The Reviews for the Humane AI Pin Are Excruciating
The reviews for the much-hyped Humane AI Pin are in and it makes for tough reading for the Californian startup.
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The reviews for the much-hyped Humane AI Pin are in and it makes for tough reading for the Californian startup.
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Like the majestic Canada Goose, I escaped a particularly brutal winter by flying south. As temperatures back home plummeted to a balmy -40 degrees, my plane landed in San Jose, California.
An International Data Corporation (IDC) report shows that Apple has grabbed the top spot from Samsung in global smartphone shipments. This marks the first time since 2010 that a company other than Samsung has held the position, and the first time Apple has ever been number one. [Read More]
Curious about how Samsung approached the design of its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S24 Ultra? The PetaPixel Podcast team sits down with Samsung's Blake Geiser to learn more about what makes this little phone tick. [Read More]
At its Unpacked event today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones, including the new S24, S24+, and flagship S24 Ultra. [Read More]
Nearly a month ago, smartphone maker OnePlus debuted its first folding smartphone, the OnePlus Open. Beyond being the company's first foray into the foldable space, it is among the best folding phones.
Blind Spot Gear, the company behind the Power Junkie, has announced the LumiCard, a new wirelessly-powered credit card-sized LED that attaches to the back of a smartphone to provide instant light. [Read More]
A few weeks ago reports came out that Canon was looking for a smartphone partner to help with branding and mobile technology. While not much was said from Canon themselves, we have been told that the idea has made it's way down the chain at Canon and it's an active project.
Following a leak last month, Google has officially confirmed the existence of its upcoming Pixel Fold smartphone.
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Skylum has added two new portrait retouching tools that are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to its mobile photo editing app, imgmi. [Read More]
The cool thing about smartphones these days is that they're getting more megapixels. This means that your photos will have a lot more details and cropping in is much easier. To boot, digital zoom is now a lot more effective.
The cool thing about smartphones these days is that they're getting more megapixels. This means that your photos will have a lot more details and cropping in is much easier. To boot, digital zoom is now a lot more effective.
We will never condone body shaming, and many staff members hate retouching. But we know that a lot of you like to live the filtered life. Your smartphone and the apps do a good job of making you look your best.
When Google launches an A-series phone, it inevitably trickles down some of its photography prowess to its one mid-range shooter. The Pixel 6a joins the family and comes with a lot of familiarities relative to other Pixel phones. [Read More]
Fujifilm has announced the Instax Mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer and free Mini Link 2 downloadable app that turns your smartphone images into Instax Mini Prints. [Read More]
To say that the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link 2 isn't innovative is a sin. It's doing some truly awesome things overall. But at the same time, we're not quite sure which photographers or users would care to use the new features.
OnePlus has officially launched its flagship OnePlus 10 Pro 5G in the United States and Canada. The smartphone uses the second-generation Hasselblad Camera for mobile and promises the fastest performance in any OnePlus phone to date. [Read More]
OnePlus has revealed a scant few new details about its upcoming flagship smartphone and despite what the design reveal may have indicated, it looks like the OnePlus 10 Pro will feature what looks to be the same triple camera array as its predecessor.
Google’s Pixel 6 and 6 Pro were two of the most leaked smartphones of 2021, and now everyone officially knows what to expect from both devices and their new cameras. After a ho-hum iterative update last year with the Pixel 5, consistent leaks pointed to not only a newer look, but also entirely different camera […]
Fujifilm appears interested in jumping into the mobile smartphone space and designed a folding smartphone that works with a stylus pen. The description appears to be very similar to Samsung’s recently announced Fold 3.
Of all the various factors and variables involved in photography, light is by far the most important one. Photographer Karl Taylor argues that control over light will actually supersede the quality of a camera.
Last year a design for a telephoto lens smartphone add-on appeared in very basic renders. Canon News has now uncovered a patent showing this addon Read more... The post Patent: Telephoto lens add-on for a Smartphone appeared first on Canon Rumors - Your best source for Canon rumors, leaks and gossip.
Polaroid founder Edwin Land was a visionary tech titan of his time, and as is common with pioneering entrepreneurs, Land had unusual foresight into where technology was headed. Here’s a neat video from 1970 in which Land accurately predicts the coming age of smartphone cameras in everyone’s pocket. The film was shot for Polaroid’s shareholder […]
Since the inception of digital photography, manufacturers have turned high ISO capabilities into a war. It's typically those weird specks, grain, or discolored images that you see. Getting rid of it arguably started many years ago when Canon introduced the Canon 40D and the Canon 5D.
Reports emerged recently that the iPhone 12’s camera can’t be repaired well by third-party repair shops — even swapping it for a genuine Apple camera module causes functionality issues.
When COOPH has something new published, it’s very likely going to have some cool ideas that you can execute at home. In this 6. 5-minute video, that remains true as they show eight clever lighting tricks you can easily try for yourself.
