One of the most tepid, dishwater-weak and featureless of the built-in Apple apps for the iPhone is the barely functional Photos app. Even the cheapest digicam or cam phone has more features than that one.
Well, someone’s finally done something about it and made a somewhat-free and more capable photo app. It’s called Camera PRO for iPhone, and offers a few shoulda-been-in-the-box features for free (and some not so free).
Considering that it’s just a matter of time before Apple beefs up their own software in a future update, these entrepreneurs from Amsterdam are striking while the iron is hot and is charging for additional “Premium” features. Some are in numbered trial mode, and others yet to come (including a send-to-Flickr feature).
Rather than take time explaining the app to you (and because they say a picture is worth a thousand words and I’m still too sleepy to type much), I just screen-capped the welcome screen on my iPhone, because everything’s there anyway:
It works, too. Here’s a shot I took using the default no-choice settings:
And using the zoom feature of Camera PRO where I didn’t move the iPhone:
Focus seems to be a problem still, but hey, anything’s better than what we got now, right?
V. 1.04 now available via Installer.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
when i checked out the tags link, i thought it was gonna be about the Aperture. that damn Aperture really rocks and is way easier to use for me than Photoshop. I wish you can feature it too. =)
December 31st, 2007 at 11:30 am
thats friggin ausome! Wish apple would get on the ball and let us run these apps without having to hack our phones.