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XIAS (pronounced: kí-as) adds convenience and style to the way consumers display their digital photos with the latest additions to its line of elegant digital photo frames at 2008 CES. They are the XIAS™ 8” and 10” Executive Digital Photo Frames with WiFi capabilities. All XIAS™ digital photo frames are designed by an award winning international product design firm. 

“Pentax have concentrated on making the Optio Z10 very easy-to use, with most aspects of the camera designed to be standard and non-intimidating. There are a wealth of different scene and playback modes to suit the camera’s target audience. On the downside, image quality is severely hampered by noise, which appears at ISO 200, becomes very noticeable at ISO 400, and reduces images to a pixellated mess by ISO 3200. The digital Shake Reduction mode offered by the Z10 simply increases the ISO speed up to the maximum of 3200, which could leave you with some very unattractive photos. The Z10 with its 7x zoom lens really suffers from not having a true optical or CCD-shift anti-shake system, and it doesn’t compare well with other 7x zoom cameras like the Ricoh R7, which do offer this system.”

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Advanced Media, Inc., is a manufacturer and marketer of the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories. The company is introducing the first Smart Compact Flash™ Cards at CES 2008. Featuring high-speed access to reading and writing and up to 16GB of storage capacity, the self-monitoring CF card is ideal for virtually any flash media storage application. 

“Priced at a MSRP of $1,699, there’s a lot to like about the E-3 (and the Olympus lens and accessory system). The camera produced excellent shots and is quite responsive. Much improved shooting performance (over the E-1), superb image quality and the combination of image stabilization and anti-dust technology makes the E-3 a challenger in the heavyweight professional camera market. This is a professional dSLR, but the balanced handling and logical controls will make the E-3 attractive to any photographer ready to step up to a durable, pro-level camera system.”

“The Exilim EX-V8 is a compact camera made mostly of metal. It’s not the thinnest camera out there, but it packs a lot more zoom than the competition. The camera’s build quality is very good, with the important controls in the right places (though the zoom controller is a bit unconventional). I’m not a fan of the sliding lens cover (which doubles as the power switch), which makes it too easily to accidentally turn the camera on (like when you’re putting it in a pocket or case). The V8 packs a whopping 7X zoom lens into a body that would normally house a 3X lens. The lens isn’t terribly fast (F3.4 - F5.3), which is one of the tradeoffs that comes from having a 38 - 266 mm lens in a 1” thick body. The V8 also has sensor-shift image stabilization, which lets you take photos at slower shutter speeds than you could otherwise. Do note that you cannot use mechanical IS in movie mode. On the back of the camera is a sharp 2.5” LCD with good (but not great) outdoor and low light visibility. The EX-V8 lacks an optical viewfinder.”