Point & Shoot Cameras

With Mother’s Day coming up very soon, giving the gift of a new camera to your mother is a brilliant idea that will continue to give well past the time the chocolates get eaten and the flowers begin to wilt. 

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 is one of the most versatile compact digital cameras on the market. Is it two video cameras in one with dual independent lenses? A 3D video camera? A 3D still camera? An HD video camera that captures high-resolution still images simultaneously? Yes, yes, yes and yes.

Sony has just introduced nine new Cyber-shot digital cameras, and while these cameras span a wide range of technologies, they all rely on a number of core concepts that help you to make the best photographs possible in a given situation.

You can always go with roses, assorted chocolates and a greeting card, but a bit of imagination can’t hurt when it comes to making Valentine’s Day memorable. Here are a bunch of gift-giving ideas for her, for him and for the kids.

With their distinctive bowtie-like body styling, the newly-announced Pentax Optio WG-2 and WG-2 GPS bear an uncanny resemblance to their rugged Optio ancestors. Although the new cameras—13th-generation models according to the Pentax press release—strongly resemble their forebears, they contain enough internal and external improvements to warrant the title "new."

Olympus has introduced a pair of point-and-shoot cameras that can allegorically be compared to peas of differing pods. The Olympus SZ-31MR iHS, which sports a 24x 25 to 600mm equivalent zoom lens, is the extreme zoom of the duo.

The ways people use cameras are changing, especially after they capture a picture or video. Now, it’s all about point and share. Still, Canon hasn’t forgotten about the point-and-shoot part. For 2012, the company is releasing ten new PowerShot models that help make dreadful-picture taking a thing of the past, while including several models that streamline the ease of getting your creativity before the eyes of the world.

Sometimes the introduction of new cameras only makes choosing one that much more difficult. If you’ve been in the market for a new point-and-shoot camera, Panasonic’s announcement of four new Lumix cameras might just give you a good enough reason not to buy that other brand you had in mind.

Nikon has just announced updates to many of its already excellent digital cameras. If you were considering an older model fear not—Nikon has simply added some handy new features to the lineup as well as ergonomic enhancements that should be welcomed by all. Let’s see what’s being offered.

Sony has announced three new additions to its popular Cyber-shot pocket camera lineup that include a pair of sleek, very able point and shoots and an even sleeker shockproof, dustproof and waterproof pocket camera.  

Announcing an abundance of FinePix cameras for 2012, Fujifilm is offering a point-and-shoot model for every need and budget. Cameras’ resolutions range from 12 to 16 Megapixels and optical zooms from 5x to 20x.The cameras integrate color LCDs ranging in size from 2.7 to 3 inches. A few have electronic viewfinders.

Pentax has announced a new pocket-sized digital camera which, despite its narrow profile, sports a 20x 28-560mm equivalent zoom lens. In addition to an expansive zoom range, the Pentax Optio VS20 features a second shutter release.

Olympus has introduced a quintet of new point-and-shoot digital cameras, at CES 2012, that include simple snappy-shoots, a new Tough series camera and a couple of pocket-sized super zooms.

Samsung has introduced a quartet of point-and-shoot cameras, each with a particular user in mind. Though varied in form and function, each of the new cameras shares what has seemingly become Samsung’s clean, Bauhaus-inspired approach to product design. 

Sony has announced three new entry-level digital pocket cameras: the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610, DSC-W620 and DSC-W650. The most basic of the trio is the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610, which features a 14.1MP Super HAD CCD imaging sensor (1/2.3"), a 4x 28-114mm equivalent lens (at 16:9), a 2.7" 230k-dot LCD, and a top ISO sensitivity of 3200.

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