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<p><em><strong>Editors' note: </strong>This story was originally published on November 21, 2011, but has been updated frequently to reflect more-recent reviews and announcements. The latest update incorporates the Panasonic LX100 and discussions of some more recently announced cameras. </em></p><p>It's a common complaint: You want the photo quality of a dSLR but find you're leaving the camera at home because it's so large.</p><p>The compromise is a compact camera with a sensor larger than a typical point-and-shoot's -- sometimes even the same size as a consumer or midrange dSLR, with raw file support and sufficient manual control over aperture and shutter speed to allow for a measure of the creativity to which you're accustomed. What you sacrifice is the speed of a dSLR's faster <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofocus#Phase_detection">phase-detection autofocus</a>, and more often than not, the improved shooting experience delivered by a through-the-lens optical viewfinder.</p><p>These dSLR complements come in two versions: ones with the traditional larger-than-average point-and-shoot design, and the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/best-mirrorless-cameras-for-less-than-1000/">interchangeable-lens models</a>, which attain a more-svelte-than-dSLR profile by jettisoning the mirror-and-prism optical path, which is one factor that keeps dSLRs so large. Of course, once you start adding on to the latter models, like tacking on an EVF and even a modest zoom lens, they start to get pretty big. Still, equipped with a kit pancake prime lens like the 17mm (Olympus) or 14mm (Panasonic), they remain quite pocketable. But they also tend to be quite expensive compared with the all-in-one models.</p><p>There are always new wrinkles in the enthusiast compact segment. With the debut of the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx1/">Cyber-shot DSC-RX1</a>, the first full-frame compact-ish camera, and its even more expensive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing_filter">OLPF</a>-free successor, the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx1r/">RX1R</a>, Sony redefined best photo quality for now for $2,800 (£2,600, AU$3,000). Surprisingly, Leica's high-priced APS-C-based <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/leica-x-vario/">X Vario</a> can be found at a somewhat reasonable $2,100 (still high priced at around AU$3,000 and about £1,400) with a slow but unique for an APS-C model zoom lens. Then there's the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx10/">Cyber-shot DSC-RX10</a>; though it has the body of a megazoom, with the RX100 II's 1-inch sensor and an 8.3x f2.8 lens it has the spirit of a compact, though it's initial too-high price has recently dropped to $1,000 (£800, AU$1,300).</p><p>And then there are the oddballs, like the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/sigma-dp2-quattro/">Sigma dp series</a>. With the new version of the Foveon sensor, Quattro, and a big, almost noncompact design, I suspect this won't be the model to break the dp out of its niche.</p><p>Most recently, Panasonic finally updated its 2-year-old LX line with the LX100, based on a Four Thirds sensor (see next slide).</p><p>Still to come: the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/sigma-dp2-quattro/">Sigma dp1, dp2 and dp2 Quattro</a>; Fujifilm <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/fujifilm-x30/">X30</a>, <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/fujifilm-xq1-black/4505-6501_7-35829233.html">XQ1</a> and <a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/fujifilm-x100t/">X100T</a>; <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/ricoh-gr/4505-6501_7-35662608.html">Ricoh GR</a> and <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/leica-x-vario/4505-6501_7-35791988.html">Leica Vario X</a>.</p><p>Here's my take on how the fixed-lens models stack up.</p>

Compact cameras for advanced photographers

Are you ready to step up to a more sophisticated model, or are you thinking about stepping down to something smaller than a traditional dSLR? These are for you.

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Olympus really wants to attract sports photographers with OM-D E-M1 Mark II

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The 'F' in Olympus PEN-F stands for fun and fast

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