The PowerShot SX260 HS camera puts Canon's amazing optical reach into a pocket sized camera, with a 20x optical zoom (25mm to 500mm) letting you pull subjects in close.
Indeed, a six megapixel SLR camera like the Nikon D-40 that has room for decent sized sensor will blow a 12 megapixel pocket camera away.
The chief executive of Gilead Sciences carries a Canon Elph pocket camera that he whips out to capture Gilead moments.
The detail in a photograph taken by a pocket-sized digital camera is roughly in focus from a few feet away to almost infinity just like a pin-hole camera children make in school.
It's difficult to explain just why we do it -- why having a very basic camera in our pocket compels us to shoot photos and videos of live music that, deep down, we know we'll never look at.
The photographs (many of them taken on a Vest Pocket Kodak, more or less the equivalent of a modern disposable camera) are starkly beautiful.
It has a detachable inner pocket, which is partitioned to enable storage of other items in addition to the camera and lenses, such as a smartphone, while the outer pocket is large enough to accommodate a tablet PC or A4-size file folders.
It's just that their lifestyle dictates that this be an easy, affordable camera they can slip into a coat pocket.
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Based on its size alone, Samsung clearly isn't targeting the entire gamut of photographers with its first Android model, but it's still far more than a proof of concept -- it'll ship, but it will be expensive, and while it's not likely to fit in your pocket, this camera is but the first in a long line of compacts to come.
Aside from such glaring omissions as a basic camera and external LCD, it does sport a very pocket-friendly design, simplistic style, MP3 playback, an electronic dictionary, questionable e-book functionality, GPS, and 128MB of built-in memory.
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The camera's footprint makes it too bulky to slip in a pocket, as we were able to do with the Sony RX100, though the flip-out AMOLED display is certainly a welcome addition.
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Despite the 22x zoom lens, the camera was very thin and light -- it should be able to tuck into a pocket just fine.
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