Lately, another form factor of digital still cameras has gotten quite popular. Called many by many different names, for example super-zoom or ZLR, these cameras have a fixed lens in a DSLR style body. They generally do not feature a SLR lens system, but they have optics and adjustment features which are better than point-and-shoots. An example is FujiFilm's S5200 which we reviewed not too long ago. While the S5200 is reflective of the ZLR's of yesteryear, which were generally high-end beginner cameras, the style has grown to include cameras which go up to nearly the price of a entry-level DSLR (with a lens). This is the case with the S9000 which remains well under a the thousand dollar mark, but it shoots at nine megapixels and has many of the features which people looking for an SLR are interested in. -
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