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Fujifilm has just announced a new compact superzoom which will be hitting the market August of this year. The FinePix F800EXR takes advantage of Fujifilm's EXR sensor technology, and puts a huge zoom lens on the front of it. The glass on the F800EXR runs 25-500mm full-frame equivalent. That gives it a 20x zoom factor, but leaves you with a maximum aperture range of f/3.5-5.3.

Remember when a 24x superzoom camera was roughly the size and shape of an SLR? The last three or four years have seen this technology shrink down incredibly, and the new Olympus SZ-31MR iHS packs a 25-600mm lens into a body that'll fit in a coat pocket. Set to launch this April with a $399.99 sticker price, it comes with some pretty cool features. The SZ-31MR is able to record video and still image simultaneously, grabbing 1080p video and 16-megapixel images at the same time.

Canon announced an updated version of its mid-level SX130 superzoom in the form of the PowerShot SX150 IS. If it looks similar to its predecessor that's because, well, it is. In fact, it's almost identical in its form. There are some slight changes worth noting, though.

A trio of new cameras from Olympus includes a stylish super-zoom, a feature-oriented compact and a $90 model aimed at beginners. Here's the breakdown. SZ-10