Hands-On With The Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR 30x Superzoom

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Fujifilm Point and Shoot

 The first booth I visited at PhotoPlus this year was Fujifilm. I wanted to check out their new X10 premium compact camera and the X100 digital rangefinder. I also wanted to get caught up on their compact cameras. One of the cameras they had on display was the FinePix HS20 EXR superzoom. It’s a very […]

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Hot Pocket – Canon PowerShot S100 Camera

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Canon Events Featured Point and Shoot

One of the surprises for me at this year’s PhotoPlus Expo was the Canon PowerShot S100 – specifically, the silver model. The S100 packs a lot of features into a body that comfortably fits in your pants pocket. It’s a Canon HS System camera with a large 1/1.7-inch 12-megapixel CMOS sensor, 24-120mm f/2.0-5.9 zoom lens […]

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Panasonic Lumix TS3 Rugged Outdoor Camera

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Panasonic Point and Shoot Underwater

 The Panasonic Lumix TS3 is one of the best spec’d rugged point-and-shoot cameras available and one of the most popular cameras on PhotographyREVIEW.com. It’s got a 4.6x 28mm wide-angle Leica zoom lens and Panasonic reduced the resolution from 14 to 12-megapixels to improve image quality and it can capture 1920 x 1080 HD video as […]

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Nikon Coolpix L120 Superzoom At PhotoPlus

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Nikon Point and Shoot

 The 14-megapixel Nikon Coolpix L120 superzoom is a great option for people who want a powerful camera without the cost, size or intimidation factor of a DSLR. I hadn’t seen it before so I took a closer look and got some photos of it at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York. It’s got a 21x […]

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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS 35x Superzoom Camera

2011 PhotoPlus Canon Events Featured Point and Shoot

If you’re looking for a versatile camera that can do it all and won’t break the bank or your arm, the new 12-megapixel Canon PowerShot SX40 HS superzoom might be the camera for you. It was just introduced last month so I made sure to check it out when I was in New York last […]

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Nikon Coolpix AW100 Rugged Camera – First Impressions

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Nikon Point and Shoot Underwater

 A couple of months ago Nikon announced their first rugged, waterproof point-and-shoot camera, the Coolpix AW100. I got my first close look at the AW100 this last week at the annual PhotoPlus Expo in New York City. They had a cool display at their booth with three AW100s mounted on a mountain bike. The camera […]

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Hands-On With The Fujifilm X10

2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Fujifilm Point and Shoot

 Sometimes a thing is more than the sum of its parts. That appears to be the case with the new Fujifilm X10 compact camera. The X10 was patterned after Fujifilm’s super popular X100 fixed lens digital rangefinder. It has similar retro styling but with a more consumer-friendly 4x zoom lens and a smaller body. The […]

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Lytro Camera – Shoot First, Focus Later

Featured News Point and Shoot

 Last week, new camera maker Lytro debuted the first production version of their revolutionary new light field camera. The Lytro camera allows you to take pictures and focus them after the picture is taken – something that has a lot of people very excited – especially major tech news outlets, gadget Web sites and grandmas […]

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Panasonic Lumix ZS10 Review

Camera Reviews Featured Panasonic Point and Shoot Videos

 The Panasonic Lumix ZS10 is what I call a pocket superzoom camera – it fits in your pocket and it’s got a ton of zoom – a 16x 24-384mm image-stabilized Leica zoom lens, to be exact. That’s a crazy amount of lens reach – especially for a camera that fits in the pocket of your […]

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The iPhone 4S – Point-And-Shoot Camera Killer?

Apple Featured iPhoneography News Point and Shoot

 Apple announced the iPhone 4S today. There’s been a lot of grumbling on the Internet about how the 4S isn’t much of an upgrade but I don’t agree at all. Although the number “5″ isn’t in the name and it looks like an iPhone 4, the guts of the new iPhone have been given a […]

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Wi-Fi Enabled Panasonic Lumix FX90 Digital Camera

News Panasonic Point and Shoot

 Last week, Panasonic announced a new point-and-shoot camera with built-in Wi-Fi. The 12-megapixel Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX90 has a fast 5x f/2.5 24mm wide-angle zoom lens, full HD video and a 3-inch 460k-dot touch screen LCD display. Those features alone add up to a great pocket camera. But of course, what really sets the FX90 apart […]

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Fujifilm X10 Premium Compact Camera

Featured Fujifilm News Point and Shoot

 There’s been a lot of speculation and a fair amount of leakage, but it’s official now – the Fujifilm X10 premium compact camera is for real. Fujifilm’s X100 digital rangefinder had a powerful emotional effect on photographers. They connected with the stripped-down look and simplicity of the camera. The Fujifilm X10 echoes the look and […]

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Nikon Coolpix AW100 – Nikon’s First Waterproof Digital Camera

Featured News Nikon Point and Shoot Underwater

 Come on in – the water’s fine! Nikon has finally joined the rest of the kids in the pool. The other kids being Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Samsung, Olympus and Kodak – and the pool being the rugged, waterproof camera market. The brand new Nikon Coolpix AW100 is Nikon’s first waterproof camera – since […]

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Nikon Coolpix P7100 Premium Compact Camera Announced

Featured News Nikon Point and Shoot

 Nikon launched a bunch of new Coolpix compact digital cameras last night. Among those cameras was the P7100, the latest incarnation of their high-end, full-featured rangefinder-style compact. The Nikon Coolpix P7100 has a large, 1/1.7-inch, 10.1-megapixel CCD sensor and captures 720p HD video as well as still photos. It has a 7x 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 (equivalent) […]

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Canon PowerShot ELPH 510 HS Touchscreen Pocket Superzoom Camera

Canon News Point and Shoot

Canon announced three new compact PowerShot digital cameras today. The most exciting of the three – to me, anyway – is the new Canon PowerShot ELPH 510 HS pocket superzoom. I’m really into pocket superzoom cameras and I believe this is the first superzoom Canon has included in their ultra-compact ELPH point-and-shoot camera line. The […]

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