First 7-megapixel camera from DXG

The Taiwanese company DXG is pushing farther into the digital camera realm with the DXG-711, a seven-megapixel compact with 3x optical zoom. It can also interpolate images up to the 10-megapixel level, and record 30fps, 640x480 video, as well as audio memos in the MP3 format. The camera has only 32MB of onboard storage, but can expand to 2GB through a microSD slot. More restrictive is the camera's ISO sensitivity, which peaks at 400, requiring virtually all indoor shots to use the camera's flash. Fifteen different preset modes do, however, include "Face Chaser" and "Blur Reduction." DXG is selling the 711 directly and at retail for $150.