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Nikon D90 DX

Best Price: $830.00

from "REDROOSTER", www1.wolfcamera.com
as far as improvement i see only 1 when used as a movie camera would be nice to have auto focus.
from "Nikonnut", www1.wolfcamera.com
i love the focus system, it is not to busy and easy to get in a groove when shooting long events.
from "keebie", www1.cameraworld.com
i would like to see this camera adjust in focus a little faster in auto mode.
from "Sal C.", www.adorama.com
this d3 is so fast in focusing especially if your lenses are 2.8's ed,ed-if, or g....results are so clear especially at low lite shooting at 6400.
from www.amazon.com
auto-focus does not work at all in video mode, and after taking only a few hours of video, my sensor developed hot pixels that were not there when i first got the camera (i thoroughly tested it as my

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Great Autofocus, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

2 RECOMMENDED by 40 people for AUTOFOCUS

Nikon D60

Best Price: $515.00

from "graphic designer", www.bhphotovideo.com
i bought the camera for product photos and enjoy that it is flexible but the automatic settings work wonderful when you don't want to think too much.
from www.amazon.com
if you think about it, all you really need in a camera are controls for shutter speed, aperature, and focus.
from www.amazon.com
it takes great photos even on the automatic settings, is a great size that fits easily into your hand, and has many nice and unique in-camera features (such as digital retouch and the ability to edit
from www.amazon.com
the only reason that i give this camera 4/5 stars instead of 5/5 stars is because it only has 3 points of focus.
from www.amazon.com
starting out in the dslr world, as this camera certainly allows for broad control of many features of each photo, but also provides help when needed through help menus and automatic mode features.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

3 RECOMMENDED by 50 people for AUTOFOCUS

Pentax K10D

Best Price: $624.00

from "Big Lug", www.adorama.com
for a person who is still learning about dslr cameras this camera lets me set it to automatic to take great everyday pictures while also challenging me with manual settings which keeps me excited
from Luke M from Liberty, MO, www.circuitcity.com
of course it has all of the latest 'features' like automatic dust removal and built-in 3 axis stabilization.the stabilization will not work on moving objects, but it allows tack-sharp images taken
from www.datavis.com
shake reduction is remarkable since it benefits thousands of pentax lens (even manual focus lenses) by allowing you to use them in low light condition.
from www.bhphotovideo.com
no focus light (only with flash up) the money system is a bit old style from a camera model from 2007, canon camera have better menus
from "JR", www.bhphotovideo.com
while automatic in every respect this is not a simple point and shoot camera.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Nice Durability, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

4 RECOMMENDED by 57 people for AUTOFOCUS

Nikon D60

Best Price: $530.00

from www.bestbuy.com
when dust gets into the enclosure the result are these little specs on your pictures, luckily that's no more because you can set the camera to clean itself automatically at on/off or manually.the
from www.bestbuy.com
im not quite sure how well the camera performs on preset modes but on a mode, s mode or m mode it does wonderful, believe me (you really should not be shooting automatic anyways, go manual !
from www.bestbuy.com
the auto focus is just amazing it's just point and shoot.
from www.bestbuy.com
manual shooting mode.55mm what's great about it:?incredible pictures with kit lens, myriad features what's not so great:?auto focus only available with select lenses?
from www.bestbuy.com
what's not so great:?no autofocus motor, no support of nikons commander system "great little camera packed with many features.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Autofocus, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

5 RECOMMENDED by 72 people for AUTOFOCUS

Nikon D90

Best Price: $1,100.00

from "BarkleyBeast", www1.photoalley.com
it is easier to make on-the-fly changes to shooting parameters, and i really like the automatic-but-no-flash setting.
from www.amazon.com
auto-focus does not work at all in video mode, and after taking only a few hours of video, my sensor developed hot pixels that were not there when i first got the camera (i thoroughly tested it as my
from www.amazon.com
like myself in that it provides some room for growth and discovery and some basic methods to go more hands on (zoom and manual focus ring), as is the whole point of venturing into slr territory.
from www.amazon.com
i love the speed - it focuses very quickly and then takes shots as fast as you can click the button.
from www.amazon.com
it also has plenty of great options for automatic settings that take stunning pictures.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Nice Autofocus, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Pentax K20D

