Ben Sandofsky
@sandofsky.com
Cofounder of Lux. We make Halide and Kino.
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So excited to be contributing to the design of Halide Mark III, Lux’s flagship photography app. 📷
This is just a sneak peek. Stay tuned for more thoughtfully composed designs.
How can we help with the design of your app? Let’s talk.
iconfactory.com/services
This is just a sneak peek. Stay tuned for more thoughtfully composed designs.
How can we help with the design of your app? Let’s talk.
iconfactory.com/services
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So excited to be contributing to the design of Halide Mark III, Lux’s flagship photography app. 📷
This is just a sneak peek. Stay tuned for more thoughtfully composed designs.
How can we help with the design of your app? Let’s talk.
iconfactory.com/services
This is just a sneak peek. Stay tuned for more thoughtfully composed designs.
How can we help with the design of your app? Let’s talk.
iconfactory.com/services
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Talked with @sandofsky.com to confirm we don't have to worry about the future of Halide, and Mark III looks really interesting.
Sebastiaan de With is the co-founder of Lux, maker of Halide, and formerly worked on the iCloud and Find My teams at Apple, but now he's set to return to Apple and is joining the Design Team.
Pro camera app Halide developer Sebastiaan de With returning to Apple for Design Team
Sebastiaan de With is the co-founder of Lux, maker of Halide, and formerly worked on the iCloud and Find My teams at Apple, but now he's set to return to Apple and is joining the Design Team.
appleinsider.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Talked with @sandofsky.com to confirm we don't have to worry about the future of Halide, and Mark III looks really interesting.
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Hello Bluesky! After over a year of development, we're excited to announce the public preview of Halide Mark III.
Today we're diving into Looks. For the full details, check out our lengthy blog post!
www.lux.camera/mark-iii-loo...
Today we're diving into Looks. For the full details, check out our lengthy blog post!
www.lux.camera/mark-iii-loo...
Inside Looks: A Mark III Preview
Today launched a public preview of Halide Mark III, the next generation of our flagship photography app. It's still a work in progress, but we're ready to start sharing what we've worked on for the pa...
www.lux.camera
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Hello Bluesky! After over a year of development, we're excited to announce the public preview of Halide Mark III.
Today we're diving into Looks. For the full details, check out our lengthy blog post!
www.lux.camera/mark-iii-loo...
Today we're diving into Looks. For the full details, check out our lengthy blog post!
www.lux.camera/mark-iii-loo...
There's nothing like the relief of shipping an update over a year in the making. It's like passing a kidney stone of the mind.
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
There's nothing like the relief of shipping an update over a year in the making. It's like passing a kidney stone of the mind.
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It'll all make sense soon.
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It'll all make sense soon.
New York Status #ShotWithHalide #ChromaNoir
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
New York Status #ShotWithHalide #ChromaNoir
Despite the cultural significance of the Leica photo from the ICE protests, it keeps getting deleted from /r/Leica because the mod is MAGA. Folks have taken to posting on /r/LeicaCameras
www.reddit.com/r/LeicaCamer...
www.reddit.com/r/LeicaCamer...
From the LeicaCameras community on Reddit: Remarkable photo of Leica in use to document current events.
Explore this post and more from the LeicaCameras community
www.reddit.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Despite the cultural significance of the Leica photo from the ICE protests, it keeps getting deleted from /r/Leica because the mod is MAGA. Folks have taken to posting on /r/LeicaCameras
www.reddit.com/r/LeicaCamer...
www.reddit.com/r/LeicaCamer...
My wife just upgraded to Tahoe.
January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My wife just upgraded to Tahoe.
Fellow camera nerds: what's with the hype around the Canon Powershot G7?
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Fellow camera nerds: what's with the hype around the Canon Powershot G7?
"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us."
Ted Sarandos, Netflix, 2013.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix, 2013.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us."
Ted Sarandos, Netflix, 2013.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix, 2013.
