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  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1. Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix, Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1, 3D, Camera, Compact camera, Compact cameras 0

    Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 review

    3.5 REVIEW Stereoscopic in your pocket 3 May 2012 13:43 GMT

    Two lenses and two sensors, haven’t we seen this somewhere before? Panasonic’s first stereoscopic pocket camera in the Lumix DMC-3D1 is taking on the Fujifilm Finepix W3 (and W1) before it.

    Capable of not only 3D stills like its...

  • Fujifilm X-Pro1. Cameras, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-Pro1, Compact system cameras 0

    Fujifilm X-Pro1 review

    4.0 REVIEW Like a Leica 17 April 2012 15:25 GMT

    The 16.3 effective megapixel Fuji X-Pro1 camera has barely left our side for the past two weeks. And it’s not purely because, with its sturdy high-end enthusiast metal build, plus Leica M8/M9-alike rangefinder styling, it is the sort of camera...

  • Olympus SZ-14. Cameras, Compact cameras, Olympus, Olympus SZ-14 0

    Olympus SZ-14 review

    3.5 REVIEW Small price, big zoom 6 April 2012 13:00 GMT

    The travel zoom compact is still proving popular and Olympus is building a raft of small-bodied, big-zoom, low-cost cameras for 2012. Setting sail in the wake of the SP-620UZ ‘Ultra Zoom’ we reviewed a few weeks back (16 megapixels and...

  • Pentax Optio VS20. Cameras, Compact cameras, Pentax, Pentax Optio VS20 0

    Pentax Optio VS20 review

    3.0 REVIEW Double the fun? 30 March 2012 17:18 GMT

    Buy a battery grip for your professional or semi pro digital SLR and it will come with a second set of essential controls to one side near the base, including an additional shutter-release button. That’s because grip and body make for a big and...

  • Canon IXUS 125 HS. Cameras, Canon, Canon Ixus 125 HS 0

    Canon IXUS 125 HS review

    3.0 REVIEW Capable, if expensive shooter 13 March 2012 15:48 GMT

    Announced alongside the previously reviewed Canon IXUS 500 HS but £80 cheaper, the 125 HS (High Sensitivity) pocket snapshot is no mere doppelganger. Apart from its offering a near credit card sized width and height, plus the fashion-conscious...

  • Canon IXUS 500 HS. Cameras, Compact cameras, Canon, Canon Ixus 500 HS 0

    Canon IXUS 500 HS review

    3.5 REVIEW Canon's tiny compact goes retro 2 March 2012 11:43 GMT

    Canon’s IXUS range of pocket point and shoot cameras has always been as much about form as function - an approach that sets it apart from the parallel PowerShot family that concentrates more on function than form.

    By way of an unofficial...

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT4. Cameras, Panasonic, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT4 0

    Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT4 review

    3.0 REVIEW Not much has changed since last year's model 27 February 2012 16:46 GMT

    Upgrading 2011’s toughened Lumix DMC-FT3 from Panasonic comes the inevitable FT4 incarnation, boasting reinforced glass and rubber padding. Once again the headline stills resolution is 12.1 megapixels and GPS geotagging of images features, thereby...

  • Olympus SP-620UZ. Cameras, Olympus, Olympus SP-620UZ 0

    Olympus SP-620UZ review

    3.5 REVIEW Can this budget ‘ultra zoom’ stretch everything further? 21 February 2012 17:15 GMT

    In recent months we’ve witnessed super zooms or "bridge" cameras straying into the luxury bracket. We’ve seen the Leica V-Lux 3 and Fujifilm X-S1 for example, matching semi-pro DSLRs for cost and many of their specifications. Though, like...

