Genki’s ShadowCast Turns Your Camera Into a Webcam and Your iPad Into a Monitor


Last September, Genki announced a Kickstarter for the ShadowCast 3 and the Covert Dock 3, pitched mainly as a way to play console games through a laptop computer. While that remains the primary function, it’s a surprisingly versatile system. [Read More]

Tokina Is Breaking Years of Silence to Build a ‘Lens Like No Other’


Tokina was a significant name in lenses during the DSLR era, but photographers could be forgiven for thinking the company had given up on photography due to its lack of new lenses in recent years. However, Tokina is not gone. In fact, the company is working on its next lens right now, promising that it […]

Thypoch Announced an AI Camera and It Might Not Be a Joke


As expected, there have been a lot of April Fools’ Day pranks in the photo industry today. Mixed in with the standard goofy and funny joke products, like ISO 0 film, a helium-filled camera backpack that weighs nothing, and a film roll with a different film emulsion for every frame, is Thypoch’s camera idea that […]

This Camera Has a Vertical Sensor, Huge Flash, and a Tedious Purpose


Photographer James Warner, known for his excellent YouTube channel, snappiness, loves weird digital cameras. His latest acquisition is a bizarre but fun relic, the Sony C200X digital passport system camera. This chunky silver digicam from 2003 has a vertically oriented sensor, a huge on-camera flash, and is designed to permanently live in an administrative office. […]