# Bestest Smallest Camera?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-smallest-camera/359937>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-smallest-camera/359937 "2006-06-08T19:14:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-smallest-camera/359937/21 "2006-06-11T11:03:11Z")

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I love my Canon A700. 6 Mp, 6x optical zoom. It is not as compact as some, but still plenty easy to grab and go.

Digital zoom is just a crop. It’s only valid purpose is to save memory, but with 1 and 2 GB memory cards, you can hold hundreds of full res pics, so is really obsolete.

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