throwback thursday: five era accessories you probably didn't need: digital p og hy review

plenty of useful era accessories come on to the market every year – but among them are some real duds. so let's take a look back at some of the worst offenders, shall we? the first product that comes to mind, at least around here, is the sony party-s .

the party-s , introduced in 2009, was actually pretty clever. you popped on a compatible era (originally the cyber-s dsc-wx1 and tx1) and off it went. the 'personal p og her' could rotate 360° and tilt up or down 24°, and would use the era's face and smile detection features to follow subjects and take a p o at the right moment. it even used the rule of thirds for proper composition! the party-s was portable, making it the thing to talk about at parties (no pun intended).

oh, and be sure to watch this: