There is a new BenQ camera amongst us and lets see what all it has to offer us. The BenQ P860 is a 8.0-megapixel digicam which has been equipped with a 6X optical zoom lens and a 2.5” TFT LCD.

The new digicam has a host manual controls too however those looking for simple point and shoot shouldn't worry! The digicam includes 7 modes and 12 scene modes and offers our shooting modes (P/Av/Tv/M). These settings helps in setting the shutter speed or the aperture manually.

For combatting image blur which arise due to camera shake, the BenQ P860 has the company;s Shake-Free optical image stabilization. One also comes across a Movie Mode which cab record at 640 x 480/ 320 x 240 (30fps) continuously with sound. Other features include; Built-in 18MB (Usable); SD card compatible ,: JPEG (EXIF 2.2 compatible), DCF compatible; Support DPOF Vide M_JPEG/ Audi WAV,SO: Auto/ 50/ 100/ 200/ 400/ 800/ 1000 (Shake-Free Mode) and White Balance settings.

The BenQ P860 will be available in Italy, Spain, Russia, and China by the end of March. “Many users tell us that they would like to have more control over their photo taking,” commented Conway Lee, General Manager of BenQ Digital Media Business Group. “The P860 gives powerful automatic functions as well as provides a depth of manual options to yield great photos.”