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Anyone here into photography and have an app they recommend for getting more control on an iPhone camera? I like to take nature photography, and the phone zoom is great compared to dropping money on dslr specialty lenses, but I will often have a “noisy” scene and my camera just won’t focus on what I want no matter what I try. So frustrating for the subject to cooperate and stay still yet end up with a blurry image due to equipment.
iphone Pro?
I asked AI to compare apps since the app I use “NightCap” is one for night photography, but it is not good for nature / daytime.
AI compared ProCamera, Halide, and camera+ 2
Halide is rated excellent for focus but has no added zoom stabilization. Also has “macro tools” like getting details of a flower for example.
ProCamera is rated “very good” for focus and best of the 3 for zoom + anti-shake, and easier to use. ____ Halide is more complex.
I don’t have a Pro model, and so I use a 10-year old budget Fuji mirrorless camera. The zoom lens I like is expensive, so looking for the best app is understandable.
Camera+ 2 came in 3rd.
Ty for the leads! Not a pro user myself, either. I am going to try a macro lens that attaches to phone lens and see if that’ll help at all while I research apps. Not excited for subscriptions.
welcome! and interesting idea to try a macro lens on the iphone, I’ll give that a try too, thanks!
I never liked subscriptions either
So the inexpensive macro lens I got for my phone gets great pics but I dunno what I was thinking, thinking it would help with zoom. Now I have to be within inches of the subject to focus at all. But great photos when I get there!
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