Sebastiaan de With
@sdw.bsky.social
Designer, co-founder Lux Optics. We make Halide, Kino, Spectre and Orion - delightful photo and video apps for iPhone and iPad.
Recommended reading:
New: @sandofsky.com reviews the iPhone Air camera in “Requiem for a Rangefinder".
All shots taken on iPhone with Halide Mark III or shot on film. www.lux.camera/requiem-ipho...
All shots taken on iPhone with Halide Mark III or shot on film. www.lux.camera/requiem-ipho...
Requiem for the Rangefinder: An iPhone Air Review
Last week I set out to write a few thousand words on the iPhone Air, but it turns out I only need three: the lesser iPhone. Compared to the Pro and baseline models, it has fewer cameras and a smaller ...
www.lux.camera
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Recommended reading:
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten greater validation of my work on apps that make capturing genuine photos and videos easier than this.
What a bleak world it would be if everything you consume is just machine generated slop.
What a bleak world it would be if everything you consume is just machine generated slop.
The social app Sora will let users generate videos of themselves and their friends, which they can share in a TikTok-like feed.
OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model | TechCrunch
The social app Sora will let users generate videos of themselves and their friends, which they can share in a TikTok-like feed.
techcrunch.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten greater validation of my work on apps that make capturing genuine photos and videos easier than this.
What a bleak world it would be if everything you consume is just machine generated slop.
What a bleak world it would be if everything you consume is just machine generated slop.
The iPhone 17 Pro camera review is here! www.lux.camera/iphone-17-pr...
September 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The iPhone 17 Pro camera review is here! www.lux.camera/iphone-17-pr...
We’ve got some really cool updates out now, and soon — check out all our latest (and stay tuned for the iPhone camera review!)
iOS 26 and iPhone 17 Pro are here. Here’s the latest on our updates - and a first tiny peek at Halide Mark III www.lux.camera/rewrites-and...
September 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’ve got some really cool updates out now, and soon — check out all our latest (and stay tuned for the iPhone camera review!)
Boston landing. iPhone + Halide Mark III
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Boston landing. iPhone + Halide Mark III
Aesthetic of the winning NYC ticket. Regardless of how you feel about the politics, it’s all content with warm film style color grading and friendly type. Stuff with soul. Total vibe grade. Other stuff looks fake and sterile.
June 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Aesthetic of the winning NYC ticket. Regardless of how you feel about the politics, it’s all content with warm film style color grading and friendly type. Stuff with soul. Total vibe grade. Other stuff looks fake and sterile.
We’ve got a great Kino update out today — bringing highly-requested Creator Tools like Audio Control (set any microphone automatically or manually, including iPhone mic configs), expanded storage options, precise geotagging and more.
It’s such a fun job to build a perfect, simple video camera. 🥰
It’s such a fun job to build a perfect, simple video camera. 🥰
June 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We’ve got a great Kino update out today — bringing highly-requested Creator Tools like Audio Control (set any microphone automatically or manually, including iPhone mic configs), expanded storage options, precise geotagging and more.
It’s such a fun job to build a perfect, simple video camera. 🥰
It’s such a fun job to build a perfect, simple video camera. 🥰
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this is not a relevant or timely tweet but a thing that boggles my mind sometimes is that united and continental merged in 2010 and they kept the united name but used continental's clip art-ass logo that was dated even back then and have never changed it since
June 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
this is not a relevant or timely tweet but a thing that boggles my mind sometimes is that united and continental merged in 2010 and they kept the united name but used continental's clip art-ass logo that was dated even back then and have never changed it since
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Always fun hanging with @stalman.bsky.social and @sdw.bsky.social chatting about the WWDC announcements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJB...
Photographers React to Apples New Camera Design at #WWDC25
YouTube video by Tyler Stalman
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June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Always fun hanging with @stalman.bsky.social and @sdw.bsky.social chatting about the WWDC announcements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJB...
Had an excellent time chatting with @stalman.bsky.social and @sandofsky.com about all the big news from WWDC — including the new camera app! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJB...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Had an excellent time chatting with @stalman.bsky.social and @sandofsky.com about all the big news from WWDC — including the new camera app! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJB...
not a cell phone in sight. just people living in the moment
June 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
not a cell phone in sight. just people living in the moment
@pschiller.bsky.social happy birthday, Phil!
June 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@pschiller.bsky.social happy birthday, Phil!
Fully addicted to taking iPhone pics through my airplane window
June 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Fully addicted to taking iPhone pics through my airplane window
Thinking of the people in Apple marketing today that are just absolutely thrilled this shit is going down today rather than Monday
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thinking of the people in Apple marketing today that are just absolutely thrilled this shit is going down today rather than Monday
I would not be mad if this kind of living-glass-like design language would be called ‘Aqua’ again. It’s only fitting.
I wrote some words and made some renders on what the New Design Language of iOS, iPadOS and macOS might be. Physicality: The new age of UI. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
Physicality: the new age of UI
There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.
www.lux.camera
June 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I would not be mad if this kind of living-glass-like design language would be called ‘Aqua’ again. It’s only fitting.
I wrote some words and made some renders on what the New Design Language of iOS, iPadOS and macOS might be. Physicality: The new age of UI. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
Physicality: the new age of UI
There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.
www.lux.camera
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I wrote some words and made some renders on what the New Design Language of iOS, iPadOS and macOS might be. Physicality: The new age of UI. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
It’s a rare, fun time when you still have no idea what’s next for the iOS / macOS / iPadOS UI. I’m publishing a post tomorrow to imagine what the thinking might be behind an all-new UI style, and what it might look like.
A preview:
A preview:
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s a rare, fun time when you still have no idea what’s next for the iOS / macOS / iPadOS UI. I’m publishing a post tomorrow to imagine what the thinking might be behind an all-new UI style, and what it might look like.
A preview:
A preview:
I made an Apple Maps guide of some of my favorite Bay Area (well, mostly SF) spots for those in town for WWDC!
Apple Maps
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June 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I made an Apple Maps guide of some of my favorite Bay Area (well, mostly SF) spots for those in town for WWDC!
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I've been excitedly working on this for months and HERE IT IS!
💥 Season Two is OUT NOW! Grab your Playdate and check out the games premiering today. LET'S DO THIS
(You can get S2 here: play.date/s2)
(You can get S2 here: play.date/s2)
May 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've been excitedly working on this for months and HERE IT IS!
A stroll through Hyde Park, smitten by London spring light.
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A stroll through Hyde Park, smitten by London spring light.
My daughter has invented a new thing: baby bunnies can go in her baby carrier
May 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My daughter has invented a new thing: baby bunnies can go in her baby carrier
My sweet girl is two! What an incredible path she’s led me on in fatherhood — and what a privilege it is to be her dad. Happy birthday, Margo.
May 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My sweet girl is two! What an incredible path she’s led me on in fatherhood — and what a privilege it is to be her dad. Happy birthday, Margo.
Had a fantastic time at #iOSKonf25 in Macedonia this week - met so many cool people and saw some great talks. Thanks, everyone!
Final talk of #iOSKonf25 by @sdw.bsky.social - Beyond Excellence: Great App Design Done Quick.
May 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Had a fantastic time at #iOSKonf25 in Macedonia this week - met so many cool people and saw some great talks. Thanks, everyone!