FunnyPlaying, a Chinese company known for its Game Boy and GBA upgrade kits, has announced a new handheld that plays original Nintendo cartridges and ROMs. The FPGB Mini’s cartridge support is limited to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color so it isn’t as capable as the Analogue Pocket that’s also compatible with the GBA and Sega Game Gear. What still makes the FPGB Mini a tempting alternative is its extremely pocketable design resulting in a handheld only slightly wider than a Game Boy cartridge, and its cheaper price.

Following recent price hikes the Analogue Pocket is now $239.99 while the FPGB Mini is currently discounted from $89.99 to $69.99 for the first batch of just 20 units that quickly sold out. However, the company is potentially planning to release more following some hardware improvements, according to Retro Dodo who’s been testing the handheld for a few days and so far seems impressed with its design and capabilities.

Like the Pocket the FPGB Mini uses field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology to play Game Boy and GBC games as accurately as Nintendo’s original hardware does. But the FPGB Mini brings improvements like a 2.98-inch, 800×720-pixel LCD display, an 1,800mAh rechargeable battery, and a microSD slot for storing game saves, screenshots, or ROMs that can be played through emulation. The handheld’s compact size does prevent cartridges with rumble motors or other hardware additions from being used, but otherwise the FPGB Mini looks to be about as small as the Game Boy is ever going to get.

Camp Snap is expanding its small collection of screenless digital point-and-shoot cameras with the new pocket-friendly 110D featuring a thin horizontal design first popularized by Kodak film cameras in the 1970s. The Camp Snap 110D is available for preorder starting today for $74.95 in back in black (black and gray) or dreamsicle (white and orange) color options with matching accessories.

The Camp Snap 110D’s design is inspired by the myriad of low-cost cameras from companies like Canon, Minolta, and Pentax that used the 110 film cartridges Kodak first introduced in 1972. The cartridges were easy for even novice photographers to use and could be developed using existing machines already capable of processing 16mm motion picture film. Lomography is one of the last companies to still manufacture 110 film, but the Camp Snap 110D offers a similar experience with the convenience of digital.

Like the Camp Snap 2 that launched last June, the 110D isn’t a megapixel powerhouse. It uses an 8-megapixel Sony 1/3.2-inch CMOS sensor paired with a 4.2mm, f/2.0 lens that’s compatible with 30.5mm screw-on filters if you want to experiment with wide-angle or macro photography. If you’re after a matching retro look for your photos, the 110D includes five built-in software filters with vintage, analog, and black and white effects that are selectable using a sliding switch.

The 4GB bundled microSD card, which is stored behind a screw-secured door so kids can’t find it, can store up to 2,000 photos before you need to copy them off to a mobile device or PC over USB-C. The 110D’s 800mAh battery has enough capacity for around 500 shots while an automatic sleep mode that quickly wakes the camera when the shutter button is pressed helps prevent unwanted battery drain without having to constantly power the 110D off an on.

Other features include a built-in flash with adjustable color temperature and a basic segmented LCD display on the back showing remaining battery life and the number of photos you’ve taken.

Canon announced the second-generation of its EOS R8 with a new retro-inspired redesign and the addition of in-body stabilization. That feature was one of the most notable omissions from the original R8 that launched in 2023 as a smaller, cheaper, and more accessible alternative to the Canon R6 Mark II for photographers wanting a larger full-frame shooter. While the new EOS R8 Mark II is slightly heavier than its predecessor at 1.2 pounds thanks to the additional stabilization functionality, it’s lighter and cheaper than last year’s EOS R6 Mark III.

The Canon EOS R8 Mark II is expected to be available sometime in late October for $1,899 for the body only, or $2,099 bundled with a Canon 24-50mm stabilized lens. That’s more expensive than the original R8 that launched at $1,499, but more accessible than the $2,799 EOS R6 Mark III thanks to some lower specs and omitted features.

Like its predecessor, the R8 Mark II features the same 24.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor as the R6 Mark II, while the R6 Mark III got a bump to a 32.5-megapixel sensor. The new R8 Mark II still exclusively uses an electronic shutter instead of an additional mechanical one, with high-speed captures maxing out at 40fps again. To ensure you’re not too late to a critical moment, a pre-continuous shooting mode captures up to an additional 20 shots before you press the shutter button.

The new five-axis in-body stabilization offers up to 7.5 stops of shake correction that can be expanded by pairing the camera with a lens featuring its own stabilization. The R8 Mark II also features Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF II system with what the company describes as “more tenacious tracking” than what the R8 offered. The autofocus system can also recognize animals, vehicles, and people, with the option to register up to 10 different people by their faces and rank their priority.

