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quality,
very good
shutte
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key numb
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indi cat e
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and excellent next-shot
delay.
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Olympus
(10
MP)
$800
43 Canon
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51
Nikon
(6 MP)
$600, CR
Best
Buy
44 Nikon
080
[jJ
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0
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1
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All
three are
compact and
lightweight
for
an
SLR
and are
very easy to
use,
with
very
45 Sony alpha O
SLR
-Al
0 0K
800
10
22
11.2
e
0
0
100-1600
good image
qualit
y
and
excellent
batt ery
46 Nikon
0200
!D
1
,700
10
33
11.2
0
0
0
1
00-1 600
life.
Both Nikons
include
in-camera image
47
Nikon D
40X
800
10
1
9
1
4
e
0
0
1
00-3200
correct ion, such
as
cropping and filt er
48
Olympus E
volt E
-410
800
I
1
0
1
6 11.2
e
0
0
1
00-1600
effects,
plus
softwar
e-based dust
removal.
They
also
feature
a 2.5 percent
spot meter
49 Canon
Digital R
ebel
X
ti
800
I
1
0
20
1
2.1
e
0
0
1
00-1600
and use the
same metering system
as their
50 Pentax
K
l0D
800
I
1
0
28 10.2
e
0
0
100-1600
pricier
sibling, t
he Nikon
(44),
a
fine
and
!;ll j
51
Nikon
040
600
I
6
1
8
1
4
e
0
0
.
200-3200
rugged
10-megapixel
model
that accepts
a
wide
variety of lenses. The main advan
52 Pentax
K100D
600
..
6
23 1
4.8
e
0
0
200-3200
tages
of t
he Nikon
(47)
over
the
Nikon
(51)
,
53 Sigma
SO 14
m
1
,200
4.65 28
10
0
0
e
1
00-1600
are
greater resolution; the ability to
shoot
3
II
P
riceis for
body only.
frames
per second,
instead
of
2.5,
contin u
Guide to the Ratings
ously for up
to 100 JPEG
images;and a low
Overall score is for th
e body
only
and
is
based on
imag
e
qua
lity, versat ilit y, weight. ease of use, zooming
capa
ISO
setting
of 100 instead of 200.
The
bility, battery life, and
useful
features. Displayed
scores are
roun ded;
model
s
are listed
in order of precise
overall
Olympus
includes t
hrough-the-Iens
live
score. Megapixels
is
in milli
on
s
of eleme nts.
Weight
is for
th
e body
only, includino
battery. Flash range
is
th
e
view with autofocus,
with
up
to
l
Ox
magni
maximum claimed for
a
well-light
ed
SUbject. SLR im age quality
is based
on exper t judgments
using
images
ficat
ion
with
manual
focus.
It also
features
ta
ken at the best
resolut ion and comp ression and
vi
ewed on
a referen ce
monitor, and on objective
analytical test
hardware-based
dust
removal,
fu
lly
cus
data.
Battery life
reflect
s
the
number
of
high-resol
ut ion
photos taken with the batteries supplied, if the cam
era
tomizable RAW+J PEG, spot metering
with
uses
a
proprietary
size,
or with
rec
hargeable
nicke
l-me
ta
l
hydri de
AA
s;
250
or
more
was judged excellent. Image
a
shadow-
and highlight-based
spot, and
stabilizer
shows mod
els
wit h th
at
steadying
feat
ure.
AA
batteries denotes mode
ls using those. Charger
is for
t
he
batt eries.
ISO settings
ind icates
the sensit
ivity
range
.
Price
is
approximate reta
il (wit h lens). Model
s we
re
te
sted
unlimited
contin
uous shoot ing
on a fast
with a
high-quality, 50 -m m same-brand
lens.
Kit
lenses
commonly bu
ndled are: Canon
18-55 mm
EF-S,
(Nikon
D80)
card with HQ-quality
JPEG.
AF
Zoom-Nikkor 18-135 mm, Sony 18-70 mm DT,(Nikon D200) AF Zoo
m-Nikko r ED
18-55
mm, (Nikon
D40x, D4 0 )
AF-S
OX Zo om- Nikkor 18 -55 rnrn, Olympus
14-4
2 mm, Pen
tax
DA Zoom 18-55 rnrn,
and Sigma
18-50
mm.
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