PhotoActive
by Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn
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Episode 219: Can a Strong Magnet Disrupt Your iPhone Camera?
Episode 219: Can a Strong Magnet Disrupt Your iPhone Camera?
About this podcast
Jeff Carlson and Kirk McElhearn discuss photography and the Apple ecosystem. We cover using an iPhone or any other camera with Apple hardware and software, and we welcome photographers to discuss their work.
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- Episode 219: Can a Strong Magnet Disrupt Your iPhone Camera? · 30 min · Episode 219We’d never heard of this before, but it’s possible that a strong magnet -- like on an accessory that takes advantage of Apple’s MagSafe feature -- could mess with your iPhone’s…
- Episode 218: iPhone 18 Pro Camera Hands On · 37 min · Episode 218Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro gains a variable aperture and a faster main camera, but that’s not all. In iOS 27, Apple has also revamped the Camera app somewhat. Jeff has been shooting…
- Episode 217: iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro · 32 min · Episode 217Apple has announced its new iPhone lineup and for the first time it includes a foldable, the iPhone Duo. But photographers will want to check out the iPhone 18 Pro. We discuss…
- Episode 216: Cameras Are Everywhere · 29 min · Episode 216From Meta’s “pervert glasses” to rumored camera-equipped AirPods, cameras are making their way into more of our personal technology. Hosts: • Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's…
- Episode 215: "It Feels Un-Apple-y" · 32 min · Episode 215With new iPhones on the horizon, we discuss the new Apple Upgrade program -- and why it feels less like the Apple we knew. We then pivot to amazement about the photographers who…
- Episode 214: Dealing with Heat and a Drone Made for Water · 30 min · Episode 214The recent heat waves in the US and UK have us thinking about ways to keep our cameras and phones cool. We also look at a report on Apple’s new raw processing technology coming…
- Episode 213: Jeff Goes to the Dark Side (Sony) · 34 min · Episode 213We’ve mocked YouTubers who make a fuss about selling all their camera gear to switch brands and systems, only to do it all again later for clicks. Well, the universe has a sense…
- Episode 212: Craig Grannell on Apple’s New AI Photo Announcements · 41 min · Episode 212Apple introduced its next OS 27 systems at its Worldwide Developers Conference, which included changes to the Camera and Photos apps that revolve around AI features. Actually…
- Episode 211: Obsessive Isn’t a Bad Word · 26 min · Episode 211We often talk about framing a photo to get the best composition, but sometimes we don’t nail it. Or we realize in editing that a tighter crop would be better. Or something crept…
- Episode 210: Photo Scouting · 29 min · Episode 210Before you go out to do some photography, how do you determine where to go? Jeff had a portrait session booked and discovered that the location was fenced and blocked -- but…
- Episode 209: What If Apple Makes a Camera? · 27 min · Episode 209Our conversation in this episode started with news of John Ternus becoming the next CEO of Apple as of September 1, but that led to an intriguing concept that isn’t as…
- Episode 208: DaVinci Resolve, Lightroom Killer? · 31 min · Episode 208The well regarded video editor DaVinci Resolve just introduced a Photos module inside the app, making some people wonder whether the free software could replace traditional…
- Episode 207: Monochrome Sensors, DNG, and Apple 50th · 31 min · Episode 207We remain fascinated by monochrome cameras, and this week we discovered just how tough it is to source the sensors used by the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. We also talk about DNG…
- Episode 206: You Can’t Trust Photos Anymore · 33 min · Episode 206So it’s come to this. Generative AI has quickly gotten so good that it’s hard to distinguish real photos from generated ones. So where do we go from here? We talk about C2PA…
- Episode 205: Spec Goblins and the MacBook Neo · 29 min · Episode 205Apple has announced the MacBook Neo, a $600 laptop running on the same A18 Pro processor that was used in the iPhone 16 Pro. Oh, and it has 8GB of RAM and starts at 256GB of…
- Episode 204: Storage Prices · 29 min · Episode 204The prices of digital storage are set to climb this year because AI is eating up all the available inventory. And modern photography is entirely dependent on storage, whether…
- Episode 203: Do You Have $10,000 to Spare? · 32 min · Episode 203The best-selling compact camera in Japan is from... Kodak? We’ve talked about compact cameras in the past, but it remains a fascinating part of the photo marketplace as people…
- Episode 202: Pixelmator Pro Returns · 30 min · Episode 202Now we know what Apple is doing with Pixelmator Pro after its acquisition of Pixelmator: it’s part of the new Apple Creator Studio bundle. Also, we celebrate the latest black and…
- Episode 201: What’s Real · 33 min · Episode 201Is your phone not accurately capturing the world around you? An article in the Guardian questions whether image processing in smartphones is making photos that aren’t genuine…
- Episode 200: All Our Cameras · 40 min · Episode 200Two Hundred episodes! To celebrate roughly seven and a half years of the PhotoActive podcast, Kirk and Jeff picked some favorite photos from the digital cameras they’ve owned…
