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  • Users continue to experience sluggishness, battery life problems in iOS 11 after multiple ...

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    Sure iOS 11 is more sluggish and drains the battery more quickly, but at least there are new emojis. Priorities people!  /s
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  • Jony Ive talks Steve Jobs's vision for Apple Park, design inspiration from 'Star Wars'

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  • ESPN uses iPhone 7 for 9th annual 'Body Issue' cover shoot

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    nht said:

    The iPhone (and any other smartphone) is in the same pro category as a Zoom H1 mic/recorder used by professionals.  That the far more capable Zoom F8 multitrack field recorder sits at the other end of the spectrum of field recorders doesn't make the Zoom H1 an "absurdity" as pro gear even if it is only $99.  Many pro's don't need more than the H1 as a field recorder.  Likewise many pros don't need more than the iPhone as a field camera.  Both are "pro gear".

    Several years ago I thought it amusing enough to take a picture of a guy with a press badge taking video and pictures with his iPhone at an event.  Today, it's just common place. 

    http://www.newsshooter.com/2014/11/26/rte-video-journalist-philip-bromwell-shoots-the-news-on-his-iphone-6/

    http://www.shoulderpod.com/journal/2014/12/4/mobile-journalist-philip-bromwell-shoots-a-visual-story-in-dublin-for-the-irish-tv-using-an-iphone-6-plus-and-a-shoulderpod-mount.

    iPhone on one end of the pro spectrum. Sony EX3 at the other.
    iPhone on one end of the pro spectrum. Nikon D5 on the other.

    Professional journalists have been filing news stories using iPhones for years.  Debate over.
    Again, it's a matter of opinion, no matter how authoritatively you state it. And claiming a debate that is based on opinion is over is pretty pretentious and absurd. Some people might not consider a camera to be "pro gear" unless it allows for f-stop and shutter speed adjustments. That is their opinion. You obviously do not feel the same way. That is your opinion. There is a LOT of equipment that has been used in professional environments for years that many folks would not consider "pro gear".  Again, it is a matter of opinion. 
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  • Apple doling out jean jackets plus Metal, iMessage, six-color logo pins to WWDC attendees

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    andyring said:
    Interesting on the logo pin. Probably a gay rights thing is my guess.
    Interesting on your comment. Probably a "you're not familiar with the history of Apple logos" thing is my guess.   ;)
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  • First look: Rigiet iPhone camera gimbal is an affordable way to stabilize video recordings...

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    maestro64 said:
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    igorsky said:
    Isn't a gimbal supposed to eliminate the bounce caused by walking/running? This one doesn't seem to do that.
    That's not what a gimbal does. A gimbal only provides a specific style of rotation on an axis. You're talking about stabilization and this story makes no mention of gyroscopic or other forms of stabilization.
    Well, the headline does read "affordable way to stabilize video recordings...", so one would expect the sample video to exhibit that. If you're looking for stabilization, you can get a Steadicam Smoothee for under ninety bucks.

    Have you ever seen most people's cell phone videos, they are pointing everywhere but at the subject they intend to record. For them it could help stabilize their videos.

    But, even your example does not have gyroscopic stabilization either. It uses a poor man's counter balance method, and giving a little more weight to the phone which helps the human body self stabilize. When I shoot pictures I personally like a heaver camera, it allow me to control the motion better. Humans have a very poor feedback mechanism with light objects, the heaver the object the better the human does with balance and stabilization.

    Gyroscopic stabilization is in another price range. My point was that if you want something on the cheap, in my opinion the Steadicam Smoothee does just as good of a job, if not better than the Rigiet, and you can buy a Smoothee right now for significantly less than the cost of the Rigiet. I don't really see that this Rigiet product offers anything more than what is already available at an equal or lower price.
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