CNET Editor's Top 7-Megapixel Cameras

The latest batch of pocket point-and-shoot cameras boast 7-Megapixels of goodness. Of course, lots of megapixels really doesn't mean better pictures but CNET has listed their top 7-Megapixel cameras.

I've listed them below along with each cameras ProductCritic Score (as long as they are listed in ProductCritic).

1. Canon PowerShot SD800 IS (81)
2. Sony CyberShot DSC-T10 (77)
3. Sony CyberShot DSC-T50 (79)
4. Canon PowerShot A710 IS (83)
5. Sony CyberShot DSC-T30
6. Canon PowerShot A550
7. Nikon Coolpix S7c
8. Kodak EasyShare V705 (75)
9. Sony CyberShot DSC-H5 (78)
10. Canon Powershot SD550 (85)

It's always interesting to me how CNET rates their products compared to the summary score that we calculate from all the professional reviews on the Internt. Note that the 10th spot on CNET's list is the best rated of them all according to the ProductCritic Score. I think the SD550 is a great camera so I'm not surprised it's actually got the best reviews from experts. I'm also not surprised that Kodak has the lowest score of the ten.

Finally, this list points to me three cameras that are missing from ProductCritic! That's embarassing. In our effort to be as complete as possible, we'll be adding the review summaries for these missing cameras within a day or two.

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