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Vivo has an optional Photographer Kit that adds a removable grip and a telephoto lens with an 8.7x zoom

2025-04-212025-04-21 Danie
A close-up of a person attaching a sleek optical zoom lens to a smartphone camera, emphasizing modern photography technology.

This looks quite interesting, as I was saying just this week, I’d love to see proper lens attachments for Android phones. Ideally, though, I was wanting more standardisation on the lens positioning and a provision […]

Blogmobile, photography, technology

Ente Photos is an Open Source End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Management Photo Management Service

2025-03-052025-03-05 Danie
A hand holds a smartphone displaying photo storage app, while a laptop shows the app's website featuring green design and privacy features.

Ente is a service that provides a fully open source, end-to-end encrypted platform for you to store your data in the cloud without needing to trust the service provider. Ente Photos is a paid service, […]

Blogopensource, photography, photomanagement, technology

6 reasons Darktable is better than Adobe Lightroom for hobbyist photo editors

2025-02-172025-02-17 Danie
A computer monitor displays two potted plants on a light brown wall background, showcasing image editing software.

“This open-source photo editor offers professional-grade features without the subscription cost, making it an excellent option for everyday photographers who want to enhance their images without breaking the bank.” Darktable is an open source photography […]

Blogopensource, photography, technology

DXOMARK’s Apple iPhone 16 Camera test

2024-11-212024-11-21 Danie
Front view of an Apple iPhone 16 with a blue pattern home screen and no icons. Slightly behind it, to the left, is the rear side of an iPhone 16 showing the two round camera lenses.

Although I no longer use an iPhone, I do always find DXOMARK’s benchmark testing interesting for the various flagship phones. It shows too that a megapixel number is not what you should compare one phone […]

Blogcamera, photography, technology

7 free open-source tools for amazing photo and video edits

2024-11-172024-11-17 Danie
A desktop monotor showing the GIMP application open for photo editing. Various icons are situated around the central edit area. In the editing area is shown a photo of a living room with a smal;l table on the left, in the centre a chair which is facing the left rear corner of the room. Against the far wall is a table with what looks like a large screen TV on top of it.

While there is no shortage of powerful photo and video editing tools, most of them come with a hefty price tag or require a subscription to get started. It may discourage students, beginners, and freelancers […]

Blogopensource, photography, technology

Blackmagic’s free camera app is now available on Android, but only for newer Pixels and Galaxy models

2024-06-242024-06-24 Danie
Young woman sitting at a table and facoing a professional grade video camera in front of her. Offset to the left is a pair of hands holdinga smartphone which has the younf woman framed in the display. Overlaid on the view are some HUD controls for shutter speed, ISO, audio level meters, etc.

After launching on the iPhone last September, the robust Blackmagic Camera app is available on Android devices today, with the same professional-grade shooting features and compatibility with Blackmagic Design’s other video production pipeline tools. The […]

Blogcamera, photography, technology

Fujifilm X100 VI vs iPhone 15 Pro Max camera shootout: the most hyped against the most mainstream

2024-04-162024-04-16 Danie
Retro style compact camera facing the viewer, and next to is the rear side of an iPhone showing its 3 lenses

LOL the “most mainstream phone camera” in my country is certainly not an iPhone, but OK, you can substitute with any other flagship brand phone. In case you were wondering about the Fujifilm camera, it […]

BlogFujifilmX100VI, photography, technology

PicPlanner: Open-Source Linux app for Calculating the position of the Sun, Moon, and Milky Way to plan the perfect time to take a Picture

2024-01-152024-01-15 Danie
Application screenshot showing inputs for date and time, and tick boxes for the location of the Sun, Moon and Milky Way. Below that a map is shown with the location, and some colour lines indicating the direction of the Sun, Moon and Mily Way radiating out from that location.

People who love to photograph know, that the biggest problem is being at the right spot at the right time. Therefore, landscape pictures should be planned before visiting the place of choice. To plan the […]

Bloggoldenhour, opensource, photography, technology

The Galaxy S23 Ultra is an excellent camera but a GCam port could make some photos even better

2023-11-262023-11-26 Danie
Close view of the camera lenses on the rear of a Samsung Galaxy 23 Ultra phone, with the pen-side of a S-pen showing in the centre, and the title on the left side stating "Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 200MP".

It is not always a given that the GCam port (from the Pixel camera app) is actually always better than the stock S23 Ultra app, for example, some say the 10x optical zoom, and the […]

BlogGCam, hacks, photography, technology

DXOMARK’s Apple iPhone 15 Pro Camera test: They won’t like being rated Global no2 behind Huawei P60 Pro

2023-10-102023-10-10 Danie
DXOMARK camera score of 154 shown, and 2nd ranking position in global rankings

We do need to keep in mind that the iPhone is overall a very quality piece of phone hardware (although I’m no fan of their restrictive OS philosophy), and also that this is a pure […]

Blogcameras, iphone, photography, technology

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