ShutterGrip 2 powers up your phone’s photography smarts with a grip, remote shutter and selfie stick

Smartphone cameras are great. But smartphones are not great at being cameras, as you’ll know when trying to shoot a selfie if you lack arm length, when blocking an amazing video with your thumb, or on dropping your phone down a ravine when trying to capture the perfect snap. Just Mobile ShutterGrip 2 ($35) is here to rescue you from such ills. Like the original, it looks like someone sawed the end off of a DSLR. You shove your phone into the gadget, which has a swish metallic finish and non-slip grip, to keep you in control. Bluetooth pairing gets you going in seconds, and there’s a detachable remote for when you want to take snaps at a distance. Not enough? OK, how about the built-in selfie stick, tripod thread, and cold shoe for attaching LED lights for night shoots? That should do for all but the most demanding smartphone snappers, short of glueing an actual DSLR to your blower.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.