Mobile Photography

Most smartphones these days offer great-looking video and make vlogging very easy, but there are always accessories that can help to make your footage, and you, look even better

Vivo has announced the global launch of its flagship X80 Pro device, which features an impressive quadruple-camera array on the rear, headlined by a main 50MP custom Samsung GNV sensor.

The app is developed by cinematographer and colorist Zak Ray, who's brought together over 1,000 lenses and 150 cameras into a comprehensive and interactive database app for planning out your shoots.

Today, at its 'Peek Performance' event, Apple showcased its new entry-level iPhone and an updated iPad, both with improved chipsets and 5G connectivity.

The team at iFixit has taken apart two of Samsung's latest Galaxy smartphones, including the top-of-the-line S22 Ultra. Has much changed with the latest Galaxy phones?

Recently, the winners and honorable mentions were announced for the 11th annual Mobile Photography Awards.

POCO, an independent sub-brand of Xiaomi, has announced two new smartphones, the X4 Pro 5G and the M4 Pro. Both phones offer a three-camera array, while the X4 Pro 5G goes big with a 108MP image sensor.

The iQOO 9 series smartphones promise quite a bit of performance for the price. The flagship iQOO 9 Pro includes a three-camera array and uses a top-end Snapdragon processor.

The partnership will see Oppo introduce Hasselblad's imaging technology, such as its color science, into Oppo's flagship mobile devices, starting first with its next flagship Find X series, which is set to be released in the coming months.

Samsung has announced new Galaxy devices at its Unpacked 2022 event, including three Galaxy S22 series smartphones. The new S22 Ultra features a new design and includes the S Pen stylus, a first for the Galaxy series. The S22+ and S22 smartphones include new main cameras.

The global Redmi Note 11 lineup lacks the Note 11 Pro Plus found in China, but adds a Note 11S device that manages to pack Samsung's 109MP HM2 sensor inside a rather affordable device. Meanwhile, the Note 11 Pro 5G offers a handful of flagship features at a mid-range price point.

OnePlus has spent the week teasing its new flagship OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone. It has finally been fully unveiled ahead of its launch in China next week. While not a lot is new, the phone includes improved color, better software and a new 150-degree ultra-wide camera.

OnePlus has unveiled its next flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 10 Pro. The phone has only been teased for now, but we know that the phone includes a redesigned Hasselblad camera array.

Customers in China will be treated to a pair of impressive new smartphones from Xiaomi. The devices include the latest Snapdragon mobile processors, OLED displays, impressive camera specs and 120W charging.

After posting a teaser earlier this week, Oppo has shared more information about its concept retractable camera module at its annual Inno Day event.

Based on the 15-second teaser video, the prototype pop-out module will offer a 50mm equivalent F2.4 lens in front of a 1/1.56-inch sensor. The module also appears to be water-resistant and at least somewhat drop-proof.

Sony has just announced the Xperia Pro-I, which packs the 1"-type stacked CMOS sensor from the RX100 VII into a smartphone barely bigger than its peers. It only uses ~60% of the imaging area though, and this matters.

Entrepreneur Chris Whalen is using his app, Historik, to bring parts of his hometown back from the distant past. Using augmented reality, Historik lets users explore 3D AR recreations of historical artifacts.

Vivo has announced the global rollout of its X70 Series of smartphones, including its flagship X70 Pro+, which features improved cameras, Qi charging and an IP68 rating.

iPhones are very capable cameras. For some photographers, however, the lack of good physical controls limits the utility of an iPhone. Fjorden hopes to change that with its new iPhone camera grip, which adds a full shutter release, control dial and camera function buttons to your iPhone.

FiLMiC, makers of apps including FiLMiC Pro, Double Take and Firstlight, has patented a new image rendering technology, Cubiform. The new tech uses color look-up tables to perform significantly faster editing and rendering.

Samsung has unveiled a trio of new Galaxy smartphones, the S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra. The S21 and S21 Plus incorporate new cost-saving measures amidst a variety of improvements. The S21 Ultra, on the other hand, showcases what Samsung can do with a $1,200 price point.

