Cameras

In addition to a camera grip with an extra battery and camera controls, Vivo is following companies like Xiaomi and Realme with an external zoom lens for its upcoming X200 Ultra that launches in China on April 21st.

For three years in a row Xiaomi has paired its Ultra phones with a Photography Kit, and now Vivo is following suit. The kit, which will be compatible with the upcoming X200 Ultra, was announced on Weibo by product manager Han Boxiao. Like Xiaomi’s it has a USB-C connection, built-in battery, and dedicated camera controls.

Action cameras are typically designed to be used while mounted or attached to some kind of support, like a selfie stick. Their ergonomics aren’t ideal for handheld use, which is why Insta360 has launched a new Xplorer Grip Kit for its Ace Pro and Pro 2 cameras.

After debuting last September with upgrades that included magnetic mounting and charging, a higher capacity battery, and three new lenses, the GoPro Hero 13 Black is now available in Polar White. The last time GoPro offered a white colorway was the Dusk White version of the Hero 7 Black in 2019.

With a leather back and textured metal frame, Fotorgear’s new $199 case makes the iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max look and feel like a retro camera. But it goes one step further with a modular design letting its side rails be swapped for more functional alternatives.

Photographer Charles Brooks is known for his captivating photos inside musical instruments, so Australia’s ANSTO invited him to capture the inside of a new part being installed on its synchotron particle accelerator.

There are rumors that Fujifilm will expand its medium format camera offerings with a fixed-lens compact GFX1000RF, akin an X100VI with a much larger 100-megapixel sensor. Fujifilm teased a new camera in the video for its upcoming X Summit, and Fujirumors has posted two leaked images showing more.

Arriving sometime in April 2025 for around $45, the InstantSnap features a fun design resembling a photo that just popped out of a Polaroid camera. Inside its white frame is a transparent viewfinder with framing guides, but there’s no screen, and images and videos are saved to a microSD card.

The successor to our favorite instant camera for retro fans is available in six new colors, up from three, and starts at $119.99. Other improvements include a built-in tripod, while autofocus upgrades, a better light meter position, and an improved ranging sensor should result in sharper photos. I’ll be sharing my thoughts after I test the camera soon, so stay tuned.

Instead of hiding an Apple AirTag in a lens cap which isn’t always attached to your camera, Elevation Lab’s new $19.99 TagVault stashes one inside of a carbon fiber composite tripod plate.

That’s according to PetaPixel, which during a tour of Sigma’s Japanese HQ, was told that making the Sigma BF’s aluminum housing requires seven hours of milling by two machines. That amounts to a production output of about nine cameras per day.

A new firmware update for the Osmo Pocket 3 is available through the DJI Mimo mobile ap. The update introduces a few notable new features including a 10-bit D-Log M color option for webcam mode and focus breathing compensation to eliminate jarring field of view changes when the camera’s focus changes.

Launching in late February for $1,099.95, the Nikon Coolpix P1100 brings a few upgrades to the now-discontinued P1000 released in 2018. It’s got the same 24-3000mm lens offering 125x optical zoom, but adds USB-C (to comply with EU laws) and updated Bluetooth.

Although it was overshadowed by the launch of the Hero 13 Black last September, GoPro hasn’t forgotten about its smaller and cheaper $179 Hero action cam. A software update available today is introducing a new 4K 4:3 video setting that uses the sensor’s full height and width. The Hero is also getting GoPro’s SuperView Digital Lens option which converts 4:3 videos to 16:9 by stretching the sides of the video to create a wider effect.

Turns out Google’s photo manager wasn’t able to flip photos from left-to-right — until now. The editing feature has just been added, found within the Crop tools, which cover photo rotation too. For now at least, it’s Android only.

After celebrating the 100th anniversary of its first 35mm prototype camera in 2014, Leica is now celebrating the 100th anniversary of the mass-produced version, the Leica I, with a bunch of wildly expensive merchandise.

Despite the popularity of shooting on smartphones, today Panasonic announced four new professional camcorders.