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Why third-party licensees of Kodak and Yashica brands are succeeding where more major camera manufacturers aren’t

Basic digital compacts at pocket money prices are topping the worldwide bestseller lists, at times nudging bigger players with better tech like Canon, Fujifilm, Sony and Nikon lower down the charts. What on earth is going on?

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Yashica guns for the Kodak Charmera with its new Funtastic Keychain Camera: a little box of delights that takes photos as well as keeping your keys safe

The Yashica Funtastic Keychain Camera is tiny and weighs next to nothing, but takes real photos and video, ideal for slipping into your pocket for a grand day out

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Back from the dead? Not quite. I looked into who's using iconic photography brand names like Agfa, Minolta, Rollei any Yashica today — and what I discovered shocked me

Some camera brands died long ago but their names live on under new management. Here are some of the most notable 'orphaned' brands in the camera industry that have nothing to do with the original companies

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Yashica DigiPix 100 review: digital cameras don’t come much cheaper than this, and it's only about the same size and weight as a pack of playing cards

The supremely affordable, compact and lightweight Yashica DigiPix 100 has a certain retro charm, complete with ‘vintage’ image quality!

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Is this retro compact camera a gimmick? What's the deal with the OM-3 Astro? The best portrait lenses. It's the new Bokeh Face podcast!

Chris delivers his verdict on some sexy-looking ‘SLR-style’ compact cameras, the Bokeh Face boys delve into the world of astro-centric cameras, and James delivers his optical top picks for perfect portraits

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Yashica FX-D 100 review: is the most inexpensive camera in the FX-D range the best choice, or just the poor relation?

The Yashica FX-D 100 is currently the only camera in an FX-D trilogy that features a relatively small image sensor but adds a zoom lens

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Yashica FX-D S300 review: this retro-styled compact camera aims to give you the choice of an analog or digital shooting experience

At a glance, the Yashica FX-D S300 looks like a ‘proper’ film camera from the 1970s, but looks can be deceiving

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The rise and fall of Yashica cameras: Why the Yashica FX-3 remains the ultimate budget alternative to the Pentax K1000 SLR

The Zeiss connection: Why collectors still hunt for Yashica’s C/Y mount camera bodies

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Now video is king, I think the camcorder is poised for its big comeback

Compact cameras came back - and now it seems like it is time for budget video camcorders to make their big return

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Yashica FX-D 300 review: a digital compact camera with a 1970s SLR look and feel, that aims to give you that retro feelgood factor

The Yashica FX-D 300 wants to be ‘your first digital film simulation camera’ and takes its styling cues from the 1970s. Can that ever be a good thing?

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Camcorders are cool again, and this unlikely brand has just launched a cheap 4K model — but read this before putting up your cash

Budget camera maker 'Yashica' looks to revive cheap handicams with its new 'Journey', which shoots 4K video, 8K stills, has a flip out touchscreen and costs less than $300

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Is this the big camcorder comeback? Yashica reinvents the budget handycam

Yashica Journey sets out to revive the affordable camcorder in the same way that Kodak brought back the budget compact camera

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Yashica drops a new $100 compact camera – and it's a Tank!

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Yashica is about to launch a budget 4K camcorder

Yashica is prepping to announce a crowdfunding campaign for its miniature Journey camcorder

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Sorry not sorry –these were the WORST cameras of 2025

We won't be getting Christmas cards from these camera brands next year! Qué será, será… these are our least favorite cameras of the year

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Yashica City 300 review: this compact camera aims to deliver superior image quality compared with the other two City models in Yashica’s range

The Yashica City 300 sits at the top of the City tree, sprouting a prime rather than zoom lens and a larger sensor than its City 100 and City 200 siblings

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Yashica City 200 compact review: twice as good as City 100? It depends if 10x is better than 3x

The Yashica City 200 is very much like the City 100 camera, but with a built-in 10x rather than 3x zoom lens. Let’s do the math and see how it all works out

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This new compact camera was inspired by retro classics like the Olympus Mju and Yashica T. The Analogue aF-1 shows off an f/2.8 lens and LiDar autofocus, and uses real film

The first prototype of the Analogue aF-1 is here, and it offers a glimpse at the upcoming compact camera's features

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Yashica’s trendy retro compact cameras will soon be available from retailers, not crowdfunding

The Yashica FX-D 100 and FX-D 300 will be available from UK retailers from September

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New Rollei compact camera launched, just don’t expect another Rollei 35 AF

The Rollei Powerflex X8 is a cheap compact camera that appears to be Rollei in name only

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Yashica FX-D 300 hands-on review: a digital camera with a 1970s look and feel, in more ways than one

The Yashica FX-D 300 wants to be ‘your first digital film simulation camera’ and takes its styling cues from the tail end of the 1970s. Can that ever be a good thing?

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Yashica’s retro compact cameras just got more old school. The Yashica FX-D S300 actually has a viewfinder this time

Enough photographers have complained, and now the Yashica FX-D series is getting a version with an electronic eyelevel viewfinder

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The Yashica FX-D 100 looks like a film camera, but it’s hiding digital guts – and an unexpected price

The Yashica FX-D 100 and 300 look like film SLRs, but they actually have fixed lenses and small digital sensors

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Yashica’s upcoming retro cameras will have working “film” wind levers, but smartphone-like sensors inside

The Yashica FX-D 300 and 100 cameras look old school, but house small digital sensors inside

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This Yashica camera caused a Kickstarter stir, but was it justified? Ugh, yep...

The Yashica digiFilm Camera Y35 was a digital camera designed to capture the tactile nature of analog photography, but the reaction from many Kickstarter backers was far from positive

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