Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

From smartphone holiday snaps to awe-inspiring travelscapes, we all take photos in different ways. Skillful photographers can produce great shots with any device, but the right kit can open new creative opportunities and make shooting way more fun. To help take your Instagram feed to the next level (follow us @TheGadgetFlow), here’s our list of the best photography gadgets that money can buy.

Amazing Cameras

Light L16 Compact Camera

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

With 16 lenses covering three focal lengths, this 52-megapixel compact is the future of photography.

Tiny1

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

The “world’s smallest astronomy camera” takes amazing shots of the night sky.

Smartphone Shots

DxO ONE

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

This innovative DSLR-quality camera uses your iPhone as a high-resolution display.

True Zoom MotoMod Lens

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This collaboration between Motorola and Hasselblad has yet to hit the shelves, but it will soon add impressive optics to Moto Z smartphones.

Air A01 Smartphone Camera

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

Olympus is trying something even more ambitious: adding an interchangeable lens camera to your smartphone.

Moment Lenses for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

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Made with precision glass, Moment lenses offer a wider field of view with great image quality.

uHandy Microscope

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

Ever wanted to look an ant in the eye? This cool accessory lets you do just that.

Shooting Accessories

Storrist Camera Pack

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

Betabrand’s photography backpack can hold your camera, lenses, laptop, and much more.

MIOPS MOBILE

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

This accessory adds dozens of creative options to your DSLR, including timelapse and HDR, controlled via your smartphone.

Camera Lift-Strap

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

By shifting the weight of your camera to your backpack, this ingenious strap takes the strain off your neck.

Retro Snaps

I-1 Smart Analog Instant Camera

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The I-1 combines the best shooting features of modern cameras with the retro appeal of instant prints.

Fujifilm INSTAX SHARE SP-2 Instant Film Photo Printer

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

If you prefer your current camera, this Fujifilm printer puts Polaroid-style snaps in your pocket.

Editing Genius

Palette

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

With buttons, dials and sliders, you can think of Palette as a mixing desk for photo editing.

Getting Airborne

Dobby Pocket Selfie Drone by ZEROTECH

Upgrade Your Instagram with these Essential Photography Gadgets

This compact quadcopter can take off from your hand and respond to voice commands, while taking 13MP photos and 1080p video from above.

Mark is best known for writing about apps, but he also loves the tactile, hardware side of technology. Being a professional photographer, he's pretty handy with a camera, and he's a self-confessed tweetaholic.
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