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Digital cameras: your next electronic imager will let you shoot photos faster and better.(Home Entertainment: Digital Dominates)(Buyers guide)

Consumer Reports Annual Buying Guide

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If you're shopping for a digital camera, chances are it isn't your first. And if you're like many camera buyers, you're looking for a model that addresses the biggest gripes about your current digital camera.

Many new point-and-shoot cameras--compact models and the growing crop of pocket-sized subcompacts--have made progress on problems including sluggish shooting and excessive power consumption. SLRs, the digital descendants of single-lens-reflex film cameras, avoid those and other problems.

But despite those advances, don't join the SLR stampede too quickly. There's no escaping the convenience of pocket-sized subcompacts, the sports cars of cameras, or the value and versatility you'll find in mid-sized compacts--akin to the family sedans of photography.

If you already know the features you're looking for, you may want to skip ahead to our Ratings. If this is your first digital camera or you just want a refresher on what to look for, read on.

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