6 Cool camera phone accessories
/Millions of pictures are taken daily on smartphones and while there’s a fair number that are great, some shots could use a touch of improvement.
Here are our six favourite accessories to boost your smartphone pictures and videos to keep your social media accounts looking lovely:
DJI Osmo 2 Gimbal
We picked this up when it came out in spring and absolutely love this stabilization tool. You can shoot time lapse videos, zoom in, track faces/objects, huge panoramic shots and the accessory itself is light and easy to use. Throw in 15 hours of battery life and you’re all set.
Olloclip 4-in-1 Lens
This easy to use kit provides a fisheye, wide-angle, 10X macro and 15X macro lens to give you versatility for your smartphone photography. It’s lightweight, compact design works on both front and rear-facing cameras.
LOHA Tripod
Offering you a variety of ways to creatively shoot pictures and video, whether it’s dangling from a tree branch, from you bannister or any other creative places, a simple flexible tripod enables you to do that. The LOHA tripod is our pick as it offers a lifetime 100% money back guarantee.
iBlazr 2 LED light
Smartphones don’t do overly well in low-light settings, even with the flash on. The iBlazr2 light clips on to your smartphone giving you the extra light needed to bring your nighttime photography out of the shadows. You’ll get close to 300 “flashes” per full battery charge and charging time is about an hour, so consider picking up two to be safe.
Rode VideoMicro external microphone
This handy accessory boosts the quality of your smartphone videos and easily plugs into your phone. You’ll enjoy a cleaner sound in windy and noisy conditions with this directional microphone, featuring a deluxe furry windshield.
Anker Bluetooth Selfie Stick
No longer just for tourists, selfie sticks are quite the versatile tool if you’re not Inspector Gadget. Vloggers of various levels can benefit from a selfie stick, as well as photographers who want that shot of beautiful scenery in the background. The Anker Bluetooth Selfie Stick stretches out to a whopping 29.7 inches and gets close to 20 hours of use on a single charge.