Camera Camera Review

Caira argues that the future of photography isn't just better sensors; it's the complete removal of laptop-based editing applications. The idea is elegant: combine a proper Micro Four Thirds hardware with the simplicity of a smartphone. What you get is a weird but impressive hybrid – part mirrorless camera, part AI fever dream, part Kickstarter gamble. Under the hood it’s running a proper Micro Four Thirds sensor, powered by Qualcomm and Google silicon. So yes, it’s a legitimate camera - not just another plastic ‘creator tool’ destined for eBay in six months. The real party trick is Google’s ‘Nano Banana’ generative AI – a powerful on-device editor paywalled for $7p/m, which also unleashes smart voice control, and edits are rapid and impressive (that subscription is much cheaper than what I pay for Lightroom, which I will now use it a lot less). Caira is clever, but it’s also a reminder that the line between creativity and automation is now blurrier than the photos from my first roll of film.