August 25, 2024 This week centered heavily on mobile photography themes as we continued to react to Google’s unveiling of its new flagship Pixel Pro Phones.
After using the Pixel Pro phones, we shared our photo sample gallery and weighed in on our frustrations about the premium Pixel Fold, which lacks the highest-end camera hardware.
We also covered various iPhone mobile photography news, including the 2024 winners of the iPhone Photography Awards and Halide’s new update that can eliminate the iPhone’s AI processing.
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 | | The best camera is the one you'll actually take with you everywhere you go. But that doesn't have to mean the smartphone always wins. |
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 | | The Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL are Google's newest flagship smartphone cameras. We shot them in both 12.5MP and high-resolution 50MP modes to see how they perform. |
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 | | Google's latest foldable is its most expensive phone. And yet its cameras don't match up to phones that cost $1,000 less. |
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 | | Browse our 25th-anniversary content hub and join us in reflecting on how much the camera industry has evolved over the last 25 years. |
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| The iPhone Photography Awards has announced the winners of its 17th annual photo competition. The winning photos, selected across 14 categories, showcase pictures shot entirely on iPhones. |
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| Viltrox has announced its AF 56mm F1.7 APS-C lens for E-mount cameras, bringing an optic already available in X- and Z-mount to Sony camera users. |
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| This project takes the "toy" part of toy camera seriously. |
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| Halide's new Process Zero mode promises to give you "raw, sensor-data level" without any AI processing. |
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| To make the Frame.io collaboration/workflow platform more photographer-friendly, you can now transfer images directly into Lightroom. |
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• iPhone 16 Lineup to Introduce Wave of Camera Improvements - MacRumors
Here are some the thoughtful responses we received from our most recent reader question: “What kind of cameras do you wish the industry was making more of or at least updating more frequently?”
Interestingly enough, one camera in particular clearly stands out.
“Ultrazooms, like the recently discontinued P1000 which has no replacement, or Sony RX10 IV which is surprisingly even older, at almost 7 years ago, surely the technology moved forward since then.” - Deith
“With the massive praise, success and demand for the Sony RX10 series, it seems by now there would have been a follow-up model to the RX10 IV, as well as a few other contenders in this highly versatile, fixed lens category.” - D.A. Ramsey
“I want to see Sony update the RX10 IV with all the new tech available today.” - Rodger Sedai
“A camera with no menus. just a few simple dials. Far too many options most of which most users never use. I for one can never remember how to navigate through and what all the options are. My best pictures to this day were taken with a Rollei 35mm film camera. Aperture priority only. Simple basic lens (and what a lens for sharp detail!). Amazing pictures. See the scene, point the camera and take the shot. Isn't that what the hobby is really about?” - Peter WMC
“Travel camera. I'm using the Sony RX100 M6 (the M7 offered nothing useful to me). It desperately needs an upgrade to better autofocus, more reliable GPS synching, and above all USB-C. It is now the only electronic device that I use regularly that is not USB-C.” - Mike Cowlishaw
Here’s next week’s reader question:
We spent a lot of time evaluating the photography capabilities of Google’s new Pixel 9 Pro Cameras this week.
What camera features do you focus on the most when shopping for a smartphone?
Let us know your thoughts by filling out our reader response form. |
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| As part of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we're looking back at some of the most significant cameras we've covered during that period. And it's hard to overlook the camera that first showed that full-frame DSLRs need not be the preserve of the professional: the Canon EOS 5D. |
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| As part of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we look back at the most significant cameras from that period. Today marks twenty-three years since Sony launched one of its more interesting compacts: the 5MP Cyber-Shot DSC-F707. |
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| As part of DPReview's twenty-fifth anniversary, we're looking back at some of the most significant cameras launched during the past quarter century. Today, we look at the Canon Digital Rebel / EOS-300D, the camera that brought DSLRs to the masses. |
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