Description
Macworld: 4.5 mice
AppCraver.com: Score 9/10
PDN Gear Guide: Top Ten iPhone App for Photographers ("...takes photography seriously.")
Photography Gadgets: Field tested and highly recommended.
CNET Reviews: One of the five favourite iPhone photo apps.
iLounge: One of eight good to great new photography apps.
Photojournalists have a saying, "f/8 and be there," meaning that being on the scene is more important than worrying about technical details. Yet with f/8, the depth-of-field and hyperfocal distance calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch, you'll be there with the depth of field spot-on, too! Anywhere, anytime!
With f/8, all parameters and values are shown on a single screen with no scrolling required. All calculations are performed interactively in real time for maximum efficiency. The concept of camera bag provides fast access to the bodies, cameras, and lenses regularly used.
f/8 comes with presets for more than 800 camera models from Canon, Casio, Epson, Fujifilm, HP, Kodak, Konica, Kyocera, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Samsung, Sigma, and Sony. There are also presets for various film formats (i.e., 35mm, 6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, 4x5, 5x7, 8x10), and cinematographic formats (i.e., 16mm, Super 16, 35mm). Furthermore, by choosing a circle of confusion (and, optionally, built-in lens) directly, camera models currently not listed can be user-defined. For lenses, f/8 allows not only the focal lengths to be specified but also their maximum aperture and minimum focus distance to conveniently adjust the range of input parameter allowed.
NOTE: f/8 does not use or manipulate the camera of the iPhone.
What's New in Version 1.4.5
Version 1.4.5
- fixed a rotation bug on iOS 3 devices
Version 1.4.4
- added user naming of custom lenses
- added support for apertures down to f/64
- added support for a maximum aperture of 0.95
- updated camera database (including Nikon D7000, Canon 60D, and Leica S2)
- updated lens database (including Leica S2 lenses and Pentax lenses)
- fixed a bug that in rare cases caused a lock-up when switching from landscape mode to portrait mode
- fixed a bug that in rare cases crashed f/8 when switching from one compact camera to another one
- fixed a bug that caused the aperture slider to jump when changing f-stop increments
- fixed a bug in the SIGMA lens database
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Customer Reviews
Two major defects
This product has two major defects: First, the distances are only in the metric system, and for us provincials, the conversion, particularly for near objects, is more difficult than it should be; Second, and more importantantly, the near focussing distance is 4 meters, which is much too far for serious landscape photography, where a near object, within a foot or two of the lens, is very important to the composition.
When the app crashes all lens/camera information is gone
I bought the app, bought both of the add-ons successfully, added my camera and six lenses. The app then crashed. When it reopened it was reset to defaults without my custom camera or any of my lenses.
Near focusing
At the bottom of the main screen, toggle between cm and m. If you do so, you'll see one can specify a near focus distance of 38 cm (about 15 inches).
- $3.99
- Category: Photo & Video
- Updated: Jan 19, 2011
- Version: 1.4.5
- Size: 0.5 MB
- Languages: English, German, Spanish
- Seller: Thorsten Kramp
- © Bitwerkz
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later
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