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Supplied by Nev Anderson of Anderson Camera Repairs, Capalaba, Brisbane.

Over the years we have compiled the following table of common sensor sizes for digital cameras, camcorders and cameraphones. We hope this helps readers to make sense of the pervading irrational measurement system.

This table compares specifications of ultra-zoom digicams.

Digital cameras and camcorders are hot products this year, but if you make the wrong purchasing choices you can end up with an expensive camera that doesn’t meet your needs. The following ‘mistake’ list outlines the most common mistakes buyers make and how to avoid them.

What do you do with your photos after taking them? With today’s high-resolution digital cameras, finding suitable storage can be tricky. It’s easy to accumulate a few gigabytes (GB) or more of images on a week’s holiday. Finding the best ways to keep track of them – and preserve them for the future – represents a serious challenge. Fortunately there are plenty of good solutions to choose from, as we outline here.

This table compares Sensor Sizes.