Hipstamatic - Lomography on the iPhone

Regularly browsing interesting programs for the iPhone, I try to discover with particular attention to anything working with photos: soft-camera processing software, "decorations", chargers and photo hosting sites other. Since more than 3 years, I think the iPhone with one of the most exciting gadgets for shooting, especially when it must be done without attracting attention.

You can argue a lot about the quality of the optics 'lens' built-in camera, megapixels and software Soft, but pictures taken by millions of users (just go to flickr.com) talk about reverse. Perhaps still more important than "straight arms and framing the eyes," the photographer, plus a little imagination. That's about the last of fiction, just today and I want to talk about.

A week ago, I came in the AppStore on the fun program Hipstamatic iPhone App from the company Synthetic Infatuation. Conventional soft-cameras we no longer surprise today, the authors suggest that we shoot and retro lomo (as anyone, but I'm a big fan of these two directions) on a truly well done product.

Hipstamatic, this is a cross between a simulator set 50-60x cameras of the past century and a toy camera. And this retro offered in both functionality and design.

When the program starts, we see stylized in the spirit of the first portable consumer cameras interface with a small viewfinder. It is already unusual for today, and "aim" you will have a small window looking in, rather than the full iPhone screen. And here we must add that there are two settings in the viewfinder modes: Classic and Precision Framing. I would advise to work in the second, the exact display mode. Because if you choose classics, will be displayed in the viewfinder is not the entire image captured by the lens, and you always have to take into account the error. Of course the classic mode closer to the very sense of "analog", but a lot of sense in it I do not see. After all, you still do not hold the viewfinder to your eye and look like on the screen. So we take this game within reasonable limits.
But back to our program.

Hipstamatic is made up of two virtual panels.

"Front Panel" - where there is a choice of lenses (lenses), flashes and the film by turning the finger.
In the basic configuration, we have three film (Blanco, Ina's 1969 Film, Kodot Verichrome Film), two flashes (Standart and Dreampop), three lenses (John S Lens, Jimmi, Kaimal Mark II) that has already gives a good choice for creative searches. In fact, all these lenses, film, and flash - this plugin processes the image according to a certain algorithm. Change the settings plug-in is not possible, but it is in fact not necessary. You can play the shooting angle, illumination, as well as buy many more films, lenses and flashes in the built-in program store. Effects sets sold (some sets of three types of plug-in) at the price of $ 0.99. Total today proposed an additional 4 sets. But there is hope, that there will be more. It is also worth noting that buy these kits directly from the AppStore is not possible, but only from the built-in store program.

"Rear panel" - here we see the same "viewfinder" for framing, great shoot button (shooting) and the shutter "charging" of the flash. A few words about the flash unit: as I mentioned earlier, is one of the plug-ins successfully imitates glare illumination and additional illumination. When pulling the finger gate is heard the distinctive sound of the battery charge, so probably familiar some of you, and the flash of white Firebolt fills the screen, again successfully simulating emissions Sveta. Very successful implementation.

To the left of the viewfinder, located psevdookoshko logo on the film container. In this case, it is not just stylized some cameras, but also an indicator of the selected plugin. Under this window, an LED printing. First comes immediately after the shutter and shooting shows the process "print on film" (actual image processing plug-in). Once the photo is ready, the second LED lights up, and is activated by the transition button has a photo film chamber panels (library program) and the special features.

What can be said about these additional features:
Immediately we see the transition pretty view the footage in a photo feeds. If you touch a snapshot, it flips showing full information on the application plug-ins, and opening the submit button on flickr, facebook, e-mail. There's also a picture button in the publication of thematic galleries on the website of the program (by the way there are many interesting photos). It is necessary to draw your attention to the fact that the publication in the gallery takes place through your account on flickr. In fact, the photos are published here, and to go to the gallery code.

Another of goodies, creating stacks of registered captured image, and the ability to modify the application plug-ins.

At about the software installation is complete: they are taken out (something it became fashionable) of the most soft-camera system in the main iPhone settings. Going there, you can change the Launchpad (at the start of start from the front or rear), options viewfinder image quality (standard 600 × 600px or high quality, 1200px for 2G / 3G, and for 1536px 3GS). Include random selection plug at iPhone shaking, autosave captured and processed material in the "Camera Roll" printing EXIF-data capture in a snapshot.
By the way, referring to the line above about the resolution of the image, I want to see that and the snapshot we get an unusual, square format, something like a photographic plate or pictures made Polaroid. When selecting films, the fringe image will receive a different frame, and sometimes "ripped" edge.

Now a little about the glitch: When publishing to Facebook, the program does not select from the existing folders (although attempts), and proposes to create their own, with the default name of the new name of the program. And what is especially unpleasant, every time does not add to the already created them the same folder, and re-creates a new one with the same name. Certainly not difficult then, after the publication of shift, but it is unpleasant. Extra steps. I remember not long ago in photoshop.com had the same problem, which is fixed in newer versions.
But in the publication of the program "sewn" ins data applied (as a lens name, films and flash) as an EXIF-data (Normal maintaining this data is not added)

Actually that's all I wanted to say about the program. For someone Hipstamatic is another toy-ukrashalka gallery, for someone (including me) the opportunity to make interesting pictures. The main thing to know the measure. It is important how much you love retro-rays and lomo.

Yes, of course, can be treated with any picture taken a simple, standard iPhone camera. There are lots of free and paid programs for the "big brother" and more of the available on-line services. But sometimes it's important to see the intended result now, at the time of the shooting, when there is an opportunity to re-shoot again. And most importantly, a built-in filter and the intended, the plugin makes advance to think differently, to see the object to be photographed with the other faces of the frame, the other light, the other in essence. Dream right here and now.

Ask yourself: "Do you like Lomo, how I love him," and if you are willing to spend their money on it: in fact the complete set will cost you more 6USD. Here, as they say, to each his own.

developer: Synthetic Infatuation
System requirements: Firmware 3.1 and above
Interface languageEnglish
Price: $ 1.99 (dop.pakety 4 * $ 0.99)

Link AppStore
Link to ofits.sayt
Link to "popular lomo-gallery»