The Sanyo Xacti S50 is the latest Point and Shoot Digicam on the block and this one promises utmost functionality without burning a hole in your pocket. The new digicam has some great features for its price tag like; 2x optical zoom, 5 megapixel resolution, large aperture of f/2.8 in wide and f/4.0 in tele.

The Sanyo Xacti S50 weighs just 118 grams and is equipped with a 2.5-inch LCD monitor with 210,000 pixels. It also has the innovative LTPS technology under its hood which in conjunction with the Auto-Adjust Function makes in the display viewable in different lighting conditions including bright daylight.

Via the S50 one is able to create a slide show with music and view it on the camera itself. One also comes across 15 scene modes like Scene: Sport, Portrait, Landscape, Night, Fireworks and a Super macro mode of 5 cm. Other nifty options includes; 9 -point auto focus, Spot and Tracking auto focus.

The Xacti S50 has a movie mode and supports formats like JPEG, QuickTime Movie, Wave. It is equipped with a USB 2.0 interface and Video out (NTSC/PAL). The S50 has an internal memory of 23MB and can run on 2 AA Batteries. It will be available soon for around €99.