One thing you can say about smartphones: their limitations have opened the door for all sorts of new inventions. Among those limitations are the facts that many phones lack a tripod mount, and require ...

As smartphone capabilities continue to close in on standalone cameras, I’ve been using my phone a lot more for shooting video. However, the best shots demand a tripod, and carrying one of those ...

We hate to be a broken record here, but just like Grandma, we’re going to keep repeating ourselves—and you know what our favorite topic to wax on about is? How we’re all taking 99 percent of our ...

We are going to show you how to make your own smartphone tripod adapter which will allow you to use any smartphone with any tripod. This is especially handy if you want to attach your Android ...

Since the discovery of the selfie, all of us have been filling up our galleries with photos of ourselves and others. Holding your phone and taking snapshots works well but can be tiring. Thankfully, ...

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Tripods come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and weights. At one end of the spectrum, you have petite, portable smartphone tripods such as the Manfrotto PIXI Mini which will comfortably fit inside a ...

There are several ways to mount a smartphone to a tripod. None of them are particularly good. Most tripods are designed for burly SLRs, which means you typically need to slap an awkward case on your ...

Alternatively, there are also mounts that can be used to clamp a smartphone securely on a standard, full-size photo or video tripod, as well as stabilising gimbals that help create smooth footage on ...