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  • Camera Test: HP Photosmart R927

    Cool looks and slick features just aren't enough.
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    The 8.2-megapixel HP Photosmart R927 (street: $375) is a good-looking camera. With a rounded edge, brushed silver face, a curvy indented finger grip below the shutter button, and a big 3-inch LCD, it also feels great in your hand. The buttons and 3x zoom mechanism are nicely damped and everything about the exterior design says it's a well-built piece of machinery.

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  • Camera Test: Pentax Optio W10

    Summer Love.
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    The new Optio W10 could be the perfect low-buck beach/pool/lawn sprinkler camera. Continuing its line of pocket-sized waterproof digicams, Pentax gives this 6.0-megapixel amphibian a 3x optical zoom (38-114mm 35mm equivalent) and Class 8 waterproofing, which means it's safe to submerge underneath 5 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. With a street price of $300, the Optio W10 opens a whole wet world of shooting wide open while costing about the same as many of its landlubber competitors.

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  • Camera Test: Leica C-Lux 1

    Not just a digital camera, but a $495 digital status symbol.
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    It's a little Leica! Leica, in partnership with Panasonic, has rolled out a new, $495 (list) ultra-compact digital camera. Featuring a 3.6X Leica DC Vario-Elmarit f/2/8-5.6/4.6-16.8 ASPH Triple zoom lens (28-102 35mm equivalent), a 2.5" TFT LCD, and a brushed silver chrome or black finish, the Leica C-Lux 1 should make Leica fans happy. The overall fit and finish of the camera are quite nice, the only exception being the battery/SD card cover, which lacks heft. The lines of the camera echoes classic Leica lines, albeit in a smaller, more modern iteration.

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  • Camera Test: Casio Exilim EX-Z600

    Taking care of bidness.
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    The digital camera field is crowded with unusual and creative features. The Casio Exilim EX-Z600 (street: $260), however, managed to break through and create some buzz with its debut earlier this year. After all, what other camera can boast an "eBay Mode"? This function produces a 2MP image optimized for the online auction site, and has the ability to switch automatically to Macro mode and back. But lost in the eBay mode buzz is a camera that deserves recognition for its performance as an all-around compact.

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  • Canon Powershot S3 IS, Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H5, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7, and Kodak Easyshare Z612

    Steal These Cameras!
    • By Dan Richards on December 16, 2008

    Here's your assignment: Find yourself a nice 400mm f/3.5 lens, with image stabilization. While you're at it, make it a zoom--say, 35-420mm. Get a 6MP (or better) digital camera to go along with it, with through-the-lens viewing. Got all that? Now do it for under $500.

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  • Camera Review: Canon PowerShot A700

    Now featuring more features!
    • By Bill Schiffner on December 16, 2008

    Behold the new flagship of the Canon PowerShot A-Series: The PowerShot A700. This model incorporates all of the features included on the mid-level A540, plus much more.
    New features in the A700 include 6-megapixel resolution along with a retractable 6x 35-210mm optical zoom. It also incorporates over 20 shooting modes from fully automatic completely manual to fit any photographic situation. In addition, the A700 is compatible with optional wide angle and telephoto lens converters, as well as a close-up lens and a wireless flash unit.

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  • Camera Test: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC N1

    Who needs buttons when there's touch-screen control?
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    Packing 8.1 megapixels and a Carl Zeiss 3x Vario-Tessar 2.8-5.4/7.9-33.7 zoom lens (38mm-114mm equivalent), the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-N1 puts a serious face forward. This solidly constructed brushed silver camera looks like a major player in the 8MP compact class.

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  • Camera Field Test: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1

    This 10-megapixel model combines the convenience of an electronic viewfinder camera with the image quality of a D-SLR.
    • By Steve Pollock on December 16, 2008

    The most remarkable thing about the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 is not what it does, but how it does it. Yes, this is the first consumer-level, non-SLR digital camera to offer 10 mega­pixels of resolution and an equivalent-speed range of up to ISO 3200. And both of these numbers are significant upgrades from the eight megapixels (or less) and ISO 800/1600 (or lower) of competing EVF models. Yet the real breakthrough is deep inside the DSC-R1: an image sensor that's the same size as the APS-C-sized chip used in many, if not most, digital SLRs.

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  • Camera Test: Mustek MDC530Z Digital Camera

    Lots of megapixels for your money. But not a whole lot more.
    • By Jack Howard on December 16, 2008

    How many megapixels can $179.00 buy? If you consider the Mustek MDC530Z, the answer -- this month -- is five. But megapixels are only one thing to consider when you choose a digital camera. Image quality, ease of use, buffer and image processing speed, and quality of construction should also factor into the equation.
    Those suffering "megapixel envy," but looking in the budget category, may be interested in the MDC530Z, but there are some things to consider when looking at this model.

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  • Hands On With the Olympus Evolt E-330

    A first-of-its-kind D-SLR, the Olympus Evolt E-330 lets photographers compose pictures on a big, "live" external LCD, as well as in the viewfinder. Will they want to?
    • By Steve Pollock on December 16, 2008

    One basic difference between digital point-and-shoot cameras and interchangeable-lens digital SLRs is the function of their external LCD screens. On point-and-shoots the screen is used both for composing pictures and for reviewing them once they've been taken. On a D-SLR the screen is used only for reviewing pictures; as with film SLRs, you have to compose through the optical viewfinder.

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