The Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II is a high-end bridge camera with an 8.3x / 24-200mm zoom, constant f2.8 aperture and a 20 Megapixel sensor that’s larger than those in most rival cameras. Announced in June 2015, it’s the successor to the original RX10 which delighted video enthusiasts with its movie capabilities. The RX10 II inherits…
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The Panasonic Lumix FZ330, or FZ300 as it’s known in North America, is a high-end super-zoom camera with a 24x optical range and constant f2.8 focal ratio. Announced in July 2015, it’s the successor to the FZ200 launched three years previously. The FZ330 / FZ300 shares the same 25-600mm equivalent zoom range as its predecessor,…
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The Nikon COOLPIX L840 is a super-zoom with a 38x optical zoom lens and a 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor. Launched in February 2015, it’s an update to the hugely popular COOLPIX L830 which was launched a year earlier and remains in the COOLPIX line-up for now. The new model extends the zoom range from 34x…
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The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is a new super-zoom camera that updates the SX520 HS released only six months earlier. The main difference is an increase in the zoom range – up to 50x with an equivalent range of 24-1200mm from the earlier model’s 38x. Wifi, which was included on the older SX510 HS but…
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The Canon PowerShot SX410 IS is a super-zoom camera with a 40x optical range. It’s one of the smallest of the SLR-styled super-zooms and though it won’t easily fit in your pocket it wouldn’t take up much space in a bag. The SX410 IS was launched in February 2015, superceeding the SX400 IS released in…
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The Nikon COOLPIX S33 is a low-cost, water-proof, dust-proof, freeze-proof, and shock-proof compact designed, in Nikon’s own Words, ‘for all the family’. As well as being tough and inexpensive, the COOLPIX S33 is very easy to use. Both the physical controls on the camera itself, as well as the menus, are very simple. Almost everything,…
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The Nikon COOLPIX AW130 is a rugged waterproof compact with a 16 Megapixel sensor and a 5x stabilised optical zoom. It’s waterproof to a depth of 30 meters, shock proof to 2.1 meters, dust-proof and can operate in temperatures down to -10C. The AW130 was launched in February 2015 alongside the company’s other waterproof compact,…
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The Olympus TOUGH TG860 is a water-proof, shock-proof, freeze-proof and dust-proof compact. Launched in April 2015 it’s an update to the year-old TG850 iHS. It retains the earlier model’s 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor and the 21-105mm equivalent optical zoom, still the widest lens available on any waterproof compact. Also retained is the 3 inch 460k…
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The Canon PowerShot D30 is a rugged compact that’s water-proof, shock-proof, freeze-proof and dust-proof. Launched in April 2014, the D30 is the third water-proof compact from Canon replacing the PowerShot D20 from 2012. The newer model is water-proof to a depth of 25 metres, that’s deeper than you can go with most water-proof compacts. The…
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The Olympus Stylus TOUGH TG4 is the latest in a line of water-proof rugged compacts that have been a popular favourite with outdoors enthusiasts for many years. The TOUGH TG4 retains the 4x 25-100mm equivalent of its predecessor, the TG3, along with its bright f2-4.9 maximum aperture. New to the TG4 are a redesigned mode…
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