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Samsung PL70

Review The PL70 is Samsung's top-of-the-range compact camera and you get a handy 28mm wide-angle lens with 5x optical zoom, HD movie capture, a barrage of shooting options and a rather neat design. But is it enough to make it a winner? Editors' note: This review is based on tests done by our sister...

Nikon Coolpix S570

Review The Nikon Coolpix S570 is a solid camera which looks simple and stylish. The shooter's 28mm wide-angle lens and 5x optical zoom help it stand out from the competition, besides a consistently good photo quality below ISO 400. A new specialty mode for portraits and its pedestrian shooting performance...

Casio Exilim EX-FC100

Review There's no doubt the high-speed photo- and movie-capture features of the Casio Exilim EX-FC100 are remarkable given its size and price. Its features tackle one of the biggest problems with point-and-shoot cameras: Missed shots due to slow performance. Even its regular shooting performance is...

Sharp Aquos LC-46A77M (46-inch LCD)

Review The Sharp Aquos LC-46A77M is second only to the company's flagship LED-backlit LCD TV in its 2009 HDTV lineup. This model offers a substantial dynamic contrast enhancement compared with past-generation Aquos, promising stepped-up picture quality to match its new facade. It also packs a high 100Hz...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28

Review The 10-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28's 18x zoom lens (27-486mm equivalent) may seem modest compared with some of the other megazooms on the market, such as the 26x zoom Olympus SP-590UZ. But the FZ28 makes up for these possible perceived shortcomings with a solid feature set which includes...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7

Review Earlier this year, Panasonic announced the Lumix DMC-TZ7 along with five other shooters at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) tradeshow in January. The compact megazoom TZ7 succeeds the TZ15, and features an upgraded zoom range and HD video encoding which enthusiasts will appreciate. However,...

Nikon Coolpix P90

Review Nikon joins the ranks of manufacturers ramping up their top-of-the-line megazoom models to 24x. The replacement for the Nikon Coolpix P80, the P90, outdoes its 18x predecessor with a 24x optical zoom lens. The new model also has increased resolution from 10 to 12 megapixels. But what's really...

LG Viewty Smart (GC900)

Review Also known as the GC900, the Viewty Smart picks up where the earlier Viewty left off, with a higher-resolution 8-megapixel camera, an S-Class user interface and a complete hardware redesign.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15

Review Depending on how you use your photos, you'll either be thrilled or disappointed with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15. For its affordable price, you get a nice-looking compact with plenty of automatic shooting options and a couple of noteworthy features such as the 29mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with...

Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP

Review The Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP is a pool/beach camera. Only waterproof down to 3m for up to 2 hours consecutively, it's not designed for serious diving photography. However, it is well-suited and priced for a secondary camera for snapshots in dusty, dirty, or damp conditions where you would not want to...

Canon EOS 7D

Review Canon basically ceded the midrange, pro-performance dSLR market to Nikon in 2005 with the arrival of the D200. Since then, Canon's 30D, 40D, and 50D have taken the slower but less-expensive road, with a relatively stagnant autofocus (AF) system that Nikon leapfrogged. But with entirely new AF and...

Nikon Coolpix S70

Review The Nikon Coolpix S70 is an impressive leap forward in design and functionality from its predecessor, the S60. That camera, while it has an excellent design, sports a touchscreen LCD that we found occasionally frustrating to use. That's not great considering operating the shooter was nearly all...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1

Review The compact long-zoom category, which was once dominated by Panasonic, has seen its fair share of contenders this year. Brands such as Canon and Fujifilm are stepping up to compete in this field and we guess that's what drove Panasonic to expand its current TZ lineup. Enter the new ZR series,...

Olympus SP-590UZ

Review Olympus may be leading in the superzoom wars with its 26x optical zoom SP-590UZ, but it takes a lot more than a long lens to make a decent long-zoom camera. We're talking the same things it takes to make a good digital camera, like speedy performance, a competitive, useful feature set, and good...