Konica Minolta’s popular line of DiMAGE digital cameras announced a new birth earlier this month. The newest member, the DiMAGE X60, is a compact five megapixel camera which sports a large 2.5-inch color monitor, boasts a half second start up time and offers 15MB of internal memory to store photos.
The DiMAGE X60 is indeed quite compact and light on its feet, measuring 3.3-inches by 2.2-inches x 0.9-inches and weighing a scant four ounces. It resides in a stylish, aluminum alloy body which, depending upon the specific region, will come in silver, red or blue. The X60 trades in the viewfinder found on its predecessor, the X50, to provide more space on the backside for its large, anti-reflective color LCD.
Other physical features of note on the new DiMAGE X60 include a full flat, non-protruding 12x zoom lens (3x optical and 4x digital) with a sliding cover, a standalone independent playback button to view recorded images on the fly, an independent left right zoom lever, an internal SD/MultiMedia Card slot and a USB 2.0 port for both high speed image transfers to a computer and direct to compatible printer PictBridge support.
Beyond the physical, the X60 packs a lot of punch in its tiny body. It offers up an approximate eight tenths of a second shutter release time lag, providing little delay between recorded images. The five megapixel capability, according to Konica Minolta, teams well with their “CXProcess III” on board imaging technology to produce high resolution images with extremely natural colors. Also thrown into the imaging mix is a noise reduction process which Konica Minolta says will further provide quality shots, even under slower shutter speeds and dim lighting conditions.
Also in the internal programming mix is an “automatic digital subject program selection”, which essentially automatically determines the best image recording mode based upon the current environmental conditions. Five modes, which can also be chosen manually, are part of the selection process. Portrait works to enhance natural features like hair and skin tone, Sports Action attempts to better capture moving subjects with faster shutter speed, Landscape tries to make items in the foreground and background equally sharp, Sunset reproduces the color and glow of the setting sun and Super Macro attempts to get as close as two inches to a subject for an up close and personal shot.
Two other modes, Night Portrait for detailed night shots and Text for clearer photos of printed materials, can only be accessed manually.
Tying all of this off are features like a five point auto focus area to provide more flexible focusing, multi-segment (256) metering to better gauge and adjust light readings over the image area, spot metering to measure the brightness of a particular spot on a subject and the ability to overlay parts of an image in one of nine frames via “Image Pasting”.
Non still image functions of the X60 include the ability to record both movie clips with sound for the entire length of a memory card at up to 30 frames per second and also audio only clips. The camera comes with Kodak EasyShare and DiMAGE Master Lite photo software and has as an optional accessory a waterproof case which allows the X60 to be used underwater to a depth of approximately 131 feet.
Full-frame cameras tend to be chunky beasts, but Sigma wants to prove that big imaging doesn't need a big body. Enter the Sigma FP2, the successor to its tiny, boxy fp mirrorless camera. It keeps the same modular design but packs in some serious upgrades, including a 24.5-megapixel partially stacked full-frame sensor, improved autofocus, 6K video recording, and 70GB of built-in storage. Sigma calls it the world's smallest full-frame camera, and while it might be tiny, the same cannot be said for its price tag.
Sigma FP2 brings faster shooting and 6K video
A phone thermal camera is one of those tools you don’t think you need until the first time it saves you from an expensive problem, and the Thermal Master P3 just got easier to try. For Halloween, it’s discounted with the code THERMCAM10, a 10% cut that works out to $107 off the total. It’s also fresh off a win at the 2026 Tom’s Guide AI Awards for best phone thermal camera, which is the kind of third-party nod that separates a serious tool from the cheap clip-on sensors that flood this category.
We are nearing Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, which officially run October 6 and 7. But there is no need to wait until the sale begins to start looking. Early offers are already live, and camera gear is one category where I found enough worthwhile discounts to put together a proper creator-focused list.
I’ve deliberately gone wider than interchangeable-lens cameras here. There are pocket and action cameras, a 360 camera, an instant camera, two wireless microphone systems, and a pair of webcams covering very different budgets. Prices were checked on October 2, and as always with Amazon, they can move quickly.