A Camera Bag for Your Smartphone
Friday 28 November 2025, 10:20 by Nando Harmsen | 1,610 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Modern smartphones can be used quite well for photography. Sometimes even better for video. Going out with only a smartphone may not be enough. Perhaps it is time for a camera bag for your smartphone.
You can easily slip a smartphone into your trouser pocket. That way, you always have a camera at hand. For both photography and video. So you do not necessarily have to carry a large camera around.
And that is true, to some extent. You need a good-quality smartphone with several built-in lenses. The image quality can be astonishing. But it also comes with limitations.
You do not have to think long to discover those limitations. Digital zoom reduces resolution. Sound has to be recorded with the built-in microphone. Extra light comes from a tiny LED. Storage space is limited.
If you want to get the most out of a smartphone, you need accessories. A mini tripod or selfie stick. An external hard drive and a separate microphone. An LED light, and something to put that light on. A spare battery, filters.
Taken together, this means you may need quite a lot of gear to make maximum use of your smartphone. That makes the idea of a compact, easy-to-carry alternative to a large camera disappear like snow in the sun.
That is where the title of this article comes from: a camera bag for your smartphone. If you want to get the most out of your smartphone's photo or video capabilities, you need a bag to carry it all in.
It does not have to be a large bag, because most smartphone accessories are, like the smartphone itself, reasonably small. But that does not always have to be the case. A gimbal for stabilisation can be quite bulky and require a large bag.
What you take with you naturally depends entirely on your purpose. If it is just a short video or a photo to remember something by, you do not need much. If you take it more seriously, it is a different story.
For smartphone photography, it may be less 'extensive'. But with video, you can go wild with accessories. In the end, it is about the result. That is the most important thing.
Do you use your smartphone a lot? Do you also use accessories to expand its capabilities? What do you take with you, and how do you carry it? Share your experiences and opinions below this post.
About the author
Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.
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