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The most powerful camera apps for iPhone.
iOS 26 and iPhone 17 Pro are here. Here’s the latest on our updates - and a first tiny peek at Halide Mark III www.lux.camera/rewrites-and...
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
iOS 26 and iPhone 17 Pro are here. Here’s the latest on our updates - and a first tiny peek at Halide Mark III www.lux.camera/rewrites-and...
Stay tuned for our iPhone camera reviews — there might be two this year.
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Stay tuned for our iPhone camera reviews — there might be two this year.
iPhone 17 Pro is going to be a camera beast. ProRes RAW, 48MP cameras all around, overhauled processing pipeline for digital zoom, vapor chamber cooling for extended shooting.
September 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
iPhone 17 Pro is going to be a camera beast. ProRes RAW, 48MP cameras all around, overhauled processing pipeline for digital zoom, vapor chamber cooling for extended shooting.
iPhone Air gets a single, large 48MP camera. With a new, more AI-heavy 2× pipeline and discrete crop modes.
September 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
iPhone Air gets a single, large 48MP camera. With a new, more AI-heavy 2× pipeline and discrete crop modes.
iPhone 17s get a square, doubled-size front-facing camera sensor. Makes a lot of sense, and will get a ton of use by users with the Center Stage feature auto-framing the shot.
September 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
iPhone 17s get a square, doubled-size front-facing camera sensor. Makes a lot of sense, and will get a ton of use by users with the Center Stage feature auto-framing the shot.
Good morning - taking a break from our hard work on Halide Mark III to comment on any new camera news. 👀
Who’s excited?
Who’s excited?
September 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Good morning - taking a break from our hard work on Halide Mark III to comment on any new camera news. 👀
Who’s excited?
Who’s excited?
📣 Introducing Kino 1.3, a big update to Kino with powerful creator features:
Audio Control — you can now toggle automatic or manual selection of any audio source; expanded external drive support; frame drop detection and more!
Grab Kino 1.3, in the App Store now: shotwithkino.com/download
Audio Control — you can now toggle automatic or manual selection of any audio source; expanded external drive support; frame drop detection and more!
Grab Kino 1.3, in the App Store now: shotwithkino.com/download
June 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📣 Introducing Kino 1.3, a big update to Kino with powerful creator features:
Audio Control — you can now toggle automatic or manual selection of any audio source; expanded external drive support; frame drop detection and more!
Grab Kino 1.3, in the App Store now: shotwithkino.com/download
Audio Control — you can now toggle automatic or manual selection of any audio source; expanded external drive support; frame drop detection and more!
Grab Kino 1.3, in the App Store now: shotwithkino.com/download
New on our blog: @sdw chronicles the design ages of iOS and visualizes what the next UI age might look and feel like. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New on our blog: @sdw chronicles the design ages of iOS and visualizes what the next UI age might look and feel like. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
A year ago, we launched Kino — Halide’s video sidekick. We couldn’t have imagined the incredible rollercoaster of its first year: topping the App Store charts, a cameo in the iPhone 16 keynote, and winning the App Store Awards as iPhone App of the Year!
Happy birthday, Kino 🥳
Happy birthday, Kino 🥳
May 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A year ago, we launched Kino — Halide’s video sidekick. We couldn’t have imagined the incredible rollercoaster of its first year: topping the App Store charts, a cameo in the iPhone 16 keynote, and winning the App Store Awards as iPhone App of the Year!
Happy birthday, Kino 🥳
Happy birthday, Kino 🥳
Last chance to get a question in for us to answer in our lil’ iPhone 16e review.
March 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Last chance to get a question in for us to answer in our lil’ iPhone 16e review.
It’s iPhone 16e week, but let’s take a moment to honor the finest iPhone with a home button: the iPhone 7! Maybe the nicest iPhone ever?
Dylan McDonald (@dylan.mcd8) shot this utterly gorgeous portrait of the 7 series lineup. We’ll always be very partial to the Jet Black — the best iPhone finish.
Dylan McDonald (@dylan.mcd8) shot this utterly gorgeous portrait of the 7 series lineup. We’ll always be very partial to the Jet Black — the best iPhone finish.
March 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It’s iPhone 16e week, but let’s take a moment to honor the finest iPhone with a home button: the iPhone 7! Maybe the nicest iPhone ever?
Dylan McDonald (@dylan.mcd8) shot this utterly gorgeous portrait of the 7 series lineup. We’ll always be very partial to the Jet Black — the best iPhone finish.
Dylan McDonald (@dylan.mcd8) shot this utterly gorgeous portrait of the 7 series lineup. We’ll always be very partial to the Jet Black — the best iPhone finish.
Cool observation by @gruber.foo: iPhone 16 wallpapers match their rear camera layout from 1 orb on iPhone 16e all the way to 3 for iPhone 16 Pro
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Cool observation by @gruber.foo: iPhone 16 wallpapers match their rear camera layout from 1 orb on iPhone 16e all the way to 3 for iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 16e is here! Packing a “48Mp dual camera”. We’re going to investigate!
