DxO Labs ONE Digital Camera

Although we love the concept, software, convenience, and results of the DxO One, it’s relatively expensive, considering some of the restrictions, i.e. iOS only. For the same price, you can get the original RX100 with a 3x Zeiss optical zoom lens and even greater camera controls, or a Canon PowerShot...

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  1-inch, 20.2-megapixel sensor, 32-mm equivalent, f/1.8 lens, Works beautifully with iPhone, iPad, SuperRAW and RAW uncompressed files, Great software, UI

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  High price for niche camera, Not for fast action, No support for other phones

The DxO One is an innovative add-on camera for iPhones, designed to boost the quality of the shots you take with your device, but it's plagued by too many issues to recommend.

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  Very small. 1-inch image sensor. Wide aperture f/1.8 lens. Sharp images. Innovative concept.

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  Overheats. Short battery life. SuperRAW processing requires a lot of CPU time. Questionable connection design. Inconsistent focus speed. Expensive. Only compatible with iOS devices.

It's a good camera and unquestionably better than that of any iPhone, but the DxO One isn't no-brainer-better than other options for the money. Yet.

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  The DxO One's notable strengths include a well thought-out and attractive design and excellent photo quality on-par with its class.

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  It's expensive, and it's a little slow with short battery life.

The DxO One is a pocket-sized camera module for the Apple iPhone or iPad that offers a one-inch sensor with 20MP resolution and a fixed focal length of 32mm (35mm film equivalent). The camera uses the iPhone and an app as both the control center and electronic viewfinder.

Perhaps a more pertinent question than outright quality remains the handling and usability issue. After all, you could have the best camera in the world stuffed in your pocket, but if it’s a faff to use, or you drop it while you’re fumbling around trying to fold the connector away, you’re less...

Apple has done some pretty impressive things with its iPhone iSight camera, but it’s not for pros. Even with all the apps that seem to give you nominal control over aperture and shutter speed, photography nerds want something more.

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The acid test for a product like this is how much you use it. During my time with the DXO One, I found it more of a chore than a pleasure to use. It’s simply too fiddly to use conveniently, the iPhone typically produces better-exposed images with more dynamic range (unedited), and it’s disappointing...

The DxO One is the first truly new concept in camera design since, well, smartphone cameras got good enough to take photos someone else might want to see. It's also a Marmite product - there are many reasons to hate it, but if what it does appeals, you're going to absolutely love it.

An effective, if a little slow and fiddly, way to upgrade your phone’s camera quality.

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  Small, Good image quality, Solid app

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  Exposure often needs a tweak, Fiddly to use, Unimpressive AF and shooting performance

In perfect daylight, and even good lighting, I would say that the image quality is on par with my iPhone 7.Where this camera blows away the iPhone is in very dark locations. Using the manual controls, you're able to get some killer shots.

The DxO One Camera showed up yesterday. Apple style' packaging and small size are impressive. The camera appears to be very well constructed though I've noticed some minor issues with the lightning connector. (more on that later) Pretty much everything about it is intuitive.