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iPhone 15 Pro Max: First impressions

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I’ve just spent two days with the new iPhone 15 Pro Max, the latest and greatest top-of-the-line new device from Apple. It’s the best iPhone camera ever, but read this to save some growing pains.

It isn’t a stretch to say this is the best camera Apple has produced, with more choices (ultra-wide angle to real telephoto) better low-light performance, image quality and overall usability than prior models. (Whether you want to spring $1,000 and up for yet another phone is up to you, and of course, you may not care for, nor need the new features.)

Blackmagic’s new app turns your iPhone into a cinema camera (kinda)

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Blackmagic wants to turn your iPhone into a cinema camera with its new Blackmagic Camera app. Well, sort of. It’s not going to turn your iPhone into an URSA12K, but it does provide you with the same interface and features.

It’s not just another camera app, though. It also syncs up with Blackmagic Cloud. This allows you to easily mix smartphone footage in your projects. And it does it all automatically, over WiFi. We stopped by the Blackmagic stand at IBC 2023 to find out more.

SPARK wants to turn your iPhone to a camera with a brain

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MIOPS, an innovative camera tech company, launched its Kickstarter campaign for SPARK. It’s a brilliant iPhone camera accessory that wants do be your faithful companion and raise your shots to a higher level. No matter if you shoot photos or videos, Spark aims to extend your phone cameras capabilities and almot turn your iPhone camera into a professional piece of gear.

This AI model turns your iPhone photos into poems

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AI can write poetry and generate images from words. But there’s now an app that connects the two and turns your photos into poetry in a few seconds. If you’ve always wanted to describe a perfect sunset, a blooming flower, or your loved one’s smile, but you’re just not good with words… You can do what you do best: take a photo. And AI will do the rest.

Poignant Image of a boy at “the top of the world” wins iPhone Photography Awards 2023

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The iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) has announced the winners of its 16th annual competition. This year’s overall winner is Ivan Silva from Mexico, with a gorgeous portrait of a young boy standing “at the top of the world.” But as always, the contest shows you don’t need tons of camera gear to get great photos; but that the best camera is truly the one you have with you.

Major League Baseball scouts are hunting for talent using iPhones and AI

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Sports are big business, and for the USA, they don’t get much bigger than Major League Baseball. Ok, yes, there’s the NHL, that’s a bit bigger. But there’s not much else. The thing is, though, such popularity means there’s a lot of money involved. And with the sort of money involved with MLB, teams have to be very careful who they recruit.

Historically, they use talent scouts that go and watch people play and use their experience to try and figure out who might be pretty good. It’s not an exact science and they don’t always get it right, but that’s the way it’s been. Now, thanks to technological advancements, it seems they’ve started to shift to using a couple of iPhones along with some artificial intelligence for a more analytical approach.

Apple is world’s most popular ‘camera’ brand, says Flickr study

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And the prize for the world’s favourite camera brand goes to….Apple! You thought it was going to be Canon or Sony, right? Well, according to a recent survey on Flickr, the majority of photos analysed were taken on iPhones, and more specifically, the iPhone 11. Not that surprising, given that 92% of all photographs taken these days are shot on phones rather than cameras.

While Instagram may have taken the limelight in recent years, a dedicated community of photographers who frequent Flickr remains. Analyzing over 470 million images, the study conducted by Simple Ghar aimed to identify the most popular camera used by photographers. The results are interesting and challenge conventional expectations.

Capture One is now available on the iPhone

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Capture One has expanded its mobile offerings. After releasing Capture One for iPad last June, the company has now announced Capture One for iPhone. The goal of the app is to provide you with basic editing features from your smartphone. It also offers both wired and wireless tethered shooting capabilities as well as live-sharing features to collaborate with remote teams.

Capture One for iPhone lets you cull as you go, set star ratings, colour tag, and start working on your images directly from your phone during or after the shoot. It can also automatically transfer your images to the cloud, letting you edit in Capture One Pro on your desktop or laptop when you get home.

Comparing iPhone 13 vs iPhone 14 for astrophotography

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The best camera is the one you have with you, or so the old saying goes. That statement has never been more powerful than now. I recently took a break from Adobe MAX to hit the desert for a short adventure with Russell Brown from Adobe. I wanted to shoot some star trails with a mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z6, but I also wanted to put my iPhone through its paces. Here’s what happened.

The future of photography is computational mobile phones – a case study

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Mobile photography has made huge advances in recent years. Time and again, we see great photos shot on mobile phones. We even see images #ShotOniPhone decorating large-scale advertising. The technological developments we see in smartphone cameras blow our minds each and every time. It’s not just about the phone manufacturers. It’s turning into a huge ecosystem. I’m going to break down a photo I shot recently in Lofoten, Norway, of Russell Preston Brown and explain my thoughts on the future.

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