Smartphone cameras have gotten pretty good in recent years, to the point where they’ve largely replaced point-and-shoot cameras for many folks. While there’s still a market for professional-quality DSLR and mirrorless cameras, camera companies like Canon are looking for other ways to engage non-professional photographers. Enter the Canon IVY REC, a tiny, portable camera that uses […]
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Samsung Galaxy A80 with rotating cameras now available (in some markets)
The Samsung Galaxy A80 smartphone features three cameras on the back… but they can also flip around to face the front of the phone, allowing you to use the same three-camera system to snap selfies or live stream video. First unveiled in April, the Samsung Galaxy A80 is now available for purchase in some regions […]
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Multi-camera madness: Leaks point to 8-camera Sony smartphone, 6-camera Motorola model
5 Comments on Multi-camera madness: Leaks point to 8-camera Sony smartphone, 6-camera Motorola modelThe Nokia 9 PureView turned heads when it launched earlier this year, thanks to an unusual camera system that packed six cameras into a single phone (five on the back and one on the front). Now it looks like Sony may be planning to one-up Nokia… or maybe two-up. The company is said to be […]
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Samsung paves the way for 64MP smartphone cameras
In the early days of digital photography, there was a sort of megapixel war with camera makers continually trying to one up each other by allowing you to capture higher resolution photos. For a while this was useful (my first digital camera topped out at an embarrassing 640 x 480 pixels), the war eventually fizzled […]
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Light and Sony partner on reference designs for multi-camera smartphones
Phones with three rear cameras are becoming common. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Fold has six cameras including three on the back, two on the front, and one on the… umm, other front. And HMD is probably going to introduce the first smartphone with five rear cameras next week. So what’s next? Last year we learned that […]
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RED Hydrogen One smartphone will be a 3D viewfinder for the company’s upcoming camera
RED’s first smartphone may not exactly be getting rave reviews for being a phone… but the RED Hydrogen One could eventually become part of the company’s larger ecosystem of high-end camera gear. We’re still waiting for RED to start selling modular camera add-ons that will let you snap higher-quality photos with the phone itself. But […]
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Honor Magic 2 is a bezel-free slider with 6 cameras
Huawei was the first company to launch a smartphone with three rear cameras. So maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that the company is now also the first to launch a phone with three front cameras. All told, the new Honor Magic 2 smartphone has a total of six cameras: three on each side. But you’ll only […]
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Light is working on smartphones with up to 9 cameras
Most modern smartphones have at least two cameras: one on the back and one on the front. Some have dual rear (or front) cameras to let you snap wide-angle, zoom, or bokeh-style photos. And Huawei recently introduced the first phone with three rear cameras. But why stop there? Rumor has it that LG is working […]
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Nubia Z18S leaks depict a dual-screen, single-camera smartphone
Want a phone with no top bezel, no notch, and no pop-out camera? Chinese phone maker Nubia may be working on an unexpected alternative: a dual-screen smartphone. According to a set of leaked images making the rounds, the upcoming Nubia Z18S has a full screen display on the front, and a smaller secondary display on […]
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Sony, Samsung show off new smartphone camera tech at MWC
One of the unique features of Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 series smartphones is their variable aperture cameras that let you choose between F/1.5 and F/2.4 settings. It’s likely that will be a Samsung-exclusive feature for the time being. But another Galaxy S9 feature could be headed to third-party phones: super slow motion video (960 frames […]