Digital Cameras: SLR Style Compact Digital Cameras

• 8 megapixels
• 10x optical zoom
• 1.8 inch LCD
• CF card slot
• 116x185x121mm
• 600g

Quick Review: The Nikon Coolpix 8800 extends the high end of Nikon's "prosumer" line-up, incorporating both a longer-ratio 10x zoom lens and optical vibration reduction technology to control camera shake at long telephoto focal lengths. The new Nikon 8800 is the latest in a long line of Nikon digital cameras that have helped define the state of the art in prosumer cameras from the early days of the digital revolution.

• 8.3 megapixels
• 7x optical zoom
• 2 inch LCD
• CF card slot
• 117.5x72x90mm
• 545g

Quick Review: PowerShot Pro1 is not only the flagship of the PowerShot line, but a decisive leader in the compact digital camera class. The camera has an extraordinary 8 Megapixels of imaging power, a superb Canon L-series 7x zoom lens, and a host of professional-level capabilities. Yet with all its advanced technology, the Pro1 retains the ease of use that PowerShot cameras are famous for.

• 9 megapixels
• 10.7x optical zoom
• 1.8 inch LCD
• CF/XD card slot
• 128x93x129mm
• 645g

Quick Review: Unlike many digital cameras, you won't want to separate this camera from its lens. Covering the crucial 28-300mm range, and crafted from the highest standard Fujinon optics, this is a built-in lens that has been engineered to work perfectly with the camera's sensor technology. And the sensor technology is just as advanced - a nine million effective pixel Super CCD and Real Photo Processor combination that not only delivers on detail, but also the major image quality milestones: colour, low noise, dynamic range and sensitivity.

• 8 megapixels
• 12x optical zoom
• 2 inch LCD
• SD/Multimedia card slot
• 140.75x85.5x138.1mm
• 674g

Quick Review: The DMC-FZ30's LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens features 14 elements in 8 groups, including 3 aspherical lenses and an ED (extra-low dispersion) lens which helps to suppress the colour bleeding that often occurs in telephoto shots, plus a 12x optical zoom (35mm equivalent: 35 to 420mm). This combines with the large, 1/1.8" diagonal 8-megapixel CCD to give you enormous expressive power.

• 10.3 megapixels
• 5x optical zoom
• 2 inch LCD
• Memory Stick/CF card slot
• 139.4x97.7x156mm
• 929g

Quick Review: The World's first digital still camera that combines a large 10.3 effective Megapixel CMOS sensor, and a high quality 24-120mm (35mm) ZEISS zoom lens in the same body, allowing 'live' viewing with the free-angle LCD screen.