MacRumors has come across a bit of code that suggests Apple may soon show a warning in the Settings menu when the camera modules inside iOS devices have been replaced with third-party components.

The 40MP 1/1.7” sensor is likely destined for mid-range smartphones. It's capable of capturing 40MP stills at up to 30fps, 4K video at up to 60fps and 1080p video at up to 240fps.

Copy That is free to download with an in-app purchase that makes it possible to 'verify' your copies to ensure every bit of media gets transferred without issue.

Sentons' ultrasonic technology has been used in features such as the Air Triggers in the Asus ROG Phone 3. Sentons is pushing this technology further with CameraBar, tech it anticipates will be utilized in smartphones next year.

Sony's new Visual Story app for iOS promises event and wedding photographers a variety of useful tools, designed to simplify their workflow and enhance their business. The app includes automatic image transfer, gallery creation, editing tools and more.

Leica Rumors noticed that hidden in the changelog of a version 2.2.0 app update, Leica made all of the premium features in its mobile companion app, which once cost $50 per year, free for all.

Pivoting away from camera accessories, bags and tripods, Peak Design is back to crowdfund a new line of smartphone cases and accessories that use a unique dual-purpose mount that makes switching between accessories a literal snap.

Google's 5G 4a variant adds new cellular connectivity as well as a few small spec bumps, while the flagship Pixel 5 upgrades its CPU, swaps the telephoto camera for an ultrawide and adds a number of new shooting modes.

ON1 has introduced ON1 Portrait AI, an AI-powered portrait editing application and plug-in, and has also released a major update for ON1 Photo Mobile and unveiled the next version of its desktop application, ON1 Photo RAW 2021.

Pixelmator Photo version 1.4 has been released and includes a new AI-powered image upscaling tool, ML Super Resolution. This feature is the first of its kind on a mobile device.

It doesn't quite have all of the flagship device's bells and whistles, but the 5 Mark II introduces 4K/120p recording to the Xperia line as well as photographer-friendly features like USB tethering with the Sony a7S III.

You can now stream and record 1080p and 4K video from your mobile device without overlays or distractions.

The handset's front camera is a true novelty, but whether it will prove worthwhile is yet to be seen.

The updated gimbal features a new magnetic mounting point, a new color and a handful of new shooting modes to help get the most out of your smartphone's cameras.

Lightroom 5.4 on iOS and iPadOS was meant to be a standard update, but for some users, it meant losing their entire photo library and presets. A new version, Lightroom 5.4.1, is already available, preventing the issue from happening to additional customers, but Adobe says that it cannot recover the lost data.

The camera module, which has an 85mm through 135mm full-frame-equivalent focal length range, also features an updated version of Oppo's 'Hybrid Zoom' technology that results in clearer images.

After we've seen prototype designs from Xiaomi and Oppo, rival ZTE is now the first manufacturer to launch a device featuring the new technology.

Phocus Mobile 2 has allowed Hasselblad mirrorless photographers to remotely control, process and share their images on iPad for over a year. With the latest update to Phocus Mobile 2, photographers can now perform many of these same functions on an iPhone.

To mark the occasion of its 10th anniversary Xiaomi has launched the Mi 10 Ultra top-end smartphone which with an optical focal length range from 12 to 120mm.

Professional photographers use more smartphone cameras now than 12 months ago, but mostly for personal use and specific areas of their business.

If analysts are right iPhone zoom power should get a boost in 2022, thanks to the implementation of periscope-style tele lenses.

The Profot B10 is the first studio flash system that can be used when shooting with an iPhone camera.

ShiftCam's latest grip is compatible with a wide range of high-end smartphones and features a Bluetooth shutter button.

We're putting out the final call for submissions for our first-ever DPReview community sample gallery. If you've got photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ or S20 Ultra, read on.

The module is 5.9mm thin which would allow it to fit into the sleek bodies of modern flagship smartphones.