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.
The accessory repurposes the Insta360 Go 3S as a handheld camera if you can learn to master its top-down viewfinder.
It now features a fully stacked sensor for faster shooting and 8K video, making it a more do-it-all high-resolution camera.
Honor says it’ll launch in Q3, meaning July-September, though we’re still expecting it to be a China exclusive. The news was announced at the Cannes Film Festival, where Honor celebrated its partnership with professional cinema camera manufacturer Arri. The Robot Phone will be the first to include “core elements of Arri image science.”
Following the Osmo Pocket 4’s debut nearly a month ago, DJI announced a long-rumored dual camera alternative called the Osmo Pocket 4P during the Cannes film festival today. While it can capture footage in the high-dynamic range 10-bit D-Log2 format, details on the 4P’s zoom capabilities, pricing, and US availability weren’t revealed.
Sony’s trying to show off the AI Camera Assistant on the new Xperia 1 VIII, but I’m not sure a bunch of blown-out photos with weird ideas about highlights and shadows will convince anyone this is worth it. Our own Dominic Preston says he saw better results in his briefing, but this is looking pretty grim. (h/t Manideep!)
The home security company launched two new products today: the Ring Spotlight Cam (2nd Gen) at $169.99 and the Ring Floodlight Cam (2nd Gen) at $199.99. Both feature Ring’s Retinal 2K video resolution, bringing higher-res support to Ring’s base models.
Increased resolution provides clearer video and better zoom capabilities and feeds richer data into Ring’s AI features, such as Search Party, AI-generated text descriptions, and search history. The cameras will be available on June 3rd.
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That’s where DJI will launch the Osmo Pocket 4P on May 14th, during the annual film festival. We’d previously assumed the new dual-camera steadicam would be called the Pocket 4 Pro. The recent Pocket 4 didn’t get a US launch, but a rebranded Pocket 4P for the US may be on the way.
Jaron Schneider of PetaPixel has a new piece in his personal Gunpla collection for me to be jealous of: a camera. The modified IUTD TBC (To Be Continued) 35mm film camera is hand-painted and decaled by Little Road Camera to mimic the original RX-78-2 Gundam.
I may have to do something extremely wicked… and order one of these.
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The new compact steadicam doesn’t do much the Pocket 3 can’t, but it improves on nearly all of it.
Leaked photos and videos have revealed a dual camera pro version of the Osmo Pocket 4 that DJI almost certainly won’t release in the US. But Xtra Techology, the company that sells “exact hardware copies” of many DJI products, teased its new dual camera Muse 2 Pro coming to the US that looks a lot like the leaked Osmo Pocket 4P.
I thought the Vivo X300 Ultra’s extender lenses were a gimmick. Now I’m hooked.
The Mission 1 Pro ILS camera is coming out later this year, and this time it’s not stuck with the lens GoPro installed at the factory.
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The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome is the perfect everyday companion that makes the mundane feel interesting.
After adding support for the iPhone 17 and its square sensor selfie camera last November, Adobe has updated its Project Indigo camera app to support the iPhone 17e and iPads with at least 6GB of RAM. But Adobe warns that “Project Indigo is not yet tuned for iPad operation” and suggests sticking with an iPhone for an “optimal experience.”
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The company is best known for lenses and lighting accessories, but it recently shared a video of its first camera, the TTArtisan 203T that shoots on Fujifilm Instax mini film with a folding lens and manual focus. It’s not available just yet, but you can sign up to be a beta tester for $400, as spotted by PetaPixel.
Available now through Kickstarter with an early bird pledge of $109, the Rewindpix is a retro-styled digital camera with a winding wheel to prep the next shot, optional film effect filters, and a large optical viewfinder in lieu of a preview screen. Inside is a 13-megapixel 1/3.06-inch Sony sensor and Wi-Fi connectivity for offloading pics to a mobile app.
Jason Lee had this profile killed from an unnamed magazine because he didn’t like being asked a question about Scientology. Defector is publishing it anyway. Are there any cool Gen Xers? Starting to feel like the answer is no.
Two fun cameras try to combine the charm of disposable cameras with the convenience of digital. One succeeds.
According to The New Camera, a customer walked into a DJI Authorized drone store in Malaysia to show off the new baby steadicam. The store in question seems to have taken its own videos off Instagram and TikTok, but New Camera uploaded this copy. There’s a slim chance we could get this one in the US.
If rumors and leaks are accurate, DJI will release a follow-up to the Osmo Pocket 3 soon, but it will be facing some new competition. During the company’s annual meeting, Insta360’s CEO Liu Jingkang announced a handheld stabilized dual lens camera called the Luna. It will debut in the first half of 2026, but no other details were revealed.
It’s been 30 years since the first PowerShot camera debuted. To celebrate, Canon is releasing a limited edition version of the PowerShot G7 X Mark III with a graphite-colored top cover and a 30th anniversary logo. But don’t expect the $1,299 camera to be any easier to find than the original when it launches in April 2026.
