DxO One Lightning camera for iPhone & iPad arrives at Best Buy's online & retail stores
DxO's dedicated iPhone and iPad Lightning-connected camera, the DxO One, expanded its sales reach this week with a launch at Best Buy's U.S. online store, and a select number of retail locations.
Although the add-on normally costs $499, online Best Buy shoppers can currently get the DxO One for $479.99. Competing vendors Amazon and B&H are selling the device for 99 cents less, but don't have any real-world presence apart from the latter's store in New York City.
Apple was carrying the product in its own retail stores, but a spokesperson told AppleInsider that DxO is "currently on a hiatus from that."
The DxO One connects to a device's Lightning port, and improves photos and video though features like a dedidicated 20.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, ISO levels up to 51,200, and a 32mm-equivalent f/1.8 lens. A matching iOS app serves as both an interface and a live view.
The accessory runs on devices as far back as the iPhone 5 and fourth-generation iPad. Content can be saved to a microSD slot, though no card is included.
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Poor lighting connector. Imagine how easy it will break
I thought about his a while back for a hot second and then I realized that even if it adds some features the advantage I was really looking for in this sort of device would really be a zoom lens. A fixed lens didn't seem that compelling to me compared to the 6s/ 6s plus lens.
Just get a DSLR that supports MiFi memory cards. I picked up a Pentax K50 with an 18-55mm lens, along with a 32GB MiFi card, all for less than $500. The memory card creates a Wifi hotspot, I connect to it from the iPhone and can download right in the field. Even raw image formats can be downloaded, though I haven't bothered with that as I'm not doing any heavy image editing after the fact. I'll shop for wide angle and zoom lenses before a trip to the Philippines later this year.