Sony’s Latest Action Cam Has an Awesome Wrist-Mounted Controller

Sony's Latest Action Cam Has an Awesome Wrist-Mounted Controller

So far, Sony’s Action Cams have failed to make a significant challenge to the GoPro: the challenger just isn’t a better product. But the company bets that if it can develop enough cool accessories and mounts for its Acton Cam line, maybe—just maybe—it’ll find its market. And we gotta say, the optional wrist-mounted controller for Sony’s latest AS100V action cam is a neat idea.

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Sony A5000: Cheap, Super Tiny Mirrorless Camera Awesomeness

Sony A5000: Cheap, Super Tiny Mirrorless Camera Awesomeness

For years, Sony has made the best cheap compact, interchangeable-lens cameras. With the new A5000 it’s most beginnerist in the line camera is getting an impressive guts overhaul as well as a new name. Here’s what hasn’t changed: It’s hard to find a better buy for $600.

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Polaroid’s Socialmatic Camera Is All About Sharing Your Shots

Polaroid's Socialmatic Camera Is All About Sharing Your Shots

We were cautiously optimistic when the concept for the real-life Instagram camera, the Socialmatic, popped up online last year. Now, despite a few concerns, Polaroid is officially making the design a reality. The company is partnering with Socialmatic, and when the camera is available this fall, it will allow photographers to either instantly share their shots on "major social media networks" or just run off a hard copy using the device’s built-in instant ZINK printer.

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Suspicious USB Drive That Diverted Flight Was Actually a Perv Cam

Suspicious USB Drive That Diverted Flight Was Actually a Perv Cam

American Airlines Flight 24 from JFK to SFO landed in Kansas City this weekend after a suspicious package found in the lavatory instigated a bomb scare. Turns out that the suspicious package was actually a perv cam, disguised as a USB drive, taped to the wall of the bathroom. Because nobody would find that suspicious, right?

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Canon PowerShot N100 Has Two Cameras So You Can Take Frontback Photos

Canon PowerShot N100 Has Two Cameras So You Can Take Frontback Photos

Last year’s Canon PowerShot N was a weird little point-and-shoot camera with an odd design aimed at roping in the masses who have ditched tiny cameras for smartphones. It was neat, but not all the way there. With the new PowerShot N100, Canon has redesigned the camera so that it can do even more smartphone-like things.

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Garmin HUD+ and nuvi with wireless backup camera among new navigational offerings

As with the vast number of products we’ve seen today and over the weekend, among them being a host of devices from Lenovo and LaCie, Garmin has introduce a batch … Continue reading

Garmin Dash Cam offers wide-angle HD and automatic incident detection

Among Garmin’s various navigation-related products introduced here at CES 2014, the company has rolled out the red carpet for its new Garmin Dash Cam, a dashboard camera for cars that … Continue reading

Canon PowerShot N100 Has Huge Specs For a Tiny Camera

Canon PowerShot N100 Has Huge Specs For a Tiny Camera

The new Canon PowerShot N100 — a little belt-buckle-sized point-and-shoot aimed at the social-networking crowd — will back up its 12-megapixel CMOS sensor with the Digic 6 image processor found in premium fixed-lens cameras such as the PowerShot G16 and …

    



Fujifilm’s Instax Printer Turns Phone Snaps Into Instant Film Photos

Fujifilm's Instax Printer Turns Phone Snaps Into Instant Film Photos

These days, everything is instant photography, but no matter how many filters you smear onto that smartphone picture, it’s never going to have the wonderful feel of the photos a Polaroid used to spit out. But now you can approximate that level of satisfaction thanks to Fujifilm’s new Instax Share SP-1 printer.

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Thank God They’re Finally Dressing Fujifilm’s Awesome X100S in Black

Thank God They're Finally Dressing Fujifilm's Awesome X100S in Black

Fujifilm’s X100S is a seriously awesome $1300 fixed-lens camera with professional grade guts in a compact body. It’s perfect for a street photography. You know what sucks when you’re a street photographer? Shiny silver cameras that make taking candid shots difficult. Which is why I am positively stoked that they’re making this sleek little baby in black now.

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