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Aaron Hockley

Aaron Hockley

Top Camera & Photo Bestsellers: August 2012

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Happy August! As we enter the new month, it’s time again for my roundup of the bestselling camera & photo items as measured by sales over at Amazon.com, where they sell pretty much everything.

What the Duck?There’s nothing too crazy about this month’s list but it’s interesting to see Panasonic filling almost 1/3 of the slots.a

  1. GoPro HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition – Jumping up to the top spot on the list this month, GoPro’s compact HD video cameras are a big hit. They’re pretty small, which allows the camera to be mounted or worn in any number of ways… on a helmet, strapped to a chest harness, on a racecar… the possibilities are amazing. This particular one is the outdoor package. I’ve previously written about my GoPro dogsledding story.
  2. Panasonic Lumix TS20 TOUGH Waterproof Digital Camera – dude, it’s orange! This looks like a great casual fun camera, waterproof to 5 meters so it would be great for those summery photos around the pool, at the lake, and so on. It has a 4x optical zoom and will also record 720p HD video. The price is right.
  3. Sony DSC-RX100 Exmor CMOS Sensor Digital Camera – This camera arrives again near the top of the bestseller list… when something is a strong seller for month after month, we know that it’s a decent unit. This is a fixed-lens camera from Sony, with a Carl Zeiss lens and 1080p video. Seems like this one’s aimed at serious shooters.
  4. GoPro HD HERO2: Motorsports Edition – the same GoPro camera as the top seller, but this is the “Motorsports Edition” which comes with different mounting accesories (namely, a suction cup).
  5. Canon Powershot A2200 Digital Camera – This is a slightly older model but a great value at just over $100. Canon’s Powershot A-series offers nice compact cameras (I’ve used a previous model) with decent image quality. If you’re looking for something compact and affordable to throw in a purse or otherwise carry on the go, you could do a lot worse than the A2200.
  6. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS15 Digital Camera – Panasonic has been producing some good little compact cameras, giving Canon and Sony a worthy competitor in this space. This one has a 16x optical zoom which is great to see in a sub-$200 camera. If you want a camera that’s going to offer better photos than your smartphone but isn’t going to break the bank… look here.
  7. Nikon COOLPIX L810 Digital Camera – the “superzoom” body style is popular and allows a manufacturer to put a big zoom lens into an affordable camera. This offering looks like a good one and it’s priced appropriately ($200).
  8. Nikon D5100 CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens – Down here in the latter half of the bestseller list we find our first DSLR for the month. The Nikon D5100 is a step above entry-level, but not quite up to what I’d consider “prosumer”. It does offer a nice feature set in a package that comes with a lens for just under $650. This camera is positioned in an interesting place as it has a few nicer features than the entry-level 3000-series cameras, but it’s definitely lacking in several areas (such as image quality and autofocus system) when compared with its big brother the D7000.
  9. Panasonic Lumix ZS20 High Sensitivity MOS Digital Camera – It’s Panasonic month on the bestseller list… this compact camera features a 20x optical zoom lens which allows for some great photos of objects that are far away. At a price near $250, this unit is aimed at the casual shooter who wants to make decent images without having to futz with a bunch of controls or options.
  10. Canon EOS Rebel T3 CMOS Digital SLR with 18-55mm IS II Lens – Don’t fear, Canon shooters, Nikon isn’t the only one with a DSLR on this month’s popular cameras list. Canon’s popular T3 once again returns to our list and I’d choose this over the D5100 if I wasn’t already invested in a particular manufacturer’s system. It’s a hell of a deal on a great entry level camera. You’ll get decent still photos, 720p HD video, and have your foot in the door of Canon’s EOS system.

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