I’m not a big fan of iPhone cases (add too much bulk), but if I had one, it would probably be the Griffin Clarifi. Why? Because it has a little built-in macro lens that can be moved over the iPhone lens. With Clarifi, you have a better chance at taking good and sharp close-ups and macros, since the slide-on lens reduces the closest focus range for the iPhone camera from 18 to 4.1 inches. This is especially useful for barcode and text photography or for some of the uses that are outlined in our post about other uses for the iPhone camera.
The Clarifi case is constructed of polycarbonate with access to power switch, headphone jack, volume controls and features Griffin’s EasyDock; remove the case bottom to charge and sync, put it back on when you’re ready to go.
Price: $34.99, Amazon: $21.00
I hope this will be the shortest article that I will ever write on this blog.
In short, all the reasons why the Palm Pre will fail also apply to the Zune HD. Actually, no matter how good the device ends up being, the Zune line itself has already failed to catch on and the Zune brand is as tainted as Vista. So the ecosystem will not abandon the iPhone and rally around Zune.
And thus we will not do a Zune HD Photo Show, either.
Would you like to geotag your photos that you shoot with your DSLR or point & shoot camera, even if the camera itself does not allow you to do so. Or do you shy away from geotagging because the manufacturers’ solutions are too pricey? There is an alternative, if you have an iPhone!
Simply install GeoTag from Salt & Pepper on your iPhone. When in the field shooting pictures, turn on GeoTag, so it records your GPS coordinates. Once back home, download your GeoTag information into the free Geotag desktop companion software and then merge them with your images inside the Geotag desktop. From there, you can import your images into Lightroom, Aperture, Photoshop, iPhoto or your favorite photo editor.
This does not only work for JPGs, but also a variety of RAW formats, including Canon’s CR2, Nikon’s NEF, Olympus’ and Panasonic’s RAW formats and with a variety of other image formats (TIF, PNG, others).
A flow-chart with more details can be found at Salt&Pepper’s Geotag website.
There are two downsides to this process:
First, Geotag Desktop is Mac only at this time. No luck for Windows folks who have iPhones.
Secondly, there is an extra step required to merge the geotags before you can import the images into your photo editing or management software. You cannot do it there directly. But then, given the low price of Geotag, it’s worth the extra step to many of us!
Price: $3.99 from iTunes.
