Compact cameras

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - digital cameras

2009 has seen the digital camera arms race continue at an ever increasing speed. With Canon announcing that its profits were down over 80% in the fourth quarter of last year and the rise of the cameraphone, one might have thought it was going to be a tricky time for the...

Daily Tech Deal: Jessops.com 10-year celebration

Until the 2 November Jessops is offering discounts on a variety of digital cameras and accessories to celebrate 10 years of Jessops.com.

Today sees the Nikon Coolpix S640 on sale with a £199 price tag and free standard delivery, Although a good price - we haven't...

Daily Tech Deal: Panasonic DMC-FX150 under £150

With the vast array of compact cameras available, if you're in the market for one it can possibly be a bit daunting to choose. So, as ever, Pocket-lint's tech deal will attempt to point you in the general direction of one of the better efforts, whilst keeping a close...

What the Google Street View car could have looked like

Google might have its camera-van recording everything it sees as it drives around cities across the world, but it's got nothing on this van.

Covered in over 2700 cameras (yes you read that right), the van has been created to promote a new film called Automorphosis,...

Polaroid re-launch announced

Summit Global, the licensee of the Polaroid brand, has officially announced the world re-launch of Polaroid, with both instant photography products and digital offerings due to be re-available.

The new Polaroid will manufacture a range of instant film products...

Jessops captures exclusive on Fuji Finepix F72EXR

Jessops has announced it's bagged the exclusive on the Fuji Finepix F72EXR compact digi-cam. The Fuji F72EXR is a 10-megapixel, 10x optical zoom compact with Fuji's EXR tech.

The EXR technology claims to use the sensor in three different ways to optimise resolution,...

Nikon S1000pj gets torn apart

Wondered what the insides of a digital camera with a projector built in looked like? Thought you did, and so did the chaps over at iFixit who this time have taken apart a Nikon S1000pj for all to see.

What have we learnt from the experience? Not much is seems,...

General Imaging launches waterproof G3WP compact digi-cam

General Imaging has added two new models to its current range of compact digital cameras in the form of the waterproof G3WP and the budget 10-megapixel J1050.

The G3WP is a 12-megapixel compact with a 4x optical zoom boasting features such as face, blink...

Panasonic reveals HDC-TM350 camcorder

Panasonic has dropped us word of a camcorder that it'll soon be launching - the HDC-TM350. It's strictly limited edition - only 200 will be available - and it's a sister model to the HDC-TM300, which has won multiple awards.

It's rather on the advanced side...

Limited Edition Polaroid instant camera available

As many of you will know, Polaroid is a dying format, and getting hold of new cameras and film especially is a tricky business.

Urban Outfitters is currently offering a Polaroid Limited Edition camera - complete with a 10 pack of type 779 instant film.

Snow white Olympus FE-4010 announced

Not particularly ground-breaking news, unless you have a penchant for white gadgetry, but Olympus has announced the launch of the new FE-4010 in "snow white".

Released for the Christmas present-buying crowds, the new entry-level snapper gets a "Double-Layered...

Jessops offers exclusive Fuji Finepix J30 in bright blue

Jessops has announced it will be offering the Fuji Finepix J30 exclusively in blue.

Launched earlier this summer, the J30 is aimed at the beginner slash budget end of the market and is already on sale in pink, black and silver.

The blue version...

PHOTOS: Leica X1 digital camera

Leica announced their forthcoming X1 digital camera yesterday and we were on hand to grab a few shots of a (sadly) non-working sample.

When it hits the shelves in January 2010, it will bring with it a 12.2-megapixel CMOS APS-C sensor (which you'd normally find...

IFA 2009: Our top five

IFA in Berlin is the largest consumer electronics show in Europe. Each year hundreds of companies come to show their latest and greatest gadgets that they will be releasing over the next 12 months. So what caught our eye this year? Here is our pick of the crop:

PHOTOS: Fujifilm W1 3D Camera

One of the central themes of IFA 2009 was the arrival of 3D televisions, launched by many manufacturers. Fujifilm put its own spin on things, however, by building a 3D camera.

It's got two 10-megapixel CCD sensors and can shoot JPEGS and AVIs in both 2D and...

Samsung goes slim and light with the ST45 compact

While all the world's gone AV, Samsung has announced the arrival of an ultra light and slim compact camera known as the ST45. It has a 12-megapixel sensor, 2.7-inch, 230k-colour QVGA screen and a brushed aluminium chassis.

The whole device is just 16mm thick...

Daily Tech Deal: Samsung ES15 with free case

Compact cameras appear to coming down in price all the time so we thought for today's tech deal we'd cover the Samsung ES15, available from Dabs for £62.96.

Now we did see this a couple of pounds cheaper on Amazon but for the extra cash you also get a free...

PHOTOS: Panasonic Lumix GF1 digital camera

Launched earlier in the week, Pansonic's Lumix GF1 will go up against the retro looking Olympus E-P1 and offer a micro four thirds camera in a compact casing.

The new model will feature a 20mm pancake lens, come with Live view and unlike the Olympus model,...

Panasonic Lumix GF1 takes on Olympus E-P1

Debuted early in an advert by mistake, Panasonic has now officially launched the Lumix GF1, its third Micro Four Thirds camera at IFA in Berlin on Wednesday.

The new LUMIX DMC-GF1 debuts as the world’s smallest and lightest system camera with built-in flash,...

Leica M9 makes screen debut

Are these the first official shots of the Leica M9? According to Leica fans they very well could be.

The images are from a promotional teaser from the camera company launched on Monday in preparation for a "big" camera launch from the company on the 9 September....

Leica promise new cameras for 9 September

Leica has said that it will announce a "new range" of cameras on 9 September.

"On September 9 2009 Leica will announce a collection of ground breaking new products designed and manufacturers for all photographers, novice and professional alike," says the voice...

Casio launches EX-Z280 and EX-Z33 cameras

Casio, as well as the EX-Z450 and EX-Z90, have also dropped us word of a couple of other models - the EX-Z280 and EX-Z33. While the target market doesn't differ - these are very clearly consumer models - the specs do a little, so let's take a closer look.

The...

Ricoh introduces CX2 compact digicam

Ricoh has announced that it's revamping its CX1 camera into a new model - the CX2. The CX1 hasn't even been around six months, so we're not sure why a successor's been brought out so quickly. Whatever the reason, here it is.

The CX2 retains the 9-megapixel sensor...

PHOTOS: Canon IXUS 120 IS

We criticised the IXUS 100 on several fronts. The first was the price for questionable gain from jumping up the megapixels on the sensor. The second was the inclusion of a viewfinder that served little purpose, because it was just too small.

With the IXUS 120,...

PHOTOS: Canon PowerShot S90

Of all Canon's new launches today, it is perhaps the PowerShot S90 that excites us the most.

Bringing together the sort of manual control found on the new G11, with dimensions closer to a typical compact, it should appeal to those looking to get a little more...