Apple's mobile journalism porn
Another great example of iPhone filmmaking - with a useful kit list.
How does the iPhone X compare to a dedicated video camera?
This is fascinating: There are some significant points of weakness — although not where people expect — but in good light, the similarity really is remarkable.I’d been havering over ordering an iPhone X, having cancelled my original order a week ago while I thought about it, and this tipped me
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The stealth success of Apple News
I woke to unexpectedly happy news this morning – one of my (meagre) blog posts from last week had killed it on traffic: That’s a normal week’s worth of traffic on a single post. Not bad. And I was completely unaware until that point. Why? Because all the traffic
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iPhone 7 versus a real movie camera
As you might expect, the real (and hideously expensive) movie camera blows the phone away.But here’s the thing — in all but the very low light situations, the iPhone footage is remarkably good looking. And the iPhone has been shooting video for less than a decade: the first one
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Journalists: update your iOS devices now
Today’s security update for Apple’s iOS devices [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html] is a serious one: > One of the world’s most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in
A documentary (sort of) shot on an iPhone
Here’s another example of a serious documentary being shot on an iPhone: The thing that baffles me about this – or, at least, which isn’t made clear in the video – is why, once you go to the hassle of shooting with huge cinema lenses, would you add to your
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Apple fixes iPhone battery life - at a price
Well, if you’re having problems choosing a gift for your iPhone-using digital journalist, Apple have just solved the problem for you [http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MGQL2ZM/A/iphone-6s-smart-battery-case-charcoal-grey?fnode=99] : The battery case, which charges with the phone, claims to over double double the talk and
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Here's a movie trailer - what's so interesting about it?
Here’s a trailer to kick off your morning: Not my normal topic matter, right? So, why’s it here?Well, it was all shot on an iPhone 5 [http://petapixel.com/2015/07/08/tangerine-is-a-magnolia-pictures-film-shot-entirely-on-the-iphone-5/] . That’s right an iPhone 5. Not a 5S. Not a 6. A 5.
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Video: forget about the kit, think about the content
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/02/camera_gallery_oversee_2x-3511.html] Years ago, I was obsessed with the fact that journalists focus on kit quality over content quality when it comes to doing multimedia work. Nothing I’ve done in the last couple of years has suggested
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On smartphone design
Great video – a sort of one-off addendum to the Everything is a Remix series – that looks at where iOS design draws its influences from:
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National Geographic photographer + iPhone 5s + Scotland
National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson left his Nikon at home, and has been capturing a trip to the Scotland with an iPhone 5s [http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/07/capturing-the-aura-of-the-scottish-highlands-with-the-iphone-5s/] . It’s not all been plain sailing, but the results are pretty impressive: > What surprised me most was
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First test of the iPhone 5s camera
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2013/09/cloudy-adur1-3285.html] Rather to my surprise, I took delivery of an iPhone 5s from 3 yesterday. Why surprise? Well, according to the last e-mail from them, it wasn’t due for another 12 days… Still, I’m certainly not complaining, and