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The Camera Bag: This iPhone Case Has Built-In Tripod Mounts for iPhoneographers

Tripod diffcase logoThis iPhone case adds a pretty basic but important feature for anyone who likes to shoot stills or video with their phone: horizontal and vertical tripod mounts.

Called, appropriately, the DiffCase iPhone 4/4S Case with Tripod Mounts, it also has two lids that let you shield the screen from the sun when you're composing photos and videos.

The lids will help to keep prying...

The Camera Bag: Optrix Wide-Angle iPhone Case for Shooting HD Video of Extreme Sports

Optrix-screen-black-logoHere's another Kickstarter project that was born out of necessity. Called the Optrix Wide-Angle, it's a water-resistant, bump-, spill-, splash-, and drop-proof case with a built-in wide-angle lens for the iPhone 4, 4S and iPod Touch.

Optrix creator John Willenborg says he got the idea for the product when he couldn't find a decent, protective solution to shoot point-of-view...

The Camera Bag: iPhone Shutter Grip Makes Your Phone Act More Like a True Digital Camera

Iphone-shutter-grip-logoOk, you could say we're fairly obsessed with shooting photos with our iPhone, which is why something like the iPhone Shutter Grip makes perfect sense to us.

As most iPhone users well know, there are only two basic ways to shoot a photo with Apple's phone: either touch the camera button on the screen or, if you're running iOS5, you can use the phone's "volume up" button to snap...

Should You Post Photos on Instagram that Were Shot with a Digital SLR?

Dslr-banOne of the more contentious debates to spring up from the increasing popularity of photo editing and sharing app Instagram concerns how people are capturing their images.

On the one hand, you have a group you might call Instagram "purists," who believe the whole point of the app is to shoot and share images captured with the adequate but still limited cameras in iPhones and,...

The Camera Bag: TriggerTrap Mobile Offers Wide Array of Control Over Your Camera Via Your iPhone

Tt-mobile-04-iphone-peekaboo-12-sWe've written about cable/app-based devices that let you trigger your camera with your iPhone before but Triggertrap Mobile could be one of the most sophisticated yet.

Available in the iTunes App Store in a free basic version or a full version for $9.99, Triggertrap Mobile works in conjunction with a special Dongle ($9.99) and connecting cable ($9.99) to help you remotely...

Apple’s iPhone: can an app turn it into a camera for pros?

The 645PRO app icon. Image provided by Jaggr. Click for the 645PRO website!If you've been around photography for any length of time, you'll doubtless have heard some variation on the truism that it's not the camera which makes the photo, it's the photographer. The theory is that a real pro can get a great photograph no matter what gear he or she is using. A new iOSapp from Belgian developer Michael Hardaker takes this theory and runs with it, claiming...

The Camera Bag: iPhone Cases Designed Like Retro Cameras

Last month we told you about a cool iPhone case that turns your Apple phone into a Leica-like digital rangefinder. Now, Mashable has a fantastic gallery of 20 Retro iPhone Cases that look like classic tech products.

Included in the mix are several iPhone covers that resemble vintage cameras including a gel skin that makes your phone look like a Rollei (right) and a slim case...

Tired of the photo shoot huddle? Hasselblad comes to the rescue!

Hasselblad's logo. Click here to visit the Hasselblad website!Hasselblad has today released new versions of its Phocus tethered shooting software for MacOS, as well as the Phocus Mobile app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The updates are particularly interesting because they aim to solve a common problem on larger photo shoots: the huddle around the monitor to review images as they're captured.

With Phocus 2.6.6 and Phocus Mobile 2.0,...

Tumblr Blog Features Photos of Celebrities and Their Cameras

Arriving at the Celebrity Camera Club Tumblr blog full of anticipation of seeing Flavor Flav or the Octomom with a Canon 5D Mark II, I was badly let down. The celebrities in this gallery of the would-be and the almost famous and their cameras are for the most part folks from the past. The talented and not so talented, holding film cameras, all supposedly caught in the act of...

Snorkeling with your iPhone? There’s a case for that

Concord Keystone's ECO MarineCase for iPhone 4 and 4S. Photo provided by Concord Keystone Trading LLC.Smartphones have taken over as the daily snapshooter for a lot of folks, but there are still plenty of situations where your smartphone can't replace a dedicated camera. A new camera case from Concord Keystone aims to negate the dedicated camera's advantage in one of these areas: underwater.

