Top Point & Shoot Digital Cameras 2023

The Ricoh GR II is a modest update to many a photographer's favorite pocket camera, adding Wi-Fi and a few firmware tweaks.

With a 1-inch 20.2-million-pixel sensor and high quality build, the G7X is a strong competitor against the Sony RX100 II. The lens control ring and touchscreen make settings adjustment quick and the image quality is excellent.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III compact camera earns Editors' Choice accolades because of its image quality and excellent EVF, even despite its high price.

Overall, Sony has brought another interesting concept to the market, expanding its well-respected RX family with this high quality addition.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II compact camera offers a few worthwhile upgrades when compared with the original RX100, but comes in at a higher asking price.

The Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS rugged camera is a very minor upgrade to the excellent TG-1. It comes in at a lower price and walks away with our Editors' Choice award.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 packs a relatively huge 1-inch image sensor into a point-and-shoot body, delivering close-to-SLR-quality images from a camera you can fit in your back pocket. It's expensive, but worth it.

The Fujifilm X100V is good for travel photography. While it's pretty big for a point-and-shoot, its compact fixed-lens design is still much smaller than most interchangeable-lens cameras and makes it easy to travel with. Out-of-the-box image quality is excellent, and the camera performs well in low light thanks to good high ISO performance and a wide-aperture lens. The lens has a built-in ND filter, meaning you can use a wider aperture or slower shutter speed on brighter days. Its fixed 35mm-equivalent focal length forces you to move around to properly compose your shots, which some people may prefer, though it isn't as versatile as a fixed zoom lens for farther-away subjects. Unfortunately, the camera isn't the most comfortable due to its small handgrip. It isn't fully weather-sealed unless you purchase separate sealing accessories for its lens.

The Fujifilm X100T is a worthy successor to the X100S. It adds a sharper LCD, Wi-Fi, and Classic Chrome film emulation, and earns our Editors' Choice award.

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II has a unique high-resolution capture mode, but it's not the best camera for shooting fast-moving subjects.