

Below there’s a compartment for the battery and SD card (the X600 supports only SD and SDHC cards up to 32GB, although it does support Eye-Fi cards), and a tripod receptacle. On the left side there’s a speaker and button to pop the flash, while the right side contains the USB and HDMI ports behind a cover. On the front you’ll find a tiny microphone below the lens barrel, an autofocus assist beam/timer indicator, and a large rubberized grip for your right hand to easily grab onto.


On the back you’ll find a somewhat small 2.7-inch LCD surrounded by the EVF, a small grip for your thumb, and a few function buttons (including a four-way rocker button that’s used for navigating menus). …The autofocus speed may not be the fastest we have seen, but it is good in most shooting situations.Designwise, GE kept it fairly simple. A few other notable features include an electronic viewfinder (EVF), various shooting modes (including manual), and autofocusing with face detection and object tracking. The camera has a 14.4-megapixel CMOS sensor that gives it high-speed continuous shooting (7 frames per second), Full HD 1080p (30 fps) video recording, and high dynamic range ( HDR) photo capture, but ISO sensitivity maxes out at 3,200.

It isn’t as long as the 50x zoom found in Canon’s PowerShot SX50 HS, but it should satisfy many users. The highlight of this camera is the long lens, with a 26x optical zoom with optical image stabilization (focal length of 26mm wide to 676mm tele f/3.2-5.6). The X600 has that distinctive mega-zoom look commonly found in many bridge models: a chunky device with a pronounced grip that looks like a DSLR that had been zapped by a shrink ray, but with a fixed lens rather than interchangeable ones. With such a low price tag, can we really compare it to more expensive competing models? Features and design That’s why the X600 from GE seems so appealing: At $199, you get a 26x optical zoom lens with image stabilization, Full HD video recording, and manual shooting modes. It’s a great camera to step up to if you’re not ready for an interchangeable lens model, but it can be costly. One sector that’s still seeing growth is the bridge camera, an advanced point-and-shoot that offers both the ease-of-use of an entry-level shooter and the performance and zoom usually found in a DSLR. Unintuitive settings adjustments, menu navigationĭespite talks of the digital camera spiraling down the toilet of obsolescence, there are plenty of bright spots.
