Hipstamatic
July 5th, 2010
Without doubt the best camera app for the iPhone!
I was a little unsure when I first looked at the app, it wasn’t free which always makes me second guess an app – how many times have you been caught out by an app with a good write up which doesn’t live up to the PR. But in Hipstamatic’s case all the reviews were so positive a jumped in and paid the £1.19… and continued to spend money on the in app products; different flashes, lens and film options to give you even more effects. The Histamart is a very clever bit of business!
The app itself is incredibly simple, there’s the option for changing the lens, film and flash – a shake of your iPhone will shuffle all these and give you a random set of options. On the camera side there’s a view finder – which is a little small, but you get used to it – and a button that takes the photos. Couldn’t be simpler.
The one downside – apart from the small view finder, is the resolution. The photos that are produced are only 600 x 600 pixels! I’m not sure why they’re so small, whether it’s a need to apply the filters quickly – and a smaller resolution image will help there, or if it’s because reducing the image will naturally sharpen and improve the iPhone’s sometimes iffy camera quality. Either way I hope it’s high on their list of improvements – I’d pay for an upgrade that gives me larger images, as I’d love to print some of the photos I’ve taken. Note: I’ve just found out about a setting that allows for high quality pictures, it takes longer to develop the photos, but in return you’ll get 1536 x 1536 pixels. To get this setting, go to Settings on your iPhone, scroll down to Hipstamatic and turn on High Quality, not sure why this wasn’t a setting within the app – or if it was, why it was hidden away or not on as default. Much better.
You can see a selection on my Hipstamatic Flickr set here, and find out more on the app itself on the Hipstamatic website.
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