Best Price: $625.00

from "Cliff the Photographer", www.adorama.com
it feels great in your hands, focuses fast (although could be a little faster), has a solid build, and reproduces astounding color.
from "Ken, www.bhphotovideo.com
one huge advantage of this lense is that it focuses at the same distance for all focal lengths which means almost macro shots at 250mm.
from "Fashion photo", www1.wolfcamera.com
the only complaint i have is in the auto focus around the edges can be a little out of focus sometimes.
from www.amazon.com
the first feature that sold me on the camera is one that only true professional cameras have and isn't even mentioned in the k20 pitch - the ability to fine-tune the auto focus system so that if a
from www.amazon.com
you can make it as automatic or customizable as you want and the pictures are just the best i have ever seen.

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Positives: Compact, Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 15.07 Megapixel,15.1 Megapixel

Nikon D40

Best Price: $544.00

from Britt from SC, www.circuitcity.com
the only complaint i have and it may just be me is that sometimes if i'm in doors with the light on and there is also a lot of light coming in from outside, the camera has problems auto focusing
from www1.wolfcamera.com
it is hard to find a telephoto lens over 200mm for a reasonable price for this camera, hence the camera lacks an internal focusing motor, which most lenses require.
from www.bestbuy.com
all other lenses could either damage the camera or work in the manual focus modes only and it is not that easy to manually focus the lens.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?easy to use, good brand, good battery life what's not so great:?on action shots focus sometimes isn't the best "i have been using this camera for my school's yearbook for
from www.bestbuy.com
the automatic focus makes it very simple to use, with manual settings for advanced use.the only thing we found not to be intuitive was shooting video.this was a beginning camera bought for a

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Positives: Good Portability, Excellent Digital Zoom, Fast Shutter Speed, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

Nikon D300

Best Price: $1,822.00

from "Sal C.", www.adorama.com
this d3 is so fast in focusing especially if your lenses are 2.8's ed,ed-if, or g....results are so clear especially at low lite shooting at 6400.
from www.amazon.com
while the d70s is a great camera for still and slow moving subjects, i realized that it had it's limitations (focusing speed on fast moving subjects,small viewing screen size - 2.5", etc.).
from www.amazon.com
imho this is the best camera in nikon's lineup considering it boasts the same focusing system, metering system, and superior resolution to the d3 and even the canon 1ds mk iii.
from www.amazon.com
from the 51 point auto focus to the built in editing capability it is a fantastic camera.
from www.amazon.com
front or backward focusing, you can now fine tune that lens (with +/- 20) to the camera body so that it works optimally.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Great Autofocus, Resolution: 13.1 Megapixel

Canon EOS 40D

Best Price: $1,150.00

from www1.photoalley.com
there is no real perceptible lag between turning the camera on and being ready to shoot, and the auto focus is blazingly fast.
from www1.photoalley.com
focusing was a little out, but i'm sure it was probably operator error at this point.
from www1.photoalley.com
you get more shots well focused on subject than with d30.
from www.amazon.com
i particularly like the af display and the way you can control it; i prefer a single central af point so i can control focus at the half-press point, and the camera was perfectly agreeable to that.
from www.amazon.com
the biggest limitation of this camera, in my opinion, is that it only displays lower-resolution versions of the photos on the lcd, making it useless for checking sharpness and focus accuracy.

