Did Panasonic make the perfect digital camera for creators?

Panasonic’s S1 II is arguably the corporate’s finest creator digital camera, if not the perfect creator digital camera, interval. That’s in keeping with our evaluate from Steve Dent, who actually preferred lots of issues however particularly the 6K RAW video and wonderful stabilization. Nonetheless, at $3,200, it’s costly in comparison with the competitors.

Nikon’s Z6 III has practically the identical video capabilities, is a greater digital camera for pictures and prices at the least $600 much less. Then there’s Panasonic’s personal $2,500 S1 IIe, which was introduced concurrently the S1 II. It has principally the identical options however makes use of a non-stacked sensor extra susceptible to rolling. Be sure that to take a look at the full review.

— Mat Smith

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They usually appear to be Oakleys.

Meta’s already obtained its low-key Ray-Ban-designed good glasses. Now it’s coming for our dads. Or me. Or individuals someplace between our ages. These are the Oakley Meta HSTN, apparently pronounced: HOW-stuh. They’re made for athletes however will in all probability be worn by that man in Costco. (I like Costco, by the best way.) Oakleys might sound a leap away from Ray-Ban, however Oakley is owned by EssilorLuxottica, which additionally owns Ray-Bans.

Regardless of rumors that the Oakley glasses would have a digital camera embedded within the body’s bridge, these first fashions preserve the lens on the aspect, with an ultra-wide 12MP digital camera that may seize footage in 3K, in comparison with the 1080p decision of the Ray-Ban iterations. Additionally, the battery is rated for eight hours on a single cost (double that of the Meta Ray-Bans).

A number of variants are incoming in lens colorways a bit extra vivid than typical sun shades, with pink, black, deep-water (blue?) and even some transition lenses. Nonetheless, the primary limited-edition Oakley Meta HSTN has gold accents and black lenses. They price $499 and go on pre-order July 11.

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Black is the brand new blue.

Microsoft has been teasing this for years, however now it’s occurring. There must be some kind of error display screen, so later this summer time, Microsoft is transitioning to a Black Display screen of Loss of life as a substitute. Slimming, however simply as irritating.

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Prime Day returns July 8 to July 11 this 12 months, marking the primary time the buying occasion has been greater than 48-hours lengthy. Amazon sometimes has early Prime Day offers within the lead as much as the occasion, and this 12 months we’re already seeing some stable reductions on devices we like, together with AirPods Professional 2 and an array of Amazon {hardware}.

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