It used to be that if you wanted a non-interchangeable lens camera with a big zoom, it was the size of a brick. Not any more. Nikon's Coolpix S8000 offering marries a 10x optical zoom to a 14.2-megapixel resolution (from a 14.5MP 1/2.3-type CCD) within...

Launched at the beginning of February, Nikon's latest "flagship" come "hero" camera for 2010 is the ultra compact, but ultra-zoom capable, Nikon Coolpix S8000.

The new model measures just 27.3mm thick, packs in 14.2 megapixels and that pretty...

Nikon has launched what it says is the world's slimmest wide angle 10x zoom camera, the Coolpix S8000.

Measuring in at 27.3mm thin, the S8000 offers 14.2 megapixels, a fast start-up time and what Nikon claims is a DSLR class AF system.