
• HP Photosmart R707 (13/08/2004)
• Canon EOS-1D Mark II (14/06/2004)
• Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom (20/04/2004)
• Nikon D70 (05/04/2004)
• Nikon D2H (19/12/2003)
• Pentax *ist D (28/10/2003)
• Adobe Photoshop CS (29/09/2003)
• Canon EOS 300D / Digital Rebel (04/09/2003)
• Canon PowerShot A70 (13/08/2003)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-V1 (01/07/2003)
• Canon PowerShot S400 (28/04/2003)
• Canon EOS 10D (31/03/2003)
• Canon EOS-1Ds (17/12/2002)
• Canon PowerShot G3 (05/12/2002)
• Canon PowerShot S45 (11/11/2002)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717 (07/10/2002)
• Nikon Coolpix 5700 (23/08/2002)
• Nikon Coolpix 4500 (16/08/2002)
• Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro (02/08/2002)
• Nikon D100 (26/07/2002)
• Minolta DiMAGE 7i (21/06/2002)
• Canon PowerShot S330 (23/04/2002)
• Minolta DiMAGE S404 (09/04/2002)
• Canon EOS D60 (24/03/2002)
• Canon EOS-1D (13/12/2001)
• Canon PowerShot S40 (09/10/2001)
• Nikon D1H (19/09/2001)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F707 (21/08/2001)
• Canon PowerShot G2 (17/08/2001)
• Nikon D1X (29/06/2001)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S85 (07/06/2001)
• Nikon Coolpix 995 (08/05/2001)
• Color Vision Monitor Spyder (12/04/2001)
• Unity Digital Firewire CF reader (15/03/2001)
• Sony Mavica CD200 (07/03/2001)
• Sony Mavica CD300 (02/03/2001)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S75 (26/02/2001)
• Olympus E-10 (16/01/2001)
• Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS (06/01/2001)
• Nikon D1 (27/11/2000)
• Canon EOS D30 (10/10/2000)
• Canon PowerShot G1 (02/10/2000)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F505V (27/07/2000)
• Nikon Coolpix 990 (17/04/2000)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F505 (30/08/1999)
• Nikon Coolpix 950 (19/04/1999)
• Kodak DCS620 (03/03/1999)
• Kodak DCS520 (17/02/1999)
• Canon PowerShot Pro70 (25/12/1998)

