Hands on Reviews

The Fujifilm FinePix F300 EXR has a 12MP Super CCD EXR Sensor, sensitive to 12800, and a Fujinon 15x lens that zooms from 24 to 360mm equivalent.

The Canon Powershot SD4500 IS Digital ELPH with a 10-Megapixel CMOS sensor is sensitive from ISO 125 to 3200 using Canon’s newest digital imaging core, the DIGIC 4 processor. This camera will shoot from 15 seconds to 1 4000th of a second, and it has an F/3.4, 10x Canon Zoom lens.

The Samsung ST100 is a camera with a 14MP sensor that is sensitive from 80 to 3200 ISO. It sports a 5x Schneider lens that zooms from 31.5 to 175mm. The most unusual thing about this Samsung camera is that it has two screens.

The rugged and portable ProPrompter HDi-Pro from Bodelin lets you use your iPad as a teleprompter in the field and features both bar and rail mounts for use with any size camcorder.

The Samsung ST80 is a very compact camera with a 35-105mm equivalent lens, a 14MP sensor and a 3-inch touch screen.The point-and-shoot community is excited about this camera because it is one of the few new cameras offering WiFi connectivity.

The Canon Powershot G12 features a 10MP CCD sensor with 80 to 3200 ISO and a Canon 5x zoom lens, from 28 to 140mm (35mm equivalent). It's one of a small group of Advanced Point-and-Shoot cameras. A type of bridge camera with many features you will find in pro DSLRs, the G12's body and sensors are smaller, with no interchangeable lenses.

The P7000 is truly an advanced compact digital camera, offering one of the biggest 10MP sensors in its class, almost all the manual controls a DSLR would have and with some important options about which very few compact digital cameras can boast.