Canon takes another leap forward in the dSLR arms race with the Canon EOS 50D ($1,400; October 2008).
The 15-megapixel prosumer model is the company’s first to sport the new DIGIC 4 processor, promising features like peripheral illumination correction, ISO sensitivity of up to 12,800, a 3-inch, 920,000 dot LCD, Live View, a self-cleaning system, and more. Pair it with Canon’s new 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens ($700) and get shooting.
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The FinePix Z200fd is a compact digital camera that features a 10Megapixels censor, has a 5x optical zoom and a 2.7” LCD. It also comes with 52MB of internal memory, SD, SDHC, and an ISO range from 64 to 1600.

The new Coolpix S52c point-and-shoot camera from Nikon is to start being shipped this month. The WiFi-capable S52c will allow consumers to upload pictures to Flickr and has a 9 megapixel resolution which enables it to generate high quality prints, a 3.0-inch LCD screen, 3x Zoom-Nikkor glass for true colors and comes with a Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Image Stabilization system for steady and sharp pictures.

In a big world we need small things and here is the smallest in its class - Toshiba’s HDTV digital camera which measures 1.6 inches. The IK-HD1 HDTV camera was unveiled this month at the National Association of Broadcasters and it manages to capture 1,920 x 1,080 at 30fps.
Although it’s very tiny, inside you can find 3 CCD chips with an output of 1080i broadcast quality color. I know that the future digital cameras will get even smaller, but until then Toshiba should be very proud of their achievement.

Here is an interesting gadget, if you allow us to call it like that, because it’s an all-in-one product. MIU (its manufacturer) says that this is a HDPC which stands for Hybrid Dual Portable Computer and we couldn’t agree more. This HDPC is available for only $500 and is very cheap because you will be amazed of its functions, we actually had to make a list.
You can use it like a cellular phone, UMPC, MP3 Player, Digital Camera, E-Book, PMP, game player, video chat, portable navigation system and many others. …

CompactFlash Association has announced the development of a new memory technology which could be introduced in the course of next year. The only drawback is that the CFast , as it’s called the new version, is not compatible with current camera models.
According to John Santoro, senior marketing manager for Lexar, the cards are destined for high-end cameras because of the high-speed data transfer and therefore he rushes big companies to start working on the development of new high-end cameras in order to support this technology.

Yesterday, Nikon released the CoolPix L18 digital camera. The compact camera features  8-megapixels, 3x Zoom-Nikkor lenses, a 3.0-inch LCD screen, anti-shake AE for great quality and automati red-eye correction. The L18 is equipped with Easy Auto Mode which automatically adjusts the settings and controls when shooting.
Also, the buyers can enjoy the TV-quality movie recording which can be stored on 32MB of internal memory, but the camera also supports SD micro slot and SDHC memory card.
The shipping is scheduled for March 2008 and the price should be around $140.

Panasonic has announced a great new digital camera, with very good specifications. The Lumix LS80 features a 8.1 megapixel resolution CCD, with a 3x optical zoom, MEGA O.I.S. image stabilizer, SDHC memory card support, ISO up to 1600, 16:9 recording, 2.5-inch LCD display modes and is quite small. The camera will come in pink, silver and black, but yet we don’t know anything about release date and pricing.