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Even the lowest-cost single-lens reflex cameras are faster and can handle most challenging conditions better than point-and-shoot cameras. But our latest tests still found real performance differences among the 16 SLRs we tested.
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Basic leaders. Among basic SLRs, the top-rated Nikon D80, $900, stood out for its all-round performance, including excellent ability to capture a wide range of dark and light tones and the ability to minimize image flaws in low light at ISO settings up to 1600. Yet almost as impressive and far less expensive was the Olympus Evolt E-410, $450, which also maintained image quality up to ISO 1600. (The Evolt ...