iPhone Camera Stabilization for the Masses

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Do you shoot video with an iPhone? Sure you do. And I’m sure you’ve been disappointed with the shake of your hands in at least half of your videos. Well just as technology is totally blowing our minds with everything from artificial intelligence to autonomous vehicles, there’s an app that fixes that shake.

Instagram recently released Hyperlapse, a free app touting incredibly smooth timelapsed video capture. What was perhaps less covered was the fact that you can slow down the video you capture from 6x (default) to 1x for some seriously impressive iphone camera stabilization effects.

Here’s how it works… The app captures video at full 1080 resolution, and then crops that down to 720 while adjusting the frame’s orientation with data collected from the device’s accelerometer. You see, most stabilization filters apply interpretive reference points after the fact, which often yields some undesirable effects. Using the orientation data, the app knows exactly where your hand is and how it’s moving, resulting in near perfect stabilization.

Seriously, test it out. If stabilization matters to you, it will become your new go-to.

**As a bonus to the above video, check out this behind-the-scenes with commentary from the video team at The Verge.

7 Useful Tips for Hiding a Lavalier Mic

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You may not be a fan of the Lav mic, but if you’re a filmmaker or you work with audio, there will almost certainly come a time when you’ll need to keep a lavalier microphone hidden from the camera. This presents several problems: clothing noise, cable noise, chest-hair noise… You get the idea.

In this video, Izzy Hyman offers up some great tips for doing just that… You might even learn a new trick that will come in handy on a set.

Still have questions? Leave a comment.

3 New Lenses – Options for iPhone Photo/Video

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There are some new options for iphone lens attachments that are NOT olloclip.

There are some new options for iphone lens attachments that are NOT olloclip.

If you fancy yourself a seasoned iPhone photographer and you’re like me, you’re creative options with the standard iPhone lens are limiting. It’s just so much more rewarding to capture an immersive image with a wide-angle or extreme detail with a macro lens. And if you’re still anything like me you’ve had a love/hate relationship with Olloclip and long sought for an alternative – any alternative. I mean that thing is near impossible to clean and why did they design it that way anyway? So here are a few new options that might tickle your fancy… They come at a price, but if you’re serious about capturing the right photo or video while you’re out and about, they’ll come in handy. Three options with little video intro’s and links to the product pages below.

iPro

iPro is a cool all-in-one lens system for iphone that integrates a case with tripod mounts and 3 lenses that store conveniently enough in a handle attachment.

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Manfrotto Klyp+

The Klyp+ is impressive in that it comes with a handy LED light to help brighten images in dark surroundings.

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Moment

Moment looks promising for those of you fanatic over iPhone photography and video. The lenses look incredibly well made and the company boldly claims to be the highest quality option for enhancing your iPhone photos. It is also fairly expensive, and as of publishing it is still in pre-order. But this is the direction I’m leaning personally.

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