Liam F McCabe

A 20x zoomer for your pocket and two point-and-shoots that you may recognize from last month—now with touchscreens and WiFi that nobody asked for.

Nikon unveils three "family" oriented compacts for price-conscious shoppers, including a superzoom, a tough cam for tight budgets, and a AA-powered entry-level model.

Two new long CMOS-based long zooms are always a good reason to get excited, though we can't say as much about the two new low-end point-and-shoots.

The P510's 42x, 24-1000mm lens leaves others in the dust, while the P310 packs an f/1.8 piece to dominate dark shooting situations.

Conventional wisdom says that superzooms are soft. We crunched the data on every fixed-lens camera we tested in 2011 to see if long-zoom cameras really are at a disadvantage when it comes to resolution.

A handful of new Lumix compacts to round out the 2012 lineup, including a some travel zooms with some good-looking sensors, and a budget-friendly tough cam with broad appeal.

For the first time since you could afford a digital camera, megapixel counts have stopped rising.

Flowers and chocolates are nice, but here are a few exciting alternatives to the same old Valentine's Day gifts.