A digital camera industry bigwig says 12 megapixel cameras are more than good enough - confirming what we already knew, that you're better off looking at camera features rather than focusing on megapixels.

They’re pricey, but these high end compact cameras make other power zooms look positively tubby

Dreaming of a super-skinny touchscreen compact for Christmas? For around $400, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T77 has finally convinced us touchscreen cameras are a good thing.

We've been lucky to have hands-on review time with two of the most hotly-anticipated compacts cameras we've seen for some time. See our photos and first impressions of the Powershot SX200 IS and Lumix DMC-TZ7 (also known as ZS3)