s ny camera operates on e principle that less Is more. Its simple, circular panel
on the back makes It easy to find all the right buttons-manual rewind; self-timer; date, time and title Imprinting; and select settings. H also has fill-flash, flash off, night-view and Infinity focus. Kodak. 800-242-2424, www.kodak.com $149
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APS capabilities (Interchanging lens-
es Is even more exciting when you know you have a wide range of print-size options). Perhaps the most distinctive feature Is that because irs an APS, the overall size of the camera body is extremely small and, as Its name suggests, very light. Canon, 8OO-0KCanon, www.usa.canon.com. body and 22-55 mm zoom lens: $600
Minotta XTsi--35 mm
I put the XTsi to the test on my trip to Botswana. Anne . a 300mm zoom lens I was able to capture everything from the lazy gaze of a
recently fed lion to whales breaching off the coast of Capetown. The XTsi offers optimum versatility and excellent Images and, even with ten cus- tom functtons, It Is extremely compact.
Minolta, 201-825-4000, www.mino/tausa.com. XTsi body with 28- 80mm lens: $880, 100-3OOmm zoom lens: $821
