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Hands-on : This Handy Grip Gives Your iPhone DSLR-Like Controls

Hands-on : This Handy Grip Gives Your iPhone DSLR-Like Controls

Posted on May 18, 2017January 21, 2019 By Jarvis

The cameras on our phones are fantastic shooters, especially if you have something like the iPhone 7 Plus. Controls on those camera phones are another story, as they often leave you tapping the screen in frustration, or looking for settings that just aren’t there. That’s where the Pictar comes in. It combines a spring-loaded grip with a free app to transform an iPhone into something that feels like a DSLR.

Available today (May 17) in two sizes that work on both standard-sized iPhones for $100 or the bigger Plus models for $110, the Pictar sports three dials for adjusting settings such as zoom, mode, shutter/exposure compensation along with a true two-step shutter button. That means just like on a real camera, you can press halfway down to focus, then down a bit more to snap the pic.
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Cameras, Phones, Wearables Tags:app, camera, compensation, DSLR, iphone, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhones, review

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