Social Media Ideas for Smartphone Filmmaking

Blackmagic Made Your iPhone a More Powerful Filmmaking Tool with This New Update.

Perhaps the single most accessible entry point for those looking to shoot high-quality, cinematic videos these days is with the very capable camera in their pocket. While we’d all...

How Vivo X300 Ultra is Shaping the Future of Mobile Filmmaking

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – As short-form video, vlogging, and mobile filmmaking continue to grow, smartphone manufacturers are placing greater

How Two iPhones (And No Cinema Camera) Can Get Your Short Into a Festival

Every filmmaker, no matter how established, hits the same walls around budgets. Indie films in particular face the harshest constraints, with no... The post How Two iPhones (And No...

More iPhone Lens Mount Adapters Are Here for Your iPhone Cinematography

It’s no longer a thing of the past; the iPhone is truly a filmmaking camera. That is, for the right projects at least. And as content creation becomes more normalized and mainstrea...

How vivo X300 Ultra is shaping the future of mobile filmmaking

As short-form video, vlogging, and mobile filmmaking continue to grow, smartphone manufacturers are placing greater emphasis on professional-grade video capabilities. vivo is makin...

Moment Introduces Its Latest Lineup of Mobile Optics for Your Smartphones

It seems like decades ago at this point, but before debates about generative, agentic, and AI in general, the hot topic in the film and video community was whether smartphones coul...

OPPO Find X9 Ultra Coming Soon – 8K Log Recording, 4K 120fps Dolby Vision, and an ACES-Certified Color Pipeline

OPPO has unveiled the Find X9 Ultra, a Hasselblad co-engineered flagship that pushes mobile filmmaking with 8K 30fps 10-bit Log recording, an ACES-certified color pipeline, and 4K...

Professional Ski Film Crew Opts For iPhones To Shoot Major Movie Project

Smartphone Photography Goes Modular: Telephoto Lenses, Fill Lights, and Gimbals Join the Ecosystem

Chinese smartphone makers embrace external accessories like telephoto lenses, magnetic selfie screens, and compact gimbals as AI reaches physical limits.

Could SmallRig's Multifunctional SSD Be the Future of Mobile Video Storage?

We know it’s not the most exciting topic to many traditional filmmakers, and even for those who have worked in the digital video space for years, but mobile content creation is bec...

No Crew, No Permits, No Problem: Guerrilla Filmmaking with the DJI Pocket 3

What happens when you mix I Love You Man with Weird Science, shoot it entirely on a pocket-sized gimbal camera, and drop it into the ultra-fast-paced world of short-form vertical v...

JOBY GorillaPod Mobile Rig on sale for $19.99 USD

The JOBY GorillaPod Mobile Rig is on sale for $19.99 USD, which is a huge discount of $100 USD. The GorillaPod Mobile Rig is flexible, portable, and user-friendly. The locking Grip...

The Best Android and iPhone Gimbal

Level Up Your Nikon ZR Shooting Experience With This New ZR CTL Smartphone App

If you’re a Nikon ZR owner or shooter, you’re likely pretty happy with the RED Digital Cinema-infused Nikon cinema camera—especially due to its low price point and high cinematic o...

Vertical video 2026: cameras, NLEs and monitoring tools

With Netflix's Clips, Disney's Verts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and more, the professional video ecosystem is finally treating 9:16 as a first-class deliverable. Her...

This App Turns Your iPhone Into a Cinema Viewfinder With Real-Time Sun Tracking

From monitors to focus control systems, is there anything your iPhone can’t be turned into these days? It certainly seems that if you can dream up something for your iPhone to be,...

How to Pick a Camera Phone for Cinematic Video in India: The OPPO Find X9 Ultra Has the Specs You Need

The term “cinematic” is often thrown around in the smartphone video space, but not many devices can truly deliver on ... Read More

Why Content Creators Are Ditching Complex Camera Gear

The evolving design of creator cameras is reshaping how they are categorized and used. As Tech Court explains, distinctions between devices like action cameras, smartphones and mir...

A free app for filmmakers to develop their ideas visually

I have always struggled with the way films are usually planned. When I start one, I almost never start at the beginning. Sometimes I can see the ending clearly but not how it opens...

The OPPO Find X9s Could Replace Your Camera, Gimbal, and Editing App

The content we share online has evolved into a powerful form of self-expression, shaping how we connect, inspire,

Shot on mobile: The vivo X300 FE Field Test

Shot on mobile: The vivo X300 FE Field Test Photographers once hesitated to use smartphones for gallery work, but that boundary has vanished. Mobile technology now allows us to cap...

The smartphone camera's most overlooked ingredient? Leica says it's still the lens

TJ Walton, Xiaomi's Senior Product Marketing Manager and Global Spokesperson (center) and Pablo Acevedo Noda, Head of Development and Engineering for Leica's mobile division (right...

Creators Shift from Bulky Cameras to Smartphones Like Vivo X300 FE

MANILA, PHILIPPINES— The world of content creation has evolved beyond simply capturing beautiful images. Millions of photos and

SmallRig Enters the Storage Market With a Phone-Mounted SSD

SmallRig is stepping into the storage media market. At Cine Gear 2026, Johnnie spoke with Manny Moreno from SmallRig about a portable SSD that mounts on the back of a phone and is...