Recommended

• Leica X1 (18/12/2009)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 (09/12/2009)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A380 (24/08/2009)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 (22/04/2009)
• Canon PowerShot SX1 IS (27/03/2009)
• Pentax K2000 (30/01/2009)
• Canon PowerShot G10 (25/11/2008)
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 (06/06/2008)
• Fujifilm FinePix S100fs (28/04/2008)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10 (09/04/2008)
• Ricoh Caplio R8 (14/03/2008)
• Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (27/02/2008)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 (15/01/2008)
• Olympus SP-560 UZ (21/12/2007)
• Canon PowerShot SX100 IS (20/12/2007)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 (14/12/2007)
• Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd (30/11/2007)
• Nikon Coolpix P5100 (12/11/2007)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 (05/11/2007)
• Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (19/10/2007)
• Ricoh Caplio GX100 (07/08/2007)
• Leica M8 (31/07/2007)
• Canon PowerShot S5 IS (27/07/2007)
• Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro (05/07/2007)
• Canon PowerShot TX1 (08/06/2007)
• Nikon Coolpix P5000 (17/05/2007)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 (11/04/2007)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 (04/04/2007)
• Pentax Optio A20 (05/03/2007)
• Kodak EasyShare C875 (27/02/2007)
• Canon PowerShot SD900 (29/01/2007)
• Canon PowerShot SD800 IS (11/01/2007)
• Samsung NV10 (19/10/2006)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 (10/10/2006)
• Casio Exilim EX-Z1000 (17/09/2006)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 (04/08/2006)
• Casio Exilim EX-Z850 (24/04/2006)
• Canon PowerShot A700 (11/04/2006)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 (27/03/2006)
• Olympus E-330 (18/03/2006)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 (20/02/2006)
• Canon PowerShot SD450 (08/02/2006)
• Kodak EasyShare P880 (19/01/2006)
• Kodak EasyShare P850 (22/12/2005)
• Samsung Pro815 (07/12/2005)
• Olympus SP-310 (21/11/2005)
• Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Zoom (31/10/2005)
• Canon PowerShot SD550 (12/10/2005)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (30/09/2005)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 (16/09/2005)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W7 (31/08/2005)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9 (26/08/2005)
• Canon PowerShot SD400 (11/08/2005)
• Casio Exilim EX-Z750 (10/06/2005)
• Samsung Digimax V700 (24/05/2005)
• Fujifilm FinePix F10 Zoom (09/05/2005)
• Nikon Coolpix 7900 (26/04/2005)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 (21/04/2005)
• Canon PowerShot SD500 (15/04/2005)
• Canon PowerShot A510 (04/04/2005)
• Canon PowerShot A520 (31/03/2005)
• Pentax *ist DS (31/03/2005)
• Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5 (24/03/2005)
• Olympus Stylus Verve (24/02/2005)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-L1 (07/02/2005)
• Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 (02/02/2005)
• Fujifilm FinePix S5100 Zoom (13/01/2005)
• Olympus E-300 (10/01/2005)
• Nikon Coolpix 8400 (04/01/2005)
• Nikon Coolpix 8800 (04/01/2005)
• Epson P-2000 (23/12/2004)
• Pentax Optio S5i (20/12/2004)
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7 (09/12/2004)
• Casio Exilim EX-P700 (02/12/2004)
• Olympus C-7000 Zoom (02/12/2004)
• Canon PowerShot SD300 (24/11/2004)
• Fujifilm FinePix F810 Zoom (13/10/2004)
• Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z2 (09/09/2004)
• Nikon Coolpix 5200 (26/08/2004)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F88 (26/08/2004)
• Canon PowerShot S1 IS (13/08/2004)
• Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c (29/06/2004)
• Leica Digilux 2 (10/05/2004)
• Canon PowerShot Pro1 (20/04/2004)
• Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 (20/04/2004)
• Nikon Coolpix 8700 (20/04/2004)
• Sigma SD10 (19/03/2004)
• Fujifilm FinePix S7000 Zoom (18/01/2004)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828 (10/01/2004)
• Olympus E-1 (29/11/2003)
• Minolta DiMAGE A1 (11/11/2003)
• Nikon Coolpix 3100 (13/08/2003)
• Canon PowerShot S50 (05/08/2003)
• Canon PowerShot G5 (01/07/2003)
• Nikon Coolpix 5400 (01/07/2003)
• Kodak DCS Pro 14n (20/05/2003)
• Casio Exilim EX-Z3 (02/05/2003)
• Pentax Optio S (02/05/2003)
• Pentax Optio 550 (26/04/2003)
• Olympus C-5050 Zoom (16/01/2003)
• Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0 (06/01/2003)
• Sigma SD9 (26/11/2002)
• Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi (01/11/2002)
• Minolta DiMAGE F100 (09/10/2002)
• Fujifilm FinePix F601 Zoom (24/06/2002)
• Fujifilm FinePix S602 Zoom (29/04/2002)
• Nixvue Vista (27/04/2002)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P9 (18/04/2002)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P71 (14/03/2002)
• Nikon Coolpix 2500 (13/03/2002)
• Nikon Coolpix 5000 (20/01/2002)
• Casio QV-4000 (20/11/2001)
• Olympus E-20 (29/10/2001)
• Minolta DiMAGE 5 (23/09/2001)
• Minolta DiMAGE S304 (04/09/2001)
• Nikon Coolpix 885 (04/09/2001)
• Think! Fire-N-Ice (11/08/2001)
• Kodak DCS760 (16/07/2001)
• Minolta DiMAGE 7 (09/07/2001)
• Fujifilm FinePix 6900 Zoom (21/06/2001)
• Nixvue Digital Album (13/06/2001)
• Canon PowerShot A20 (24/04/2001)
• Canon CP10 (19/04/2001)
• Olympus C-3040 Zoom (17/04/2001)
• Canon PowerShot S300 (21/03/2001)
• Hoodman Accessories (15/03/2001)
• Olympus C-2100 UZ (04/12/2000)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P1 (12/09/2000)
• Nikon Coolpix 880 (28/08/2000)
• Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro (08/08/2000)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S70 (27/06/2000)
• Minds@Work Digital Wallet (20/06/2000)
• Kodak DCS620x (14/06/2000)
• Olympus C-3030 Zoom (08/05/2000)
• Nikon Coolpix 800 (15/12/1999)
• Olympus C-2000 Zoom (12/07/1999)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-D700 (14/06/1999)

