Here is our regularly updated round-up of the month's news snippets from near and far, this month: December 2009:

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News from other sites - near and far.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8 camera.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Ricoh GXR camera.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Samsung ST550 / TL225 camera.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Samsung PL70 / SL720 camera.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Olympus E-600 DSLR camera.

Peter Burian, photocrati, reviews the Phase One Capture One 5