The Concord Keystone ECO™ MarineCase is a waterproof case for Apple's iPhone 4 and...

The Camera Bag: Convert Your iPhone Into a Holga Camera with This Clever Case

There are lots of apps that produce zany toy camera effects when shooting with your iPhone but here's something slightly more whimsical: a case that fits over your Apple phone with nine plastic Holga camera lens filters.

Just spin the wheel on the Holga iPhone Lens case and choose the filter you want, including one that creates the "Holga Hole" vignette effect; multi-image...

The Camera Bag: Turn Your Instagram Photos Into Refrigerator Magnets

The rest of the world joined the Instagram party yesterday after the popular photo editing and sharing app made the jump to Google's Android mobile operating system. So with Apple iPhone and Android smart phone users all now transforming their forgettable phone pics into funky filtered masterpieces, here's a fun way to bring them into the real world: turn them into refrigerator...

The Camera Bag: Schedule Your Next Photo Shoot with this Bizarre Siri-Possessed iPhone Case

No, not everyone is a fan of the Apple iPhone 4S' talking personal assistant, known as Siri. But if you don't mind Siri taking over your life -- and your iPhone -- you might be interested in this truly bizarre case that forces you to use Apple's chatty digital factotum for all your tasks.

Designed by Shapeways, the 3D iPhone case looks like something from a sci-fi horror movie....

SmugMug adds more awesome to iOS app

Camera Awesome's logo. Click here to visit the Camera Awesome website!Photo sharing site SmugMug's recently-announced photography app--Camera Awesome--has proven very popular according to the company, which reports today that its creation is now the number one photo app in 55 countries. After more than two million downloads in just the first week, Camera Awesome has gone on to pass four million downloads in its first month on Apple's App Store...

Follow the fun with a flick of the finger, with the Motrr Galileo (updated)

Motrr's Galileo pan/tilt platform for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Click here to visit the Motrr website!A new gadget from a new startup based in Santa Cruz, CA promises to make videography and photography with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch products much more versatile. The Motrr Galileo allows for infinite, 360-degree pan and tilt control of Apple's popular iOS devices, providing some very interesting possibilities for remotely-controlled video and still capture. While development...

iPhoneography? There’s a course for that.

Apple's iPhone in use. Photo provided by Apple.Love your iPhone and playing with popular photo apps like Instagram, Hipstamatic, and Snapseed, but convinced your photos could be better? London's Kensington and Chelsea College has the course for you, held at the Chelsea Centre and promising to teach techniques that will turn your iPhone photos from mundane to magnificent.

The course, entitled "iPhoneography: Photography with...

The Camera Bag: TriggerHappy Remote Lets You Trigger Your DSLR from Your Smart Phone

Your smart phone can do everything these days so why not use it to help trigger your camera? That's the thinking behind a new product called the TriggerHappy Camera Remote that lets you fire your digital SLR just by touching your phone's screen.

The product comes with two things:

TriggerHappy Unit -  a one-meter cable with an embedded signal processor inside that attaches...

The Camera Bag: Gizmon Military Case Turns Your iPhone Into a Mini Leica

Let's say you want to buy a Leica M9 digital rangefinder but can't afford the $8K price tag. (Yeah, join the club.) The next best thing might just be this line of cases from Gizmon iCa that transform your iPhone into a rangefinder look-a-like. The latest case is the Gizmon iCa Military Edition, which will give your phone a textured, black-paint look that recalls the M9 and M9-P.

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SmugMug awesomizes iOS photography

Camera Awesome's logo. Click here to visit the Camera Awesome website!Camera phones have consumed a big chunk of the compact camera market thanks to their convenience and built-in sharing capabilities, but for the most part, they lag behind even relatively basic dedicated cameras in terms of their feature set and image quality. A new application for iOS devices aims to swing the balance further in the camera phone's favor. (And it's also compatible...

Adobe, Kodak, Nik software makes the jump to new platforms

There's something of a trend in the software world today, as newly-released software from Eastman Kodak Co., Nik Software Inc., and Adobe Systems Inc. ports existing products to new platforms.

Kodak has announced the debut of its Kodak Gallery app for Google's Android operating system. The Kodak Gallery was app previously available only on Apple's iOS devices, such as the...