Vivo has confirmed that the 2.35x detachable lens it introduced with this year’s X200 Ultra is returning in the X300 and X300 Pro, which launch in October. I tested the original, which looks silly but took some exceptional shots — but how will the X300 Ultra outdo it next year?
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Dominic Preston
Vivo’s teleconverter lens is sticking around.


Andrew Liszewski


Barbara Krasnoff


Dominic Preston
Andrew Liszewski
Polaroid gleams the cube.
After getting a colorful upgrade earlier this year, the $149.99 Polaroid Now Gen 3 instant camera has been skinned with several versions of the iconic Thrasher magazine logo. There’s matching instant film, too, and because each camera is hydro-dipped by hand, no two are exactly the same.




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