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  Unmatched performance for this price in this category. Period.

PROS: Large, clear LCD. Clear, bright color. Good white balance. Long battery life. Fast, FAST processor.

CONS: Slight purple fringing in bright light.

  The small brother of the TIPA winning F30 is an excellent choise in this segment

PROS: Excellent image quality; the cam itself is exactly the same as the far more expensive F30 without some manual controls and lower res. LCD / reduced battery life (the only difference is the maximum ISO 2000 instead of 3200)

CONS: The image stabilzation is missing, could be smaller/lighter, colors seem to be "washed out" in certain pictures

OVERALL SCORE:8/10