Digital Photography Review is my favorite photography web site. It’s an English company that tries to appeal to the entire world. Not only do they provide reviews of all the new cameras, lenses, and printers they provide articles on photo techniques, technology, glossary of photo terminology, and a variety of other topics. Also there are forums where everyone can offer their opinion.
What makes this site particularly appealing is that it is owned by Amazon.com. While they do provide connections to buy photo equipment they are not tied to any brand.
I am the owner of two small point and shoot cameras and one superzoom. My favorite is the superzoom. I thought it appropriate to copy this one commentary from their last roundup of superzoom cameras in 2010.
“The latest generation of superzoom cameras incorporate such large zoom ranges that, if you were to try to match them for use on a full-frame DSLR, you’d end up with something so large and imposing you’d expect it to need a special weapons export licence. {notice how they spell license} Even on these small-sensor cameras, the lenses are necessarily large enough to dominate the design of the cameras. The result is that most of these superzooms look pretty much like SLRs – a hand-grip with a large protruding tube at the front.”
That paragraph encapsulates my preference for the superzoom. Now I am awaiting the reviews of the newest batch of superzooms. Mine is three years old and still operates just fine but may not have all the latest features.
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