If you’re looking for a cheap camera that’ll set you back around the $200 mark then there are dozens of affordable cheap cameras in the market right now. The flood of cheap cameras has recently started to slow, due to the ascendance of the smartphone. But even so, there is a huge amount of dreck around.
Last year’s Canon 320 HS and Sony’s WX70 still hold up pretty well, but can be discarded due to limited availability and price fluctuations.
The Nikon S4200 and S4300 are extremely limited by their 640×480 video mode, which is a no-go if you want to record a higher quality than a postage stamp. The Nikon S5200 looks better on paper, but has a string of incredibly bad reviews thanks to a widespread “lens error” bug that breaks the camera.
The Panasonic SZ3 and FH10 lose out by having low resolution 230,000-dot screens as well as slow burst rates; and the Panasonic SZ1, despite being widely available, is now almost two years old, which is pushing your luck for it sticking around.
The Panasonic XS1 is about as good as a cheap camera as you’ll get for less than $100 with its fanciful patterns and decent lens. But it’s still marred by average performance at best, limited ISO range, poor dynamic range and a poor screen. It’s not worth saving the $50.
The Sony WX80 seems a more respectable competitor, but again lags behind on the LCD screen. Also, its zoom lens lets in less light at its maximum 8x zoom than the Canon does at 10x. It was also rated worse for image quality between it and the Canon by PC Magazine, and it was critiqued for having very soft images. In its favor, it is apparently quite fast and does have Sony’s excellent sweep panorama tool.
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