Let's Talk Tech
A quick heads up folks! My yearly update for the photography book took a bit longer than expected, but the update is finally live on Amazon Kindle.
Version 1.2.3 includes a passage on Night Mode photography, updates the section on multi-camera phones, includes a new exercise, and corrects numerous spelling and grammar problems.
If you have a copy, update it in the Kindle app, and please drop me a review on Amazon if you like it!
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Welcome to another creator chat on the SGGQA podcast channel!
Headphones. We take our ears for granted, but living in a renaissance of high quality listening options, headphones are way too much fun not to take seriously. Taking some time tonight to chat with EL JEFE Reviews, and take a look at what goes into a good headphone review. What do we like? What do we listen to? What do we listen on? Join the conversation! It’ll be fun. Your ears are worth it.
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Continue reading “#SGGQA 084: Anatomy of a Headphone Review – Creator Chat with EL JEFE Reviews”
Lot’s of phones are good at playing games, but what pushes a phone over to become a “gaming phone”? The Honor View 20 is a monster collection of features and performance at a fantastic price. Will it host your Twitch streams? Let’s take a look!
Continue reading “Honor View 20: Phone for gaming or “gaming phone”?”
Our phones are CRAZY powerful! One of the most exciting new features on mobiles is the ability to convert a phone into a proper desktop computer. Not only is it easy to use, on a phone like the View 20, it’s surprisingly powerful! What’s holding desktop mode back? Why aren’t more people using it? Let’s take a look! Continue reading “Honor View 20 Desktop Mode: The Best Feature You’re Not Using!”
WITH SPECIAL GUEST TK BAY!
Speaker Pelosi rallies Democrats for a Net Neutrality fight in the House! Apple QUIETLY fixes MacBook “flexgate”. Meizu “hole-less” phone FLOPS! Zuckerberg promises Facebook privacy, still tracks you through NUMEROUS 3rd party apps. LG G8 to launch at a lower price than the G7!
And looking at marketing claims, can the Nokia 9 be considered false advertising?
Get your tech week started off right!
While joining Damir Franc’s podcast, we got to talking about the Nokia 9 PureView. I’ve been showing off some samples on social media, but it’s tough to fully express why this camera feels different, when we only get to look at compressed samples on Instagram. Why does IG compression have to suck so hard still?
I digress…
The good news is, we can get around that, and YOU can check this out on your own Android phone!
Continue reading “Try the Nokia 9 PureView Depth Mapping on YOUR phone!”
Shot, edited, and rendered in 4K from the Nokia 9!
Smartphone bokeh modes are going to get a lot better! The Nokia 9 PureView is known for having five cameras, but the crazy evolution might come from a special sensor that measures distance. Here’s an impromptu comparison of portrait modes.
Software vs hardware! Let’s fight! Continue reading “Nokia 9 PureView Bokeh vs Pixel 3: Depth Mapping!”
It was REALLY difficult finishing this review. Getting the news that Razer was gutting their phone department. It’s tough not feeling like this is a dead end. With so much other work, I almost bailed on this. However, I spent all that time shooting. I had the samples. We should finish this. Let’s finish this. Continue reading “Razer Phone 2 Camera Conclusion (and Eulogy)”