One of the things that I always liked about some point-and-shoot digital cameras was that you could buy cameras that offered huge zoom levels. I can get lots of zoom on my DSLR, but that requires a lens that costs more than most point-and-shoot cameras themselves.

Samsung has unveiled a new digital camera that has a massive 24x zoom lens with 26mm wide angle optics. The camera can also record 720p HD video and use the full zoom range while doing so. Other nice features of the camera include support for RAW format.

Casio has just introduced the EX-Z280, a 12.1 Megapixel pocket camera with a 26mm lens along with 4X optical zoom. The real news here is Casio’s new image processor, the Exilim engine 4. It’s a dedicated chip that takes charge of all that stuff related to image processing and analysis.

Everything from smile detection to noise reduction, it’s involved with every aspect of capturing images. Another interesting feature is that the EX-Z280 also shoots 720p movies. Expect it to cost you $180.

Casio’s EX-Z33 digital camera is an entry-level 10.1-megapixel shooter that comes with all of the typical features you would expect out of such a camera from Casio these days, like a 3x optical zoom lens, 2.5″ widescreen LCD display, Automatic face recognition, Best Shot function and an Auto Shutter mode.

If your heart is set on capturing videos for YouTube, this camera features a YouTube Capture Mode that lets you save your movies at YouTube-friendly settings, making uploading easier with no conversion.

I have been waiting for a point-and-shoot camera to come along that has a shutter speed fast enough for me to leave my DSLR at home in most instances. The problem I have with most point-and-shoots is that they can’t take pictures of fast action.

Panasonic has announced a new point-and-shoot called the DMC-ZR1 that puts the world’s first 0.3mm thick aspherical lens into a compact body. The thin lens means that the camera can be compact and have a 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens with 8x optical zoom.

We can thank the iPhone for the fact that everything seems to be going touchscreen today. The iPhone was one of the first successful touch capable devices to hit the market. Now after a few years of the iPhone being on the market we have touch capability in everything from digital frames to digital cameras.

GE has announced a new digital camera called the E1250TW that will be available on HSN and at Amazon starting on June 22. The camera has a 3-inch touch capable LCD and a 12.2-megapixel sensor. Other features include a 5x optical zoom lens and the ability to capture panoramic images.

It’s usually cool when manufacturers launch new high-tech products and mix in a little retro design. Samsung has done this on a few occasions with its digital camera line by adding analog gauges to show certain key stats on the camera.

Today Samsung launched a pair of new digital point-and-shoot cameras called the TL320 and the HZ15W. The TL320 has dual analog gauges on the top of the camera that show the capacity left on the memory card and how much power is left in the battery. The camera has an AMOLED screen and records 720p video with H.264 compression. Other features include 5x optical zoom, image stabilization, and 12-megapixel resolution.

This week has been big on new mobile phone announcements with Mobile World Congress 2009 going on and now things are heating up with lots of digital camera announcements as well. Samsung has introduced several new point-and-shoot digital cameras including the SL820.

Samsung’s SL820 is a 12.2-megapixel camera with a 5x optical zoom. The LCD is a 3-inch unit and the camera is capable of recording 720p HD video in H.264 format at 30 fps. To allow for easy viewing of video on your big screen the camera also features HDMI out.

With the popularity of digital cameras still soaring new models are added all the time. With each new generation of digital cameras they get higher resolution, more features and become easier to use. Digital cameras today know when to release the shutter to be sure that you get your subject with eyes open and a smile on their face. Canon has announced its new line of digital cameras packing these features and more.

Among the new cameras added to the line are the PowerShot SX1 IS, SX200 IS, D10, SD970 IS, SD960 IS, SD 780 IS, SD 1200 IS, A2100 IS, A1100 IS, and A480 IS. There are far too many new cameras to go into detail on each one, but you can get the details at the link below.

Everyone today has a digital camera, even my kids have one. Digital cameras are great for taking pictures and showing them to people while you are out. However, if you want to share the digital photos away from home you need a small and compact printer as well.

Canon has introduced a new Selphy CP780 photo printer that fits the bill nicely. The printer has an optional battery pack that sells for $79.99 that lets you print anywhere. Canon offers three colors including blue, pink, and silver to match some of its new digital cameras.

When many consumers start to move from the world of point-and-shoot cameras into the DSLR realm, they look for some of the most cost effective cameras for their first foray. Pentax has long made some of the cheaper DSLRs you can get including a couple models in its K-series.

Pentax has announced price cuts for its K20D and K2000 DSLR cameras. Pentax is offering shoppers looking for the K20D a $100 in store instant rebate that is good on either the K20D body only or the K20D body and lens kit. Also offered on the K20D is a three year warranty rather than the one year standard. The offers are good through the 22 of this month.

Many consumers don’t want to bother with a big and expensive DSLR camera. What most users want is a camera that is compact and easy to use with great image quality. Nikon has unveiled several new point-and-shoot digital cameras this week including the P90.

The P90 boasts a massive 24x zoom lens with a focal range equating to 26mm to 624mm. The camera offers 12.1-megapixels of resolution with sensor shift VR image stabilization to prevent blurry shots at super-high levels of zoom.

Panasonic unleashed a slew of new digital camera announcements yesterday. We covered one of them already, the FX580. Along with that camera also came several others, one of which gets an obligatory world’s first claim.

Panasonic claims the TS1 is the world’s first waterproof, shockproof and dustproof digital camera that features AVCHD Lite HD video recording capability. The camera is built to withstand drops from five feet, dust and it is water resistant to 10 feet. That means you can shoot video and still shots underwater.

If you have a Final Fantasy III cartridge laying around collecting dust, maybe you can make like this guy and gut it so that it can be merged with a Sony point-and-shoot digital camera. It’s pretty neat looking. Turns out a Sony point-and-shoot camera is just the right size to fit inside a hollowed out cartridge, so the camera innards have been fitted into the cartridge perfectly. Like it was professionally done.

We’ve seen our share of DIY projects made from old Nintendo cartridges, but this one is really sexy. It’s what a camera should look like. It will void your warranty, so only do this when it runs out.

Many of us miss Polaroids. They weren’t all that great, but they did provide a strange sort of instant gratification. Sadly, Polaroid is dead. But it keeps coming back in other forms. You might remember Zink, that company whose technology prints digital photos on the spot without ink.

Well, they’re back, this time with strange bedfellows. They’ve been rolling around in the sheets with toy-maker Tomy to make the xiao TIP-521, a digital camera with a printer built in. The xiao has a five megapixel resolution, so you may want to wait a bit. The point is they are on it people. Polaroid lives on.

There are several reasons that you might want to be able to take pictures of something far away by connecting a digital camera to a scope of some sort. A few examples are bird watchers (boring), astronomy buffs wanting to shoot pictures of heavenly bodies (interesting), and the pervert wanting to shoot pics of that hot college girl up the street (illegal).

No matter what your plan for use of a telescopic camera set up, Minox has a new Digital Camera module that will let you shoot the picture. The Digital Camera Module (DCM) is designed to fit to a spotting scopes eyepiece bayonet. The DCM system has a magnification of 40x.