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Nikon D80 Competitive Set

See how the Nikon D80 stacks up against the Canon Rebel XTi, Pentax K10D and Sony Alpha 100.
- By Dan Richards on December 16, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Camera Review: Olympus Stylus 750

All-weather design keeps out the elements while packing in more imaging options.
- By Bill Schiffner on December 16, 2008
Just like the postman's motto, the all-weather Olympus Stylus 750 can go virtually anywhere in all elements that Mother Nature can serve up. The metal body construction is durable and lightweight, with rubber gaskets throughout the interior to ensure that rain, sleet, snow or even dust from the Las Vegas desert won't stop you from making your shooting rounds.
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Exclusive Hands-On Preview: Pentax K10D

After three years of six-megapixel flyweights, Pentax goes to the mat with this head-turning 10-megapixel knockout.
- By Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
Based on our test drive of a late-stage K10D prototype, we'd say Pentax has graduated from D-SLR underdog to serious contender.
Priced at $899 to compete with other mid-level 10MP models, the K10D is more advanced in many ways and debuts technology found nowhere else.
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FinePix S5 Pro: Nikon Gets Fuji Brain Transplant
- By Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
On Tuesday at Photokina Fuji announced that they would be putting the sensor from their current Nikon N80-based FinePix S3 Pro into a Nikon D200 and selling it as the S5 Pro sometime early next year. Actually, they didn't say it in quite that way, but it's true, and combining Fuji's unique extended-dynamic range technology with the D200's best-of-class camera body is a very good thing.
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Exclusive Hands On With the Canon PowerShot G7

Our reporter gets an early look at the new 10-megapixel digicam at Photokina.
- By Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
Serious shooters have prized Canon's compact G series digicams for their pro-grade features and ability to pinch-hit for their big D-SLRs. The all-new G7, which we tried at Photokina prior to the public opening, reflects that dynamic yet changes it too.
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First Look: Olympus E-400

If you live in Asia or the U.S., the world's smallest, lightest D-SLR is not coming to a store near you, and that's a pity.
- By Jonathan Barkey on December 16, 2008
The world's smallest, lightest D-SLR is NOT coming to a store near you. The recently-unveiled Olympus E-400, an instant hit among those visiting the company's Photokina booth, is available exclusively in Europe -- but not in the U.S. or Asia -- and unlikely to cross the Atlantic in its present form. That's a pity, because we found it beautiful to behold, a pleasure to handle, and a delight to stuff in our jacket pocket.
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Field Test: Lensbaby 3G

Lensbaby's newest version locks into place, providing more control over those far-out selective focus and depth of field effects.
- By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008
Be prepared for curious stares and lots of questions when you're out shooting with the the just-announced Lensbaby 3G. This is far and away the weirdest looking contraption to mount on the front of a camera in a quite a long time.
The Lensbaby 3G looks like a Lensbaby 2.0 that took an unexpected detour to Frankenstein's Lab. The 3G can be locked into position and even fine focused via those bolty knobby jobbers.
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Which Lens Should I Buy?

How to pick the best lightweight, compact, multipurpose superzoom for travel -- at the right price.
- On December 16, 2008
A reader writes: My Canon EOS Digital rebel XT and I will be vacationing in China over the holidays. I'd like to take only one lens, and am especially interested in landscapes and close-ups (of food and calligraphy). I have serious budget and space limitations. Any suggestions?
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Lens Test: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX DG HSM AF

A compelling choice for nature and wildlife close-ups.
- By Julia Silber on December 16, 2008
An update of Sigma's pro-quality 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX zoom of the late 1990s, Sigma's new 70-200mm f/2.8 full-frame, digitally-optimized (DG) macro zoom ($889, street) offers improved coatings for suppressing flare, dramatically closer focusing, and "full-time" manual focus that allows manual touch-up, even when set to AF. This is also the first Sigma moderate tele zoom to use elements of high-tech and expensive ELD (Extraordinary-Low-Dispersion) glass-a component of the firm's longer APO super teles-for better control of chromatic aberration.
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Hands On With the Leica M8

The new Leica M8 ($4,800, estimated street, body only) is finally here, and it's a beauty. We've got all the details on this 10MP digital rangefinder.
- By John Owens on December 16, 2008
Leica fanatics have been arguing over this camera for years...even though it didn't exist until now. Battles raged over which features a digital M-series Leica should sport -- or whether these elegantly simple and decidedly Germanic manual-focus rangefinders should be translated into digital at all.
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