Remember when you used to let friends and family borrow a DVD? Streamnation would really like you to start doing that again, but with your digital media. What started off as just a way to store, stream, and share your own original photos and videos is now also a way to view and lend your …

Joshua Goldman/CNET The EleMount is one of those Kickstarter projects that seems a little too good to be true. Yes, it’s just a universal mount that holds your smartphone or tablet, and that alone isn’t hard to believe. But unlike the clamps and claws and suction cups used for most universal mounts, the EleMount uses supersticky proprietary polyurethane pads. Pads …

When Samsung launched the Android-based Galaxy Camera, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before it made a smartphone with a zoom lens. And it was. Part smartphone, but mostly camera, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is aimed at those who really don’t want to carry a second device, but really want a zoom lens (a 10x …

Now playing: Watch this: Lumia 1020: Calling all photogs 2:44 As has become standard practice when a major new smartphone is released, we gather up a couple of its top competitors, open up their cameras, and start shooting. The Nokia Lumia 1020 is no ordinary smartphone, though. With its 41-megapixel sensor, optical image stabilization, and a whole mess of algorithms, …

Now playing: Watch this: The Lumia 1020 makes stunning photos a priority 3:14 The Nokia 808 PureView was simultaneously ahead of the curve and behind the times. Its camera is still one of the best to ever be in a smartphone (if not the best), but the most common lament I read was that it was running on a near-dead …

Olloclip There are plenty of add-on lenses for the iPhone’s camera. But for Olloclip, its lenses are all about high-quality optics and ease of use. The company started from a Kickstarter project a couple years ago with its three-in-one lens that combines wide-angle, macro, and fish-eye lenses into one, tiny slide-on accessory. And now it’s back again to give iPhone-ographers …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 7 gets revamped photos app 5:02 A little bit of organization can go a long way — especially when it comes to pictures and videos. That seems to be the theme for the improvements coming to iOS 7’s Photos and Camera apps, with new features to help rediscover the photos you’ve already taken and make …

Sarah Tew/CNET Apple didn’t do much to the iPhone’s camera from the 4S to the 5. Then again, it didn’t really have to. The iPhone 4S has one of the best cameras on a smartphone, and with some improved processing and other enhancements, the iPhone 5 does now, too. But it’s not the only mobile device with a good camera …

What is the new Lightning connector? Unveiled at the press conference announcing the iPhone 5 and 2012 iPod lineup, the proprietary Lightning connector replaces the 30-pin connector found on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod since 2003. Like the 30-pin connector, the Lightning connector is used for charging the device as well as syncing content and data and audio and video …

Now playing: Watch this: The Lumia 920, Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 device 2:38 One thing is very clear when it comes to Nokia’s mobile devices: Cameras are extremely important. Kicking off today’s press conference about its Microsoft Windows Phone 8 devices, Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia, started by talking about the Lumia 920 and its PureView camera. …