phone photography
MIOPS Mobile turns your smartphone into an advanced camera remote control
Sep 13, 2016
John Aldred
Most of us own one or several camera triggers or intervalometers. Some of us might have even built our own Arduino based triggers that utilise various…
Zeiss release two new telephoto and macro-zoom iPhone lenses
Sep 13, 2016
John Aldred
Zeiss have announced that the two new lenses for the ExoLens system are finally here. The two new lenses developed by Zeiss and Exolens are a telephoto…
Instagram finally adds a half hearted “Pinch to Zoom” feature
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
Instagram has finally added a pinch to zoom feature to their app. A feature so underwhelming that they didn’t even mention it on their blog…
Hasselbad breaks into the mobile photography market with the help of Motorola
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
Hasselblad seem to be going in some interesting directions lately. Between the world’s first medium format mirrorless camera, and their venture with DJI, the world was…
DJI’s new Osmo Mobile handheld gimbal turns your smartphone into a smart motion camera
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
DJI have today announced a new product that doesn’t include a camera of their own; the DJI Osmo Mobile. Like the recently announced Osmo+, it’s…
Smartphone photographers are driving DSLR sales
Aug 22, 2016
John Aldred
It’s no surprise that smartphone cameras haven’t become the “DSLR killers” that some suggested they might. Instead, the opposite seems to have happened. Smartphones are fuelling…
Quick Tip: How to not lose all your photos if your phone dies
Aug 16, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Raise your hand if you ever lost/bricked/killed an iPhone or an Android*. Raise your other hand if that phone has lots of photos that you…
Microsoft just gave us the ultimate point & shoot app for phone photography
Jul 28, 2016
John Aldred
The promotional video for Microsoft’s new Pix app is very impressive. Sure, sometimes you want to get as much control as you can, so you…
Android users rejoice. Prisma for Android is now available
Jul 25, 2016
John Aldred
Yup, that’s right, after a super brief beta period of only a few days, Prisma is now available for Android. The wildly popular iOS app…
Apple may be planning to enforce “No Photography” zone rules with newest patent award
Jul 1, 2016
John Aldred
With great power comes great potential for abuse. Back in 2011, Apple filed a fairly controversial patent, which would allow the cameras in their devices…