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Camera Test: Canon EOS 40D

Prizefighter: This new hard-body pulls no punches.
- By Michael J. Mcnamara on December 16, 2008
Canon's EOS 30D was the DSLR middleweight contender to beat for most of 2007, thanks to its tough body, great image quality, fast autofocus, and semi-pro controls. So it's no surprise that the new 10.1MP EOS 40D ($1,300, street, body only; $1,500, street, with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens) holds fast to the 30D's overall body design and exposure controls. In fact, from the front it's hard to tell them apart.
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Camera Test: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS

Canon's new pocket 10x camera packs really cool features, but cuts a couple of important corners.
- By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008
Looking at Canon's new 8.0 megapixel 10x (36-360mm f/2.8-4.3 35mm equivalent) optically stabilized zoom PowerShot SX100 IS (street: $299), one can't help but recall the old Sure Shot Owl 35mm camera. Sure, the Owl was a fixed focal length film camera, but look at the silhouette. There's certainly a powerful family resemblance in function and focus, even if the guts are now digital, the lens zooms, and that big owl-eye inspired viewfinder has been replaced by a biggish 2.5-inch, wide viewing angle, 172,000-dot LCD.
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Camera Review: Samsung NV11

What you get with this camera is a mostly typical 10.1-megapixel compact wrapped in a gorgeous body... and something your friends will certainly notice and ask about!
- By Paul Lefevre on December 16, 2008
Sleek, sexy, stylish... not words you often hear when talking about compact digital cameras. But hear them you will if you take Samsung's NV11 out to take pictures. Samsung's NV line certainly looks good, and the NV11 looks just as stylish as its siblings in the line. How do the images that come out of it compare to its flashy exterior?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
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The Photographer's Guide to Media Servers

Sometimes merely storing your digital photos isn't enough. These four servers let you share your photos, videos, and music on a home network -- or even online.
- By Michael J. Mcnamara on December 16, 2008
Do you have a backup plan? You should! With digital image and video files growing in size and number, it's crazy to expect your computer's hard drive to last forever. (Ask anyone who's had a hard drive fail.)
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Lens Test: Olympus Zuiko Digital 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED AF

Long Ranger -- This pro tool gives the equivalent of 400mm reach and superior performance for Four Thirds DSLR shooters.
- By Julia Silber on December 16, 2008
Don't include this $1200 (street) tool in the large class of 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 lenses from other lensmakers. Though it has a similar range, the Olympus Zuiko 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 is much more a pro's lens than those slower kit zooms. On an Olympus or Panasonic Four Thirds DSLR, it converts to a 100-400mm equivalent, making it one of the brightest and most compact lenses to reach 400mm.
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Lens Test: Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 EF-S IS USM

Fast & Steady -- Photojournalists, event photographers, and other available-light shooters get a fast, new digital-only zoom.
- By Julia Silber on December 16, 2008
This digital-only, 27-88mm equivalent ($1,000, street) is a pro-caliber upgrade of Canon's popular 17-85mm amateur Image Stabilizer lens ($515, street). It has the hallmarks of Canon's professional, full-frame L-series (solid construction, aspheric elements, UD glass). But it couldn't be labeled "L" because it won't work on all EOS bodies.
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Hands On: Canon EOS 40D

It's like meeting an old friend for the first time.
- By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008
Don't think for a minute that the new Canon EOS 40D is simply an incremental upgrade to the 30D. Although the 10.1-megapixel EOS 40D has a virtually identical hand-feel to the 8.2 megapixel EOS 30D it replaces, it shows improvements over its predecessor in several ways.
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Camera Test: Pentax K100D Super

The newest DSLR from Pentax is a whole lot like its 6.1MP K100D, but with some special powers.
- By Dan Richards on December 16, 2008
Here's the Pentax K100D Super ($520, street, body only; $600 with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Pentax DA lens), which represents a major upgrade for the Pentax line.
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Lens Test: Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II AF

This wide-to-moderate tele zoom offers you a chance to upgrade your wide-angle kit zoom. So what are you waiting for?
- By Julia Silber on December 16, 2008
DSLR photographers looking to move up from the distortion and limited sharpness and speed of their kit lens will welcome this new wide-to-medium tele. Tamron has toted out big-gun technology for its 26-78mm equivalent ($450, street). This Di II (digital only) optic boasts a high speed, constant aperture, two aspheric elements, internal focusing, one element of low-dispersion glass, and another of a super low-dispersion XR (Extra Refractive Index) glass for, the company claims, better control of chromatic aberration.
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Top-Selling Digital Compacts for August

Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-W55 was America's top-selling digital compact for August.
- By Popphoto.com Staff on December 16, 2008
Each month the NPD Group ranks America's top-selling digital cameras based on unit sales. Here are the top-selling digital compacts for August 2007. Also, see our digital SLR rankings for August, or compare to July's Top 5 digital compacts.

Make/Model

Megapixel

Zoom

MSRP/Street

1. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55

7.2MP

3x
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