GoPro’s MISSION 1 Creator Edition packs a full production setup into one $1,099.99 box, built around the 8K-capable MISSION 1 PRO camera. Instead of assembling a camera, a microphone, a grip, a power source, and a mounting system one piece at a time, the whole kit ships together in a single purchase. GoPro announced the […]
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The back half of July 2026 turned into one of the more scattered stretches of product news in recent memory, and that is the point. ASUS revealed its first ROG-branded soundbar, Garmin cut the screen off a fitness band, and HP loaded a business laptop with a 50 TOPS chip, all inside the same few
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Full-frame kits get left at home because of size. Viltrox’s new AF 26mm F2.8 EVO aims straight at that problem, and it keeps a clicked aperture ring and a separate focus ring while doing it. The Sony E version measures about 23.8mm long, per Viltrox. Price: $299 Where to Buy: Sony Viltrox showed both full-frame
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Retro cameras aren’t a nostalgia gimmick anymore, they’re outselling plenty of mainstream mirrorless bodies, and the restock waitlists prove it. Buyers want dials they can feel, texture a touchscreen can’t fake, and photos that read like a moment instead of a file. That pull is the same wave we tracked in our vintage Casio watch
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For years, FX3 shooters wanted two things Sony kept locked inside its pricier cinema cameras: internal RAW and open gate. On July 22, Sony finally handed both over. The new FX5 is a full-frame Cinema Line camera that sits above the FX3 and below the FX6, and it does something no FX body has done
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The compact camera outselling everything else in Japan right now isn’t a viral Fujifilm or a cult Ricoh. It’s the Kodak PixPro C1, a point-and-shoot that costs about a hundred dollars and shoots photos your phone would beat without trying. Right behind it sits another Kodak, the PixPro FZ55, and the gap between what these
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Kodak has a new 35mm film camera, and it strips away every decision a first-time film shooter has to make. The EC35 is made under license by Reto, the same company behind the Kodak Charmera. It went on sale this week at $34.99 in the US and £34.99 in the UK. Price: $34.99 Where to
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The Instax Square SQ1 arrived in 2020 as a simple, one-button instant camera, and for years it sat quietly in the middle of Fujifilm’s lineup. Now it’s one of the hardest instant cameras to actually buy. Demand has spiked so sharply that Fujifilm suspended new orders in Japan, telling customers that production can’t keep up,
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Insta360 has spent years dominating 360 cameras while leaving the compact gimbal category to DJI. That ends now. Price: $769.99 Where to Buy: Amazon The company launched the Luna Ultra, its first flagship dual-lens 8K pocket gimbal, co-engineered with Leica and priced from US$769.99. It’s a direct swing at the camera nearly every creator in
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Kodak is having a moment. The Charmera keychain camera sold out in a day and turned a $30 blind box into a viral hit. All that nostalgia has people asking what else the brand makes, and if what you really want is a photo you can hold, the answer is the KODAK Mini Shot 2
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Every action camera asks you to trust that you framed the shot right, then find out hours later that you clipped everyone’s heads off. The MusicCam Pro fixes that with one deceptively simple idea: it shows you the shot live, on your phone, before and while you record. That’s the pitch behind VibeLens’ newest headset,
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Every camera upgrade of the last decade has pointed the same direction. Bigger screens, sharper live previews, more information stacked in front of your eyes before you even press the shutter. Price: ¥199 ($29) Where to Buy: Godox Most people assume a camera without a screen is missing something. Godox just bet the opposite, and
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Thermal cameras used to be tools you borrowed, not ones you owned. The TOPDON TC002C Duo changes that. It is an iPhone thermal camera that plugs into a USB-C phone or tablet. With it, you can spot heat leaks, overloaded electronics, warm bearings, signs of hidden moisture, and odd hot spots around your home. 🛒
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If you’ve been tempted to buy a disposable camera because half your feed suddenly shoots film, Fujifilm just gave you two more to weigh. To mark 40 years of QuickSnap, the company announced a black-and-white model and a waterproof Active version on June 30, both landing in fall 2026. Each keeps the dead-simple point-and-shoot formula
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The best July 4th deals aren’t just for early birds. There’s still time to land a good one on the last day before the weekend. Fireworks, cookouts, and one more grocery run before everyone shows up: that’s what today usually looks like. If you still need something, these seven July 4th deals ship fast and
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It’s Fourth of July weekend: cookouts, road trips, beach days, and backyard fireworks. These are the once-a-year moments worth capturing on something better than another phone photo you’ll never scroll back to. Polaroid’s tiniest camera is fun, but tiny prints aren’t for everyone. If you’re burned out on shooting 40 phone photos you’ll never look
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This is not a generic Amazon best-seller list. It is a reader-interest snapshot built from Clicky traffic on The Gadgeteer from June 1-28, then checked…
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The Polaroid Go was always easy to love and easy to criticize. It was cute, pocketable, and genuinely analog, but the earlier versions made you work…
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Most fireworks photos fail before the first shell opens. The phone is still in auto mode, the flash is still trying to light up the sky, and the person holding the camera is watching a five-inch screen instead of the thing they came to see. The better move is simple: decide what kind of memory
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The tiny keychain camera trend has a new contender Yashica, the historic Japanese camera brand, just launched its Funtastic Keychain Camera—a 22-gram pocket digicam with a 180-degree flip screen, USB-C charging, and licensed Hello Kitty and Peanuts editions that go straight for the Y2K nostalgia crowd. Price: HK $218 or $28 USD Where to Buy:
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