  • Olympus E-PM1 Pen Mini. Cameras, Olympus, Olympus E-PM1, Compact system cameras 0

    Olympus E-PM1 Pen Mini review

    4.0 REVIEW Can the baby Pen deliver a grown up performance? 12 December 2011 9:00 GMT

    The 12.3-megapixel E-PM1 - from a 13.1 MP Live MOS (or CMOS) sensor - is the new baby of the Olympus range of interchangeable lens compacts, or, as its manufacturer prefers, ‘Pen’ system. The other two models are the flagship E-P3 for just...

  • Casio Exilim EX-ZR100. Cameras, Casio, Compact cameras, Casio Exilim EX-ZR100 0

    Casio Exilim EX-ZR100 review

    3.5 REVIEW Finally a ‘travel zoom’ worth the fare? 1 December 2011 22:50 GMT

    A good zoom on a travel camera is a great idea, youll get closer to the action, and with cameras like this Exilim, you'll still be able to fit it in your pocket. And, although the original asking price was a hellish £299, we found the Exilim...

  • Olympus VR-310. Cameras, Olympus, Compact cameras 0

    Olympus VR-310 review

    3.0 REVIEW Mega-value zoomer 30 November 2011 17:09 GMT

    Looking for a knockabout pocket camera with larger than average zoom that won’t cost the earth? The metallic silver VR-310 we had in for review – with black, red, or purple also available - is both attractive in an unassuming way, bit also...

  • Nikon Coolpix S1200pj. Cameras, Nikon, Compact camera 0

    Nikon Coolpix S1200pj review

    3.0 REVIEW Is it just projecting? 29 November 2011 15:44 GMT

    At one time - say the mid 1970s to mid 1980s - projecting our photographs or Super 8 films was the chief way to share holiday exploits and pictorial adventures with friends and family. In the digital age, when most of our snapshots are dumped on a...

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150. Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix 0

    Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 review

    4.0 REVIEW The lens reach is stretched, but so the price 8 November 2011 17:09 GMT

    The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 is the new flagship model in Panasonic’s FZ range of superzoom bridge cameras. It replaces the FZ100 and comes hot on the heels of the cheaper, but very similarly specified, FZ48.

    For £120 more than the latter...

  • Olympus VR-320. Cameras, Olympus, Compact cameras 0

    Olympus VR-320 review

    3.0 REVIEW Can this 12.5x optical zoom camera get closer to perfection? 27 October 2011 19:01 GMT

    The Olympus VR-320, which falls into the ‘compact super zoom’ or travel zoom category, is the bigger brother to the VR-310. Fielding a 12.5x optical zoom that is a match for the similarly-featured Casio EX-ZR100 at twice the price and bettering...

  • Samsung WB700  . Cameras, Compact cameras, Samsung, Samsung WB700, 14 megapixels 0

    Samsung WB700 review

    3.5 REVIEW Best value travel zoom on the market? 27 September 2011 17:31 GMT

    The "travel zoom" market - meaning pocket compacts with extended lens reaches beyond, let's now say, 8x or more - has really taken off in recent years, with Panasonic's all-conquering Lumix TZ series, and recent TZ20 iteration, leading the pack. However...

  • Sony NEX-C3 . Camera, Sony, NEX-C3, CSC, Compact system cameras 0

    Sony NEX-C3 review

    3.5 REVIEW Not a huge upgrade to the NEX-3 27 September 2011 13:09 GMT

    Sony came to market with its first compact system camera duo in the NEX-3 and NEX-5 last summer, quickly securing the number one sales spot in the Far East, based largely on the fact that its system, when lens is removed, is truly compact.

    This...

  • Olympus E-PL3 . Cameras, Hybrid cameras, Micro Four Thirds, Olympus, Olympus Pen E-PL3, 12 megapixels 0

    Olympus E-PL3 review

    3.5 REVIEW Third generation "Pen Lite" subtracts as much as it adds 29 August 2011 10:00 GMT

    Priced just a pound dearer than Panasonic’s rival Micro Four Thirds compact system camera, the Lumix DMC-GF3, and bundled with M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F/3.5-5.6 II T lens kit zoom, the Olympus E-PL3 is also being touted as the "Pen Lite". It...

