American company Turing has announced the world's first digiscoping iPhone adapter with MagSafe, enabling users to line up their iPhone camera, including the main or telephoto cameras, with a telescope or spotting scope. It's an accessible and affordable way to experience astrophotography at home.
Photography accessory and equipment company Sandmarc has announced a new Telephoto 6x lens for iPhone.
A common method of reviving a wet electronic device, like a smartphone, is to put it in a bag of rice. Per a recent support document, Apple recommends against such phone-saving measures.
Mac, iPad, and iPhone photo and video editing app Darkroom is celebrating its ninth birthday this week, and its developers have introduced new features to mark the occasion.
Glass Imaging, a company that showcased its ability to dramatically improve the quality of smartphone images thanks to its specialized neural network, has received $9.3 million in a seed funding round led by Google Ventures.
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.
Belkin's Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit turns a user's iPhone into a pan/tilt video camera.
Professional photographer Stephen Wilkes has a multi-decade career that melds artistic and commercial photography and has taken him around the world. He's worked with National Geographic, Apple, and Netflix, among others.
After part of the plane on an Alaska Airlines flight came off shortly after takeoff, some passengers lost their belongings before an emergency landing was made. However, at least one passenger's phone was not only found after falling 16,000 feet, it even survived the drop.
Photography and cinematography equipment company Tilta teamed up with Oscar-winning Director of Photography Claudio Miranda, ASC, to create The X Gift, a holiday-themed short film shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
Pixelmator Pro version 3.5 launched today, bringing with it the ability to allow editors to import, edit, and export HDR content, including HDR photos and videos captured on iPhone.
The co-founder of the iPhone photography app Halide says that it will "never" support video. However, the company is working on a separate video capture app.
Some of the coolest pro camera features on iPhones are hidden by Apple and turned off. Want to shoot like a pro? You need to go into Settings and turn these bad boys on right now!
Nocs Provisions has launched a new, updated smartphone rig that will enable mobile photographers to capture high-quality images on their phones using attached binoculars or monoculars.
The latest version of Photomator will introduce full HDR support, allowing photographers to import, edit, and export HDR photos including those captured by the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.
Apple is reportedly interested in building on the success of the M-series processors and bringing the design of multiple other components in-house, including camera sensors.
The latest update to LumaFusion, the mobile video editor from LumaTouch, is the first to allow direct drive editing off an attached SSD when connected to the iPhone 15 family of smartphones.
Cyme, the company behind the macOS photo cataloging application PeakTo, has announced FindMySnap, a new iOS app that uses image recognition to help smartphone users easily find specific photos.
I recently made a ten-day timelapse video on two smartphone cameras of my hometown of Manhattan Beach, California, for multiple sunsets, moonrises, flowing clouds, and all sorts of stuff the naked eye rarely gets to see.
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.
Glass Imaging uses artificial intelligence to "extract the full image quality potential from hardware on current and future smartphone cameras by reversing lens aberrations and sensor imperfections."
Apple has reported its sales over the last quarter and while iPhone sales are up, it doesn't look like its Mac division is doing nearly as well. Quite the opposite, actually.
Last night, Apple's "Scary Fast" event saw the introduction of the Apple M3 family of processors, including the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. Apple also introduced updated MacBook Pro models, including a beautiful Space Black version, and the first iMac update since 2021. The event was also significant for another reason. It was shot entirely on an iPhone.
Chronophoto is an incredibly simple yet addictive immersive guessing game where players are presented with a series of random images and they have to guess what year a photo was taken. The game tests users knowledge of visual history by examining the details of each image to zero-in on the specific year or decade the photograph was taken.
Photon, a relatively new photography app for iOS, released an update that now allows photographers to save photos captured on the new iPhone 15 series directly to SSDs connected via USB-C.
Last month, photojournalists who had updated to Apple's iOS 17 started to report a problem with uploading photos via FTP: in short, it wasn't working. Apple has addressed the problem and it will be fixed in the next update.
Lux has announced the latest version of its popular iPhone photography app, Halide. The latest version, Halide 2.13, promises numerous exciting new features including clever utilization of the new Action button featured on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Mobile photography specialist Sandmarc has announced the Microscope Lens Edition for iPhone, an optical add-on for iPhone that offers 40x magnification to smartphone shooters.
As promised, Apple has issued a new version of iOS 17 to address overheating issues with the new iPhone 15 series of smartphones.
Apple has recently commissioned multidisciplinary artist and National Geographic photographer Reuben Wu to showcase the Cupertino giant's newest flagship smartphone, the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Apple's iPhone has for several years now been the best choice for shooting video on mobile, but the recent addition of ProRes Log capture on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is taking that to another level.
Apple is aware of issues causing the new iPhone 15 models to get too hot and will issue a software fix to address it, the company tells Forbes. The problem seems to be a mix of some third-party apps and an iOS bug.
I write about a lot of things here at PetaPixel -- reviews, guides, technical articles, opinion pieces -- but one of my favorite topics to write about is the history of photography. As an avid user and collector of vintage cameras and lenses, I have passionately absorbed as much knowledge about their history as possible over many years. Like studying world history, there is much value in understanding where we came from and what got to us where we are now.
Only the Google Pixel was able to gain some more popularity when compared to last year, even doubling its market share. It is the only smartphone manufacturer to move in a positive direction.
A number of reports of the new iPhone 15 models overheating have emerged according to several publications that are either citing anecdotes online or have conducted independent testing.
A tourist started a social media debate about the iPhone zoom after he used it to impressively focus on the Mona Lisa painting in a crowded Louvre museum.
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.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max bring a lot to the table across the board, from a gaming-ready chip, to USB-C, and -- of course -- photography. It is that last point where we are putting the emphasis, and this review is specifically for those of you who care about the iPhone as a camera.
Ahead of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro series smartphones launching this Friday, Apple has released the latest version of iOS. Rolling out to iPhone users starting today, iOS 17 brings with it a bevy of exciting new features. Here are some of the best new features and functions available in iOS 17.
Apple rides a delicate line with its iPhone camera system. On the one hand, it wants to keep it as simple as possible to keep photographers "in the moment." On the other hand, creators keep demanding more of the system. Two of Apple's executives sit down with PetaPixel and explain how they navigate these two seemingly disparate goals.