Video capabilities max out at 4K/60fps, but frame rates can be boosted to up to 180fps by dropping the resolution to 1080p. As Canon is targeting the R8 Mark II as a potential full-frame option for amateur photographers, the camera includes 16 different color filters, an easy to way to increase or decrease depth of blur that handles settings like f-stop and shutter speed automatically, and creative bracketing that takes three photos with different brightness and color tones.

Following other companies drawing inspiration from older film cameras for the design of new digital shooters, the R8 Mark II eschews the curves of the original R8 for a more boxy and angular body. Canon credits the nearly 40-year-old EOS 650 and its pentaprism housing on top as the inspiration for the R8 Mark II. Other hardware upgrades include a new multi-controller joystick above the camera’s screen, which makes it easier to select focal points, and its single SD card slot repositioned on the side of the camera so it’s still accessible when using a tripod. Canon will also sell a matching $99.99 accessory that extends the R8 Mark II’s grip, making it easier to hold when using larger lenses.

In October Canon is also releasing a free new Windows app called Dual Pixel 3D Converter that leverages additional info captured by Canon’s dual-pixel autofocus system to generate 3D imagery from the 2D photos the camera takes. You can use the app to create a 3D photo with a background you can move around, a 3D model with the background completely removed, or short 3D videos demonstrating an animated perspective adjustment of close-up subjects.

Fujifilm announced a follow-up to its tiny and quirky Instax Pal camera that debuted three years ago bundled with an instant printer. While the original Pal was a palm-sized camera with a round design that lacked a screen or viewfinder, the new Instax Pal 2 includes both in a design that looks like a miniaturized analog film camera. It’s also reminiscent of trendy pocket-friendly cameras like the Kodak Charmera, but with specs that may actually produce decent shots.

The Instax Pal 2 will launch in the US later this month for $169.95, according to PetaPixel, and uses a 1/3.06-inch sensor paired with an f/2.2 28mm lens to capture images up to 10-megapixels in size. That’s a big step up over the Kodak Charmera’s 1.6-megapixel sensor. The Pal 2 has an optical viewfinder and a 1.3-inch LCD screen on top for framing shots and is equipped with autofocus capabilities including optional face detection plus adjustable ISO, shutter speed, and exposure compensation.

Atop the Instax Pal 2 you’ll find a shutter button, a joystick, and a functional lever similar to what old film cameras used to advance to the next exposure. The camera pairs with Fujifilm’s mobile app where you can select and download image effects to the Pal 2 or upload images to your phone for printing using a wireless Bluetooth connection or a slide-out USB-C port. The camera also features a flash, a tripod mount, a self-timer, and a rechargeable battery good for up to three hours of use, Fujifilm claims.

Voicemod announced a new mobile device that expands the capabilities of the Voicemod Key dongle it launched in late 2024 as a way to bring the company’s real-time voice changing tech to consoles. While the older Voicemod Key only used a smartphone as an interface between the company’s mobile app and the Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, the new Key Pocket can be used to change your voice or trigger sound effects while you’re playing games, making calls, or streaming on Apple or Android mobile devices.

The Voicemod Key Pocket is now available as a standalone device for $99.90 or as part of a $129.90 bundle that includes the hardware and a Voicemod Pro license. The extra $30 fee gets you lifetime access to the hundreds of voices created by the company and the thousands made by the community, the ability to create your own custom voices, and cloud syncing across multiple platforms without a subscription.

Although Voicemod first expanded outside the PC with the introduction of Voicemod Clips on iOS and Android in 2020, the mobile app could only be used to change your voice when recording short video or audio clips you could share afterward. Privacy restrictions on mobile operating systems prevent apps from altering microphone audio and sending it to other apps.

The Voicemod Key Pocket doesn’t change that. The pocket-friendly device, which can stick to the back of phones or tablets that support magnetic accessories, functions as an external audio bridge. Audio from a wired or Bluetooth microphone connected to the Pocket is altered by Voicemod’s mobile app and then made available to other apps, like Fortnite, Roblox, Discord, or the apps you use for making phone or video calls, through a short USB-C cable connected to your mobile device.

With the Pro license, the app provides access to over 200 voices created by Voicemod (instead of just a small selection of constantly rotating voices for free) and more than 76,000 additional options created by the community. The Pocket features six programmable buttons that can be used to quickly swap between voices or trigger short soundboard clips, a dedicated mute button, and a customizable glowing LED dial for altering voices or adjusting volume. Like the Voicemod Key, the Key Pocket can also be used as a voice changer for the latest generation of consoles, including the Switch 2 and recent versions of the Meta Quest headset.