The Best Compact Camera of 2006

The 'compact' camera category is slowly diminishing with the ultra-compacts getting more and more common (and preferred), and other compact cameras slowly souping up their specs to superzoom levels. Still, that doesn't take anything away from the great year that 2006 was for this category. Rest assured, it wasn't easy selecting only three of the numerous great options available in the market today.

Fujifilm Finepix F30
It may not look like much, but the Fujifilm F30 boasts the best sensor for indoor and low light photography in compact cameras. The sensitive CCD in this camera is optimized for low light, which makes it the ideal camera to carry around for any kind of social occasions and get blur free photos without using the camera flash.

The reason why the F30 didn't make it as the camera of the year is its lack of features and that it tends to overexpose in bright sunlight. Maybe the next model in the series will take the crown next year.