Polaroid’s latest photography accessory may look like it came from a galaxy far, far away but the new Brightsaber could actually be a versatile lighting tool. Introduced in the spring and finally hitting digital shelves on Wednesday, the strange but potentially wonderful Brightsaber Travel Light Wand and the Brightsaber Pro LED doubles as both a continuous light source and light-painting wand.
The Brightsaber Travel Light Wand uses 98 LED lights in a panel along a handle, quite obviously designed to mimic the famous Star Wars lightsabers. With 10 different power settings, users can determine how much light the wand emits while color filters offer four different colors for light painting.
The Pro version also includes a shutter release compatible with most Canon, Nikon and Pentax cameras, theoretically to make it easier for light-painting selfies. Using 298 LED bulbs, the more advanced option is also able to output a daylight color as well as a tungsten color filter.
Both options break down for easier traveling and are rated for 50,000 hours of use.
The Brightsaber resembles more of a toy lightsaber than other tools — the Pixelstick is a long customizable LED panel, for example. The Westcott Ice Light is similar, but instead of using rows of lights it works more like a flashlight, with the ability to put out beams of light at up to a 72.6-degree spread.
But the biggest difference between the Brightsaber and other options on the market — besides that remote control on the Pro version — is the price. The basic Brightsaber retails for $79 while the Pro version is $169. Westcott’s light retails for $549 and the Pixelstick for $349.
Whether the force is with Polaroid’s new accessory or photographers will opt for the pricier Ice Light is anyone’s guess, but the versatile settings and shutter release in the pro version could make it flexible tool for the price.
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.