Panasonic has announced the addition of three new consumer digital cameras to its Lumix line. The Panasonic DMC-FS62, DMC-FS42, and DMC FS12 all come with features that are sure to please even the most discerning of consumers.

The Epson R-D1x has a rangefinder and good lenses.
If you seriously take pictures you use a rangefinder and good lens. It is as simple as that. Yes, you can take great pictures with all sorts of cameras. Happens all the time. But the Epson R-D1x is the sort of camera serious users drool over.

The Olympus E-620 digital SLR, due out in late April, is claimed to be the smallest DSLR with built in image stabilisation. The 12.3Mp SLR, according to Olympus, weighs only 475g (without the battery) and has compact dimensions. It has a maximum ISO sensitivity of 3,200 and is based on the four thirds standard.

Panasonic has announced it will soon be releasing its first SDXC card which will be 64GB.

How big is that?

Samsung has announced the HZ10W (how do they think of these romantic names?) which is a pocket-sized (depends on the pocket) 10.2 megapixels digital camera that boasts a 10x zoom lens that starts at a wider-than-usual 24mm if you  can think in 35mm film terms. Some of us would be happier without the zoom and just have the wide lens. If it had a rangefinder I would marry it.

A new law is being suggested in the United States that if a camera on a cell phone takes a shot it must make an audible noise.

Note the camera has a Web browser as well but that would have made the headline too long.

Sony, a company that is currently going through a worrying period, has announced the first Wi-Fi digital camera with a Web browser.

They say you can be neither too rich or too slim. Missed out on both.

But the new Casio Exilim, which comes eight years after that emaciated camera’s  first model, is very slim AND is very rich in megapixels.

Kodak Easyshare M863 is for people who just want to take pictures. They would prefer them to be better pictures. Pictures with good color. Pictures which they will be proud to show. But they do not want to mess around with a lot of technical gubbins. Point the damn thing, press the button and another moment with the family is recorded for posterity.