Genius has, in the past, produced a string of standard definition camcorders at affordable prices, and usually with a stack of built-in extra functions like Webcam, music player and storage device. This is the company's first ...

Sporting a similar shape to its other mju (μ) siblings, the 1020 is a glossy gadget with an impressive 7x optical zoom; pretty decent for a compact camera. It's this lens functionality that helps the μ1020 ...

If you're after a compact digital camera that's sleek and sophisticated-looking then you'd probably be quite pleased taking the Olympus μ840 (mju 840) out of its box. Sporting an ergonomic design, the camera body is anything ...

When you first take Pentax's K20D DSLR out of the box you'd be forgiven for believing the retailer had sent you the wrong camera, as its bodywork is virtually identical to that of its predecessor, the ...

The world seems to have gone touch-screen mad. If you want to turn heads in the mobile phone market then it's essential that you add a touch-screen as one of the main features. As consumers start ...

In its digital camcorder catalogue, Canon has now completed the quartet, following the release of the DVD-based HR10, the 'record straight to hard drive' HG10 and the MiniDV-centred HV30. Although Canon has taken its time to ...

Think of a Casio camera and a model from the compact EXILIM range is most likely to spring to mind. Casio has never really ventured far from the safety of its popular and thoughtfully designed compact ...

Sanyo's Xacti range has sported the unusual but undeniably original ‘gun look' for a good few years now. Although smaller details such as colour, size and specifications have altered from model to model, the general idea ...

It's natural to be a little dubious of a digital camera when you hear that it doubles up as a portable multimedia player. After all, most people would agree that if a job's worth doing, it's ...

Back in September 2007, IT Reviews took a look at the Ricoh Caplio R6, then touted as ‘the world's thinnest digital camera'. Despite the prefix, the Ricoh R8 definitely doesn't fit into the same family. At ...

Have you noticed how current compact digital cameras are regarded just as much as style accessories as photo capturing machines? The Optio M50 is a classic example as it comes in six chic and fetching colours ...

If you see a picture of the Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd and are told that it contains a 12x optical zoom, then you can't help but visualise the camera being quite a hefty and weighty beast. Imagine ...

You don't have to pay the Earth to get a professional quality network video camera these days, with a growing array of products now available for well under £200. One such device is the Linksys PVC2300, ...

Choice, as every shopper recognizes, is both a godsend and a nightmare. It's great to be able to compare lots of versions of the same basic product, but almost impossible to weigh up all the pros ...

The Nikon D300 is probably one of the most important releases for Nikon so far. Not only does it have a lot to live up to, replacing the much loved and respected Nikon D200, it also ...

You've got to the stage in your photographic development where you've outgrown the teenage point-‘n'-shoot crowd and have maybe thought seriously about composing shots where you have more say in the settings, effects and lighting conditions. ...

It was only a few months ago that Fujifilm released its FinePix Z10fd digital camera, which was clearly intended to appeal to the young and style-conscious, with its exotic-sounding colour variations, smooth metal appearance and range ...

Canon's PowerShot G9 shoots still photos at a maximum resolution of 12.1 megapixels. That results in huge file sizes. At the best quality you are looking at about 5MB per file, sometimes more, sometimes less. Shooting ...

It's becoming increasingly difficult, when buying compact digital cameras off the shelf, to tell one from another, as the standard rectangular silver casing seems to be the norm for the majority of the market. It therefore ...

Pentax has been onto a winner since starting the Optio S series back in 2003, and with each succeeding model the company has been refining, improving and embellishing, so that you feel you own one of ...