The mobile photography gear company Moment has just announced its first collection of products designed for shooting cinematic video on your phone. There’s a new Anamorphic Lens, iPhone X Battery Photo Case, Gimbal Counterweight, and Filter Mount.
“Mobile filmmaking is exploding,” Moment says. “From Unsane to Youtube,... more
There's no other way to put it: at least according to DxOMark, the Huawei P20 Pro is far and away the most capable smartphone camera on the market. In fact, with a score of 109, the world's first triple-cam smartphone ranks a full 10 points ahead of its nearest rival,... more
In September 2017, an Ohio newspaper photojournalist was shot by a deputy at a traffic stop when a tripod was mistaken for a gun. Now lawyers are arguing that the deputy “reasonably” believed that the tripod was a gun and that the photographer’s “negligence” may have led to the shooting. The state has also decided that the deputy... more
Huawei has just unveiled its latest flagship smartphone: the P20 Pro. And just as the rumors and leaks that have been floating around the Web for weeks predicted, the new model is the first smartphone to feature a triple camera setup.
Like in previous Huawei models, the camera has been developed in cooperation with Leica, and a main RGB sensor is... more
Analogue photography brand Dubblefilm has introduced a pair of new effects films with partner Kono!. Named Bubblegum and Monsoon, the latest in a line of pre-colored emulsions work at opposite ends of the spectrumwith Bubblegum injecting lots of orange warmth and Monsoon creating a cool cyan/blue effect.
The rise of smartphone selfies is causing big changes in how people see themselves. Here’s a 2-minute video by Vox that explains why selfies usually make our noses look... more
Earlier today, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled its latest flagship smartphone: the Mi MIX 2S. Like with the original Mi MIX, one the new model's most striking features is the large, almost bezel-less, display. However, the Mi MIX 2S has a lot to offer in the camera department as well.
The phone's dual camera setup combines a main camera with 1/2.6-inch 12MP Sony sensor,... more
L-R: Koji Satoh, Manager of the Product Planning Department of Tamron's Imaging Products Business Unit, Minoru Ando, General Manager of Tamron's Optical Design and Engineering Research and Development Unit, Kumiko Saito, General Manager of Tamron's Marketing Communications Department, and Takashi Sawao, General Manager of Tamron's Imaging Products Business Unit.
Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo has launched a new flagship smartphone called the V9. This mid-tier model sports a design clearly inspired by the iPhone X, as well as one other very notable feature: a 24MP F2.0 front-facing camera. Whereas many smartphones still feature a low-resolution front camera, Vivo elected to put its higher-resolution camera on the front... more
Roger Cicala over at Lensrentals went on another OLAF testing spree, and this time the victim of his optical bench tests were the extremely affordable Veydra Mini Prime cinema lenses made for E-Mount and Micro Four Thirds sensors. These lenses are so inexpensive that Cicala has... more
