Apple iPhone 7 Plus Real Camera Review (and iPhone 7 too!)

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These new iPhones are the best iPhones ever, but in a year where most manufacturers are refining products more than pushing boundaries on hardware and design, how do the cameras on these new phones stack up against the competition?The core photo experience is based on the same sensor we saw last year on the 6S and 6S Plus, a 1/3″ 12MP sensor. New for this year is an improved focusing system, wider aperture, and optical image stabilization is now available on the smaller iPhone. Of course, the exciting new feature is only found on the larger iPhone 7 Plus, which has a second sensor ...

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Apple iPhone 7 Plus Real Camera Review (and iPhone 7 too!)

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

These new iPhones are the best iPhones ever, but in a year where most manufacturers are refining products more than pushing boundaries on hardware and design, how do the cameras on these new phones stack up against the competition?The core photo experience is based on the same sensor we saw last year on the 6S and 6S Plus, a 1/3″ 12MP sensor. New for this year is an improved focusing system, wider aperture, and optical image stabilization is now available on the smaller iPhone. Of course, the exciting new feature is only found on the larger iPhone 7 Plus, which has a second sensor ...

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“The iPhone 7 camera app is not intuitive” – Change our view! (Video Debate)

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

The iPhone camera is praised for its simplicity, but does it really have an intuitive design, or is it popular for its familiarity?Apple should be praised for setting a high watermark for building camera into smartphones, and the iPhone has done a phenomenal job in introducing consumers to concepts like High Dynamic Range photography in an accessible way. However, as Apple adds more features and settings to a “simple” app, is the app still easy to use. Consumers are becoming more familiar with features like 60FPS video, UHD video, and the current app doesn’t at yet ...

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Huawei Honor 8 Camera Review: Crazy photos for the price!

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Let’s not be bashful. This camera rocks. We very much enjoyed the still photo performance on the Huawei P9, and the Honor 8 is nearly identical. Dual camera sensors mimic the way our eyes work. One sensor focuses on color, the other on light. When the output of both sensors is merged, we get photos unlike any other phone we’ve reviewed.We’re not producing our full crazy in-depth review format as performance is so similar to the P9, but we are detailing what’s new, what’s different, and ...

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SONY Xperia X Performance Real Camera Review: The best SONY can offer?

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

The Sony brand has come to represent multi-media prowess from an entertainment juggernaut of a company. This year sees Sony offering phones that are a bit more modest, though maintaining premium price points. Why might a consumer be inclined to spend more on a phone? Camera performance is certainly one aspect which still sets high end phones apart from more budget friendly options.Based on the specs we should expect a solid photography and video solution here. Sony makes the actual camera sensors which are built into numerous competing phones. For the X Performance, they’ve included ...

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Improve your smartphone photography: What is metering?

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Digging through our viewer mailbag, we got a question about photography.Does your OP3 over expose & blow out areas not in focus when u tap to focus?-TGCHave you ever focused a phone camera at an object and then produced a photo which was way too bright or too dark? We’ve gotten several questions about this “bug” on various smartphone cameras, and we’re sorry to say this is probably a feature, not a bug.The issue is likely metering, and understanding how your camera decides to adjust exposure based on what you focus on. Let’s dig into this setting on your ...

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ZTE Axon 7 Real Camera Review: Ambitious but flawed…

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

2016 will be remembered by gadget fans as the year of the “budget buster”. This year represents a turning point for manufacturers building phones in the $200-$400 range, where they significantly closed the gap between mid-range fare and higher end devices.The Axon 7 has a terrific collection of specs on paper, but how does this package compete against similarly priced options, and can it still hang with more expensive handsets? This Qualcomm 820 powered phone boasts a 20MP Samsung sourced camera sensor with optical image stabilization, phase detection auto focus, and an f/1.8 ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 camera tour: Cleaning up its app?

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The grand experiment at the beginning of 2016? Samsung walking away from the megapixel wars and reducing the resolution of the Galaxy S7 sensor. The reasoning behind the move was to improve low light performance. The experiment was a very successful one, and Samsung delivered one of the best cameras of the year, at the beginning of the year.The Note no longer leads the charge for new technologies like camera sensors, instead the Note 5 was in a position where it had to catch up to the Galaxy S6, and this ...

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Moto Z vs Moto Z Force Real Camera Review (video)

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We’re trying something a little different with our real camera review for this release. Motorola dropped two very similar phones. The Moto Z and Moto Z Force are more alike than they might be different, but one area that separates the two is camera performance. Though the external camera housing is exactly the same form factor to interact with Moto Mods, the actual sensors are different resolutions.The Moto Z delivers a 13MP sensor, paired with laser assisted auto focus, optical image stabilization, a dual LED flash, and an f/1.8 aperture. The Moto Z Force expands the resolution to ...

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Pocketnow Challenge July: Best fireworks photo from a smartphone?

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

We’ve been teasing our new series for the last couple weeks, and now it’s time for a showdown! Welcome to the Pocketnow Challenge, where we test real world smartphone usage by pitting two Pocketnow editors against each other.Our first major challenge is a photography battle between long time editor and professional photographer Adam Lein, facing off against the newest video producer on the site Juan Carlos Bagnell. To celebrate the Fourth of July, these two photogs ...

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Nexus Smartwatches, Brexit Price Increases, and Apple manufacturing shakedowns? | Pocketnow Weekly 208

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Is Google working on a Nexus smartwatch? Brexit is already causing tech prices to climb in the UK! Can Apple maintain high profit margins in an increasingly competitive industry? These stories, plus we’ll be tackling your questions and comments, and get ready to vote for your favorite Pocketnow photog! Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 208 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on July 7th (click

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Camera showdown: OnePlus 3, HTC 10, LG G5, Galaxy S7, Huawei P9

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

This year we started producing Real Camera Reviews. Today it’s not uncommon that the only camera a person might own is the one bolted to the back of their phone. As such, we’re trying to treat smartphone camera reviews the same way we might try to examine all of the pros and cons of a standalone camera.We’ve tackled some of the best shooters released this year. We’re about to see another batch of smartphones released in the second half of 2016. Before we get to reviewing Notes and iPhones, let’s take a ...

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Pocketnow Challenge July: Best fireworks photo? You decide!

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

The team at Pocketnow draws from a variety of disciplines, and we each bring a unique perspective to the table when it comes to discussing consumer electronics. Starting next month we’re excited to introduce a new feature where members of our team can collaborate and compete. The Pocketnow Challenge will be a monthly series tackling various aspects of mobile technology, and it will be a way for us to have a little fun showcasing real world usage of these gadgets and gizmos.

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OnePlus 3 Real Camera Review: Never Settle (for a lame camera)

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Never settle! Flagship killer! OnePlus makes some bold comments regarding its phones. On this third iteration, are there compromises to make when buying a phone for $400?Our Real Camera Review series looks to raise the bar on how we talk about smartphone cameras. These days, it’s not a severe compromise for many people to use their phones as their main photography solution, so we’re aiming to talk photos and videos for phones in the same way we would for a standalone camera.For the OnePlus 3, we’ve got a 16MP ...

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Top 5 phone cameras (of the first half) of 2016!

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Here at Pocketnow, we pride ourselves on producing some of the most in depth lifestyle examinations of smartphone performance available online. Recently we’ve taken to reviewing phone cameras in the same way we might examine a standalone camera. Our Real Camera Reviews are deep-dive videos for folks who want to know as much about photo and video performance as we can demonstrate while shooting in real world conditions.The major phone releases for the first half of 2016 have all been reviewed. Looking at Samsungs, HTCs, LGs, ...

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