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Nikon CoolPix L830 packs an extra-stable 34x zoom for $300
It wouldn't be CES if there wasn't a cavalcade of point-and-shoot introductions, and Nikon is more than happy to do its part by launching four CoolPix cameras. The CoolPix L830 leads the pack with a long-ranged 34x zoom lens (up from 30x in the L820) that touts both lens-based anti-shake and a new hybrid stabilization system for video recording. The 16-megapixel, AA-powered shooter also improves on its predecessor with a tilting (if still 920,000-dot) LCD. Unfortunately, the new features come in tandem with a price hike -- the L830 will sell for $300 when it ships in February, or about $20 more than the outgoing model cost when it was new. Other cameras are mostly subtle iterations of last year's releases. The S6800 ($220) shares the 16-megapixel sensor, 12x zoom and WiFi of the S6500; it primarily adds target-finding autofocus and more beauty modes. The 20-megapixel S3600 ($140) and 16-megapixel S5300 ($180) build on the formulas of the S3500 and S5200 by including more powerful 8x lenses, while the starter L30 ($120) is chiefly a beauty-focused software upgrade to the L28 that preserves the 20-megapixel sensor, 5x zoom and AA battery power. All of these entry-level compact cams should arrive in February.
Samsung intros L720, L830 and L83T digital cameras
Samsung UK has just announced three new digital cameras which the company will be adding to its already crowded lineup, the L730 (pictured, £119), L830 (£149) and the L83T (£179). All three compact models appear to feature many, if not all of the same specs, save for slight variations in megapixel numbers (7, 8, and 8.2, respectively). The cameras sport a 2.5-inch LCD screen, 3X optical zoom, ISO to 1600, movie capture mode in 320x240 to 800x592, 16 MB of internal memory (plus SD support to 4GB), and come bundled with the company's Digimax Master software. The L83T adds ASR image stabilization, but other than that, these cameras are practically identical. Samsung clearly felt that the market for small, silver digital cameras was lacking a certain blandness only it could provide.Read - Samsung L730Read - Samsung L830Read - Samsung L83T
