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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...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8

Review Looking at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8 you wouldn't think there's anything special about it. You'd think it's just another point-and-shoot. To some extent that's true, but it actually attempts to address a common complaint plaguing most cameras of that type: Slow performance. The FP8 starts up in...

Sony Alpha DSLR-A550

Review Sitting in the middle of Sony's somewhat overcrowded dSLR product line, at first glance, the Alpha DSLR-A550 seems like a promising competitor around the US$1,000 price point. It comes in two kits: A body-only version and one with an 18-55mm lens (dependant on sales region). The A550 has a slightly...

Fujifilm FinePix S1500

Review Occasionally, a camera that is good becomes better when a low price is part of the overall package. Unfortunately that is not the case with the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix S1500 which is merely a good megazoom compact, despite a street price of less than US$200. It does have a large feature set...

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...

Pentax X70

Review As first efforts go, the Pentax X70 superzoom camera is strong, though it succumbs to problems seen throughout the category--namely slow performance and a noticeable decline in photo quality above ISO 200. The camera's 26mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with 24x optical zoom is certainly very flexible...

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1

Review Good low-light shooting without help from a flash is a rarely attained goal in the world of compact cameras. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 does it with three of the company's own components: A new sensor design, a high-end lens, and a fast image processor. The combination pays off for low-light...

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 S640

Review Featuring a flat front panel and a boxy countenance, the Nikon Coolpix S640 doesn't scream anything in particular when you take it out of the box. There are no dangerous curves, no odd protrusions or quirky exterior additions. It's a lightweight, pocket-sized camera that houses a 5x optical zoom...

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...

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...

Ricoh CX3

Review The CX3 is the third iteration in Ricoh's compact long-zoom series going head to head with other similar point-and-shoots from big-name manufacturers. There are a few innovations in the CX3 package, but, at the same time, we're also disheartened to see the CX series updated so regularly: It was...

Nikon Coolpix P100

Review The Nikon Coolpix P100 is capable of doing some extraordinary things. It's chock-full of shooting options centered on a high-speed CMOS sensor married with a 26x megazoom lens. Things like high-speed photo and video shooting, fun modes and settings for near endless experimentation, and 1080p...

Sony Alpha DSLR-A230

Review A modest update over its predecessor, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A200, the Alpha DSLR-A230 offers the same essential feature set in a redesigned body with sufficient quality and performance-enhancing firmware tweaks to merit the upgrade. Similar to its predecessor, the result is a generally solid, if not...