  • Canon PowerShot A800  . Cameras, Digital cameras, Canon, Canon PowerShot A800, 10 megapixels, Compact cameras 0

    Canon PowerShot A800 review

    3.0 REVIEW Cheap yet cheerful? 17 August 2011 9:40 GMT

    At one time all digital cameras were made this way. Fashioned obviously from plastic with a blue-grey hue and power coming courtesy of two bog standard AA batteries, they were viewed as PC peripherals rather than the lifestyle accessories of today.

    Upon...

  • Canon PowerShot A3300 IS  . Cameras, Compact cameras, Canon, Canon PowerShot A3300 IS, 16 megapixels, Digital cameras, 0

    Canon PowerShot A3300 IS review

    3.5 REVIEW Spend more, get more… 29 July 2011 10:03 GMT

    On the look out for an entry level snapshot, and have a bit over £100 to spend? The A3300 IS has a suggested asking price exactly £20 more than its PowerShot “A” family doppelganger in the A3200 IS, give or take a couple of body colour...

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3. Cameras, Hybrid cameras, Panasonic, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3,  0

    Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 review

    4.0 REVIEW Is third generation Micro Four Thirds 3x better? 20 July 2011 9:04 GMT

    As regards to truly compact, compact system cameras, Olympus may have got there first with its E-P1 in late-2009, but Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-GF1 wasn’t far behind, stealing some of its Micro Four Thirds system co-developer’s thunder...

  • Canon PowerShot A3200 IS  . Cameras, Compact cameras, Digital cameras, Canon, Canon PowerShot A3200 IS, 14 megapixels, 0

    Canon PowerShot A3200 IS review

    3.5 REVIEW Competent happy snapper 6 July 2011 16:18 GMT

    Looking for an inexpensive yet not unimpressive snapper to slide into your pocket this summer for casual use? For somewhere around the £100 mark, if we go by street/online pricing rather than the manufacturer’s own, the 14.1 megapixel, 1/2.3-inch...

  • Leica V-Lux 30  . Cameras, Compact cameras, Digital cameras, Leica, Leica V-Lux 30,  0

    Leica V-Lux 30 review

    3.5 REVIEW All aboard for Costa Packet 1 July 2011 16:17 GMT

    There’s a new travel zoom on the block in the shape of the Leica V-Lux 30, a 14.1 effective megapixel, 1/2.33 CMOS sensor incorporating, 16x optical zoom model with sophisticated accents yet familiar boxy styling. In fact, it resembles a re-badge-d...

  • Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR  . Cameras, Digital cameras, Compact cameras, Fujifilm, Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR, 16 megapixels 0

    Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR review

    4.5 REVIEW Thin edge of the wedge? 24 June 2011 10:00 GMT

    With its slide open and shoot faceplate, mainly metal build, internally stacked lens and glossy good looks, the svelte and pocket friendly Fujifilm FinePix Z900EXR logically follows on from last year’s very similar Z800EXR, a previous Hot Product...

  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10. Cameras, Compact cameras, Digital cameras, Sony, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10, 16 megapixels  0

    Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10 review

    4.0 REVIEW Luxuriously styled snapper with future proofed spec 16 June 2011 10:06 GMT

    Updating last year’s WX5, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10 is around £50 cheaper than its near numerical doppelganger in the current waterproofed DSC-TX10, though it’s unable to withstand the wet and the cold in the same way. Both cameras share...

  • Pentax Optio S1 . Cameras, Digital cameras, Compact camera, Pentax, Pentax Optio S1, 14 megapixels  0

    Pentax Optio S1 review

    3.0 REVIEW A case of reflected glory? 10 June 2011 13:02 GMT

    Looking for an inexpensive bauble with which to turn heads every time you take a snap? Photography stalwart Pentax is better known for practicality than trend setting, yet recent(ish) pocket snapshots including the Optio I-10 and RS1000 have bucked...

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