BY JIM FISHER
The Canon PowerShot SX600 ($249.99) is a slim camera that somehow manages to squeeze an 18x zoom lens into its svelte body. The 16-megapixel camera features Canon's unique Creative Shot mode, which adds color filters and unique crops to your images, and it's got Wi-Fi so you can share images as soon as you capture them. It's not quite an Editors' Choice winner; its images are a bit too noisy for it to earn that recommendation. Our current favorite compact zoom is the Nikon Coolpix S9700$296.95 at Dell, which is more expensive, but has a longer 30x lens and does better in low light.