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Ideal Digicams Under Rs 10,000
By: Laiq Qureshi   |   Feb 07, 2008
Why would I want to write a feature on the top three under-10K cameras? It’s simple; there are people who can’t afford a high-end camera and want a little guidance. So we did the testing for such folk, and wrote this feature. However, it’s important to know that budget cameras have their limitations, and are often good only for simple point-and-shoot. So here you go!

Pentax Optio E30

I recommend this one for the scene modes. When it comes to budget point-and-shoots, there's very little by way of fiddling with settings, so it’s either auto or scene modes. I would suggest using the latter, since it uses the best settings for the best situations and does what would ordinarily involve technical know-how of exposure compensation and aperture settings.
The E30 is equipped with 3x optical zoom and comes with a plethora of scene modes such as snow, fireworks, food – and if eccentricity hits you in the middle of nowhere there's a special pet scene mode with a choice for colors (black, gray, or white). You can even choose from built-in frames. Sports mode is just right for shooting moving objects. The macro mode, which enables you to get up close with the subject, is handled pretty well too.



This 7.1MP camera is capable of handling colors quite well, and although you will find a small amount of smudging, I can vouch that it’s much less than what we get to see in most point-and-shoots. Besides, you can also resize, crop, rotate, add a voice memo, and even protect the image so you won’t delete it by mistake. The E30 also gives you an option of viewing all the images on the camera in a slideshow.

It takes AA batteries, and here lies the biggest fault with the camera. It’s power hungry, but what do you expect from a camera that costs around Rs 6,500?

To read the full review click here.

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what abt nikon, i didn't find any camera which has such a color repoduction(natural) as nikon
Shaheen @ Feb 09, 2008
Why did you guys rule out the sony Dsc-S650.......
Vijit @ Feb 08, 2008
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