Modern mirrorless cameras have the advantage of reading out the on-sensor data and showing you an image on the back of the camera, called 'Live View'. Compacts and smartphones are also technically ...

Tired of opening the camera by mistake on your iPhone's lock screen? Turn off this hidden setting to stop this action in no time. Many iPhone users unlock their phones dozens of times a day, often ...

The flashlight function built in to every iPhone is a handy tool with lots of configuration options, including two hands-free ...

Many iPhone users unlock their phones dozens of times a day, often without thinking about it. During those moments, a simple swipe can sometimes open the Camera app by mistake. With iOS 26.1, Apple ...

Wescott’s newest strobe light packs 850 full-power flashes into one charge – yet it’s also one of the lightest lights in the ...

People love snapping pictures with their phones. This is because they can take great photos effortlessly, especially with one of the best Android camera phones. Phone cameras are also loved for the ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Users have been noticing a weird iPhone bug with some pictures they have saved in their Photos app on iOS 26; sometimes, photos taken from Android phones are being imported into the Photos with a ...

From the viral Kodak Charmera to the Fujifilm GFX100RF, 2025 brought a spectacularly diverse range of compact cameras ...

Godox has announced an update to its popular portable strobe, the AD100Pro II. The new model retains many of the ...

This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...