Above Average

• Sigma DP2 (21/09/2009)
• Sigma DP1 (19/05/2008)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T300 (26/03/2008)
• Nikon Coolpix P50 (13/02/2008)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 (11/10/2007)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H7 (13/07/2007)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (29/05/2007)
• Casio Exilim EX-V7 (06/05/2007)
• Olympus SP-550 UZ (26/03/2007)
• Nikon Coolpix S10 (17/02/2007)
• Samsung NV7 OPS (24/01/2007)
• Ricoh GR Digital (21/08/2006)
• Kodak EasyShare V610 (10/08/2006)
• Nikon Coolpix P3 (20/06/2006)
• Pentax Optio A10 (08/05/2006)
• Kodak EasyShare Z650 (27/04/2006)
• Olympus SP-500 UZ (06/02/2006)
• Olympus Stylus 800 (19/10/2005)
• Kodak EasyShare Z740 (04/08/2005)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S90 (18/05/2005)
• Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro (16/03/2005)
• Pentax Optio 750Z (02/12/2004)
• Kodak DX7590 (19/11/2004)
• Nikon Coolpix 4800 (10/11/2004)
• DxO Optics Pro 1.1 (08/09/2004)
• HP Photosmart 935 (05/08/2003)
• Canon PowerShot SD100 (02/05/2003)
• Olympus C-50 Zoom (26/04/2003)
• Olympus D-40 Zoom (20/11/2001)
• Pentax Optio 330 (11/10/2001)
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P5 (21/08/2001)
• Nikon Coolpix 775 (02/08/2001)
• Olympus C-700 UZ (14/05/2001)
• Canon PowerShot S110 (10/05/2001)
• Fujifilm FinePix 6800 Zoom (03/04/2001)
• Kodak DC4800 (07/12/2000)
• Fujifilm FinePix 4900 Zoom (17/10/2000)
• CardPort Swift Syncro (04/09/2000)
• Canon PowerShot S100 (29/05/2000)
• Casio QV-3000EX (11/04/2000)
• Canon PowerShot S20 (18/02/2000)
• Olympus C-2500 L (06/12/1999)
• Canon PowerShot S10 (15/11/1999)
• Fujifilm MX-2700 (06/07/1999)
• Nikon Coolpix 700 (31/05/1999)
• Kodak DC265 (21/05/1999)

Average

• Fujifilm FinePix F700 (17/09/2003)
• Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Zoom (17/09/2003)
• HP Photosmart 850 (06/02/2003)
• Kodak DX4900 (16/05/2002)
• Pentax Optio 430 (04/04/2002)
• Kyocera Finecam S3 (26/07/2001)
• Sony Mavica CD1000 (27/09/2000)
• Fujifilm FinePix 40i (15/08/2000)
• Epson PhotoPC 3000 Zoom (04/08/2000)
• Kodak DC280 (13/08/1999)

Below Average

• HP Photosmart 812 (10/05/2002)
• Minolta DiMAGE X (08/01/2002)
• Fujifilm FinePix 4700 Zoom (28/03/2000)
• Kodak DC290 (02/01/2000)
• Fujifilm MX-2900 Zoom (28/10/1999)
• Minolta DiMAGE EX 1500 Zoom (06/02/1999)

Not rated

• Canon EOS 550D [PREVIEW] (08/02/2010)
• Olympus PEN E-PL1 [PREVIEW] (03/02/2010)
• Samsung NX10 [PREVIEW] (04/01/2010)
• Ricoh GXR (A12) [PREVIEW] (10/11/2009)
• Ricoh GXR (S10) [PREVIEW] (10/11/2009)
• Leica M9 [PREVIEW] (09/09/2009)
• Waterproof Camera Group Test (01/07/2009)
• Compact Super Zoom Group Test (14/05/2009)
• Super Zoom Group Test (15/01/2009)
• Holidays 08 Group Tests: Enthusiast Compact (19/12/2008)
• Holidays 08 Group Tests: Premium Compact (12/12/2008)
• Holidays 08 Group Tests: Ultra Compact (05/12/2008)
• Holidays 08 Group Tests: Budget Compact (27/11/2008)
• Nikon D2Hs [PREVIEW] (16/02/2005)
• Olympus E-100 RS [PREVIEW] (30/09/2000)
• Sony Mavica FD-91 (03/01/1999)

We are always interested in reviewing any equipment related to digital photography, be it cameras, lenses, flashes, add-ons or accessories. Manufacturers interested should contact: Phil Askey / Webmaster.