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October 2026: Phones

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ShiftCam Gear ProRig: a new camera rig system built for iPhone

ProVideo Coalition

Two years in the making, ProRig is a new solution from ShiftCam Gear for iPhone, this time developed in partnership with Apple. ShiftCam Gear is returning the Kickstarter, where it all started for the company, a decade ago, with a new project. While most of the recent year we’ve seen the company…

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Sony ECM-AX10 Spatial Audio Microphone for Smartphones

Newsshooter

Sony has announced the ECM-AX10, a spatial audio USB-C mic featuring four omnidirectional electret condenser capsules that is capable of for capturing everything from stereo and binaural audio to full spatial audio recording from Ambisonics for immersive playback on YouTube with Eclipsa Audio. It…

Yesterday

CapCut 19.7.0 for iOS

CapCut

- Fixed some known issues and improved the trimming experience. We thank you for supporting CapCut and look forward to creating beautiful moments together.

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Wednesday 7 October

Tuesday 6 October

A fun night video test of the iPhone 18 Pro

9to5Mac

After taking a series of portrait photos to test the wider aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro , my original plan had been to hang around until it was dark in order to see whether letting in more light would reduce the duration of Night mode photos. I ended up postponing that test because something more…

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See for yourself the difference the wider aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro makes

9to5Mac

Alongside a variable aperture lens, the main camera of the iPhone 18 Pro also opens up to a wider aperture than its predecessors. Apple has been promoting this as enabling a shallower depth of field for portraits and similar shots. The difference, however, is less than a stop, and it’s been…

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Monday 5 October

Friday 2 October

Halide Mark III 3.2.1 for iOS

Halide Mark III

Welcome to Halide 3.2, which adds support for the new adjustable aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro. In addition to offering a fully variable aperture, we've added a new Aperture Priority mode. At last our logo has meaning! We're also excited to introduce two new Looks! DAWN features filmic warmth in…

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LumaFusion 5.5.3 for iOS

LumaFusion

NEW: * Top-first layer ordering in the title editor. Select this in LumaFusion's Preferences. FIXED: * Issues with splitting clips while scrubbing * Effect preset thumbnail rendering issues * PaintX performance issue on macOS 27 * Title layout issues when pasting a title to a different aspect…

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Thursday 1 October

Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone

The Verge (Mobile)

Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed Vivo's example of launching add-on "teleconverter" lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones on their own could never match. Today, Huawei one-upped everybody with the add-on lens for…

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VN 2.22.0 for iOS

VN Video Editor

• Dark Mode: Dark Mode is now supported. VN automatically follows your system appearance settings. • Other UX improvements and bug fixes. If you have any questions, please contact us via the following methods. Instagram: @vnvideoeditor Youtube丨Telegram: @vnvideoeditorapp Email…

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