Digital cameras changed photography, and now smartphones are changing digital cameras. There’s never been more interesting ways to take a picture or record a video, and there’s also never been more ways to view those images. We’re focused on finding the most interesting innovations happening in all parts of photography.
Amazon now sells its new $200 4K Outdoor Cam Pro with your choice of one of five free Halloween camera costumes, or you can 3D print your own. Sticking a camouflaged camera behind your bowl could be a deterrent to candy thieves, but it’s also a creepy way to avoid trick-or-treaters.
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Ten years ago, Google ’solved’ our photo backup problems with free unlimited space and some compression... until it didn’t anymore.
T-Mobile’s Google One benefit brought it back in 2022, but as 9to5Google notes, as of September 30th, that offer is gone and seems unlikely to return. We have some ideas if you need alternatives.
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?
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.
The Canon EOS C50 is a full-frame cinema camera capable of capturing 7K RAW video and open-gate full sensor 3:2 recording, for easier cropping — among many features. It competes with the similarly-sized but slightly pricier Sony FX3, though it lacks in-body image stabilization.
The EOS C50 will ship in November.
We knew that phones, speakers and game consoles were going to be hit by tariffs. Now they’re making it harder and more expensive to get your hands on TTRPGs, retro video games, and vintage cameras too. Lego even announced that it would stop selling individual bricks in the US.
Images and specs of Insta360’s next action camera have been leaked over the past few weeks, but the company itself has confirmed that all the details will officially be announced on August 21st at 9AM ET.
A teaser video and images shared by Insta360 obscure renders of the camera behind a translucent sheet of fabric, but its square shape is clearly visible and seems to match the leaked images of the compact Insta360 Go Ultra.
Hope you weren’t banking on a particular price for your next camera, because Trump’s new-and-improved tariffs have other plans. My former colleague Chris Welch reports the majority of Fujifilm cameras now cost more, and Canon has signaled higher prices too; Sigma has agreed to absorb the extra 5 percent tariffs that Trump just added to Japan.
Fuji prices could go higher still: PetaPixel says they’re based on 10 percent Japan tariffs, not the new 15 percent. Moment has an updated Fujifilm price list.
The Always Home Cam could be (re)launching soon in “limited quantities,” according to Business Insider. The publication cites sources who say that recently returned CEO Jamie Siminoff has been testing the indoor flying camera in his office and plans to make it available soon.
Announced in 2020 under Siminoff’s first tenure, the camera never shipped despite a brief invitation program. I saw it fly at CES in 2023; maybe 2025 will finally be its year.
