Beautiful, ultra-compact, super-slick and friendly to use, plus great quality. A winning combination from Canon.

Two Kodak cameras and each capable of rich looking 720P HD video. Whether you’re looking for a big zoom or a pocket snapper, these two models have it covered.

Dreaming of a super-skinny touchscreen compact for Christmas? For around $400, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T77 has finally convinced us touchscreen cameras are a good thing.

The Vivicam 6200W is terminator-tough and cheap enough to condemn disposable underwater cameras to the low-tech graveyard

Not worth the extra money for the media ability, but a solid performer

Gotta love that revolving screen – but remind us again what exactly the point of it is

Megapixels are a plenty, but the real selling point here is that impressive lens. It’s just a shame that some noise issues cloud matters

Another compact crams in too many megapixels. But if you never look at pictures at pixel-level you’ll be dead pleased with this Pentax

The Olympus Mju Mini S makes a unique style statement for the cost of an everyday budget snapper

If used properly this rugged camera is well worth the money and makes you feel a little more manly into the bargain

The S51c combines good looks, neat technology and quality images in one reasonably affordable package

A well-built and stylish compact. Only a sluggish menu system lets it down

In the words of Amy Winehouse: they tried to make us buy this Kodak, but we said ‘no, no, no’

Lovely to behold, a joy to hold – and even takes great photos

At first sight a pocketable gem, this all too often lives up to its budget price

A stylish compact camera that can’t quite compete with the best on image quality, but does wonders when darkness falls

Too many flaws make this merely a sexy-looking underachiever

This well-built compact is a solid point-and-shooter, but it struggles in low light

Superb, stylish, solid... but sabotaged by poor controls

Tiny, intuitive and a great performer, the IXUS 85 is the ideal carry-anywhere camera