If you're already a fan of Pentax's Optio range, you'll be pleased to learn that its third prodigy has now seen the light of day, and predictably it incorporates a lot of the latest technological improvements ...

Last year Casio's portable yet powerful Exilim Zoom EX-Z1000 became the world's first 10.1-megapixel compact camera, putting professional quality photography in the hands of the everyday user. The EX-Z1050 takes this a step further by making ...

Genius is a Taiwanese company that's starting to build a reputation for designing small, affordable, multifunction digital cameras (still and video) and its latest 5-megapixel G-Shot continues the tradition. From the second you take it out ...

There's an old Canon PowerShot A20 sitting on the shelf here and it's interesting to compare it with Canon's spanking new PowerShot A550, the subject of this review. The physical design is similar, with viewfinders and ...

Canon's Digital IXUS range has to be one of the most prolific of recent times, as it was only a blink ago that the IXUS 800 and 850 IS were released. Its latest offspring has opted ...

Creative has quite a range of Web-cams and this latest model, the Live! Cam Optia, has a little trick up its sleeve that should make even the most Web-cam-o-phobic of us give it a second glance. ...

The PowerShot G series cameras have earned a soft spot in the heart of semi-pro photographers ever since the G1 came out in 2000. It was designed for serious snappers who perhaps couldn't afford the DSLR ...

Unless you live somewhere near Alpha Centauri, you'll be well aware that all televisions in the UK will soon cease to be analogue and are switching to digital and High Definition. The new technology has naturally ...

By now most people should be at home with the 'New World' of digital cameras, especially the flat-fronted variety that require you to do little more than point and click, with instant playback. However, the move ...

Casio is perhaps one of the first names you'd think of when looking for a compact digicam; its Exilim range has in the past achieved rave reviews for an effective combination of quality and usability. The ...

In 2003 Pentax wowed the compact digicam market with the release of the Optio S. It was small and sleek enough to fit into a pack of cards yet offered a 3x optical zoom thanks to ...

BenQ has its finger in a lot of pies, and one of them is digital cameras. It has recently stepped up the ladder in the Great Hunt For Megapixels, coming up with the DC C1000 which ...

An evolution of Canon's 300D and 350D digital SLRs, the EOS 400D is a digital SLR camera aimed at what you might call 'pro-sumers'. Professionals might occasionally be found with these and your average photography enthusiast ...

Although not a very common name in the digital camera market, Ricoh does have a history of making cameras and currently has quite a wide range of consumer products in this category. The Caplio R5 is ...

Canon's PowerShot range of compact digital cameras has been popular for many years and, as prices continue to drop, more and more features are built into each new model. The A630 has much the same size ...

If you're on a comparatively limited budget but would like to be able to take detailed photos with comparatively minimal effort, then the Acer CE-6430 is worth considering. In keeping with the current vogue, it's sleek ...

If ever there were a case of somebody soldiering on in the face of scant recognition, it's HP and its cameras. While well regarded for printers, scanners, PCs, servers, in fact most areas of IT, its ...

Not much bigger than a credit card, though obviously a lot thicker, Ricoh's new compact camera offers a lot in its small case. For a start it has a 6-megapixel sensor, so it can take detailed ...

Creative has always been justly applauded for its research and development into audio equipment for the PC, from the basic SoundBlaster to the highly gamer-friendly X-Fi F8tal1ty, and thus it comes as no surprise that the ...

Canon's compact digital IXUS range has a reputation for stylishness allied to a host of included features that will appeal both to amateurs - who just want to point and shoot - and to those who ...