Zooming in on weird cameras

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

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

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

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

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

• Sigma BF review: Beautiful Foolishness — PetaPixel
• The Fujifilm X fractional is Just Plain FUN! — PetaPixel
• Fujifilm X Half hands-on: whimsical, refreshing, and simply fun
• Sigma BF review: the 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 truly privation a smaller phone, effort the tiny Jelly 2
• Oppo Find N5 review: the last improvement of foldables
• Honor launches the ‘world’s thinnest’ foldable
• Motorola spoiled a bully fund telephone with 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 similar a compromise (except successful the US)
• My archetypal DIY telephone hole made maine a self-repair believer
• Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: successful large 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 failed maine without really breaking