DxO One iPhone camera drops to $499, updates with new app-based features

DxO on Tuesday announced an immediate price drop for its DxO One iPhone camera, along with an update to the hardware's companion iPhone app, introducing several new features.

Pricewise the DxO One is now $499, down from $599. And authorized resellers like B&H Photo and Amazon have marked it down even further to $464.00. To reach this however, the company has unbunbled its FilmPack and OpticsPro desktop apps, making them paid extras.

Through version 1.3 of the iPhone app, the camera's OLED display can be used as a framing assistant for quick composition. The update further introduces a motion blur alert, and a new way of adjusting metering, white balance, and focus modes. Those elements can also be seen in the camera's viewfinder alongside an iPhone's battery level.

Shooters can newly specify compression levels for JPEG files, and bitrate for videos. When browsing photos, the gallery will now sort images in the same order as iOS' Photos app, and image sharing has gained a confirmation message. Finally, a Message Center feature connects users to DxO and provides information on using the camera.

The DxO One enables higher-quality shooting than with an iPhone's own camera, thanks to a 20.2-megapixel sensor, adjustable aperture and shutter settings, higher light sensitivity, and expandable storage.

Although the camera is designed for iPhones from the iPhone 5 on up, it can also be used with iPads dating back to the fourth-generation model.

10 Comments

ireland 17435 comments · 18 Years

About 8 years ago

It seems to me what is more needed is a DSLR with Dropbox connectivity for auto-sync, not this attached to an iPhone. iPhone is a good camera—for a smartphone. There's no comparing with with a decent DSLR.

peteo 402 comments · 15 Years

ireland said:

It seems to me what is more needed is a DSLR with Dropbox connectivity for auto-sync, not this attached to an iPhone. iPhone is a good camera—for a smartphone. There's no comparing with with a decent DSLR.

Th idea behind it is no need to carry a big DLSR along with you. you can just attach this 20 mega pixel low light sensor to your iPhone and use the iPhone for the view master and to control functions. They key here is whether or not people think $499 is worth, it would say no. @ $299 probably get a good amount of people

tzeshan 2350 comments · 14 Years

peteo said:

ireland said:

It seems to me what is more needed is a DSLR with Dropbox connectivity for auto-sync, not this attached to an iPhone. iPhone is a good camera—for a smartphone. There's no comparing with with a decent DSLR.

Th idea behind it is no need to carry a big DLSR along with you. you can just attach this 20 mega pixel low light sensor to your iPhone and use the iPhone for the view master and to control functions. They key here is whether or not people think $499 is worth, it would say no. @ $299 probably get a good amount of people

Without zooming, there is no point spending $500 on such thing.

hmlongco 581 comments · 9 Years

I'll say it again: Adding a fixed-lens attachment to an iPhone that already has a fixed-lens camera was stupid.

I understand the larger sensor, but the thing that could have made this a "must have" item would have been adding the same 1" sensor with a ZOOM lens. Something the iPhone sorely lacks,

Now the price drop which indicates that sales aren't great and that people aren't buying them for that very reason.

I know that's why I didn't....

steveh 480 comments · 19 Years

ireland said:

It seems to me what is more needed is a DSLR with Dropbox connectivity for auto-sync, not this attached to an iPhone. iPhone is a good camera—for a smartphone. There's no comparing with with a decent DSLR.

The DxO One doesn't use the iPhone camera, it is itself a camera.

And judging from published results, a pretty capable one at that.