If you’re a heavy smartphone user, it’s most likely that you recharge your device daily. If you’re a heavy user and you take a lot of photos on your smartphone then you may find that you have to recharge the battery more often than this.
There’s a variety of gadgets on the market that will either hold a reserve of power for your smartphone or recharge it via solar panel. The BootstrapSolar Power Pack Kit… Read more
iPhoneographers are really becoming spoilt for choice when it comes to external lenses for their smartphones. There are several on the market to choose from, each with their own way of extending the iPhones capabilities. The iPhone Lens Dial harks back to the early days of interchangeable lenses for cameras, think early cinematography when the lenses were in one device and you changed then with a simple twist of a dial.
The iPhone Lens Dial … Read more
The Quattro for iPhone 4 SP is a case and interchangeable lens system for the iPhone. While the case might bring on a series case of bling-itis, the range of additional lenses that attach to it will certainly bring out the envy of your friends.
The case is made out of an aluminium alloy with a natural calfskin and is available in a choice of 15 leather colours, from a saddle leather to lizard-style leather. … Read more
If you’ve ever wander over to Cafe Press and similar sites, then it’s likely that you have an interest in designing your own T-shirts. If you do then you’ll love the Lumi Process. This Kickstarter project takes the stage one step further by allowing you to print your iPhone images on any garment that you have at home using the power of sunlight.
The Lumi Process is a kit that enables you to take … Read more
Accessories for the iPhone are becoming ever more detailed in their functionality as demonstrated by the iPhone Shutter Grip. This device, from those lovely people at Photojojo, adds a shutter button to your iPhone.
Why, might you ask, would you want to do that? Well, the main reason is to reduce camera shake. Sometimes when you’re taking a photo on the iPhone, the simple act of tapping the shutter button on the screen can … Read more
Every now and then a device comes along that makes you think: ‘Wow, I must have it.’ Even though you’ve only read about it and haven’t even touched one, let alone had the time to see how good it actually functions. And that’s how it is with the Kick.
The Kick, currently seeking funding at Kickstarter, is a handheld light source primarily aimed at smartphone photographers. One of the key problems with smartphone photography … Read more
It seems as though in the quest for the perfect support for the iPhone, a multitude of manufacturers have taken the opportunity to enter the market. And the variety of ideas that they have come up with is staggering. Some have created a special holder for the iPhone, like the SlingShot, while others have taken a much more simplistic rout with the use of a mirror, iFilm. The MirrorCase takes the latter rout…. Read more
It seems as though the focus of this week’s blog posts is turning out to be filters in a variety of guises for the iPhone. First came Monday’s app review of Simply B&W and its range of photo filters for converting images to black and white. Now comes this case-with-a-difference that is seeking funding via Kickstarter.
The Trygger Camera Case is more than a protective shell for your iPhone as it also features a polarising … Read more
It’s highly unlikely that when Jonathan Ive designed the very first iPhone that he would have ever imagined that it would evolve into such a powerful camera device. And it’s surprising that there is now a raft of manufacturers that take the iPhone seriously enough as a camera to develop external lenses for it.
Here’s another product that extends the photographic capabilities of the iPhone – the Olloclip. This looks like an ingenious little device, … Read more
Of all the accessories that I’ve come across when looking for products to feature on HipstaGeneration, this has to be one of the most unusual. It’s a case-adpator for your iPhone that allows you to attach a Canon or Nikon SLR lens. Yep, you read that right, a full-blown SLR lens on your iPhone.
When you consider that most lenses for SLRs fair outstrip the iPhone in price, you might begin to wonder why on … Read more
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Jon began taking photographs with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130 more than 30 years ago. He now switches between three cameras – a Hasselblad, Canon and iPhone – depending on the subject matter he wants to capture.
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