Design choices that looked like fashion are really about heat, weight and how far a battery can stretch.

Comfort over eight hours and a clean microphone matter far more than the extras on the box.

Rugged is the easy part. What separates the best is how they sound after a week outdoors.

Sports, street or family holidays: the right body depends far more on your habits than on the spec…

They are not new and not flashy, but they still make voices sound honest.

A clever design points the sound at the walls, and you stop noticing where it comes from.

Bigger sensors and real zoom keep these little bodies relevant in a pocket full of lenses.