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Compact cameras now cheaper for adventures
Rugged compact cameras drop prices on Amazon for hiking, diving and more.
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Cheap point-and-shoots outsell large-sensor compacts in Japan
Kodak's budget cameras dominate Japan's compact camera sales.
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Gimbal Cameras Outselling Japanese Point-and-Shoots
Gimbal cameras sold 2.8 million units in Q2 2026, beating all Japanese compact cameras combined for 2025.
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Fujifilm's fun-first strategy is reshaping the camera market
By prioritizing the joy of photography over specs, Fujifilm has climbed into Japan's top three camera makers.
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How a 1959 camera failure inspired modern mirrorless design
Yoshihisa Maitani's radical PEN camera was called a failure, but its vision of compact, simple photography lives on 67 years later.
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Why I chose a 20-year-old camera over my iPhone
A pro photographer packed her grandmother's 2006 compact camera on vacation and took more photos with it than her modern gear.
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Ricoh GR turns 30 with special edition camera and accessories
The cult-favorite compact camera celebrates three decades with subtle design tweaks and anniversary accessories available separately.
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Fujifilm's Instax Pal 2 is tiny, retro and a little bit slow
A 41g camera with an optical viewfinder, a waist-level screen and a dial, built for the lo-fi digicam trend rather than sharp pixels.
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Fujifilm's 41-gram camera has two viewfinders
The Instax Pal 2 is small enough to vanish in your palm, yet Fujifilm crammed real controls into it.
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Why the Ricoh GR became a cult camera
A pocketable black box with one fixed lens has outlasted three decades of spec-sheet arms races.
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Compacts are half of Japan's Top 10
Japan's August 2026 sales chart shows old point-and-shoots holding their own against brand-new mirrorless bodies.
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Bring back the Casio Exilim
Cheap retro-style compacts are selling fast, so why is the one brand that actually did slim right sitting it out?
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Three cheap compacts that make shooting fun again
Three pocket cameras under £100, each with a different kind of charm, and all three just dropped in price.
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