PhotoBuddy
- PhotoBuddy
- iTunes
- 1.99 USD
- iPhone, iPod touch
- Ambertation
Description
PhotoBuddy is your personal assistant in all photographic matters. It provides convenient ways to help
professionals and amateurs calculate some of the most needed camera settings.
If you run PhotoBuddy on your iPhone
you can use the built in camera to determine distances for objects of known size. The provided grayscale gradient can
help you set the white point of your photographs, and the exposure presets get you started very quickly in the most
common lighting situations.
REVIEWS
"There are a few apps with similar features on the App Store. I’ve tried a couple of them so far and I
like PhotoBuddy best." (Terry White’s Tech Blog, App of the Week, 10/24/2008)
ADDITIONAL CONTENT
A brief Users Manual is available for download at the PhotoBuddy Website (http://iphone.ambertation.de/en/photobuddy/the_manual).
You can check out our DoF Calculator (for the update Version 1.2) online before you buy at http://iphone.ambertation.de/photobuddy/dof
FEATURES
- Calculate Sunrise/Sunset and the moon phase
- Determine the moon phase for any given date
-
Measure distances with the built in camera (1st Gen. iPhone only)
- Built in exposure presets
- Calculate
exposure changes (f-number / shutter / iso) based on the reciprocity law
- Calculate the Depth of Field (hyperfocal
distance, near/far limit). Test the calculation online at http://iphone.ambertation.de/photobuddy/dof
- Find the
maximal distance a flash can light using a given aperture / iso
- Calculate the minimal camera distance to fit
objects of a given size on your photo
- Set the white balance of your camera by a list of color temperatures for
common lighting situations
- Supports metric/imperial units
- Supports full, half and third stop
-
Database of digital SLRs for simple setup (if your camera is not listed, you can simply choose the film size)
-
Database of common motion picture cameras
- Custom Camera Settings (Film Size)
- PhotoBuddy remembers all your
settings. You to continue right where you left
- Added Support for the new "Micro Four Thirds" Cameras as well as
several new Models introduced at Photokina 2008
- CoC Calculator (based on desired print size, resolution and
viewing distance)
- Change the CoC multiplicator for your cameras to fit your needs
- Support for ISO values
up to 25600
- Bulb Timer: Allows you to take long exposure shots (up to 13 hours) in the bulb mode of your
camera
- Interactive DoF graphic (change the depth of field settings with a flick of your finger)
- Bellows
exposure compensation
- Camera presets for Red One and Hasselblad
- Angle of View Calculator
- HDR
Bracketing Calculator (determine correct shutter speeds for multiple exposures used for high dynamic range images
-
Quick camera selection
What's New
Version 1.10 (Sep 21, 2012)
+ Support for 4-inch retina displays (iPhone 5)
+ Fixes for sunrise/-set display in the astro graph
+
new camera models
+ darker theme for the exposure dial (less stray light)
Version 1.9.2 (Dec 20, 2011)
!!! This version no longer supports the original iPhone and other armv6-based devices !!!
+ Support for iPhone 4G-S
+ New camera models
Version 1.9 (Aug 1, 2011)
+ Additional Cameras
+ Retina Graphics
+ Full Support for all current devices
Version 1.6.4 (Jul 9, 2010)
iOS 4 ready + some new camera models
Version 1.6.1 (May 7, 2010)
+ Additional Camera Models
+ Additional Color Temperatures
+ Fixed Bug for sun calculations on southern
hemisphere
Version 1.6 (Mar 12, 2010)
The new Sun&Moon Module adds information about dawn and dusk as well as moon set/rise. When you use the astro-graph on an iPhone 3G-S you will also receive information about the direction the sun or moon is at any time.
The new Diffraction-Module calculates the minimal aperture you can use before your specific camera get's diffraction limited.
Finally the slate module is a simple screen that displays the current date and location. Take a photo of this screen whenever you need to know where the current shooting was.
Version 1.5.3 (Dec 28, 2009)
+ New Camera Models
+ VCrop in AngleOfView Module (useful when in cameras video mode)
Version 1.5.2 (Sep 8, 2009)
- added 4 new camera models
Version 1.5.1 (Aug 6, 2009)
+ Fixed crash when measuring distance with the built-in camera
Version 1.5 (Jul 24, 2009)
+ Exposure Value displayed under the Exposure Picker for the current setting
+ Exposure Preset view remembers
where you left
+ Open DoF Calculator directly from the Distance Module
+ New Camera Models
Version 1.4.2 (Jul 3, 2009)
- New Cameras added (Canon EOS 500D, Canon Digital Rebel T1i, Lumix GH1)
Version 1.4.1 (May 26, 2009)
+ Fixed Problem in the englishe Version of PhotoBuddy where the Exposure Preset List and the Color Temperature List were formatted incorrect
Version 1.4 (May 17, 2009)
+ Adjust current Exposure Settings using a numeric factor (usfull for filters)
+ Reduced memory
consumption
Version 1.3.7 (Apr 3, 2009)
- Added quick Camera Selection Button
- Bulb Timer will continue counting down when the device falls
asleep
- Exposure Times up to 12 hours
- Minor Bugfixes (DoF and Bellows Module)
Version 1.3.5 (Feb 4, 2009)
- Added Nikon D60
- Apertures up to f/1024
- HDR/DRI Bracketing Module highlights the exposures you have
to set on your camera in autobracket mode
Version 1.3 (Dec 31, 2008)
- New Camera Presets (Red One, Hasselblad)
- Angle of View Calculator
- HDR Bracketing Calculator
(determin correct shutter speeds for multiple exposures (up to 19) used for high dynamic range images
Version 1.2 (Oct 17, 2008)
- Support for ISO values up to 25600
- Bulb Timer: Allows you to take long exposure shots (up to 13 hours) in
the bulb mode of your camera
- Interactive DoF graphic (change the depth of field settings with a flick of your
finger)
- Bellows exposure compensation
- Canon EOS 5D MkII preset fixed
- Fixed Bug where changing the
camera model did not propagate to the DoF Screen until restart
- Bug and stability fixes
Version 1.0.1 (Sep 27, 2008)
- Added Support for the new "Micro Four Thirds" Cameras
- Application allows you to specifiy a custom film
size if your camera is not supported
- DoF displays percentage in front and behind of subject
- fixed bug
where the keyboard did hide for a short time when switching between longitude and latitude in the location view
-
fixed sunset bug, where sunset time did displays 12:00 AM
- improved startup time
- PhotoBuddy allows you to
manually change the CoC multiplication value for your cameras
- New Versions contains a CoC calculator (based on
desired print size, resolution and viewing distance)
Version 1.0 (Sep 15, 2008)
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