Don’t miss this read at DPReview titled: “Compact Camera High ISO modes: Separating the facts from the hype“. Simon Joinson tackles this much mis-understood topic so prevalent in today’s digital camera sales literature. Simon says (sic)-
“Many decent compacts can produce almost SLR-like quality at their lowest ISO, but whatever the marketing departments of the [...]

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Let’s Go Digital has a review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ8, it features Panasonic’s Mega Optical Image Stabilisation and “Intelligent ISO” to avoid image blur. The DMC-FZ8 is a 7 megapixel update to the FZ7, and features a Leica 12x optical zoom lens, a 2.5″ screen, Manual controls and RAW mode. They write-
“The operation [...]

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DPExpert has a review of the Nikon D40X, a 10 megapixel update to the Nikon D40, it features the same compact body, a 2.5″ screen, and adds a 10 megapixel sensor, ISO 100 - 1600, and 3fps shooting, it has a near-instant startup of 0.18 seconds. and they report-
“The essential functions are generally good: fast [...]

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