HOVERAir just revealed Versa, a camera that lives in two worlds at once. Hold it and you get a compact, three-axis stabilized shooter small enough for a pocket. Snap on a set of protected wings and the same module lifts off, follows you, and films from the air without a controller or any flying skill.
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Crissa Graves has spent years making the old Game Boy Camera feel less like a novelty and more like something you might actually carry. Her latest prototype, the GBD-M2, takes that work further. It starts with a fully working Game Boy Pocket and turns the whole thing into a dedicated handheld camera with a removable camera module and interchangeable CS-mount lenses.
On a February evening in 1990, two presenters sat down with a stack of old reports and asked a simple question. What became of the cameras that were supposed to change photography forever? Peter Macann and Kate Bellingham pulled clips from the Tomorrow’s World archive and walked viewers through four ideas that had once looked like the next big thing. Some had already faded. One had quietly taken over. Another was still waiting for the rest of the technology to catch up.
Sony just put a full set of professional cinema tools into a body small enough to disappear on a gimbal or vanish into a backpack. The FX5 arrived today as the latest member of the Cinema Line, and it finally gives smaller crews the internal RAW recording and open-gate flexibility that used to require much larger, heavier cameras.
Kodak just handed film beginners a camera they can actually stick in a jeans pocket without second thoughts. This little plastic box called the EC35 costs thirty-five dollars and works with any standard roll of 35mm film. Reto Project builds it under the Kodak name, and the whole point is simple: give people who have never touched film something that feels as easy as the disposable cameras they grew up seeing at drugstores, only this one lasts longer than a single roll.
Pocket cameras are becoming more popular in purses and everyday carry bags because they solve a real frustration. Phone footage seems OK until you play it back on a bigger screen or try to film while moving. Dedicated rigs give better outcomes, but they necessitate time, preparation, and, in many cases, a second set of hands. The Xtra Muse, priced at $329 (was $449), fills that gap without asking buyers to sacrifice features essential for vlogging and trip filming. It has a one-inch sensor, shoots 4K video at 120 fps, and uses a physical three-axis gimbal to steady shots.
Crew members aboard a Canadian National Railway freight locomotive captured roughly 84 seconds of video on July 13 that puts viewers right inside the cab as wildfire pushed close to the tracks near Armstrong in northwestern Ontario. The recording, later shared publicly, shows the train stalled while intense flames and thick smoke turned the view outside into a constant swirl of orange.
Sony ended nearly a decade of silence on its RX10 series this week by introducing the fifth-generation model. The RX10 V keeps the format that made the camera line popular among travelers, wildlife watchers, and sports shooters while adding meaningful upgrades where they count most.
Mondo Robotics introduced Beni this week as a compact robot on wheels meant to carry a camera and keep up with its owner during everyday activities and active pursuits. Standing 8.5 inches in length with a square-ish 7.1 inch profile and rising just 7.1 inches off the ground, it weighs 3.86 pounds and fits easily into a backpack for trips to the park or skate spot.
