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| July 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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. The five beefs at right were distilled from 13,000 responses from CONSUMER REPORTS readers to an online survey.

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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 profligate power consumption.

SLRs, the digital descendants of single-lens-reflex film cameras, avoid those and other problems we flag. But 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 midsized compacts--akin to the family sedans of photography.

Whatever you're seeking, you'll find help in our Ratings of more than 70 cameras and of photo software, SLR lenses, and some camera phones. Those reports start on page 28.

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