Photography apps are plentiful, all in demand give a twist in the traditional application app and offer more or offer better. Today we will be comparing the Camera app that accesses all of our iPhone, Hide, the photography app by Lux Optics LLC and Firstflight, developed by FiLMiC.
Design, hierarchy and distribution
In the visual field all three work very well. Camera app, for me, that provides a more distribution of sovereignty buttons and options, although they provide less detail than the other two options.
Hide provides the interface as well let us customize toolbar However, the distribution of two toolboxes can be somewhat confusing.
Light is an app that provides, by far, for more details. We can check shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, in addition to the histogram. That said, it is true that the app offers a remarkably small viewer, with just a few keystrokes / buttons that give you reasons to leave blank and put that big buttons on top.
Functions and features
Three applications distinguish by different points As for the jobs they provide. For example, the Camera app is the only way that allows a new system of photos to be taken. Instead, Hallide or Firstflight offers RAW or a fixed focus.
Focus on hands-on exposure
The the three apps allow us to adjust the detection of the shot before performing. In fact, all three use the same program: just swipe to increase the display and decrease to decrease. As for details about the exposure or the less-than-shot manifestations, only Firstflight provides details.
In terms of manual mode, only Hallide and Firstflight offer it. During this time, Firstflight appeared, using dual axis system (horizontal to adjust focus and vertical exposure) provides exciting comfort and ease of use. Both offer a focus mapping area so we can distinguish them at a glance. Halide, allows use of or deactivates this, while Firstflight always does.
Zoom: optical or digital?
The camera allows us to zoom in two different ways. We can use the 0.5x, 1x and 2x buttons to quickly reach various zoom levels or hold on to the slider to apply later intermediate zoom
Halide offers no extra zoom Light: 0.5x, 1x and 2x. The explanation they provide is quite satisfying: the digital zoom is simply a magnification for the image, something we can do in post editing. I understand the reasons, even if I let the user decide, through the options, whether they can enable or disable the digital zoom.
Like Halide, Firstflight also offers no zoom in beyond animation. Again let the user decide It would be a good estimate.
Live Photo, Video and other formats
As both Hallide and Firstflight are apps focus only on photos and does not provide video capture, LivePhoto, TimeLapse, etc. The first light allows to activate the blast mode, when he holds the shutter button to take pictures in sequence, just like the Camera app.
New, reproductive format
Only Halide and Firstflight provide files in a non-compressed format. Halide opts in RAW format while Firstflight is optional for DNG, Adobe-related format. There are usually tools to convert between formats and both have advantages and disadvantages. However, it is a general consensus choose RAW, because it contains more information than DNG, although the latter helps file management or reduces file size.
Productivity, image editing that followed
The Camera app only offers editing tools photos taken. And from iOS 13 they are very comprehensive. From manual development, individual settings for exposure, brightness, contrast, shadows, etc., to filters, are standard planting tools.
Hallide and Firstflight only give us tags favorites
Other details to consider
FirstFlight offers a number of grid options. Only Hall and Camera. The camera, on the other hand, offers a viewer of the veil when the reticle is activated and the image is taken face down or on the roof. Hall is wearing a professional viewer one step further and provides us with any image in any shape.
Hall offers it all technical details of lenses device. For information such as focal length, maximum adjustment, ISO limits, etc.
Which one do I keep?
It will. This point is very personal. Me I keep the Camera app from iOS. Why? Because it's the ideal combination between practicality and ease of use. It allows me to take photos faster, be able to access them without having to open the iPhone and be able to edit, at least most importantly, the pictures I take.
If I have to go for more Holiday or Firstflight apps for better alternatives, between these two I might prefer FirstFlight. Its versatility doesn't look that great, but the ease of focus and exposure, and the focus services please me. Or, all said, I'd love to see it RAW support has DNG.
If I allow looking beyond comparisons on my iPhone, I'll keep two apps: Camera for all standard photos / videos and ProCamera for those who need to go further.
We can buy Holiday (€ 6.99) and Firstflight (€ 8.99) in the App Store. Both pay-per-view apps, without in-app purchases or subscriptions.
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