Top 10 Advanced Digital Cameras
The FinePix has a long lens and 9-megapixel resolution.
Great prices on returning favorites allowed only two of the four newcomers we tested to make this month's chart. The new 9-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix S9000 took the last spot on our Advanced list. We also tested the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20; while it and the fourth-place Canon PowerShot S2IS are two of the few cameras with optical image stabilizers, the Lumix's modest controls kept it from ranking.
We also evaluated two new SLR models, the Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and the Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D; only the latter had the wherewithal to earn a position on the chart. Though the Maxxum 5D's body won't impress people who have laid their hands on a Canon EOS 20D, it costs just a little over half as much.
Alan Stafford