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Super Zoom Digicams
That's what they call 'em, and they're an interesting breed.
The rapid drop in price of entry level DSRLs (now as low as under $500 with kit lens) has rung the death knell for many digicam models. Pocket digicams are selling well, but models such as theCanon Pro1,Konica Minolta A1, and theSony 828, each of which were popular a couple of years ago because they offered lower cost than DSLRs, have now all bitten the dust.
They have been replaced by what are calledSuper Zoomdigicams. In this group are offerings from Panasonic, Fuji, Samsung and Sony. Each has a lens with from 10X – 12X zoom, typically 35 - 450mm or so. Sensors are in the 6 – 8MP range.
Having said that, this is not going to be a comparison tests. After looking over all of the current (mid- 2006) offerings, and weighing their pros and cons, I decided that one of this genre should be investigated, and after some research I ended up selecting theCanon Powershot S3 IS. Good arguments can be mad...

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