This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I are joined by PetaPixel's mobile and computing contributing writer Ted Kritsonis to talk about the very good smartphone camera systems that North Americans might not know about or have outright disregarded.

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In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 08:50 - GoPro's Anamorphic lens mod is finally available
• 12:15 - Tamron will make more prime lenses if that's what photographers want
• 15:18 - Canon is developing 3D dual photo tech powered by Dual Pixel
• 20:15 - Sirui is the ninth member of the L Mount Alliance
• 23:06 - Sony and Canon tease new video cameras
• 27:54 - The very good smartphone cameras you aren't considering
• 1:05:20 - What have you been up to?
• 1:14:59 - We are going to Las Vegas
• 1:15:41 - Never read the comments
• 1:20:29 - Tech support
• 1:31:51 - Feel good story of the week