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 Compact Interchangeable lens camera The physical design format of the camera Effective pixels Don't mind <= 6 million 6 million to 8 million 8 million to 10 million 10 million to 12 million 12 million + Number of photo detectors used. Pixel density Don't mind <= 5 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 + Relates number of photosite to sensor size Sensor type Don't mind CCD CMOS JFET NMOS Type of sensor Zoom wide (W) Don't mind <= 24 mm <= 28 mm <= 30 mm 35 mm + Widest end of zoom (35mm eq.) Zoom tele (T) Don't mind 70 mm + 100 mm + 135 mm + 200 mm + 320 mm + Long end of zoom (35mm eq.) Digital zoom Don't mind Yes No Does the camera feature digital zoom? Image stabilization Don't mind Yes Is there a physical IS feature? Manual Focus Don't mind Yes Does the camera support manual focus? Aperture range Don't mind <= F2.0 <= F2.8 <= F3.5 <= F4.0 Maximum aperture at wide angle 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 640 848 1280 Maximum movie resolution 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 Memory Stick xD Internal The storage media supported by the camera Uncompressed format Don't mind TIFF RAW Does the camera have an uncompressed format? Viewfinder Don't mind Pentamirror Pentaprism Electronic Optical No The type of viewfinder (Electronic = electronic viewfinder) LCD Don't mind 2.0 " + 2.5 " + 2.7 " + 3.0 " + Size of LCD monitor Live View Don't mind Yes USB Don't mind USB 1.0 USB 1.1 USB 2.0 Does the camera support USB? 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.