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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S2100 Review
PUBLISHED: Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Sony Cyber-shot S2100's "S" should stand for "simplicity." The 12.1-megapixel S2100 has been designed to meet the needs of a beginning photographer with basic exposure controls in program mode and few controls in "Easy" mode. Does the Sony S2100 strike the right balance between ease of use and quality picture-taking? Read on to find out.

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Coby outs $30 Snapp camcorder
PUBLISHED: 3/9/2010  BY: Jamison Cush
Coby today unveiled three new camcorders in its budget Snapp line, pricing them between $30 and $80, well below the rival Flip and bloggie.
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Panasonic launches Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-G10
PUBLISHED: 3/7/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
Panasonic announces today the Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-G10 Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens cameras. Replacing the Lumix G1, the G2 will feature a 3.0 inch vari-angle touch panel LCD and a high-resolution EVF. The entry-level Lumix G10 offers many of the same features but will not have a touch screen.
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On Assignment: Olympus E-P2
PUBLISHED: 3/4/2010  BY: Howard Creech
Photographers who are already invested in a DSLR system may be looking at a camera like the Olympus E-P2 as a lighter secondary tool for situations that call for more anonymity than a bulky DSLR offers. We took the E-P2 out on the street in our latest On Assignment feature, giving it a field test as a low-profile, street photographer's camera.
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Samsung TL500 takes on Panasonic LX3, Canon G11
PUBLISHED: 2/20/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
Samsung confirms the rumors today - their TL500 advanced compact camera launches with a feature set designed to take on advanced compacts like the Panasonic LX3 and Canon G11. It debuts with a fast f/1.8 24mm wide angle lens, full manual shooting controls, and a swiveling 3.0 inch LCD. But will it be enough to pull customers away from other brands?
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Samsung unveils high speed TL350
PUBLISHED: 2/20/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
Samsung announces a new high speed compact camera on the eve of PMA 2010. The TL350 offers 1080p HD video recording, full-res bursts up to 10 fps, and slow speed movie recording at 1,000 fps. The 10.2 megapixel CMOS sensor is backed up by a re-vamped DRIMeIII image processor.
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Round Up: A Micro Four Thirds Field Guide
PUBLISHED: 2/19/2010  BY: Jamison Cush
What once was a trade show concept has become an imaging reality. A couple of years after the launch of the first Micro Four Thirds camera, the Panasonic G1, we're knee-deep in models from Panasonic and Olympus. In this round up, we offer a snapshot view of the current Micro Four Thirds offerings and a head-to-head look at the specs and feature sets of each camera.
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Olympus E-P2 Review
PUBLISHED: 2/16/2010  BY: Howard Creech
The Olympus E-P2 bears a strong (and not accidental) resemblance to the old Pen F half-frame SLRs. We've had a good look at the camera's second-gen retro-chic design and made some comparisons to the E-P1 in terms of feature upgrades and style. Now we put the production-ready E-P2 to the test in a full review.
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Olympus E-PL1 Hands-On Preview
PUBLISHED: 2/3/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
Promotional materials on Olympus's site last week featured the image of a mystery PEN camera obscured by a hand. Today, they move that hand away and reveal the third Micro Four Thirds system in their digital PEN series, the E-PL1. They've offered DCR a first-look, pre-production unit and we've had our hands all over it ever since it arrived.
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Olympus E-PL1 debuts, offers Micro Four Thirds Lite
PUBLISHED: 2/3/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
After teasing the release of a new digital PEN camera last week, Olympus has officially taken the wraps off the E-PL1. It's their third Micro Four Thirds model, a step-down alternative to the E-P1 and E-P2. It compromises some of the features and build quality of the previous models to bring the price down, and it adds a built-in flash to the lineup for the first time.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7, Lumix DMC-ZS5 expand ZS line
PUBLISHED: 1/26/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
Panasonic updates today its popular ZS series with the Lumix ZS7 and Lumix ZS5. These new compact high-zoom cameras add geo-tagging functionality and manual controls to the 12x optical zoom range of the DCR Editor's Choice Lumix ZS3. A few more tech updates round out the feature list for the newest Lumix ZS cameras.
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Casio Exilim EX-G1 First Thoughts
PUBLISHED: 1/20/2010  BY: J. Keenan
Casio's recently introduced Exilim EX-G1 rugged 12 megapixel compact marks the company's first entry in their new Exilim G brand of digital cameras - the "G" denoting an "endurance category" of camera. We took a look at the unique design and some out-of-the-box images to offer a first impression of the tough G1.
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CES 2010: Connected Cameras
PUBLISHED: 1/10/2010  BY: Allison Johnson
A steady stream of new camera announcements from electronic giants like Sony, Samsung and Casio materialized this week on the CES show floor. The big companies are interested in getting you connected and sharing photos like nobody's business. We took a look at some of these hot-off-the-press-release products.
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