Canon News has uncovered a smartphone lens add-on design by Canon. On the surface, it looks like a lens addon, capable of different focal lengths. Read more...
If you’re looking for a fun and educational project to try this weekend, Israeli DIY-er Elad Orbach has come up with the cheapest, most simple Schlieren photography setup we’ve ever seen.
In the past year, I’ve become very disenchanted with my DSLR camera. Curiously, and to my complete amazement, I am finding my smartphone, to be more than adequate for taking 95% of the pictures while I’m at home.
Back in 2011, the first sentence of a Panasonic press release related the size of the Panasonic GF3 to the size of a smartphone. In hindsight, this tells us that they knew that the end of consumer cameras was coming.
I am a landscape photographer and I love printing my photos. For me the print is the realization of all the effort I have put into capturing the image. It is something tangible that you can hold in your hands and admire.
The Filipino electronics company Innovatronix has announced the CPFlash 550W: it’s the most powerful off-camera flash ever made for smartphone photographers and videographers. Purportedly the “first and only high power off-camera flash for your smartphone,” the flash boasts a whopping 550W of high-efficiency LED lighting, putting out 95000 lux at 1.64 feet (0.5m) with a […]
One of the most frustrating issues with cameraphones that makes a dedicated camera far superior doesn't have to do with the sensor. In fact, the sensor and all the computational photography that they build into a cellphone camera is fantastic.
The New York-based smartphone camera accessory company Moondog Labs has announced its new Multi-Camera Filter Mount, an accessory that lets you use 52mm lens filters on your iPhone. The 0. 23oz (6. 4g) mount is designed for bayonet-mount mobile cases (e.
When it was first announced, the RED Hydrogen One smartphone promised to be a game changer for photo and video pros; when it arrived, it fell far short of that mark. Now, RED’s founder is speaking out about what happened with the Hydrogen One, and sharing what’s next for the Hydrogen product line. This update […]
Singer Rob Halford of the famous English heavy metal band Judas Priest is making headlines after he was caught on camera kicking a phone out of a fan’s hands in the middle of a song. Planet Rock reports that Halford was performing at the Rosemont Theatre in Illinois on Saturday, May 25th, and that many […]
This article is not meant to be an in-depth review of the Samsung S10+. The review will chiefly discuss the cell phone’s camera capabilities from a landscape photographer’s standpoint. The first thing I noticed when I began using the Samsung S10+ was how well calibrated the screen is in terms of colors, black point and […]
In the past few years of shooting and traveling there hasn't been a single moment where I pick up my backpack with electronics and tell myself "Man, I wish this were heavier. " To that end, I have thoroughly enjoyed my years of being DSLR camera free.
My name is Sebastiaan de With, and I’m the co-founder and designer of the iPhone camera app Halide. Some reviewers with advance access to the iPhone XS have been kind enough to share technical readouts of the new phones with our team, detailing several camera hardware specs. After some analysis, we can now give you […]
While digital cameras and smartphones have enabled virtually everyone to document their life through photography, the fate of many of the photos we take are often uncertain. A portion of it goes to social media, sure.
In this article, I’ll share my top 16 favorite apps that I use almost every time I have to plan a photography session, a photo trip, or a complex spot with a long hike in the mountain to get there.
With the Push of a Smartphone Button through the Canon Mini Print App×3 Photos and Stickers in Seconds MELVILLE, N. Y. , April 19, 2018 – Today’s consumers are increasingly looking for unique ways to seamlessly blend their personal online brand and real life persona.
Want to mount a giant camera lens onto your smartphone? The Chinese company Cinematic International Company Limited has created a single universal adapter just for you. It lets you mount most lenses out there to pretty much any smartphone.
When the Huawei Mate 10 Pro was announced, I saw it as just another good phone from Huawei--but what I didn't know is just how much more I'd really like the camera vs the iPhone's. I'm an Apple iPhone 8 Plus user and I've been an Apple smartphone user for around four or so years now.
When the Huawei Mate 10 Pro was announced, I saw it as just another good phone from Huawei--but what I didn't know is just how much more I'd really like the camera vs the iPhone's. I'm an Apple iPhone 8 Plus user and I've been an Apple smartphone user for around four or so years now.
I’m Davide Sasso and I’m a photographer. I’ve just finished this project with which I want to show that you can take good pictures even with a smartphone and you do not necessarily need a camera with expensive lenses. All the photos were taken in Milan, Italy.
We all know how smartphones have pretty much killed the compact camera segment, but the growth is not simply because of convenience, the quality of smartphone cameras has improved faster than any other type of camera.
It seems like photographers are constantly having to justify their use of dedicated cameras these days, especially with the impressive results capable in today’s smartphone cameras. But where does this debate really sit, are cameras returning to a time when only serious hobbyists and professionals bothered owning one?
