Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make CES, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Reading the recaps, though, there are two new gizmos this year that I find really intriguing. One of them is Polaroid’s new venture into instant digital photography, the SC1630. It’s basically a Polaroid-branded digital camera with an Android-based smartphone. Engadget.com had one of the best recaps of the new device that I’d read. The link and my thoughts on the SC1630 after the jump. >>>

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We love Photojojo and we know they love us back because of all the fun toys they have for us. Check out Photojojo’s new Tumblr blog, Photojojo (hearts) Phoneography! It features, weekly reviews of both iPhone & Android photo apps, a daily dose of phoneography eye candy, the latest camera phone tech news, and cool Photojojo swag and/or fame a la phoneography contests.

The blog just launched a day or so ago but has easy to digest news bytes and mini reviews of some cool phone gear as well as mini-features on several Android photo apps.

Photojojo is always a fun read (you have explored other areas of their site besides the gear pages, right?). Photojojo (hearts) Phoneography! looks to be a good new resource on all things mobile photography and already looks to fill a huge void in the Droidography blogosphere especially.

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File this under “Speculatron”, but the source is Instagram’s CEO which lends these rumors some credence.

According to a recent report on CNET, a version of the insanely popular iPhone photo app (and Apple’s newly announced 2011 App Store iPhone App of the Year) Instagram is coming to Android. Your Samsung Galaxy toting friends will soon be able to share their photos of lunch and puppies (I’m also guilty of both).

“We have two people working on Android now,” Burbn Chief Executive Kevin Systrom told attendees of the recent LeWeb conference in Paris, France. No other timetable was given, What makes this statement different from the previous mentions of Instagram for Android is that I believe this is the first time Systrom has publicly said there are actually people working on it.

Click past the jump for more possible changes coming Instagram’s way. >>>>

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With all the recent improvements in mobile phone cameras, Life In LoFi’s definitive iPhone/Mobile Photo Print Sizes guide has been updated to reflect the larger file sizes of iPhone and mobile cameras as well as the increased processing power of some of the new photo apps. While the updated post is written for iPhone users, the information it features is valid for all mobile phone cameras — as well as DSLRs and digital point-and-shoot cameras.

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Camera360 is a Retro photo app available for the Android platform (you can check it out on the Android Market here). It’s also available for iPhone as Camera360 Ultimate, making it one of the few photo apps that’s available for both platforms.

The new version 2.0 update was released recently for iPhone and it’s a huge step backwards on iOS. If this update is anything close to parity with the Android version, I feel sorry for our Droidographer counterparts.

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Camera360 Ultimate is the most popular app for mobile phone photography on the Droid platform. An iPhone version has been available for a while. It’s not a pano app, as the name might suggest. It’s a camera app with a lot of features, including over a dozen retro style filters.

The app is normally $0.99. It’s FREE right now in the App Store for a limited time. This is for the full version of Camera360 Ultimate, not a feature-limited lite version. There’s no mention of this freebie in the App Description, so I’m thinking it won’t last long. This is a good chance to try the app and see how one of the premier photo apps for Android works.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

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Here’s a new call for entries. This show is for a gallery in Tuscon, Arizona.  There are submission fees, but prints will be made available for sale at the discretion of the photographer. Cool thing about this show is that it’s open to all camera phone platforms, not just iPhone.

Click past the jump for a link and more info. >>>

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From the press release:

There are just five days left to enter the Mobile Phone Juried Show at gallery nrc in Denver, Colorado.

Over the past few years the iPhone and other mobile devices have become another creative outlet for people on the go as the mobile phone is with you all of the time.  gallery nrc embraces the new methods of image capture and is holding the Mobile Phone Show in October 2011, however the deadline for submissions in Wednesday August 10th.  This juried show is open to mobile phone photographers of any level located anywhere in the world.

Timeline
Open for Entries: June 1, 2011 – August 10, 2011
Juried Notification: August 22, 2011
Open Reception: Friday October 7, 2011
Show Duration: October 1, 2011 – October 22, 2011

See the site for entry fees and more info.

More information on the juried show may be found at www.gallerynrc.com.

Images of the gallery may be found at www.gallerynrc.com/media

For any questions, please contact Neil Corman at info@gallerynrc.com or 303.478.7411

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Pixel This – An exhibition for Kids Company

28th November – 4th December 2011
Acquire Gallery
155 Battersea Park Road
London, SW8 4BU

Calling all Phoneographers!

Pixel This – a Phoneography exhibition, will be held at the Acquire Gallery London and is dedicated to the art of Phoneography which will consist of photography, and short film created using android and smartphones.

This exhibition is open to entries from the general public, submitting photography and short film created using android and smartphones including iPhone (Please see full competition rules in the “submit your work” section of our website).
The best will be featured on the CreateHive website, and the best of the best will be showcased to the public at the exhibition.

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The iPhone camera does not have a true zoom lens. It has a digital zoom, which means that the camera lacks the optical lenses to “zoom” you in closer to your subject. Instead, Apple’s Camera app digitally recreates a zoom effect by cropping and “rezzing up” on the fly. As you zoom in closer — asking the iPhone do more with essentially fewer pixels — your images become noisier and less sharp.

Since iOS 4, a true digital zoom has been a part of Apple’s Camera app. It’s also been available in camera replacement apps since before there were camera replacement apps (anyone remember Snapture 1.0 in the early Jailbreak days?). At some point in your iPhoneography, you’ll probably need to be closer to your subject than you are. Before you crank it up to 5X, read on for our tips on getting the best shots on an iPhone, Droid, or any camera phone with a digital zoom.

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