Clever touches in cameras and camcorders

Some of the clever design touches we've noticed on this year's new cameras and camcorders.

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January 9, 2009 1:41 PM PST

By: Lori Grunin

For vertical shooting with its new Z980 IS megazoom, Kodak has positioned a second shutter button and automatically changes the operation of the mode dial to function as a zoom switch. In addition, there's a screw-on "dumb" grip--it's not a battery grip, as with SLRs--that expands the base of the camera for more comfortable vertical operation.

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