February 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
iPhone 16e is here! Packing a “48Mp dual camera”. We’re going to investigate!
Now that we're a bit later into the lifetime of iPhone 16, we're curious to hear how you use the Camera Control. Is it a part of your workflow? Love it or hate it?
February 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Now that we're a bit later into the lifetime of iPhone 16, we're curious to hear how you use the Camera Control. Is it a part of your workflow? Love it or hate it?
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. Shoot your shot 💘
February 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. Shoot your shot 💘
Some of the 52-week creative challenges of the last 4 weeks! This week’s theme is ‘Speed’ - take a shot and share it to participate and have a shot at winning some really cool merch.
Some more details in our Discord. 💬 discord.gg/eCCSDqUp
Some more details in our Discord. 💬 discord.gg/eCCSDqUp
February 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some of the 52-week creative challenges of the last 4 weeks! This week’s theme is ‘Speed’ - take a shot and share it to participate and have a shot at winning some really cool merch.
Some more details in our Discord. 💬 discord.gg/eCCSDqUp
Some more details in our Discord. 💬 discord.gg/eCCSDqUp
Do you like manual settings, Kino, and those two things combined? Great — hop into our Discord! We’ll be doing one of our first Early Access TestFlight invite rounds: discord.gg/FVFmSUbfuZ
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Do you like manual settings, Kino, and those two things combined? Great — hop into our Discord! We’ll be doing one of our first Early Access TestFlight invite rounds: discord.gg/FVFmSUbfuZ
RULE OF THIRDS is our 2nd theme to kick off our 52-week creative challenge!
Tips: A thirds-layout grid is in Halide and Kino - and you can use that as a guide as you take a shot. But, don’t limit yourself to a precise grid if you feel like it: you can take shots of, say, 3 items too.
Tips: A thirds-layout grid is in Halide and Kino - and you can use that as a guide as you take a shot. But, don’t limit yourself to a precise grid if you feel like it: you can take shots of, say, 3 items too.
January 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
RULE OF THIRDS is our 2nd theme to kick off our 52-week creative challenge!
Tips: A thirds-layout grid is in Halide and Kino - and you can use that as a guide as you take a shot. But, don’t limit yourself to a precise grid if you feel like it: you can take shots of, say, 3 items too.
Tips: A thirds-layout grid is in Halide and Kino - and you can use that as a guide as you take a shot. But, don’t limit yourself to a precise grid if you feel like it: you can take shots of, say, 3 items too.
Here’s a cool new thing we’re doing: we now have a Discord community! Great for sharing shots, tips, and tracking your progress for our 2025 challenge.
Join here! discord.gg/RDAUwQ96
Join here! discord.gg/RDAUwQ96
January 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here’s a cool new thing we’re doing: we now have a Discord community! Great for sharing shots, tips, and tracking your progress for our 2025 challenge.
Join here! discord.gg/RDAUwQ96
Join here! discord.gg/RDAUwQ96
The Halide / Kino 52 week challenge begins today! Week 1’s theme is EARLY LIGHT 🌅
Share a shot here or in our discord to complete 52 weeks of shooting to improve your photography and build a creative habit in 2025 - along with a chance to win some cool Lux merch.
Share a shot here or in our discord to complete 52 weeks of shooting to improve your photography and build a creative habit in 2025 - along with a chance to win some cool Lux merch.
January 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Halide / Kino 52 week challenge begins today! Week 1’s theme is EARLY LIGHT 🌅
Share a shot here or in our discord to complete 52 weeks of shooting to improve your photography and build a creative habit in 2025 - along with a chance to win some cool Lux merch.
Share a shot here or in our discord to complete 52 weeks of shooting to improve your photography and build a creative habit in 2025 - along with a chance to win some cool Lux merch.
All of us at Lux wish you a very happy new year — may it be filled with light worth capturing. ✨
January 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
All of us at Lux wish you a very happy new year — may it be filled with light worth capturing. ✨
We’re working on our year in review… and a sneak preview of what’s coming up. 👀
What would you like us to work on next?
What would you like us to work on next?
December 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
We’re working on our year in review… and a sneak preview of what’s coming up. 👀
What would you like us to work on next?
What would you like us to work on next?
All the winners of the 2024 App Store Awards! We are so proud to be in such great company.
December 14, 2024 at 10:52 PM
All the winners of the 2024 App Store Awards! We are so proud to be in such great company.
Welcome, new Kino users and followers!
If you want to get started with the app and learn more about making great videos, check out our video and written lessons — you can find them in the app settings, or right here: www.shotwithkino.com/iphone-video...
If you want to get started with the app and learn more about making great videos, check out our video and written lessons — you can find them in the app settings, or right here: www.shotwithkino.com/iphone-video...
December 13, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Welcome, new Kino users and followers!
If you want to get started with the app and learn more about making great videos, check out our video and written lessons — you can find them in the app settings, or right here: www.shotwithkino.com/iphone-video...
If you want to get started with the app and learn more about making great videos, check out our video and written lessons — you can find them in the app settings, or right here: www.shotwithkino.com/iphone-video...