• 12.0 megapixels for stunning prints as large as 16 x 20 inches
• 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR glass lens (37mm to 134mm); bright 3.0-inch LCD
• Easy Auto Mode with Scene Auto Selector; capture 640 x 480 movies with sound at 30fps
• 3-way VR Image Stabilization System
• EXPEED Image Processing; Smart Portrait System

The L22 from Nikon makes it easy to capture great-looking 12-megapixel photos with your camera. You can compose your shot on a massive 3-inch viewscreen. Automatic features and image stabilization then make it easy to shoot what you see. And this COOLPIX camera can even shoot video, all for a price you can’t help but love.

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Canon’s first foray into touch screen territory comes in the form of the PowerShot SD980 IS. It falls into line style-wise with the current generation of Digital ELPH cameras and it won’t look out of place sitting side-by-side with iPod and your touch screen smarphone – it’s curvy, boldly colored, and relatively slim for a camera housing a 5x optical zoom lens.

Like the Panasonic Lumix FX580, the Canon Powershot SD980 IS keeps all of the physical buttons and offers the touch screen as a kind of supplement in terms of camera operation. The result is more of a hybrid than a total touch screen makeover. There are three major areas where the touch screen will come into play: image review, touch-selected auto focus lock, and shooting mode selection.

It’s a new interface for the PowerShot lineup, but there are plenty of familiar features here as well. The DIGIC 4 processor, optical image stabilizer, and 12.1 megapixel 1/2.3 inch CCD are carried over from previous Digital ELPHs. Slow, steady enhancements to an existing, capable platform have been the trend for Canon in recent years. Does the SD980 follow the same trend, or is it just another pretty interface?

The Canon Powershot SD980 IS features a 5x optical zoom, starting at an equivalent 24mm for a nice wide angle and extending to 120mm. It’s quite a fast lens, with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 at wide angle. Maximum aperture at telephoto is f/5.9. Zoom operation is a little bit noisy, which is perhaps one of the reasons why optical zoom isn’t available in video recording mode.

Barrel distortion cropped up more often than pin cushioning. The vertical lines of the window in the wide angle image below bow outward slightly. In the telephoto picture, there’s not as much evidence of distortion.

The get-up-and-go PowerShot SD980 takes some very nice images right out of the box. Colors are bright, in the traditional vein of Canon’s consumer digitals, and somewhat saturated. The neutral setting, one of the options available under the “My Colors” submenu, will bring saturation down a notch. Adjustments can also be made to color, saturation, and sharpness and saved as a custom setting under the “my colors” submenu.

It should also be noted that though the SD980 boasts 16:9 wide-aspect image capture, you won’t be able to utilize it at the camera’s highest resolution. The wide images are roughly 9 megapixels.

Our studio images show noise beginning to appear starting at ISO 100, though it’s very faint in the cropped image. ISO 400 displays more distortion, though the thumbnail image still looks fairly good.

What the Canon PowerShot SD980 IS does best is show off. Flipping through images with a swipe of the LCD or a flick of the wrist is sure to please a small crowd of friends and family. However, no camera is going to inspire any real “wow” factor if the images don’t look as good as the interface. The SD980 delivers dependable image quality whether or not you choose to utilize the touch screen.

The PowerShot SD980 won’t compete with Canon’s more advanced compacts, but it’s as good a performer as the popular SD1200. It hits a sweet spot between chic design and reliable performance. In the expanding world of touch screen cameras, the SD980 is as good as any we’ve seen thus far. It doesn’t offer the level of control that Panasonic’s Lumix FX580 does, but manual control is probably not what you’re looking at if you’re shopping for a touch LCD. If it’s reliable image quality with limited user input that you want, then the Canon PowerShot SD980 IS is a good option.

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• 3.0-inch wide touch-panel PureColor System LCD; updated Active Display for quickly switching between images with a shake of the camera
• Capture 720p HD movies; HDMI output connector for easy playback on your HDTV
• 5x optical zoom with ultra-wide 24mm lens, plus Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer; 12 megapixels for amazing resolution and editing
• Improved Smart AUTO intelligently selects from 22 predefined shooting situations
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

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• Advanced Tough Design
• AVCHD Lite HD Movie Recording
• It lets you shoot actively while moving around with the camera in one hand.
• It features almost double the recording time in HD quality compared with the conventional Motion JPEG format.
• A convenient auto function also automatically turns on the LED when the ambient light becomes dim.

