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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Sebastian Oakley

Point-and-shoot cameras are rubbish, so why is everyone buying them?

Kodak FZ55.

Point-and-shoot cameras are rubbish. There, I said it. Compared to almost everything else on the market, they are painfully limited, often slow, usually poor in low light and, when it comes to image quality, most camera phones will beat them without even trying.

And yet, somehow, point-and-shoot cameras are still among the best-selling on the market.

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