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CAMERA = REASON TO BUY iPhone 4 (AD-ON CAMERA APPS AND PICS)
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You can change Hipstamatic to full resolution under "Settings." Also, Camera Plus Pro is a completely different app than Camera+.
Don't worry. I'm not a troll. I just discovered this forum today. In fact, a comment here convinced me to buy the $.99 Percolator app... which I'll admit is a waste of a dollar and yet, it's really fun and kind of addictive. OK, maybe it's more of a waste of time than a waste of a dollar! The app doesn't accomplish much, but it's good silly fun.
Also... earlier in the thread, someone said: "I think we'll look back on this period as the time when photo quality (independent of megapixels) encouraged us to degrade the photograph to improve it."
That. Is. Brilliant.
I mostly shoot with a Nikon DSLR, but I bought an iPhone 4 because I thought that its tiny camera might be able to replace my point and shoot. Not only did it replace my point and shoot for times I don't feel like lugging around my Nikon, it also got me really excited about photography again. Are iPhone photos as good as what a DSLR can take? Of course not, but it's so much fun, and it's such a different experience that it's downright inspiring. My first afternoon with Hipstamatic made me feel like a kid again. I bought all of the hipstapaks, and when they add more, I'll buy 'em. Plastic Bullet has been a lot of fun too... and I'm just starting to discover these apps.
I bought Camera+ because I wanted a replacement app for Apple's camera. It comes close, but I hate the extra step of having to go into the lightbox and make sure I save everything so I can sync my iPhone and load the shots into iPhoto (more for storage and organization than editing, really. I'm blown away by the quality of what the iPhone 4's camera can do!)
I ended up going with ProCamera instead for my "camera" needs, and I use Hipstamatic, ToyCamera and Plastic Bullet for just having fun.
If Camera+ can fix the totally bungled anti-shake feature, I'll be more inclined to give it another chance. Combining a five second timer with anti-shake was really dumb, but I'm going to assume nobody caught the error because I've seen people here in this thread complain about Camera+ anti-shake, but nobody tested it in a stationary environment where the camera is still. I only did because I couldn't figure out why anti-shake in other apps worked but not in Camera+. Once I realized their anti-shake worked perfectly, it's just that AFTER anti-shake detects a still camera, a 5 second countdown kicks in (assuming you can stay still for five seconds, the shot will take).
What's "Camera Plus Pro" ? Link? I'm curious.
For just an amazing "camera" app, I'm a fan of ProCamera. I highly recommend it for anyone coming from the SLR world. It doesn't have all of the effects that Camera+ has, but as a camera, it's really impressive. If GorillaCam had tap to focus, I'd probably still be using that. GorillaCam is free, and for what it does, it's quite good.
By the way... has anyone tried aniQuoma yet? It seems interesting and I'm tempted, but I'm trying not to buy apps I don't end up using because wow is it easy to waste dollar after dollar! I really wish the app store had a 7 day free trial. Or even a 1 day free trial! That would be sweet.
If I were you, I wouldn't even use a volume control shutter release. Don't get me wrong... it's an awesome feature and I wish Apple allowed it... but think about how annoying it'll be to get used to a great feature only to have it removed from a future update of an app. I'd rather not miss what I never had, especially since we know it's going to go away from any app in the app store... but hey, that's just me.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if a jailbreak only app became so popular that it made Apple change it's thinking on restricting alternate uses for buttons... it would be interesting...
I had a feeling you were not really trolling, simply frustrated with what you mentioned regarding Camera+. Initially I too thought it was a wasted step (the whole Lightbox thing) but got use to it quickly. I'll have to check out ProCamera to compare (but I really need to lay off of the app purchases, I've been out of control lately!)
Speaking of out of control with app purchases, the aniQuoma app you mentioned looks interesting. I would normally just pick it up since it's only a buck, but I keep saying that "it's only a buck or two" but forget that it all adds up... I've spent just over $100 on app purchases just this last couple of weeks! Some of the highlights (photo and art related, not including all the game apps I bought) LensFlare, PhotoTropedelic, Artree, Typedrawing, Meritum Paint, BDD (which is kind of useless to me) Iris, CineCrop and can't remember what else... Out. of. control.
And as for Percolator, agreed, kind of a waste of time, but totally fun (an update is coming soon from the developer who has added a nicer interface and more options):
I went crazy and purchased random stuff
PictureShow is a photo booth style camera, take a pic and then make filtered pics;
Plastic Bullet is a toy style camera, after you take a pic it gives you 4 different filter and you can select one, (B&W Mac in the pic);
Pro HDR, takes two pics with highlights and shadows and merge them;
Photo fx and PhotoWizard have a lots of filters and editing tools, the other Mac pic is made with PhotoWizard by using a mask and then a pencil style filter.
PictureShow is a photo booth style camera, take a pic and then make filtered pics;
Plastic Bullet is a toy style camera, after you take a pic it gives you 4 different filter and you can select one, (B&W Mac in the pic);
Pro HDR, takes two pics with highlights and shadows and merge them;
Photo fx and PhotoWizard have a lots of filters and editing tools, the other Mac pic is made with PhotoWizard by using a mask and then a pencil style filter.
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Still annoyed that theres been no update as to what's happening with camera+
Anyway just a heads up 3D camera is free this weekend
http://www.juicybitssoftware.com/3dcamera/
Now I'm getting better with the camera am going to hit the south bank of london tomorrow and hopefully up some pics
Anyway just a heads up 3D camera is free this weekend
http://www.juicybitssoftware.com/3dcamera/
Now I'm getting better with the camera am going to hit the south bank of london tomorrow and hopefully up some pics
Updated today sweet features.
review here http://lifeinlofi.com/2010/08/20/iris-photo-suite-updated-now-with-awesome-layers-and-blending/
And still only 59p/99c
Needs work other than just tightening the mask. Less blur on the background and some in the foreground will make it look a lot more realistic.
A few shots using the Percolator app, starting with a shot of a construction sign.
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A hand painted on a brick wall:
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And lines from metal beams from the underside of a bridge:
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Percolator is silly fun. It isn't exactly useful... but it's fun. The simpler the image you're working with, the better the results.
A hand painted on a brick wall:
And lines from metal beams from the underside of a bridge:
Percolator is silly fun. It isn't exactly useful... but it's fun. The simpler the image you're working with, the better the results.
waiting patiently for Camera+ to come back. I didn't get my phone till about the time Apple pulled it. so I hoping the Dev removes the easter egg to make Apple happy and I can get it or the Dev could go all the way to the dark side Cydia! right now I'm loving HDR PRO some high end DSLR could learn from that.
right now I'm loving HDR PRO some high end DSLR could learn from that.
Doggy by jvazquez930, on Flickr
Lamp by jvazquez930, on Flickr
Stop Sign using Colorsplash by jvazquez930, on Flickr
Hole in Tree by jvazquez930, on Flickr