Recently, I've been thinking more and more about downsizing. This goes for many aspects of my life. I started with my gear bag, but I didn't want to sacrifice quality. More and more I'm on the go and really hate lugging around a ton of gear and extras. Let's be honest, who really likes do that anyway?
Smartphone photography is incredibly popular, and with advancements in tech over the last few years, the quality output of these devices is only getting better. They pretty much render the small point and shoot cameras, well, pointless. DxO has released the DxO ONE, a 20 megapixel camera that attaches to your iPhone and allows you to capture impressive quality images from a device that fits in your pocket.
I saw this little doodad floating around on the web a few days ago and disregarded it. This morning, however, I decided to take a closer look. The DxO ONE is probably one of the first smartphone camera accessories that I would really like to own. I suppose it could be considered an accessory. It's actually a camera itself. It plugs into your iPhone via the lightning connector and uses your phone's display to view the images you're snapping. The camera itself is a 20 megapixel 1" sensor with a lens that is roughly 32mm . It has a maximum aperture of f/1.8. A nifty little extra is that the camera captures images in the DNG format. Those images are ready to imported and edited right away in Lightroom.
Introducing the DxO ONE Connected Camera from DxO on Vimeo.
The accompanying iOS app gives you full control of the image taking process. You can choose from a number of different shooting modes or switch to fully manual for precision and creative control. The sample images look great! It's hard to believe you get all of this from something that fits right in your pocket.
The DxO ONE isn't a cheap accessory though. It's $599. It's a little on the pricy side for a mobile phone accessory.
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