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iQoo, an independent sub-brand of Vivo, has announced the international rollout of its iQoo 9 series smartphones. The 9 Pro, in particular, packs flagship-level cameras into an affordable, sub-$900 price tier. iQoo was originally a subsidiary of Vivo but was spun off by parent company BBK Electronics into its own independent brand with a focus on India in 2019. BBK Electronics also owns…

Hong Kong-based camera manufacturer NONS has announced the SL660, an interchangeable lens camera that accepts Canon EF lenses and shoots to Fujifilm Instax square instant film. NONS says the SL660 is the follow-up to the SL42, the world’s first interchangeable lens SLR instant camera it announced in February of 2020. The company says that after the successful funding of that Kickstarter, it…

Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki. Sigma’s ongoing Foveon full-frame sensor development project has run into many issues. In February 2020, Sigma announced that it was going back to the drawing board with its full-frame Foveon sensor and would be restarting development from scratch. About a year later, it announced it was fully engaged in research and development and asked for patience from its…

NONS has launched its latest camera, the NONS SL660. The SL660 is an interchangeable lens SLR analog instant camera. The camera has a passive EF mount and records images to the widely-available Instax Square film, which retails for around $20 for 20 exposures. If the ‘NONS’ brand sounds familiar, you may recall the company’s first camera, the SL42, which was the first instant…