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Digital camera creatures of the night

Vampires, witches and ghosts beware! These cameras are equipped with night-shooting capabilities that will capture images to haunt you forever.

Aimee Baldridge
2 min read

So you've got the blood-sucking fangs and the dread-inducing wig. But have you armed yourself with an implement that will cast your photographic victims into the realm of the undead this Halloween?

These cameras are equipped with night-shooting capabilities that will give you the power to capture images that will haunt the earth -- or at least the dungeons of your hard drive -- for untold ages to come.

If you're looking for something to match your jack-o'-lantern, check out our reviews of digital cameras that dare to be orange.

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

Canon PowerShot S2 IS
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An excellent feature set and improved performance make this megazoom camera even more attractive than its predecessor.

Resolution: 5.3 megapixels
Zoom: 4x digital, 12x optical
Display: 1.8 inch TFT active colour matrix (tilt)
Dimensions: 113 x 78 x 78.5 mm
Weight: 405 grams

Fujifilm FinePix F10

Fujifilm FinePix F10
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This compact camera's versatile 2.5-inch LCD, usable high-ISO photos, and shoot-all-day battery are offset by a few image-quality issues.

Resolution: 6.3 megapixels
Zoom: 6.2x digital, 3x optical
Display: 2.5 inch TFT active colour matrix
Dimensions: 91 x 28 x 58 mm
Weight: 156 grams

Panasonic

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 has a broad set of manual controls, image stabilization, and a wide lens and sensor crammed into a compact package.

Resolution: 8.4 megapixels
Zoom: 4x digital, 4x optical
Display: 2.5 inch TFT active colour matrix
Dimensions: 11 x 56 x 35 mm
Weight: 213 grams

Sony Cyber Shot DSC-R1

Sony Cyber Shot DSC-R1
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If you don't anticipate a need for multiple lenses -- which many users won't, given the crisp 24mm-to-120mm-equivalent lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 -- the Sony Cyber Shot DSC-R1 makes a worthy competitor to the dSLRs in its price range. It's a handy, versatile camera with excellent image quality.

Resolution: 10 megapixels
Zoom: 2x digital, 5x optical
Display: 2 inch TFT active colour matrix
Dimensions: 139 x 98 x 156 mm
Weight: 929 grams