Apple has just issued a public apology for slowing down aging iPhones. The company originally admitted to the slowdown last week, sparking outrage and a flurry of lawsuits against the company. Last week, after iPhone users on Reddit shared how their iPhones had miraculously become fast again after receiving a battery replacement, Apple admitted that […]
Dual cameras have become ubiquitous in the smartphone world, and with them has emerged a new technique for simulating a shallow depth of field — the feature commonly called ‘Portrait Mode’. This 10-minute video from Marques Brownlee explains how it works, and it also pits Portrait Mode on an iPhone X, Note 8, and Pixel […]
The reviews for the much-hyped Humane AI Pin are in and it makes for tough reading for the Californian startup.
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Not long after announcing its first foldable smartphone, the OnePlus Open, the company has celebrated its 10th anniversary in style, launching the OnePlus 12 in China. [Read More]
Late this summer, film photographer Don Goodman-Wilson launched Crown + Flint, a smartphone app designed to be an analog photographers' digital companion. Goodman-Wilson announced the app's first major update, adding numerous requested features. [Read More]
Moment updated its Pro Camera iOS app to support all of the iPhone 15 Pro's new features in a more usable interface for professionally-minded photographers and filmmakers. [Read More]
OnePlus entered the folding smartphone market with its new OnePlus Open. The company's first foldable smartphone incorporates many impressive features and specifications and -- unlike many competing folding smartphones -- promises uncompromising performance in a sleek folding form factor. [Read More]
Apple's new iPhone 15 Pro Max is an awesome smartphone for photographers and videographers. One of the device's big new features is its 120mm f/2.8 lens, delivering five times the reach of the phone's main camera. [Read More]
If you’re looking for dramatic shifts in image quality from Samsung, its foldable phones aren’t going to give it to you. Instead, you get a combination of incremental changes and far more flexibility in deployment than you otherwise might with a standard smartphone. [Read More]
The OnePlus 11 5G has been announced for release in China and features a large, "black hole" styled camera bump that features Hasselblad's mobile imaging system that can imitate the bokeh effects of the company's 30mm and 65mm XCD lenses. [Read More]
We all know how to click the shutter button on our phones and get a basic shot. But how to take it to the next level?
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Google made it official today by launching its Pixel 7 lineup, sticking to familiar features, while also adding some extras to fill in gaps and improve image output. [Read More]
Skylum is going mobile with the launch of imgmi, an artificial intelligence-powered mobile editing app that is designed to make it easier to publish better-looking photos on social media. [Read More]
Apple today announced iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, featuring two sizes -- 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches -- with an upgraded camera system. [Read More]
Lomography has announced two new film scanning kits -- The DigitaLIZA+ and DigitaLIZA Max -- that take advantage of either a digital camera or a smartphone to allow for a super-simple tabletop process. [Read More]
Since the initial release of the iPhone in 2007, the device has been seen as the benchmark for premium smartphones and has the price tags to match it. To address this, Apple has announced the new iPhone SE, which has a price of $429 that makes it the most affordable iPhone.
Samsung has confirmed that hackers breached its data security and were able to steal Galaxy smartphone source code. The company says the cyberattack did not affect customer or employee information. [Read More]
Adobe has announced its new Adobe Express mobile app is available now to all users.
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Nothing to see here. You take photos on a smartphone to share them on social media, and that’s it. Only a tiny minority of phone users would ever ponder the color gamut of smartphones or their color management.
A patent Apple filed in September 2022 has just been approved today, and it showcases a system of shock limiters and dampers to improve camera reliability. [Read More]
Italy-based WuvDay aims to fight against fake news and deepfake content by utilizing the smartphones average people hold in their hands through an onboard verification platform. [Read More]
With the recent release of the Samsung S24 Ultra, North America now has three premium-priced phones that happen to compete in a very similar way against each other. The Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, Google Pixel 8 Pro, and Samsung S24 Ultra, all have state-of-the-art displays, HDR-compliant photos and videos, and a 5X telephoto lens to compliment the main and ultra-wide cameras. [Read More]
Another year means another trio of Samsung flagship smartphones. This time, the Galaxy S24 lineup is headlined by the AI-driven Galaxy S24 Ultra. The Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 are also getting the AI treatment, but after spending some time with all three, it’s obvious where the primary focus lies, especially as it relates to mobile photography. [Read More]
Although this year's CES has ended, there is still plenty left to come this month, including the much-anticipated Samsung Unpacked event next week. So, what is the Korean tech giant expected to announce? [Read More]
Oppo and Hasselblad, partners since 2022, will co-develop what they call the "next-generation of HyperTone camera systems" that, when complete, will "usher in a new era in computational photography." [Read More]
OnePlus has announced the Nord N30 5G smartphone. Equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G chipset and 108-megapixel main camera, the new Nord N30 5G promises to deliver good performance at a very affordable $300 price. [Read More]
Horseshoe Bend is one of the most famous locations for photography along the Colorado River, but for those who have never been there in person, the sheer grand scale of the location might be hard to visualize. [Read More]