Top 10 most promising digital camera releases this fall

By | September 3, 2010, 4:30am PDT

There are a plethora of new digital camera releases this fall, and it could be an ordeal to sort through all of them. Following last week’s round-up of summer announcements, here’s a helpful guide to 10 of the most promising (or at least intriguing) devices to check out this autumn.

Check back next week for a closer look at some of the digital camcorders being launched this season as well.

KODAK EASYSHARE M590
Kodak’s EasyShare M590 was one of the later summer entries, but it definitely didn’t go unnoticed. The M590 is already an eye-catcher with its brushed and ultra-compact design (reminiscent of the Kodak Slice that debuted earlier this year) that comes in four shades (purple, red, black and silver).

It’s so slim in fact that Kodak dubbed it the “world’s thinnest” shooter with 5x optical zoom. But that’s not the only thing to boast about on this point-and-shoot. The 14.5-megapixel camera hosts a Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens with optical image stabilization, a 2.7-inch LCD screen (230K-dot resolution), and 720p HD video recording.

And given that the word “Share” is in the title, you can bet there are some easy uploading options. That is made possible by the (what else) “Share” button on the rear side of the camera, which provides direct uploading to e-mail, Facebook, Flickr, Orkut and YouTube.

Available now, the Kodak EasyShare M590 retails for $199.95, which appears like a sound deal for everything included here within one pocket camera.

CANON POWERSHOT SX130 IS
Canon’s PowerShot SX130 IS might look like a bulky camera (at least by compact camera standards). It also has weak specs in some spots, but its stellar features should make up for it.

In fact, a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor shouldn’t even be considered a soft spot, but it might appear that way in comparison to other cameras on this list. What does stand out with this camera are the 12x optical zoom, a 28mm wide-angle lens, 3.0-inch TFT LCD screen, optical image stabilization, a DIGIC 4 image processor, and a whole slew of preset shooting settings and effects.

The PowerShot SX130 IS is available now with an MSRP of $249.99.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.

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Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

Rachel started playing with her mother's old Brownie camera when she was just a toddler, working her way up from a Hello Kitty point-and-shoot to training on both film and digital SLRs.

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