Fuji Finepix A205 - $149 Retail

Bottom Line: You get a lot for the low pricetag. It is a 2 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom. Shoot up to 5 minutes of video, or pick between six flash modes.

Basic Features: Number of Effective Pixels - 2.0 million
CCD Sensor - 1/2.7-inch
Number of Recorded Pixels - 1600 x 1200 (1.9 million), 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 pixels
File formats - still image: JPEG, Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG)
Storage Media - xD-Picture Card (16MB to 512MB)
Recording Capacity with one 16MB xD-Picture Card (included) - still setting of 2M records 25 images, 1M records 33, VGA records 122. Still image; video setting of 320x240 records about 98 seconds, 160x120 records 5.6 minutes.

Lens & Shooting Features: Lens focal length - Equivalent to 36mm-108mm on a 35mm camera
Optical Zoom - 3x
Digital Zoom - 2.5x (at 640 x 480 pixel mode)
Focus - Auto focus
Focus Range - Normal mode is 2.6 feet to infinity, Macro is 0.3-3.3 feet
Aperture Range - F 3.0/F7.0 (W) F4.8/F10.8 (T)
Viewfinder - Real-image optical viewfinder
Shooting modes - Auto, Manual, Macro, Movie

Exposure & Lighting Features: Exposure control - Auto/Manual EV
Sensitivity - Equivalent to ISO 100 when flash is off
Shutter speed - 1/2 - 1/2000 second
White balance - Automatic, Manual (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light
Flash - Auto flash using flash control sensor
Flash modes - Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro
Effective range: 2.6-11.5ft.(W)/2.6-9.8ft (T)

Other Features: LCD screen - 1.5-inch (55,000 pixels)
Camera Terminal - USB interface, power-input socket
Power source - 2 AA alkaline batteries or Ni-MH rechargeable battery pack
Dimensions 3.9(W)x2.6(H)x2.1(D) inches
Weight 6.2 oz. (excluding battery and media)
Self-timer: approximately 10 sec.

Video Features: Movie Recording - 320 x 240 pixels up to 20sec. / 160 x 120 pixels up to 80sec., 10 fps, AVI (Motion JPEG) without sound
Video Out NTSC and PAL Switchable
Playback Single frame (10x playback zoom), 9 multi frame

Contents of the Box: 16MB xD-Picture Card
USB Cable
Video Cable
Wrist Strap
2 AA Alkaline Batteries
Cradle Adapter
Apple QT 5
FinePix Viewer 4
Image Mixer VCD for FinePix

PC System Requirements: Factory installed USB port
IBM PC/AT compatible computer
CPU Pentium, 200MHz or higher
Windows® 98, 98SE, 2000Pro., Me, XP HE/Pro
RAM of 64MB or more (Windows XP: 128MB or more)
140MB of free hard disk space
CD-ROM drive

Mac System Requirements: Factory installed USB port
CPU of Power PC
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, 10.0.4 to 10.2.4
RAM of 64MB or more (OS X: 128MB or more)
110MB of free hard disk space
CD-ROM drive