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• 12-megapixel resolution for large, photo-quality prints
• Four-Way protection: waterproof, freezeproof, shockproof and dustproof
• Fujinon 5x periscopic optical zoom lens with reinforced protective lens barrier
• Capture movies in 720p with sound
• Movie Editing Mode and Blog mode; Facebook/YouTube Automatic Web Upload function for photos

Fujifilm FinePix XP10- 12MP, Fujinon 5x Periscopic Optical Zoom, 2.7″ LCD, New uni-body chassis with a tactile grip finish, 4-Way Protection: Waterproof – 10ft (3M), Shockproof – 3ft (1M) and Freezeproof 14*F (-10*C). Other features include: Face Detection w/ Red Eye Removal, Digital Image Stabilization, High Sensitivity 1600 ISO, 6 Scene – SR Auto Automatic Scene Recognition, One-Touch HD Movie 720p w/ Sound, Thin Metal Body 21.7mm, Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery.

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The successor to their DMC-FX550, the new Panasonic FX580 is a very pocketable compact digital camera with a bevy of interesting features and a hefty price tag to match. With a 12.1-megapixel sensor, a 25mm wide-angle stabilized Leica lens, full automatic and manual shooting modes, a potentially groundbreaking face-recognition mode, and a nifty iPhone-esque touchscreen interface, this is a camera with real market cachet. It’s quite a pretty little thing, too. But does it take good pictures? Let’s take a look!

Housed in a brushed metal casing that comes in your choice of black or silver, the Panasonic Lumix FX580 is a very handsome camera. Highlights of glossy chrome are set against the brushed body, along with a matte finish on the ring surrounding the lens. The camera is extremely solidly built, as you would expect from a $400 machine, and its various doors and compartments are well protected from breakage. Nothing feels flimsy here. A metal tripod mount is another sign of the forethought that went into the camera’s build—it’s not something you’ll find on many compact cameras. The back of the camera is finished in quite a glossy black plastic with stiffly sprung control buttons.

Next in this Panasonic Lumix FX580 review is the design and it is instantly familiar to anyone who’s used a Panasonic compact digital camera in the last year or two—or any compact digital, really. A huge 3.0-inch LCD display with a very nice resolution of 230,000 pixels dominates most of the space, with the control buttons squeezed along the extreme right-hand side. The big difference from the Panasonic norm here is that the display is a touchscreen. For this camera, Panasonic has developed a “hybrid” control mode that, for the most part, lets the user choose whether to use touchscreen controls or traditional buttons and directional pad keys, or any combination of both. It works surprisingly fluidly.

This Panasonic FX580 review is yet another frustrating release from Panasonic. As a company they’ve proven again and again that they have a lot of good ideas that appeal well to a broad spectrum of digital camera buyers, but they’re crippled over and over by their slavishness to the megapixel race. In terms of aesthetic design, build quality, and interface, the FX580 has few rivals, which makes it doubly disappointing that it’s underwhelming as a camera. If Panasonic can create a camera that combines the FX580′s brilliant positives with the fantastic image quality produced by some of its rivals’ top models, the competition had better watch out. Until then, it’s back to the drawing board (where hopefully they’ll draw a bigger sensor).

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• 12.1-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-size prints
• 5x MEGA image-stabilized optical zoom; 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica DC lens
• 3.0-inch touch-screen LCD
• Intelligent Auto (iA) mode; Face Recognition feature
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

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• Improved low-light image performance, plus a Low Light scene mode for ISO settings up to 12,800
• Customizable control ring for easy access and operation of manual or other creative shooting settings
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The pocketable PowerShot S90 gives powerful everyday shooting. Shoot quickly with a lens control ring and get superior low-light performance with a high-sensitivity 10.0 MP CCD and f/2.0 lens. A high-sensitivity CCD sensor gives outstanding image quality in a wide variety of lighting conditions. Even images taken at high ISOs show exceptionally low noise levels and a wide dynamic range. A bright f/2.0 aperture allows exceptional versatility, capturing low-light images and fast-moving subjects at higher shutter speeds. A wide angle of 28mm lets you put more in the frame, while Canon’s optical IS reduces blur caused by camera shake.

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• 14.0 megapixel CCD
• Attention adventure-seekers: this is the go-anywhere, do-anything camera you?ve been waiting for
• A simple, one-touch button allows you to record movies with amazing clarity in high-definition, right from your camera
• Life can be tough, this camera is tougher. Rugged metal body and innovative shock-absorbing construction
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