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Nice Durability, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.5 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Best Price: $800.00

from www.bestbuy.com
it also gives a preview of the end product (including focus, light exposure, and overall color) when shutter button is pressed halfway down to focus, which allows me to change the necessary settings
from www.mwave.com
it allows her to use an automatic mode when she wants but also allows her to have full control of the camera settings for special types of photography.
from Paul from WV, www.circuitcity.com
after many hours with canon tech support, we still cound not get the camera to focus, it would beep and keep searching for the subject and never did get a sharp or even close picture.
from GGQ from Columbia, SC, www.circuitcity.com
an icon shows up on the screen if it there is too much movement and the camera is not focused.
from www.tigerdirect.com
camera performs well except it is slightly slow when auto focusing.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Olympus E-3

Best Price: $1,949.00

from www.ritzcamera.com
great for studio work..live view manual focus mode works great with 10xmagnification...i have already tried it in 2 degree farenheit conditions with 30 mile an hour gust with heavy snow...
from www.buydig.com
summary: this camera has the fastest auto focus i have ever seen.
from "Pete", www.bhphotovideo.com
great camera, fast focus, amazing colors.
from www.ritzcamera.com
the e3 does it all fast focus strong construction.
from www.bhphotovideo.com
focus speed is amazing.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Autofocus, Excellent Durability, Resolution: 11.8 Megapixel

Pentax K200D

Best Price: $614.00

from www.amazon.com
has large selection of various modes if you want to customize the way the camera takes pictures or it can be totally automatic.
from www.amazon.com
the icing on the cake with this camera is how well set up it is for use with legacy manual focus lenses.
from www.amazon.com
my old lenses work well with it (with manual focus of course).
from www.amazon.com
it was very hard to see exactly what i was focusing on through the viewfinder.
from www.amazon.com
second, this camera is compatible with all of my old manual focus lenses.

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Positives: Compact, Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Durability, Resolution: 10.2 Megapixel

Canon SD 790/ Ixus 90 is

Best Price: $268.00

from Philly B from Newark, DE, www.circuitcity.com
i'd love for a wider angle on some shots and the wheel to change settings is really sensitive when you spin it to change from manual to automatic to digital macro etc...
from BobL from Windsor Mill, Maryland, www.circuitcity.com
i like the camera feature that it automatically takes the red eye out of the photo.
from DC from Willist, www.circuitcity.com
there are many ways to adjust the camera but the automatic settings are the ones i'm working with primarily.
from Marilynn from Dallas, www.circuitcity.com
i liked it too so i bought one for myself because it has a marvelous screen, easy operation,excellent pictures and the focus on the face is a tremendous feature.
from www.amazon.com
the camera can track and recognize your face so that it always focuses on your face.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Compact, Easy To Use, Resolution: 10 Megapixel

Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera

Best Price: $2,415.00

from customer from Costa Mesa , Ca, www.circuitcity.com
if you want a fully automatic everything camera this may not be the camera for you.
from Tom from Pismo Beach, CA, www.circuitcity.com
all i could do was put the camera on auto focus, zoom into the maximum of my 200 mm lens, and under nearly blinding conditions, keep shooting while using the roaming auto focus as we flew over each
from www.amazon.com
imho this is the best camera in nikon's lineup considering it boasts the same focusing system, metering system, and superior resolution to the d3 and even the canon 1ds mk iii.
from www.amazon.com
front or backward focusing, you can now fine tune that lens (with +/- 20) to the camera body so that it works optimally.
from www.amazon.com
from the 51 point auto focus to the built in editing capability it is a fantastic camera.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Excellent Autofocus, Resolution: 13.1 Megapixel

Pentax K200D Digital SLR Camera + SMC-DA 18-55mm

Best Price: $599.00

from www.amazon.com
the icing on the cake with this camera is how well set up it is for use with legacy manual focus lenses.
from www.amazon.com
has large selection of various modes if you want to customize the way the camera takes pictures or it can be totally automatic.
from www.amazon.com
the kit lens is also amazing, it's very sharp and has a decent manual focusing ring (hoo-ray!).
from www.amazon.com
i used the camera on a recent trip to the smoky mountains and took many picts in automatic with the bracketing mode turned on.
from www.amazon.com
settings are easy to use, and it does very, very well just as a point-and-shoot on "automatic" setting.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Durability, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

Canon IXUS 80 IS

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from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?small, good focus capabilities, face detection what's not so great:?battery life could be longer "used this camera on a recent trip to europe and was not disappointed.
from www.bestbuy.com
with the fast card, it does the basic snapshots i need like a regular film camera - very quick, reliable focusing and able to handle moving subjects with aplombit is heavy for its size.
from A Customer from Chico,California, clickfrom.buy.com
6)many different shooting modes, and face detection up to 9 different faces..other camera which have face detection can take only 3 faces at a time..( they dont disclose it ) cons:1)no full manual
from lt.dell.com
picture quality is great and i love the auto focus, it is wonderful for taking photos of children etci dont know what the battery life is as i haven't had the camera long enough to tell, but i bought
from www.amazon.com
the face detection on this camera is amazing, it will track faces (even if they are moving) and focus right on them.

