Serious Compacts is a photography site focused on the "serious" use of compact cameras.

These days it seems that many people associate serious photography with the use of large, heavy gear. Our site features testing and discussion of the remarkable compact tools available to photographers. We also highlight some of the outstanding work being done with this gear.

From an equipment standpoint, we are of course interested in advanced compact cameras, i.e. cameras which offer full manual controls, RAW, and other special capabilities. However, our interest extends to include quality photography achieved with any compact cameras, advanced or otherwise.

Individual site contributors may have differing takes on what is "compact." Discussion of large gear is primarily limited to that which is relevant to the compact shooter (eg, a "shootout" between a particular set of large and small cameras), though we reserve the right to occasionally go well off-topic =).