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Type Prosumer Ultra compact
Effective pixels 12,1Mpix 8Mpix
Image ratio 4:3 4:3
Sensor size 1/1,7" 1/2,5"
Sensor type CCD CCD
ISO Auto Yes Yes
ISO 50 No No
ISO 80 Yes Yes
ISO 100 Yes Yes
ISO 200 Yes Yes
ISO 400 Yes Yes
ISO 800 Yes Yes
ISO 1600 Yes Yes
ISO 2000 No No
ISO 3200 No No
ISO 6400 No No
ISO High Yes Yes
Image stabilizer Lens Lens
Fastest shutter 1/2500s 1/1600s
Slowest shutter 15s 15s
Zoom wide 35mm 35mm
Zoom tele 210mm 140mm
Optical zoom 6X 4X
Digital zoom 4X 4X
Aperture (wide) F2,8 F2,8
Aperture (tele) F4,8 F5,5
Display form factor Built-in Built-in
Display size 3" 2,5"
Display pixels 230000 px 230000 px
Viewfinder Optical Optical
Built-in flash Yes Yes
External flash Yes No
Video clips Yes Yes
Lossless format Yes No
CF Type-I No No
CF Type-II No No
MicroDrive No No
SD Yes Yes
miniSD No No
MicroSD No No
MMC Yes Yes
RS-MMC No No
MS No No
MS-Duo No No
MS-Micro No No
SmartMedia No No
xD No No
Video out Yes Yes
USB 2.0 Yes Yes
Firewire No No
Width 106,4mm 90,4mm
Height 71,9mm 56,5mm
Depth 42,5mm 26,4mm
Weight 320g 165g

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  • CF Type-I
    Memory card is the subsitute of film in digital cameras, i.e. photos and videos are stored to the memory card. The main differencies between various types of memory cards deal with physical measures, storage capacity and price.
  • Digital zoom factor
    Digital zoom crops the image to a smaller size and then enlarges the cropped image to fill the complete frame. This results in a significant loss of quality.
  • Effective pixels
    The total number of pixels on the elementary pixel sensor is often larger than the actual number of pixels used to create the output image. The group of actual pixels used are called the effective pixels.
  • Image ratio
    Image ratio is the aspect ratio of the image produced by the camera and is given as the ratio between width and the height of the image (width:height). For most digital cameras the ratio is 4:3 (1.33) and for DSLRs 3:2 (1.5).
  • Image stabilizer
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  • ISO Auto
    Traditionally the ISO rating measures the sensitivity of the film, and the same sensitivity scale is adapted to digital cameras also. The sensitivity grows as the ISO Rating gets higher, and at the same time the noise level of the image gets higher.
  • Lossless format
    Tells whether or not the camera supports saving pictures in lossless ("uncompressed") format (e.g. RAW or TIFF)
  • Optical zoom factor
    Optical zoom works exactly like a zoom lens on a film camera. The zoom level is adjusted by lenses, which affect the focal length and magnification. Optical zoom does not weaken the image quality or reduce pixel count of the resulting image.
  • Sensor size
    Sensor size tells the actual physical measures of the pixel sensor. Small physical dimensions of the sensor may contribute to loss in picture quality (i.e. noise and dynamic range). Usually DSLRs use larger sensors than point-to-shoot cameras.
  • Sensor type
    A CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) sensor will provide a sharper and more precise image, but is generally more power consuming. CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensors are more energy efficient, faster and cheaper to produce, and the technology is developing at a fast pace.
  • Type
    The cameras are divided in three categories: ultra compact, compact and prosumer. Ultra compact cameras are very small size, light weight cameras. Most regular point-and-shoot digital cameras fall into the compact category. Cameras with more advanced options (eg. manual settings, flash shoe, RAW image format, long zoom etc.) are considered prosumer (or pro-consumer) cameras.
  • USB 2.0
    Modern cameras usually have a USB and/or FireWire connector, which can be used to transfer photos from memory card to a computer. Some cameras also have video and audio outputs, which allow the device to be connected to an external display (e.g. television).