Mobiles

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How to swipe away photo imperfections

Kit Eaton These days smartphone apps can manipulate photos in myriad ways.

Smartphones crushing point-and-shoot camera market

Canon

Hiroshi Hiyama The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, analysts say.

Flaw in iPhone 5 camera reveals purple haze

iPhone 5, iPhone 4S

Charlie White If you point the iPhone 5's camera toward the sun or bright lights, a purple halo appears around those light sources, and in some cases, purple lens flares also appear within the frame.

Seeing double puts 3D on TV

3D imaging.

Imaging To enjoy three-dimensional images at home, you can go cheap or expensive, writes Terry Lane.

Apple says camera's purple haze is 'normal'

iPhone 5, iPhone 4S

Stan Schroeder Apple Support claims that the ugly purple haze that pops up in some iPhone 5 photos is "normal behaviour".

Put to the test: smartphones v point-and-shoot cameras

Compact cameras are under threat from mobile phones.

Imaging As technology develops, compact cameras are under threat of being taken out of the picture, writes Terry Lane.

Advancing at shutter speed

Victor Keegan If the digital revolution had produced nothing except the camera phone, it would still have had a transformative effect on most people's lives.

Snapshots of the future

David Bailey

UNTIL recently, camera phones have been the snapshot camera's poor relation but some have reached the point where they can take serious pictures, even at night.