All eight digital camera models, available in March 2011, feature Optical Image Stabilization, High Definition video recording capabilities and Panasonic's iA mode, which makes them extremely easy-to-use to help take high-quality photos.

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The PowerShot A85 - Their new four megapixel replacement for the A70 (which was the best-selling digital camera in the US last year), the A85 has a 3.2x optical zoom lens and a 1.8-inch LCD screen.

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And the product examples you cite attest to Alcatel's U.S. market leadership in the fast-growing optical submarine network, ADSL broadband Internet access and digital-loop carrier product areas.

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"SuperWASP has a novel optical design comprising up to eight scientific cameras, each resembling in operation a household digital camera, and collectively attached to a conventional telescope mount, " said Dr Pollacco.

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The Coolpix 4800 has a resolution of "only" four megapixels, but they do toss in an 8.3x optical zoom lens (it's actually the smallest digital camera with that much optical zoom), which is nice since once most consumers realize they don't need more than four or five megapixels stuff like optical zoom and lens quality is going to be become a bigger and bigger deal.

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Holography and optical correlation are both inherently analogue processes that can degrade the clean 1s and 0s required in a digital system.

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