Digital cameras that can shoot video are a dime a dozen, but only a few give you the power to manually select aperture and shutter speed. The Lumix FZ47 from Panasonic gives you full control over both video and still photo capture with its Creative Control mode.

The 12.1-megapixel superzoom can shoot 1080i HD at 30 fps. It also has a 3-inch LCD, 24x Leica zoom lens with a 25mm wide-angle focal length, and you can shoot 3.5-megapixel stills while recording video. The $400 FZ47 will arrive next month.

Your kid wants to be just like you and do grown up stuff, so naturally they want a camera, but there is no way you are handing over your expensive camera to a baby. So why not give them something designed for the age group?

Takara Tomy’s “First Digital Camera” sports a 1.44-inch LCD used for playback and even has a self-timer and an image sensor of 3 megapixels so they can get shots of their drooling playmates and stuff. It is able to take up to 99 photos and will cost you $110.

If you are looking for a super compact camera, for spying or other activities, Powershovel’s CLAP digital camera may just be the ticket. It measures just 1.4-inches x 2.8-inches x 0.59-inches, and weighs in at only 24g.

The CLAP camera features a 2MP F2.8 (3.2mm) lens and will shoot images at 1280 x 1024 resolution and save them as JPEG files. You can also record videos at 720 x 480 resolution. Looks like a nice discreet and minimalistic camera.

The Fuuvi combines two gadgets in one and there’s also a slot for a MicroSD card at the bottom with the USB opposite. The Fuuvi camera features a 3.1 megapixel camera with 1280 x 1024 resolution and bright colors for anyone’s tastes.

You won’t be taking any serious photos with it, but it might be a handy little accessory if you like novelty toys and don’t always have your phone camera handy.

Two Toronto-based artists have come up with a new art form. It’s a new way to view art on canvas. Their new series is called Take a Picture, and while they might look like blank canvases, when you pull out your camera and look through its screen, you’ll see the actual art.

Behind the canvases there are wires and circuits that emit infrared light. This light is just outside the range of what the human eye can see. Digital cameras can see them just fine though. I don’t know if it’s art, but it is pretty cool.

Samsung has announced a new camera, the 14.2 megapixel SH100, equipped with built-in Wi-Fi so you can share your photos nearly instantaneously over Wi-Fi and also has high definition video recording. The Samsung SH100 will also connect via Wi-Fi directly to Samsung’s Galaxy S phone allowing you to view your photos on the phones screen in real time and control the shutter on the SH100 via remote.

Other features include the ability to back up photos automatically to a computer via DLNA or through the touchscreen navigation. The new Samsung SH100 Wi-Fi camera will be shipping in March and will cost you $129.99.

Our crystal ball tells us that Samsung has several cool gadgets lined up for CES 2011, not that we needed magic powers to figure that out. Now there is speculation that the Korean company’s SH100 point-and-shoot digital camera will be shown at CES too.

We don’t have any specific details on the SH100 yet, but we can tell you that the camera was recently at the FCC and will feature Wi-Fi connectivity and up to 5x optical zoom. With CES just a few days away, we will know soon enough.

Cameras are pretty slim these days, but most are not the size of a credit card.The Poco Pro digital camera on the other hand is the size of a credit card. Just a bit thicker actually. It is capable of shooting 14-megapixel stills and can also record video in 1080p resolution onto a microSDHC memory card.

It also sports a 2.4-inch AMOLED display with touchscreen controls around the bezel. Other features include auto focus, super macro capabilities, image stabilization, face recognition and limited DSLR-like manual controls. It weighs just 65 grams.

Ricoh was showing off their G700SE at Photokina, and the updated version of the G700 is capable of using add-on modules like the GP-1 GPS dongle and BR-1 bar code scanning module. Pretty cool idea. It should give the camera a longer life as well as make it more versatile.

The camera has a dust- and water-resistant shell as well as Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1. It was designed for governments and enterprises, so it will cost you about EUR799 ($1,070) when it arrives in the first half of 2011.

When it comes to digital cameras there are tons of them on the market to choose from. Several cameras may look the same and offer similar specifications, but even with specs that are close, they are often not in the same class quality wise. One of the highest quality cameras on the market today comes from Lecia and the company has unveiled the new D-Lux 5 digital camera.

The camera has a resolution of 10.1MP and uses a Leica 5.1-19.2mm F/2-3.3 lens. The lens has a focal range equivalent to 24-90mm in 35mm format. The optical zoom is 3.8 times and the digital zoom is 4 times. The camera has a bunch of automatic and manual modes and can be used for macro photography.

Fujifilm has a plethora of digital cameras that it offers covering the gamut from entry-level low-end units to high-end and very expensive cameras for advanced shooters. Fujifilm has unveiled a new digital camera today that is high-end called the Finepix X100.

The camera is aimed at the DSLR user looking for a backup camera that is easier to take along and use, but has high quality photos shooting capability. The X100 has a 23mm fixed focal length lens and an APS-C CMOS image sensor. The camera won’t hit the market until early 2011 so right now we don’t have all the goods.

Canon has been making its G series of digital cameras for a while now. These cameras are some of the more expensive point and shoot units you can buy and offer a lot of manual features. They are intended to sit in the gap between a normal digital camera and a DSLR.

A new camera from Canon called the G12 has leaked that should be getting official later this month according to rumors. What we know about it so far is that he camera has a 10MP CCD and a 5x optical zoon lens.

The Stamp.y concept is an interesting one. It combines a digital compact camera with a rubber stamp. You take a picture using its camera, then open it up to get a stamp pad, which has the picture that you just took displayed on the rubber stamp.

Pretty cool. Then you can stamp a picture of that masterpiece in pixelated form. Sadly it would probably cost way too much if they could make this one.

About a week ago Panasonic officially unveiled the FX75 point and shoot digital camera. At the time the price and launch date weren’t offered, just the specs.

If you missed the specs, the camera has a 24mm ultra-wide angle lens with 5x optical zoom. The resolution is 14.1MP and the camera can record HD video in AVCHD Lite format the camera has a wide range of auto modes.

Earlier this week Sony pulled the wraps off its new NEX-5 and NEX-3 digital cameras. The cameras have no mirrors but promise the same image quality as a DSLR in a much more compact form. Both of the new cameras are now up for pre-order at Sony Style.

The NEX-5 with an 18-55mm lens will sell for $699.99 and has 14.2MP resolution and HD movie recording among other things. The NEX-5 with a 16mm lens will sell for $649.99 and has the same exact features.