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Positives: Good Image Stabilization, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Olympus Evolt E-510 14-42mm

Best Price: $640.00

from dlreyn, reviews.cnet.com
the only downside of this camera that i have is the af-assist lamp is built in to the flash, and it works as a strobe to bring the subject into focus.
from Gilbert from Santa Clarita ,Ca., www.circuitcity.com
picture your going to take on the 2.5 lcd monitor rather then looking through the eyepiece.)if your going to take a picture with very little light or if it is very darkyou have to use manual focus.
from www.adorama.com
with thorns, for wide over-the-head shots where i could roughly see the framing (very useful), for getting perfect manual focus on tripod shots or with manual-focus lenses (using a live 10x zoom)...
from www.buydig.com
here are some general comments: - the autofocus system will not take a picture if it cannot focus correctly on the item.
from www.buydig.com
i must say that it is very easy to use with the automatic settings, anyone could take great pictures.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Image Stabilization, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.9 Megapixel

Canon IXUS 960 IS

Best Price: $317.00

from GGQ from Columbia, SC, www.circuitcity.com
an icon shows up on the screen if it there is too much movement and the camera is not focused.
from Ed from Colorado Springs, CO, www.circuitcity.com
when i turn the camera on in shooting mode, the cap will automatically pop off easily without me having to do a thing.hooked it up to my pc with no issues.
from Paul from WV, www.circuitcity.com
after many hours with canon tech support, we still cound not get the camera to focus, it would beep and keep searching for the subject and never did get a sharp or even close picture.returned it for
from TrvelGrl from Rockville, MD, www.circuitcity.com
a new feature this camera had even before sony advertised for it on their cameras is the face detection.
from LEE from EMMAUS, PA, www.circuitcity.com
she loves the fact that when reviewing the pics, rotate the camera, and the pic automatically rotatesso you can view it in any position.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Image Stabilization, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 12.1 Megapixel

Canon EOS 30D Body Only

Best Price: $600.00

from www.macmall.com
fully automatic operation is still possible and it works well, but who would buy such a camera and not tinker with the buttons?
from peter from charlotte north carolina, www.circuitcity.com
like all cameras it does not always sense the best exposure for certain photos and some greater care and planning are required to get the best exposure vs the automatic settings.
from lt.dell.com
the lcd is very bright and crisp, it's especially nice to use the magnification and scroll feature to zoom in and see if a shot you just took had the correct focus.
from jamieC from Hillsborough NJ, www.circuitcity.com
the camera is fast enough and offers features focused in the amateur/ semi pro range- excellent all around camera.
from www.bhphotovideo.com
i previously owned a canon 20d and loved it but wished it had more speed choices and a spot meter for focusing on that perfect area you want in perfect focus.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Durability, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 8.5 Megapixel

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1

Best Price: $20.00

from shopping.yahoo.com
you can set it on automatic or adjust aperatures, white balance, etc.
from www.circuitcity.com
the touch-screen allows you to touch the object in which you want the camera to focus...i mean, the best..just the best!!!
from shopping.yahoo.com
in brief: noise with video - set focus to infinity or lower (7.0m, etc.)and set ev to +2 (indoors.
from www.circuitcity.com
also has a nice touchscreen 'on-the-fly' focus ability.
from www.amazon.com
a huge 3.0" lcd monitor with clear photo lcd plus technology provides touch-screen convenience for controlling camera functions and searching thumbnail images -- and free spot af lets you focus on a

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Resolution: 8.1 Megapixel

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