Canon this week announced an addition to their very popular G series line – the Canon PowerShot G11.

The PowerShot G11 features a list of specifications that a mid to higher level photographer looking for a compact camera will want to consider. It has a 10 megapixel high sensitivity CCD sensor, a 28-140mm image stabilized lens, 2.8 inch tilt and swivel LCD screen, Flash Sync of up to 1/2000th of a second, Digic 4 image processing, HDMI connectivity, RAW shooting plus plenty more.

The Canon PowerShot G11 should hit stores in October with a recommended retail price of $499.99. It is already available for pre-order at Amazon at this price.

The new Sony Cybershot DSC-W220 is Sony’s newest edition to their Cyber-shot lineup and while they haven’t exactly reinvented the wheel with their new camera, they have made a very nice product that is a great addition to any camera enthusiast’s or family’s camera collection. If you’re in the market for a fantastic do everything camera to take the type of photos you see on billboards and ads, this isn’t it. But if you’re looking for a small compact camera that will be ready to see your nephew blow out the birthday candles or watch your daughter at her first ballet recital, this will be perfect.

The camera itself is a slimmed down version of Sony’s other product in the same lineup, the Sony Cybershot DSC-W290. There isn’t much different …

For travel or sports photography a long zoom is almost essential. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 (also known in Europe and Australia as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7) takes it even further in that the wide end of the Leica DC Vario-Elmar zoom equates to a 25mm lens on a 35mm SLR, stretching out to 300mm at the tele end. A good widey and a terrific longey!

A plus is the Panasonic ZS3’s large 7.6cm LCD screen. A minus is that it does not have an optical finder.

The still image maximum size is 3648×2736 pixels, on a 10.1 megapixel CCD. It also shoots 1280×720 pixel High Definition motion pictures with stereo sound. Not Full High Def — but still in an 16:9 aspect ratio.

The exposure options are not breath-taking: there’s only Program AE exposure mode with three metering options (multi zone, centre-weighted and spot) as well as 27 scene modes.

The shutter speed range is pretty good: long exposures up to 60 seconds. Shortest is 1/2000 second.

The camera runs from ISO 80 to 1600 with a step up ISO 6400 in the High Sensitivity scene mode, limited to 2048×1536/2048×1360/1920×1080 pixel image sizes.

In this post Sime asks Ste’ to review Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits .

I’m not a professional photo journalist, however, I do tend to hang around with a number of them and I know for a fact that most of them rabbit on about their work flow and how it can be a real nightmare sometimes. The idea of a photo journalist is that they take the photos that the news outlets want to see and print, stick them on their laptops as quickly as possible during or after the event and run them up in some piece of software that allows them to compare, choose, tag, edit, keyword and upload all as fast as is humanly possible. I have asked a friend and UK Press Photographer, Stephen Simpson.

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One of the more interesting new digital cameras to be announced in the last month or two is the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj – the world’s first compact digital camera with its own built in projector. Yes you can spend the day out taking happy snaps and then have your own slideshow in the evening.

The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projects images up to 40 inches up to 2 meters and comes with its own remote control to help get through the projected images.

Other Specs – The camera is a 12.1 megapixel camera with a 5x optical zoom lens and a 2.7 inch LCD. It has an ISO range of up to 6400 and comes with 5 different stabilization features, 16 scene modes and 4 movie modes.

The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj is available on Amazon for Pre-Order for $429.95.