Point And Shoots

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Canon S100: The New Pocket Powerhouse Point-and-Shoot

3:00AM September 16, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Canon’s S95 was our favourite pocket camera. Um, it’s probably not anymore. Meet the S100. What’s new? Oh, Canon’s first Digic V processor. A wider 24mm zoom lens. A 12-megapixel CMOS sensor (up from a 10MP CCD). 1080p video. And GPS built-in. More »

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18x Optical Zoom In An Itty Bitty Point-And-Shoot

12:32AM September 14, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Point and shoots are generally seen as the wimpy hacks of the camera world, when compared to modern DSLRs and fancy new Micro Four Thirds cameras. But their specs — like the 18x optical zoom on the Pentax Optio RZ18 — are getting pretty impressive. It’s like when Carrot Top grew mega-muscles and could all-of-a-sudden kick your arse. More »

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Nikon’s P300 Is A Light-Swallowing, 1080p-Shooting Pocket Monster

12:29PM February 9, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

This is Nikon’s answer to the Canon S95 pocket dynamo. The P300 pairs a 12.2MP backside-illuminated CMOS image sensor (which picks up more light than a standard CMOS sensor) with a fast f1.8 lens. Max ISO is 3200. And it shoots 1080p video at 30fps. More »

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Every Camera Should Be As Connected As Samsung’s SH100 With Android Remote Powers

2:30AM January 5, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Samsung’s SH100 isn’t the first point-and-shoot to have Wi-Fi, but it makes better use of it than most: You can use Samsung’s Galaxy S Android phones as a wireless remote and geotagger for the camera. More »

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Nikon’s First Pro-Worthy Point-and-Shoot

2:01PM September 8, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Oh, I’ve been waiting for this little camera for a long time: A pro-worthy Nikon point-and-shoot. After the bizarre melange of features in Nikon’s last flagship camera—uh, ethernet jack?—the P7000 is nakedly all about performance. More »

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Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR: Fast-Focusing, 15x Zoom Point-and-Shoot Camera

2:26AM July 23, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Fujifilm’s rolling out five new FinePix cameras, among them the 12MP, 15x zooming F300EXR point-and-shoot, and the similar Z800EXR, which trades that long zoom for a touch screen. Both have a new sensor that gives ‘em super fast hybrid autofocus. More »

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Samsung’s Kinda Crazy Dual Screen Shooters For Serious Profile Picts Get Slightly Crazier

12:30AM July 22, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Camera like the ST100 and ST600 are why people love Samsung: The front-facing LCD screen, designed for self portraits, has ballooned to 1.8 inches for more precise framing of perfectly mopey Facebook profile photos. More »

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Panasonic FZ100: A Mighty Super Zoom With A New Sensor, 1080p Video

4:00PM July 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Panasonic’s FZ100, the company’s first hybrid super zoom with an MOS image sensor, can handle action even if it’s happening fast, furious or far away; it has 24x optical zoom, captures 1080p video and shoots full 14.1MP shots at 11fps. More »

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Panasonic Lumix FX700 Is Panasonic’s Pretty Good 1080p Point-and-Shoot

4:00PM July 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The Lumix FX700 is like the FX75 before it, with a 3-inch touch screen and 5x optical zoom, but this one bumps the HD video up to 1080p. Hooray! It should be available at the end of August for $US400. More »

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Panasonic Lumix LX5: I Want This Awesome Camera So Badly

4:00PM July 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Panasonic’s Lumix LX3 was deeply coveted by camera nerds, a groundbreaking point-and-shoot that gave up megapixels for incredible photos. The LX5 is its sequel – and it’s the first camera that might knock the S90 out of my pockets. More »