Contributed a few thoughts to this story about how the latest Nano Banana model appears to imitate a mobile phone camera for more believable results.
Even if you hate generative AI (👋🏻), still pretty interesting!
www.theverge.com/report/83797...
Even if you hate generative AI (👋🏻), still pretty interesting!
www.theverge.com/report/83797...
Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos
We’re cooked.
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Contributed a few thoughts to this story about how the latest Nano Banana model appears to imitate a mobile phone camera for more believable results.
Even if you hate generative AI (👋🏻), still pretty interesting!
www.theverge.com/report/83797...
Even if you hate generative AI (👋🏻), still pretty interesting!
www.theverge.com/report/83797...
Scenes from New York. Pan F Plus 50. #BelieveInFilm
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Scenes from New York. Pan F Plus 50. #BelieveInFilm
I've been so busy I missed the ten year anniversary of Halide's first commit.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been so busy I missed the ten year anniversary of Halide's first commit.
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This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Bluesky! Help me find a home for our beautiful, sweet foster kitty Leon. He’s a very chill 1 year old boy who loves attention and is great with other cats. Looking for his forever home now in and around San Francisco.
More info ⬇️
www.adoptapet.com/pet/46272597...
More info ⬇️
www.adoptapet.com/pet/46272597...
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bluesky! Help me find a home for our beautiful, sweet foster kitty Leon. He’s a very chill 1 year old boy who loves attention and is great with other cats. Looking for his forever home now in and around San Francisco.
More info ⬇️
www.adoptapet.com/pet/46272597...
More info ⬇️
www.adoptapet.com/pet/46272597...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
With SNAP in jeopardy due to the government shutdown, now is a really good time to make a donation to your local food bank.
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With SNAP in jeopardy due to the government shutdown, now is a really good time to make a donation to your local food bank.
No Kings, Times Square, shot on an XPan in Kodacolor #BelieveInFilm
October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
No Kings, Times Square, shot on an XPan in Kodacolor #BelieveInFilm
I feel lucky I grew up watching the explosion of the internet, culminating in the ubiquity of smart phones. Connecting humanity was our generation’s moon landing.
I feel cursed living through the innovation drought. Everything today feels designed to exploit the connected.
I feel cursed living through the innovation drought. Everything today feels designed to exploit the connected.
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I feel lucky I grew up watching the explosion of the internet, culminating in the ubiquity of smart phones. Connecting humanity was our generation’s moon landing.
I feel cursed living through the innovation drought. Everything today feels designed to exploit the connected.
I feel cursed living through the innovation drought. Everything today feels designed to exploit the connected.
I think the people most impressed by LLM knowledge grew up after the web was ruined by SEO and Google was destroyed from within. They aren’t used to typing a question into a box and getting an answer without bullshit.
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I think the people most impressed by LLM knowledge grew up after the web was ruined by SEO and Google was destroyed from within. They aren’t used to typing a question into a box and getting an answer without bullshit.
I’m just so bored of where tech is going. It’s like LLMs sucked all the air out of the room.
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I’m just so bored of where tech is going. It’s like LLMs sucked all the air out of the room.
Rock Doves, Neopan Acros #BelieveInFilm
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Rock Doves, Neopan Acros #BelieveInFilm
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I just published my 3,500 word review for the iPhone Air, viewed through the lens of the rangefinder's legacy. Everything in the post was shot on film or iPhone. www.lux.camera/requiem-ipho...
Requiem for the Rangefinder: An iPhone Air Review
Last week I set out to write a few thousand words on the iPhone Air, but it turns out I only need three: the lesser iPhone. Compared to the Pro and baseline models, it has fewer cameras and a smaller ...
www.lux.camera
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I just published my 3,500 word review for the iPhone Air, viewed through the lens of the rangefinder's legacy. Everything in the post was shot on film or iPhone. www.lux.camera/requiem-ipho...