So, I took things into my own hands. I found a workaround to use my Windows laptop as a live viewfinder or monitor for my smartphone camera. If you, too, like me, record videos using your phone ...

If you’ve used a twin-lens reflex camera then you should be familiar with a waist level viewfinder, it’s a lens and mirror arrangement allowing the photographer to frame the shot looking down ...

The generic, non-branded gadget slides into a hot shoe or cold shoe and uses mirrors to bounce the view to the top of the camera, rather than relying on a standard viewfinder or LCD screen.