phone photography
Rode has released a new range of Vlogger Kits for mobile filmmakers
Nov 25, 2020
John Aldred
Rode has launched a new range of Vlogger Kits aimed at vloggers and smartphone filmmakers. The kit comes in three flavours. There’s a Lightning-equipped iPhone…
How to shoot cinematic footage with your smartphone without buying a whole bunch of accessories
Nov 19, 2020
John Aldred
We’ve all seen the “Shot on iPhone” campaigns. Apple takes some Hollywood filmmaker, shoves some iPhones in their hand and lets them go create something…
Xiaomi shows off retractable smartphone lens with IS, increased sensitivity and sharpness
Nov 6, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a long time coming, and they’ve been common in compact cameras since the days of 35mm film, but it looks like retractable lenses…
Godox has killed off its A1 Bluetooth smartphone flash trigger
Oct 24, 2020
John Aldred
The Godox smartphone flash and Bluetooth remote control unit, the Godox A1, has been discontinued. The Godox A1 was released in 2017 to quite some…
Google turns off automatic photo enhancements to stop you from feeling bad about your selfies
Oct 2, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Along with the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 announcement, Google is making some changes to its photo editing methods. The company has introduced a design framework that will…
Android users, this app will tell you if your phone camera is spying on you
Sep 26, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
When Apple introduced a new security feature in iOS 14, I wondered if Android users would also get a feature that reveals if their camera…
If you’ve updated your iPhone to iOS 14, you can tell when your camera is spying on you
Sep 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Do you ever get the unexplainable feeling that someone is watching you? Well, that’s because they just might. But if you’ve updated your iPhone to…
Auto white balance in phone cameras kills real color in wildfire photos
Sep 11, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Massive wildfires are currently raging in the US West Coast. The skies have been colored orange and red, but you might not be able to…
Zhiyun shrinks their smartphone gimbal even further with the new Smooth XS
Sep 4, 2020
John Aldred
Zhiyun has announced their new Smooth XS gimbal. Like the Smooth X launched earlier in the year, it’s a 2-axis gimbal designed for smartphones, although…
Android 11 will restrict third-party camera app access to stop them stealing location data
Aug 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Google is making some changes in Android 11 that you may not like if you prefer third-party camera apps. Soon you will basically be forced…