Photokina 2016

While the Hasselblad X1D is surprisingly compact for a medium format camera, it’s not at all small when it comes to photographic ability. We recently got the chance to go hands-on with the camera at Photokina, and are now even more smitten than we were before.

YI Technology used Photokina to announce that it was entering the mirrorless camera market with the Micro Four Thirds M1. Read on to see how we got on with the new camera when we had a brief hands-on.

We recently got to go hands-on with the newly announced Leica Sofort instant camera. Read on to see what we made of the stylish shooter, and whether the blast from the past that is instant photography is worth revisiting.

Sony announced a new flagship camera at Photokina with the DSLR-like A99 Mark II. While it all looked very impressive on paper and at the press conference, we were curious to see what it was like in person. Read on to see what we made of the camera when we went hands-on.

We recently packed our camera bags and headed to Cologne in Germany for Photokina 2016. While there we got the lowdown on new products and got hands-on with newly announced cameras. Read on to see some of the things that caught our attention while there.

After several mirrorless missteps, it feels like Canon might has finally got it right with the EOS M5. We recently went hands-on with the surprisingly diminutive camera and were left feeling hopeful that this could be the mirrorless shooter some Canon fans have been waiting for.

SanDisk has a new memory card with more storage space than many computers. Parent company Western Digital announced a prototype one terabyte (TB) SDXC card at the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday.

Polaroid has announced a new version of its Snap instant camera, the Snap Touch. As the name suggests, the new model adds a touchscreen to the ink-free printing camera. We recently got the chance to try the new camera ourselves.

Kodak has used Photokina to reveal its upcoming 4K 360-degree VR action cam. While the Kodak Pixpro 360 4K VR isn’t due to be released until the start of next year, Kodak wants to make sure we know exactly what it will be capable of.

When it launched the mirrorless O-MD E-M1 in 2013, we asked if Olympus had killed the DSLR. Now, the call to go mirrorless has grown louder again with the launch of the OM-D E-M1 MkII. ​

Fujifilm has announced that it is has developed a new mirrorless medium format camera system. The GFX system will launch in 2017 with the GFX 50S which features a 51.4-megapixel sensor measuring 43.8 x 32.9 mm.

While we’ll have to wait a little longer for the GH5, Panasonic has announced that the GH4 follow-up will launch in 2017. The upcoming camera will also boast a new 6K photo mode capable of capturing 18-megapixel stills from ultra-high quality video.