Zooming In On Weird Cameras

Unconventional cameras are having a spot of a moment. From nan Sigma BF to nan Fujifilm Half to young photographers reaching for aged integer point-and-shoots, nan camera manufacture has looked a small different complete nan past fewer years. Are these moments conscionable flashes successful nan pan, aliases portion of thing bigger?

This week connected The Vergecast, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake of PetaPixel’s YouTube transmission subordinate The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Vjeran Pavic to geek retired astir nan past half-decade of camera advancements — nan good, nan bad, and nan Sigma BF of it all.

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Then, Allison is joined by Verge News Editor and chap telephone nerd Dominic Preston to thief reply a boatload of listener questions from group contemplating unsure of which smartphone to bargain next. They thief navigate nan intricacies of surviving successful a mixed iOS/Android family to nan champion options for personification who wants a headphone jack (spoiler alert: location aren’t many).

It’s a mega-hotline-turned-therapy convention for iPhone Mini owners reluctant to fto spell of their mini phones successful a world wherever phones travel successful 2 sizes: large and bigger.

For much connected nan topics successful this episode, present are immoderate links to excavation into:

• Sigma BF review: Beautiful Foolishness — PetaPixel
• The Fujifilm X half is Just Plain FUN! — PetaPixel
• Fujifilm X Half hands-on: whimsical, refreshing, and simply fun
• Sigma BF review: nan cleanable camera for a minimalist
• In pursuit of a viral, five-year-old compact camera
• Samsung Galaxy S25 review: incredibly iterative
• Nothing Phone 3 review: flagship-ish
• If you really want a smaller phone, effort nan mini Jelly 2
• Oppo Find N5 review: nan last improvement of foldables
• Honor launches nan ‘world’s thinnest’ foldable
• Motorola spoiled a bully fund telephone pinch bloatware
• The Xperia 1 VII is simply a top hits of Sony R&D
• The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn’t truthful ‘ultra’ anymore
• The Fairphone 6 nary longer feels for illustration a discuss (except successful nan US)
• My first DIY telephone hole made maine a self-repair believer
• Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: successful awesome shape
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 review: stunning, bendy, and spendy
• Ditching my telephone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
• I took my ain proposal and bought a last-gen iPhone — I regret nothing
• How Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip grounded maine without really breaking