Name: Pictar Smart Grip for Smartphones, Black
Brand: Pictar
SKU: MWPT1BS52
Price: 14.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.6 (8 reviews)

Pictar Smart Grip

Pictar Smart Grip for Smartphones, Black

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Pictar Smart Grip 

Enhance your mobile photography with the Pictar Smart Grip. Compatible with iOS, featuring a tripod socket & multi-fit clamp. Shop now for enhanced stability!

Why settle for ordinary smartphone photography when you can elevate your mobile photography experience with the Pictar Smart Grip  This innovative device, compatible with most iPhone models, transforms your smartphone into a high-functioning camera, offering superior control and functionality through its user-friendly app. The Pictar Smart Grip, designed with the aesthetics of classic cameras, features a solid ergonomic body for a comfortable, secure grip. This design not only prevents your phone from slipping but also enhances image sharpness, enabling one-handed shooting in both vertical and horizontal orientations. This smart grip is equipped with five external buttons, providing instant access to controls with just one hand. The multi-state shutter button, calibrated for maximum sensitivity, offers a 'half press' mode for focus and exposure lock, and a 'full press' mode for immediate shutter release. The zoom ring, conveniently located under the index finger, can be easily activated with one hand. The exposure compensation wheel allows you to control the amount of light entering the camera, bypassing complex menus. The smart wheel, a programmable button, allows users to control a variety of functions and switch between Pictar App's 20 preset modes.The Pictar Smart Grip also features a 'cold shoe' connection for external lighting and a standard 1/4" 20 connection for a tripod. A connecting hook for a strap and a soft carrying case are included for added convenience.The Pictar App, designed to enhance your photography, offers 20 useful camera modes for a wide range of situations. Advanced users will appreciate pro features such as manual, shutter and ISO priority modes, exposure compensation, Tiff and RAW formats, histogram, grid and level indicators, split focus and exposure points, and more.The Pictar Smart Grip utilizes a revolutionary interface that employs sound frequencies for camera activation, offering a more battery-efficient alternative to standard Bluetooth connections. This ultrasonic connection ensures an instant, seamless link between the smart grip and your phone, enhancing your mobile photography experience. Experience the power of professional photography in the palm of your hand with the Pictar Smart Grip for smartphones.

It is a lot of fun. Very intuitive interface, Would be cool if there was a way to lock it in place. Overall it works well and can make your smart phone feel like a small mirrorless camera.

Lot's of fun

I purchased this to replace a similar one I already had. This works great with my iPhone and gives me much more control over image settings. It's not perfect but it's much easier and offers more control than the standard adjustments in my phone.

Well worth it

Stated it works with most Android phones but app was not available for my Moto 5G. Does work with my wife's 13 Pro iPhone.

No app for Motorola Moto 5G

It never really worked well with my iPhone 13. Shutter was unresponsive and all the other functions where very sluggish. It looks nice and has a nice feel but once your in the app it's almost impossible to get out of it.

Not worth it.

The Pictar for $19.95 is a bargain...more absolutely not!  It's quirky in operation and sometimes needs rebooting.  

The Android app is especially troubling.  It downloads from the Play Store for my Samsung S7 running Android 8 fine.  My Samsung S10+ running Android 12 will NOT download from within Play Store, saying it isn't compatible.  
I managed to get the Pictar Android version 1.7.10 (last updated 2020) somehow installed by searching for it and found an official Play Store link that did install it without issues.  I wish I could recommend which site but now can't find it again.  It functions just like the Samsung S9 installed app except it complains "file not supported" after each shot when reviewed in Gallery, although all photos display properly with all attributes intact from its folder.

The S10+ mounts the Pictar easily even with a bumper case, there's no physical connections whatsoever.  The Pictar will fire shots detached from phone even.

Speaking of shots, there's a considerable delay pressing the shutter button to actually capturing the image.  There's other bothersome quirks but it IS fun using it and provides a nice grip as designed.

Worth $20 to play around with but certainly no more.

Pictar Android  app issues

The original price of about $80 is insane. For the sale price of $20, worth checking out. It does accomplish the goal of making the phone feel more and act more like a camera, which is cool. It holds my iPhone 14 Pro with a case, and works well. It is flimsy plastic, though it evoke the look of an actual old camera. One serious deficit, though: it has a battery which I can't identify. I doubt the expense of replacing it would be worth it. It's not any kind of regular cell I know of (no, not even an N cell). I guess I'll have to research it.

Okay at the $20 price, but weird unidentifiable battery inside.

I have tried it on the phone, but I have not yet tested the shutter button for responsiveness. Nice looking, and adds a lot of functionality to the phone camera. I have a larger phone: an iPhone 8 Plus. What I wish is that it did not have the spring lock on it because that makes it difficult to get it on and I have to be very careful when I decouple it off so that it doesn't spring out of my hands along with my phone. I would prefer another type of locking mechanism.

Nice, especially if your phone is not large.

The app was not available on any of the phones I have.

Pictar Smart Grip for Smartphones, Black

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