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Photos: Crazy-long ultrasupermegazooms

Whatever you want to call them, cameras and camcorders with ultrazoom lenses are popular to the point where they're becoming better for marketing a camera than resolution, LCD size, or ISO. Here are the latest models from CES 2009 to sport double-digit zooms.

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Panasonic SDR-H80
January 10, 2009 6:11 PM PST

Featuring a "world's first" optical zoom of 70x, the Panasonic SDR-H80 and SDR-H90 should be a prime choice for sports fans, wildlife lovers, and astronomy aficionados alike. Good thing they use Panasonic's advanced O.I.S. system (optical image stabilization) to reduce hand-shake by way of lens-shifting gyrosensors. The H80 will run $449.95 and be available in silver, blue, red, and black. The H90 is in black only for $499.95. Both show up in April 2009.

Photo credit: Panasonic

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CES awards and nominees

Best of CES, 2009

Best of CES 2009 and
People's Voice Award

Since 2006, CNET has presented the Best of CES Awards, given to the top product in 10 categories as well as one coveted Best in Show award. See the gadgets that topped our list for this year, and find out the People's Voice winner, decided by more than 10,000 member votes.

Now accepting submissions for the 2010 Best of CES Awards.