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Alongside a raft of PowerShot camera announcements which we'll be covering shortly, Canon USA Inc. has today revealed three new EF-mount lens models due to ship by this summer.

Of the three, the sole zoom model is also the most expensive of the group. The Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM bears the coveted Canon L-series badge, and has a constant f/2.8 aperture. The optical...

Fans of really big prints and generous cropping, prepare to rejoice: Nikon Inc. has today announced the Nikon D800 and Nikon D800E 35mm full frame SLRs, two very-closely related models that bring an impressive boost in resolution to the FX format without sacrificing on sensitivity.

In reality, the Nikon D800 and D800E are one and the same camera, the latter being a...

Canon updated its standard kit lens in March 2011, releasing the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II with the T3 and T3i cameras. There's not much new under the hood, but Canon claims some improvements to the image stabilization system. We've put the new kit lens through its paces in our test lab, as well as running it through an IS test, something we didn't have a chance to do with...

Fujifilm has now officially announced pricing for its X-Pro1 compact system camera in the US market, and there's good news for those planning to buy a kit with several of the available lenses. Final list pricing for two of the three lenses that have been announced for the system's debut has come in below the initial estimate.

The Fuji X-Pro1 is the company's first compact...

We've taken a little time with the Canon G1 X's Still Life images, making crops and doing our usual Print Quality analysis. Overall, we're pretty impressed with the Canon G1 X's test shots.

Check out the updated Canon G1 X Preview page to see how the G1 X fares against the Canon G12, Canon T3i, Olympus E-P3, Nikon J1, and Sony NEX-5N!

You'll also find that we've...

Word association: Quick, what do you think of when you hear the word "change?" How many ways could you capture it in a photo?

That's this month's challenge in the VII Gallery, sponsored by Canon: Take a picture expressing the concept "change," submit it in the Join the Project page, and you may see your image alongside ones from the pros at the VII Photo Agency!

So what...

For more than a year now, rumors have swirled, suggesting that Pentax was planning to launch not one, but two mirrorless camera products with differing lens mounts. Some pooh-poohed the idea, perhaps understandably, but today the believers are vindicated, with the launch of the Pentax K-01.

It's a bold move from Pentax, to be sure. Last summer, they showed a willingness...

We've just posted our "Still Life" ISO/NR series test shots from a production-level Canon G1 X, straight from the lab!

The Canon PowerShot G1 X is the company's first large-sensor PowerShot model, and looks to be Canon's rebuttal to the burgeoning compact system camera market. It's based around a brand-new, Canon-developed 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor that's almost as tall...

Sony Corp. has today announced several management changes at its highest levels, as it braces itself for a fourth straight year of losses.

The  company last turned a net profit in 2008, and has been struggling with several of its core businesses in recent years, as detailed by C|Net News. Sony's once-dominant Playstation games console brand has had a difficult few years...

We've just posted test shots from a Leica M9 (an M9-P, actually), taken with a Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 lens!

The Leica M9 is based around a Kodak 18-megapixel CCD image sensor with approximately the same dimensions as a frame of 35mm film, making it the smallest full-frame digital camera. The M9 accepts most Leica M lenses built to date, and thanks to the full-frame sensor,...

Photographers considering purchasing one of Nikon's Coolpix P-series cameras have two new models to pique their interests today, as the company has launched updates to a pair of models that were nearing their first birthday.

The Nikon Coolpix P300 and P500 are succeeded by the P310 and P510, both of which have important upgrades.

For the Nikon P310, key among these is...

Continuing today's announcements, Nikon has revealed four new S-series compact cameras: the Coolpix S3300, S4300, S6300, and S9300.

All four cameras have clean, stylish lines that should catch the eye of the fashion conscious, but beyond that they differ widely in specification, with each clearly aimed at a different target market.

The Nikon S3300 courts the entry-level...

Rounding out its announcements for the day, Nikon has three new cameras for its Coolpix L- and S-series lineups, all of which are aimed at photographers who shun proprietary battery packs in favor of standard AA cells.

The Nikon Coolpix S30 and L26 are both compacts that draw their lifeblood from a pair of AA batteries, while the Coolpix L810 has an SLR-like body that...

Panasonic has apparently heard that old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", because last year's darned-near-bulletproof TS3 digital camera has today been refreshed with the Lumix TS4, and at first glance it's hard to spot the differences.

The Panasonic TS4 is near-identical to its predecessor externally, save for a small red detail in the handgrip, and a...

Panasonic Corp. has today announced the Lumix TS20, a replacement for its 2010-model Lumix TS10 camera with a variety of changes including a new, more water-resistant body.

The Panasonic TS20 can be used at depths of up to 16 feet, a full six feet deeper than its predecessor. It also has a slightly higher-resolution 16 megapixel image sensor, and a wider 4x optical zoom...

Panasonic Corp. has today revealed two new ZS-series digital cameras, including one that it says sets a world record.

According to the company, the Panasonic ZS20 is the world's slimmest digital camera with a 20x optical zoom lens. At 1.3 inches thick, you won't be slipping it in a shirt pocket, but it's plenty slim enough to make an attractive travel-zoom camera,...

Canon Inc. today released its financial results for the 2011 financial year, which showed a slip in sales and before-tax profits over the prior year.

The company reported growing demand for single-lens reflex cameras globally in 2011, but demand for compact cameras was said to have been sluggish in all but emerging markets. Inkjet printer sales were flat, with growth in...

Just when you thought the megapixel war was over, Sony has kicked things up a notch. The company has today introduced its first eighteen megapixel compact camera, as well as a pair of sixteen megapixel ultracompacts.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is the real attention-getter of the group, although the step forwards from sixteen to eighteen megapixels is actually fairly...

There are quite a few things we liked about the $249.99 Envy 110. It's not just the most beautiful all-in-one device we've seen but it has brains, too. The menu system, accessed via a large touch screen, is well thought out and the Envy can communicate with some intelligence as well, accessing the Web for content, printing from an iPad and even printing documents emailed...