Olympus launches in Europe the affordable digital camera, the VG-170 featuring the “best-in-class flash”. Like its little brother VG-160, the VG-170 features 14 Megapixel image sensor, a 26mm wide angle 5x optical zoom lens and a 3-inch LCD display. The camera comes with a powerful flash, which is able to light up faces and objects up to fully 15 meters away, and provides the Long Flash Mode that will automatically adjust ISO sensitivity to make sure your camera is set up just right for low light.

Another new compact from Olympus is the VR-340 with 10x optical zoom lens with 24mm wide angle. The affordable long-zoom camera sports a 16 Megapixel CCD image sensor and a 3-inch LCD display with a wide viewing angle. The camera features Dual Image Stabilization, which combines Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization with high ISO sensitivity and fast shutter speeds to capture crisp, clear images in any situation.

Olympus will release in February the new VG-160 digital camera designed to “deliver point-and-shoot simplicity and quality at a low price”. The 14 Megapixel shooter features a 5x optical zoom lens with 26mm wide angle and a slim body measuring just 19.3mm thick. It includes AF Tracking, Shadow Adjustment Technology and Face Detection functions as well as the Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode that automatically recognizes shooting conditions that match any of 29 built-in scene modes.

FujiFilm brings the FinePix Z110 compact, stylish digital camera as the successor to the FinePix Z90. Though look like FinePix Z1000EXR, the Z110 doesn’t have FujiFilm’s EXR CMOS image sensor, but a 14 Megapixel CCD sensor. It sports a Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD screen.

FujiFilm FinePix T400

FujiFilm has newly announced the FinePix T350 (aka T360) and FinePix T400 entry-level long zoom compact cameras. Both compact cameras are equipped with Fujinon 10x optical zoom and are still thin enough to fit in your jeans or shirt pocket. The T400 sports 16 Megapixel CCD sensor and the T350 has 14 Megapixel sensor. They have a 3-inch LCD display.

FujiFilm brings a new compact, stylish digital camera to the CES 2012, the FinePix Z1000EXR (also known as Z1010EXR) with a “super-stylish” exterior, which is the successor to the FinePix Z900EXR. The new camera sports a 16 Megapixel EXR CMOS image sensor, which has been redesigned to priorities light sensitivity with a 30% reduction in digital noise over its predecessor, ensuring smoother tones in both highlight and shadow areas at higher ISO settings. Measuring just 18mm thick at its thickest point, it comes with a Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens.

FujiFilm FinePix XP150

FujiFilm is launching three new rugged digital cameras, the FinePix XP150, XP100 and XP50 for active users to take photos in the most demanding shooting conditions. These cameras provid Four-Way Protection. The XP150 and XP100 are Waterproof to 33ft (10M) and Shockproof to 6.5 ft (2M) while the XP50 is Waterproof to 16.5ft (5M) and Shockproof to 5 ft (1.5M). All three models are Freezeproof to 14°F (-10°C) and Dustproof.

FujiFilm introduces SL-series ultra zoom bridge digital cameras that sits between DSLRs and point-and-shoot cameras. All four models, FinePix SL300 (aka SL305), SL280, SL260 and SL240, offer the image quality and versatility of a DSLR combined with the convenience and portability of a compact camera. All four cameras sport 14 Megapixel CCD image sensor and a 3-inch LCD display with 460,000 dots.

Fujifilm FinePix JX580

Other than the JZ250 and JZ100 8x zoom cameras, FujiFilm adds five new models to its JX-series, including the FinePix JX700 (aka JX710), JX580 (JX590), JX550, JX520 and JX500. These affordable cameras have a compact design and are easy to use. All of them are equipped with a Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens, and support 720p HD movie recording.

FujiFilm FinePix JZ250

If the 20x/15x FinePix F770EXR/F750EXR/F660EXR long zoom cameras are just too much for you, consider the other two new offerings from FujiFilm, the FinePix JZ250(aka JZ260) and the FinePix JZ100 (aka JZ110), both equipped with a Fujinon 8x optical zoom lens with 25mm wide angle. They both feature optical image stabilization to improve image quality and ISO up to 3200.