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Cameras, lenses, bags, tripods, printers and everything else photographers need to make great photographs. And yes, even film.

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From the Buying Guide

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Editor's Choice 2007: Computers
- By Jack Crager, Jonathan Barkey, And Russell Hart on December 16, 2008
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Editor's Choice 2007: Digital Storage and Display
- By Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
Cameras may be sexier, but we're equally beholden to the devices that let us store, work with, display, and share our digital images. This year we note several trends in storage technology: Memory cards have doubled in both speed and capacity; hard drives are cheaper, with new ways of connecting to computers and entertainment devices; portable hard drives have become tougher and more communicative; and pocketable flash drives are cleverer and more playful.
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Editor's Choice 2007: Ultrathin Compacts
- By Dan Richards And Russell Hart on December 16, 2008
Our somewhat arbitrary criterion for an ultrathin compact -- a body with a thickness of less than one inch -- is just the starting point with these models, which often seem as much about fashion as photography. This year many of these skinny cameras offer capabilities beyond snapshots and video clips, including wireless transmission, slideshows, video editing, and album creation -- in short, extended photo sharing. (Note: The Image Stabilization item in the Key Specs list only applies to optical and mechanical systems, not digital image stabilization.)
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Editor's Choice 2007: Digital Compacts
- By Dan Richards And Russell Hart on December 16, 2008
Compact cameras earned their name by being smaller than SLRs. Given the streamlined proportions of ultrathins, though, standard models are really the midsize sedans of digital photography. They aren't so big that you don't want to take them along for the ride, but aren't so small that they cramp your shooting style. They are equipped with a generous array of standard features, and their controls are often easier to use than those of their skinny counterparts. Most important, they offer substantial imaging power at a reasonable price.
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Editor's Choice 2007: Superzoom EVFs
- By Dan Richards on December 16, 2008
Last year we had a separate Editor's Choice category for high-res EVF cameras, because most such models with high-magnification zooms offered a now-modest five or six megapixels of resolution. This year seven megapixels seems to be the minimum resolution for an EVF model, which produces its eyepiece image not with optical zooming or reflex mirrors but instead with a tiny LCD. And you get that higher resolution with cameras that zoom up to 12X, 15X, and even, as with this year's winner, a record-setting 18X.
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Editor's Choice 2007: Fine-Art Printers
- By Michael Reichmann And Russell Hart on December 16, 2008
Big prints are the order of the day in the lively world of fine-art photography. That's why this year's models are all large format, producing long-lasting pigment-based prints from 17 to 44 inches wide. Their output matches or exceeds the quality of comparable silver halide prints. Bigger is apparently better.
PRINTER OF THE YEAR: HP DESIGNJET Z3100
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Editor's Choice 2007: Imaging Software
- By Debbie Grossman And Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
Nondestructive editing is the buzz phrase in the big world of imaging software. Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom joins a new generation of programs that make it possible, from Apple's Aperture 1.5 to last year's Nikon Capture NX. Edit without fear.
IMAGING SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
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Editor's Choice 2007: Cellphone Cameras
- By Aimee Baldridge on December 16, 2008
Though most cellphones now come with a camera built in, few take pictures on par with a good digital compact. That's changing as manufacturers ratchet up the megapixels and wedge optical zooms into these go-anywhere, photo-ready devices.
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Editor's Choice 2007: Digital Rangefinders
- By Steve Pollock on December 16, 2008
An impressive modern remake of a venerable camera concept, this model preserves the essence of Leica rangefinder design and operation in its great leap forward to digital capture. It allows Leica-loving 35mm photographers to shoot the way they always have -- and get high-res digital image files.
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Editor's Choice 2007: SLR Lenses
- By Russell Hart on December 16, 2008
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Despite the popularity of all-purpose zooms, photographers' interest in lenses is unabated. Lenses are the number-one search item on our Website. And digital photography has brought on a whole new wave of optical innovation.
Lens of the Year: Panasonic Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH
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