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The camera in your pocket is pretty amazing. Today’s smartphone cameras feel like they’re a million miles away from earlier photography tech, but digital cameras had to start somewhere. Back in the 20th century when cameras needed film, digital camera technology began as a sat-nav for astronauts. Since then, Kodak, Apple and many others have …

Apple Arcade on Friday added Marble Knights, a new fantasy adventure game from WayForward Technologies, to its growing catalog of over 130 games. Marble Knights joins Wayforward’s other games on the platform, Shantae and the Seven Sirens and Spidersaurs. See at App Store In Marble Knights, you play as one of the Knights of the Round on a quest to …

By shaving off a little here and a little there, Panasonic shaved about $500 off its previous least-expensive full-frame mirrorless, the Lumix S1, to create the Lumix S5. Intended to appeal to creatives looking for a balance between video and photo capability, the $2,000 S5 takes on the Sony A7 III, as well as the cheaper Nikon Z5 ($1,400) and Canon …

Samsung is doing something different this year. While the Note line has historically been where the tech giant showcases its cutting-edge technology, it’s now become more of an alternative, rather than a improvement upon, the S20 line. The new Note 20 Ultra has the same sized 6.9-inch display as the S20 Ultra, a smaller battery and even costs $100 less. …

Future former camera manufacturer Olympus announced (PDF) Wednesday it has agreed to sell its imaging business to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners. The deal will be complete by the end of the year. JIP bought Olympus’ telecom business in 2012 and snapped up Sony’s Vaio computers in 2014, to name a couple investments. Though cameras is the best known area …

While Olympus is exiting the camera business, one of its competitors is expanding its lineup. Panasonic’s new Lumix G100 camera is aimed at vloggers with a weight of just less than a pound (412 grams) with its f3.5-5.6, 12-32mm lens and a new handgrip that doubles as a tripod. It’s also the first camera of its kind to use Nokia’s …

Four years on, Olympus is finally showing its middle child some love. The OM-D E-M5 Mark III, an enthusiast mirrorless camera sandwiched between the performance-focused OM-D E-M1 Mark II and E-M1X above and the entry-level OM-D E-M10 Mark II below, has been languishing as a Mark II since February 2015. And now, like many a middle child, it’s ready to …

Nikon’s not exactly late to the mirrorless party. It was there in the early days with its Nikon 1 series, an odd line based around a 1-inch sensor which eventually fizzled away. But it is the last company to bring an APS-C enthusiast model to a market segment dominated by the Sony A6400 and Canon EOS M50, and to a …

Olympus‘ Micro Four Thirds OM-D E-M1X is the first pro camera i’ve picked up without bemoaning my lack of upper body strength.  A sibling to the great E-M1 Mark II, it’s designed to attract professional action and wildlife photographers looking for a light(er)-weight alternative to an SLR or even an APS-C mirrorless. While it’s not that light at more than …

Olympus posted a teaser video to its YouTube page Wednesday that appears to show its next flagship OM-D camera, the rumored E-M1X.  The video clip, just 18 seconds long, shows a photographer using the camera for shooting football, water polo and beach volleyball, which plays up not only the potential speed of the camera, but its dust-, splash- and freezeproof …