About Imaging Tools

Imaging Tools helps Australians choose tools for taking photos with a phone: the phone itself, supports, camera apps and editing apps.

How a recommendation is made

Recommendations draw on published reviews, lab measurements, manufacturer documentation and Australian retail listings. Material findings are attributed to the source that produced them. We explain where sources disagree rather than presenting a combined ranking as a new lab result.

We have not carried out hands-on gear testing. A recommendation based on published testing says whose testing it uses. Retail prices are dated and distinguish new, imported and refurbished stock where relevant.

Who writes it

Alex Mercer is an editorial pen name used for Imaging Tools articles. Research and drafting use AI assistance, with editorial review. The name does not imply a photographer's qualifications, laboratory experience or a real person's biography.

Our relationship with Keeper

Imaging Tools and the Keeper camera app have the same owner. Any discussion of Keeper carries that relationship, describes only verified features and compares it on the same basis as other apps. An article may find another app better suited to the reader.

The scientific-imaging pages

Some older links to this domain concern research imaging. The scientific-imaging section points readers towards the relevant organisations and documentation. Imaging Tools is independently operated and is not ACCS, ARDC, the Characterisation Virtual Laboratory or a university.

Images and corrections

Illustrations are labelled, including the AI-generated images used in this build. They are not evidence that a product was tested or a place visited. Factual changes are made against the named source and the article's checked date is updated.