Digital cameras

Twenty-five years after the Game Boy Camera first debuted back in 1998, fans are not only still enjoying lo-fi, black and white, pixelated photography, they’re also re-engineering the camera to make it better, even going so far as to shrink it down to the size of a regular Game Boy cartridge.Panic’s Playdate Handheld is Almost HereThe last time we had checked in with Christopher Graves, a Game Boy Camera fan who knows their way around a 3D printer and a circuit board, they were showing off a custom creation called the…

Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the Game Boy Camera’s debut, and despite its very limited capabilities—even for 1998—there are still devoted Game Boy Camera photographers that love its pixelated aesthetic, and who will love this 3D-printable custom shell that makes it compatible with proper lenses.For a lot of people, the Game Boy Camera was the first digital camera they ever owned, as its $90 price tag at launch was considerably cheaper than the real digital cameras available at the time (with price tags closer…

Photo: EKKAPHAN CHIMPALEE (Shutterstock)A lot of people looking for a dedicated camera see the hype surrounding mirrorless systems and wonder whether a digital single-lens reflex camera is still worth it in 2022. And the answer is: absolutely! While camera tech is shifting toward mirrorless, there are still plenty of amazing DSLR cameras you shouldn’t overlook.Whether you don’t have the budget to go mirrorless just yet, prefer an optical viewfinder to an electronic one, or just don’t want to swap out your collection of…

Photo: Brent Rose / GizmodoThe earliest mirrorless cameras played catchup to DSLRs, which have decades of development behind them. Today’s models are different, capable of everything from professional portraits and video to documenting a night out.One of the biggest problems early mirrorless cameras had was battery life, going dead after much fewer shots than their DSLR counterparts. Today’s models hold their own, with accessories like battery grips extending their life even further. In fact, today’s mirrorless cameras…

Nearly 60% of Americans said they were worried about hidden cameras in Airbnb homes in 2019.And 11% of vacation home renters said they had discovered a hidden camera during a stay, according to a survey by the real estate investment company IPX1031.Spy cameras are not a new problem. In South Korea, more than 30,000 cases of filming with hidden cameras were reported to the police between 2013 and 2018, according to the New York-based non-profit organization Human Rights Watch.The number of hidden spy camera reports has…