What are iPhones increasingly coming to be known for? Durability? Cutting edge technology? Premium price tag? That is all old school fellows. Ask where has Apple been laying its stress now a days when it comes to marketing, and the answer will be photography. The company even launched a whole bunch of advertisement that show off the capabilities of the iPhone camera. Now, a former Apple designer and an ex-Twitter engineer have joined hands to launch Halide, a refreshingly different camera app.
Okay, so iPhone’s native camera app is pretty cool in its own right. And there are plenty of other third party camera apps already out there. However, where Halide excels is its ability to let you use a gesture-based control scheme. And this particular scheme fellows, is supposed to be as intuitive and tactile as a living, breathing film camera, like an old Leica or Pentax.
So basically, the app works using muscle memory and allows you to use the same kind of gestures you would usually make while operating a real camera. The main thing here is that users who have some sort of an understanding of photography and aren’t amateurs, would appreciate using the same kind of gestures they would otherwise do — say if they were operating a proper camera. So basically, it allows you to tweak and control everything from ISO, to White balance and so on.
However, even if you are a novice programmer, you can just as easily deploy the automatic mode and shoot great pictures even if you are a novice. You also get support for a highly detailed histogram, an adaptive level grid and support for both JPG and RAW capture. And if you don’t want to swipe, you can easily tap and achieve and get the same results. You can also quickly decide which photos you want to keep on your device and which you want to discard, by simply swiping left or right.
The app is currently available for $2.99, and post its launch its price will be bumped up to $4.99.
