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Best Digital Camera 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for Best Digital Camera in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best digital cameras on sale in the last 12 months that are available in the UK.

The...

PHOTOS: Olympus E-P2 digital camera

Olympus has unveiled the second edition of its PEN series, the E-P2, and we were lucky enough to get hands-on and have a little play with it. As you might hope, it retains the chunky body and reassuring weight of its predecessor, while still being small enough to stick...

Olympus unveils E-P2 camera

Olympus has unveiled a new version of its E-P1 camera called - you guessed it - the E-P2. The second edition matches its older brother in every way, but exceeds it in several, too.

For starters, there's now an electronic viewfinder available, that plugs into the...

Olympus Pen E-P2 announced

Olympus has followed up the June launch of its retro-chic Pen E-P1 with the new E-P2 Micro Four Thirds digital camera.

Adding a port for an electronic viewfinder or external microphones, the E-P2 gets two additional "Art Filters" as well as the new i-Enhance...

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...

Olympus WS-560M digital voice recorder launches

Olympus has introduced the WS-560M digital voice recorder and mass storage device with the bold claims that it's "the sleekest and most eye-catching product on the market".
 
With six recording modes including Windows Media Audio and three stereo options, the...

Daily Tech Deal: Free kit with Olympus E-30 and E-620 cameras

Olympus are offering an interesting deal on two digital SLRs at the moment in the form of the Olympus E-30 and the Olympus E-620.

Both cameras are pretty high-end, the E-620 retailing at around £500 and E-30 £600, but if you're in the market you can now get...

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...

Five great rangefinder cameras

SLRs may have the whizz-bang-flash of photography but there's a definite refined elegance of the rangefinder cameras. These snappers have been around for the best part of 100 years and there's something of a resurgence going on in look, as with the Olympus Pen EP-1, and...

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,...

Olympus E-600 DSLR debuts

Olympus has announced a new E-Series model on Monday; the E-600, that will sit under the slightly higher spec'ed E-620.

The cutbacks mainly affect software for the new digital SLR that will come with a 12.3-megapixel image sensor, 2.7-inch swivel LCD screen...

Beyond Megapixels, 10 innovative compact cameras

The compact camera market is a dog fight for tech companies. Hundreds of the things are launched every year and, now that the megapixel war has moved on to mobiles and everyone's teamed up with a quality lens maker, it's getting tougher and tougher to find a new edge.

Win an Olympus Pen E-P1

Pocket-lint has teamed up with Olympus to bring you the chance of winning its new Pen E-P1 camera. On offer is the white twin lens outfit consisting of a superb 17mm F/2.8 prime lens, VF-1 viewfinder and 14-42 F/3.5-5.6 zoom.

The lightweight Micro Four Thirds...

Panasonic Lumix GF1 fights back against Olympus E-P1

The Olympus E-P1 micro four thirds camera could be about to get a new challenger from Panasonic, if images that have appeared on camera forums on the Internet are real.

Supposedly called the Panasonic Lumix GF1, the new compact camera looks to take on the...

Win an Olympus Pen E-P1

Pocket-lint has teamed up with Olympus to bring you the chance of winning its new Pen E-P1 camera. On offer is the white twin lens outfit consisting of a superb 17mm F/2.8 prime lens, VF-1 viewfinder and 14-42 F/3.5-5.6 zoom.

The lightweight Micro Four Thirds...

Olympus announces FE-5020, FE-4000 and FE-26

Olympus has announced the release of a new range of FE cameras, described as affordable. With pricing from £99, the FE-26, FE-4000 and FE-5020 will go on sale in the UK from August.

All models offer 12-megapixels, up to 5x optical zoom, advanced face detection...

Olympus announces Mju 7010

Olympus has announced the new Mju 7010, claiming an "incredibly slim and stylish metal design" for the new mid-range compact.

The vital stats for the new compact are a 12-megapixel sensor, a 7x optical zoom (28-196mm) and a 2.7-inch HyperCrystal II sunlight-viewable...

Olympus launches Mju TOUGH-6010

Olympus has launched the new "Myu TOUGH-6010" describing the rugged camera as "ready for action".

The 12-megapixel compact is shockproof for drops of 1.5-metres, waterproof to 3-metres, and freezeproof to -10C.

With a 3.6x wide optical zoom lens,...

VIDEO: 50 years of the Olympus PEN

The new Olympus Pen E-P1 micro four thirds camera has only just made it into the shops in the UK, but that hasn't stopped Olympus releasing this video celebrating 50 years of the PEN brand.

What's so special about it? Well it's made with thousands of still...

Five podcasting gadgets

Video might be all the rage at the moment, but that shouldn't stop you from making your own podcast to share your thoughts and experiences with the world wide web.

Here are five gadgets to get you started.

Samson microphone, £145
If you're...

VIDEO: Megawhat hands-on with the Olympus Pen E-P1

Susi Weaser goes suitably video-vintage in this latest Megawhat instalment that brings you a hands-on with Olympus' latest Micro Four Thirds offering - the retro-styled Pen E-P1.

We've brought you news, and two galleries of this new camera, so get set and...

Jessops announces Olympus Pen E-P1 launch event

Jessops has announced that it will be offering the new Olympus Pen E-P1 with a launch event open to all customers at its London New Oxford Street store on 25 June.

At the launch event - that will see photographer David Bailey in attendance - starting from 6pm,...

VIDEO: Olympus E-P1 Pen sample footage

It's short it's sweet (in more ways than one), but here is a quick sample of what you can expect from the new Olympus E-P1 "Pen" Micro Four Thirds camera when you flick the dial to video.

But don't worry, even though there is only 13 seconds of video here,...

PHOTOS: Olympus E-P1 camera

The E-P1 is only a day old and we've been fortunate to have our hands all over the retro Micro Four Thirds snapper from Olympus.

With Olympus taking the retro effect to the extreme, they have even made a leather strap and half case for the camera, pictured here....

Olympus E-P1 Pen gets Will it Blend? treatment

Olympus has chosen an innovative way to show off all the elements that go into its new digital camera by teaming up with Blendtec's Will it Blend? team.

The viral video sees the host of the long running internet show blend a number of different Olympus gadgets...