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Opinion: Enthusiast compacts have finally come of age - Last December I was looking to buy a camera ...

Opinion: Enthusiast compacts have finally come of age - Last December I was looking to buy a camera ...

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Opinion: Enthusiast compacts have finally come of age - Last December I was looking to buy a camera for my mom to replace her aging Panasonic travel zoom. It didn't take very good photos but, to be fair, you can't expect miracles from a 30x zoom camera with a 1/2.3" sensor. She listed a couple of must-haves: it should fit in a purse, have a decent amount of zoom and have photo quality that was better than what she had now. She didn't want to deal with changing lenses and my dad wanted it to...

Opinion: Enthusiast compacts have finally come of age
Last December, DPR editor Jeff Keller was looking for a enthusiast compact camera to put under someone's tree. Turns out such a camera didn't exist. Thankfully, the category has grown by leaps and bounds in 2016, so there's now an enthusiast compact for everyone. Read the story