Apple Patents Reveal Folded Lens for iPhone

A pair of folded lens patent applications from Apple surfaced last month. These patent applications were both filed in May 2014 but only published in September. Like the folded optics used the make the newly-announced and amazing Light L16 camera, the folded optics suggest that Apple will continue to fight toward photographic supremacy in the mobile […]

Canon EOS Utility vs. Mac’s new OS El Capitan

It’s OS upgrade time for Mac users. Yosemite bows out as El Capitan takes the stage. Last year at this time the move to Yosemite from Mavericks caused consternation among Canon photographers who relied on the EOS Utility as I reported last November first here on Photofocus. It took Canon a month to officially release […]

Canon EOS Utility vs. Mac’s new OS El Capitan

It’s OS upgrade time for Mac users. Yosemite bows out as El Capitan takes the stage. Last year at this time the move to Yosemite from Mavericks caused consternation among Canon photographers who relied on the EOS Utility as I reported last November first here on Photofocus. It took Canon a month to officially release […]

Nikon and Apple’s rumored app could be a game-changer

According to the latest rumors the app Nikon and Apple were said to be developing will be used to update camera firmware, sync custom settings and add features via the camera’s WiFi. This app could be related to the firmware download program we were expecting and might be released with the upcoming D5 (and hopefully […]

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A First Look: The Apple iPhone 6s Plus

On Friday, September 25th, Apple released the next addition to their industry-shaking smartphone, the iPhone. Customers who were fast enough to preorder either the iPhone 6s and/or the iPhone 6s Plus either queued up in front of their local Apple Store or had a courier deliver their unit(s) to their doors. For the past year, I’ve […]

Apple’s New iPad Pro – Laptop Killer or Just a Bigger iPad?

Apple took the lid off their long-anticipated large-format iPad this week and as people line up for and against the new tablet I sat down with Jeff Carlson to discuss what the new technology means to photographers. Carlson is the author of the book, The iPad for Photographers, which is currently in its third edition with […]

iPhone 6s and 6s Plus feature 4K video and Live Photos

Apple has just announced the new iPhones, the 6s and 6s Plus, and iPhonongraphers have several reasons to be excited. For the first time in an Apple product, the iPhone will be capable of recording 4K video and a new feature called Live Photos has been introduced. Additionally, the camera’s megapixel count has been increased […]

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