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Hands-on the Hitachi DZ-HV564: HD on SD

Crave You also get a 5x optical zoom. The camcorder market is like a big bag that the fine folks at Flip Video have picked up and shaken about. In the current economic climate, we're still waiting to see how everything will fall out; but one of the...

3 December 2008, 10:32

Hands-on with the Samsung NV9: Cooler King

Crave You also get optical image stabilisation, and a 5x optical zoom. Ice-blue eyes coldly meet the rear-view mirror. Engines rev. Dashboard needles flick wildly. Tyres squeal.and we remember that we're not in Bullitt and we're not Steve McQueen, we're...

2 December 2008, 10:55

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd

Crave The Z200 still packs a 5x optical zoom lens, equivalent to 35-165mm on a 35mm camera. Pinch, punch, first of the month -- no returnsies! Today's wintry Crave is the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd, the latest in Fuji's line of sliding cover...

1 December 2008, 10:06

Photos: Hands-on with the high-definition Canon HG21

Crave At the top of the HG21 sits the rocker switch for the 12x optical zoom, and the stills capture button. 21 is the year you come of age. Can we draw a parallel between that and the coming of age of high-definition video?

25 November 2008, 11:03

Hands-on with the Ricoh R10: None more black

Crave That extends to a versatile 7.1x optical zoom, for getting a close-up of the band from the back of the stadium. Bow, mortals! Bow before the satanic majesty of the Ricoh R10, a camera as black as the depths of your soul.

13 November 2008, 10:58

Photos: Hands-on the Casio Exilim EX-FH20

Crave The FH20 now sports a giant 20x optical zoom, challenging other high-end superzooms that don't have the added speed. "I feel the need.the need for speed. Step this way, Mr Maverick sir, we've got the Casio Exilim EX-FH20 in the house.

10 November 2008, 11:53

Photos: Cracking open the Fujifilm FinePix Z1

Crave The large LCD monitor dominates the camera's backside, a necessary benefit as the manufacturer included no alternative optical viewfinder. Our sister site, TechRepublic, runs a regular series called "Cracking Open", in which it takes a look inside...

10 November 2008, 10:37

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix J150w

Crave The J150w does pack a creditable 5x optical zoom lens, with a 28mm wide angle, equivalent to a 35mm camera. Lewis Hamilton is Formula One World Champion. Barack Obama is President of the USA. Blur are getting back together.

Tags: fujifilm, christmas, cent, lens

7 November 2008, 11:02

Samsung i85: Mad as a bag of hammers

Crave The lens is a non-protruding 5x optical zoom. We love the Samsung i series: it's just so wonderfully bonkers. The 8-megapixel i85 is the latest camera in the multi-functional range, which has made wacky design and gloriously inexplicable multimedia...

6 November 2008, 11:00

Photos: Hands-on with the Sanyo Xacti CA8 waterproof camcorder

Crave It also sports a 5x optical zoom lens to get you closer to the life aquatic. Usually when a waterproof gadget arrives in Crave Towers, we bust out our cagoules and sou'westers take some pictures of said gadget in the sink.

5 November 2008, 11:27

Denon DVD-3800BD: Wallet-busting Blu-ray

Crave The Denon has both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs, as well as analogue 7.1 audio out. If you're looking to buy a car, you don't automatically pick the £200 J-reg Vauxhall Cavalier. Your home cinema should be no different, and that's why...

Tags: silver, eye, blu, ray

3 November 2008, 11:12

Hands on with the Casio Exilim EX-Z19: N-n-n-n-nineteen

Crave It's a 9.1-megapixel point-and-shoot with a 3x optical zoom, which aren't really specs to shout about, but the price might have you literally head over heels. The Z19 certainly doesn't blind you with science: there's no optical image stabilisation...

Tags: casio, scene, ex, portrait

31 October 2008, 11:20

Pioneer KRL-32V: Unboxing the Kuro LCD

Crave You also get optical digital out, for hooking up an AV receiver. Although there was some concern that a Kuro LCD could never be as impressive as the plasma range, we were still keen to see smaller TVs that could compete with Loewe and other premium...

30 October 2008, 16:31

Hands-on with the Samsung VP-MX20: Credit crunch camcorder

Crave Other features include face detection and a 34x optical zoom. In these troubled times, we all need to tighten our belts. Accordingly, the Samsung VP-MX20 takes a number of measures to be a more frugal camcorder.

Tags: samsung, lens, hand, shooting

15 October 2008, 12:12

Swarovski-studded Olympus mju 1040: Lipstick on a pig

Crave Face detection finds a creditable 16 faces in the frame, but there's no optical image stabilisation. It has a non-protruding lens with a pretty average 38mm focal length, equivalent to a 35mm film camera, and a 3x optical zoom.

Tags: olympus, wedding, xd, mju

14 October 2008, 10:54