Top Five Compact Ultrazooms: Sony, Nikon Lead the Pack

By Allison Johnson | 8/7/2012

Zoom. These cameras have it. Check out our Top Five compact ultrazoom cameras, based on results of our reviews and editors' opinions. These five are easy winners in big-zoom compacts.

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Four Compact Cameras That Will Map Your Summer Vacation

By Allison Johnson | 7/16/2012

Compact cameras equipped with GPS chips are capable of tracking where you take your photo and embedding the location info in the image file. If you're the type who tends to wander off the beaten path, one of these four compact cameras will do the tracking for you!

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Nikon Coolpix P510 First Look Review

By Howard Creech | 6/18/2012

The Nikon Coolpix P510 is yet another ultrazoom filled to the brim with enticing new features. Count among them integrated GPS, a 16 megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and a high resolution 3.0-inch LCD. Is it worth a preview while we're working on the full review? You bet.

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Sony Cyber-shot HX30V, HX20V, HX20V and H90 Compact Ultrazooms Debut

By Allison Johnson | 2/27/2012

In addition to the HX200V and several T- and W-series models, Sony unveils four new H-series high zoom point-and-shoots for 2012.

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Sony Cyber-shot HX200V Merges GPS, High Zoom Capabilities

By Allison Johnson | 2/27/2012

Headlining Sony's roster of new Cyber-shots tonight is the HX200V, a GPS-enabled ultrazoom that goes long with a 30x optical zoom lens. It's crammed with desirable features like a 3.0-inch tilting LCD and an EXMOR R CMOS sensor.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 First Look

By Andy Stanton | 10/12/2011

It doesn't have the biggest zoom in its class, but the Panasonic Lumix FZ150 is hardly feature-poor with 1080 HD video, a flip-out 3.0-inch LCD and up to 12 fps burst shooting. Check out our first impressions and watch for a full review.

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Canon PowerShot SX150 IS adds HD video

By Allison Johnson | 8/23/2011

Canon's SX150 offers a 12x optical zoom and 720p HD video recording. It's a value-oriented ultrazoom with auto and manual shooting modes for photographers of all levels of expertise.

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Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR First Look

By Jim Keenan | 8/22/2011

The Fujifilm FinePix HS20 updates the HS10 ultrazoom by adding a new 16 megapixel EXR CMOS sensor, a 30x optical zoom and 8 fps burst shooting rate at full resolution. How does this big zoom heavyweight perform? We're taking a first look with a full review in the works.

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Nikon Coolpix P500 First Look

By Jim Keenan | 4/4/2011

Nikon released its P100 successor, the Coolpix P500, with a whopping 36x optical zoom lens. Behind that is a 12.1 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 1080 HD video recording and a tilting 3.0-inch LCD. Take a look at our first sample photos and impressions.

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Canon PowerShot SX30 IS First Look

By Howard Creech | 10/11/2010

When Canon launched the 35x optical zoom PowerShot SX30, consumers and enthusiasts wondered how the lens would perform at the telephoto end of that monster focal range. We're working on a full analysis, but for now we have some sample images as we tackle this question.

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Canon PowerShot S95, SD4500 and SX130 announced

By Allison Johnson | 8/19/2010

Canon offers three refreshes to their advanced PowerShot lineup today with the S95, SD4500 and SX130 point-and-shoots. The new crop of cameras offer light performance upgrades to their predecessors.

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Olympus SP-800UZ First Look

By Andy Stanton | 8/4/2010

It's been a while since we had our very first glimpse of the Olympus SP-800UZ at PMA. Now, we've got a full-production unit in hand and a stack of sample images to show you.

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