Top 20 Popular Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

Last week we published the Top 10 Popular DSLRs – listed in order of popularity with our readers based upon their purchases at Amazon over the last month or two.

Today we’re publishing a similar list – but this time looking at the most popular Point and Shoot Digital Cameras. I know that there will be some debate over what a point and shoot is and isn’t – but basically I’ve lumped all non DSLRs into this list whether they’re compact point and shoots or super zoom digital cameras.

Note: the numbers in brackets after the descriptions show how many people purchased the camera mentioned. In each case I’ve compiled different colors of the same camera into one list so in many of the cameras its a total of multiple colors.

Top 20 Popular Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

1. Canon PowerShot SD780 IS – 12.1 Megapixels with a 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD. (pictured above) (27)
2. Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS – 10 Megapixels with a 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD.(26)



3. Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 – 10 Megapixels with a 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD. (pictured right) (25)
4. Canon PowerShot SX120IS – 10 Megapixels with a 10x Optical Images Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD. (13)
5. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 – 12.1 Megapixels with a 18x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD. (10)
6. Canon PowerShot A1100IS – 12.1 Megapixels with a 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD. (9)
7. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS25 – 12 Megapixels with a 5x MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD. (8)
8. Canon PowerShot A480 – 10 Megapixels with a 3.3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD. (6)
9. Canon PowerShot SD940IS – 12.1 Megapixels with a 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD. (6)



10. Fujifilm FinePix J28 – 10 Megapixels with a 3x Optical Zoom (pictured right) (5)
11. Canon Powershot S90IS – 10 Megapixels with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (5)
12. Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS – 6 Megapixels with a 12x Image Stabilized Zoom (4)
13. Nikon Coolpix L20 – 10 Megapixels with a 3.6 Optical Zoom and 3 inch LCD. (4)
14. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 – 12 Megapixels with a 5x MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD. (4)
15. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 – 12 Megapixels with a 5x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (4)
16. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 – 12 Megapixels with a 4.6x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD. (4)
17. Canon Powershot SD990IS – 14.7 Megapixels with a 3.7x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (3)
18. Kodak EasyShare Z1485 – 14 Megapixels with a 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD. (3)
19. Canon PowerShot G11 – 10 Megapixels with a 5x Wide Angle Optical Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch articulating LCD. (3)
20. Nikon Coolpix S630 – 12 Megapixels with a 7x Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD. (3)

It’s nice to see 6 manufacturers making this list – particularly seeing Panasonic come close to pipping Canon for the top spots!

PS: I’ve just bought myself a Canon Powershot S90IS (pictured right) – it’s very new and so didn’t feature high on the list as it came out partway through the period of this survey but I expect it and its big brother the G11 to climb the rankings in future months.

Have you bought a point and shoot digital camera recently? If so – what did you buy and how have you found it? We’re looking forward to seeing your mini review of your point and shoot camera in comments below.