Now around 6 months on from the launch the Samsung WB600 has seen a reasonable drop in price, from an original RRP of £250 down to £188.70 from Amazon.co.uk.

The 12-megapixel sensor is partnered with a Schneider Kreuznach folding lens offering...

The humble compact camera category seems to be under assault. At the high end you have hybrid cameras offering imaging power with svelte dimensions, at the bottom end you have increasingly sophisticated camera phones. The result is a need for innovation...

Ahead of PMA2010 in February, Samsung has sent us word of a small flotilla of compact cameras that'll be arriving on these shores over the next few months. There's the WB650, WB600, ST60, ST70 and PL80. Let's take a brief look at each one in turn.

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