Here is our regularly updated round-up of the month's news snippets from near and far, this month: January 2010:

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News from other sites - near and far.

• Peter K. Burian, photocrati.com, publishes their latest article:
  Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX ED VR II Review: Field Test Report
• Erik Vlietinck, it-enquirer.com, reviews A Local Contrast Enhancer or ALCE for short, that is a plug-in for Photoshop CS3 and CS4
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• Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews Olympus Mju Tough 6010 camera
• DxOMark releases on www.dxomark.com the DxOMark ranking and the test results for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 with a review showing how much this camera outperforms other four-thirds models.
• Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1 / TS1 camera
• Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX60 camera
• Peter K. Burian, photocrati.com, publishes their latest article:
  Q and A: What’s the deal with the new cameras lacking pentaprisms and reflex mirrors?
• Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj camera
• Peter K. Burian, photocrati.com, publishes their latest article:
  Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX ED VR II Review: Field Test Report