2008General Discussion forum
iPhone apps useful for film and photography work
18 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.
What the thread found
- Taking a screenshot on iPhone can be done by simultaneously pressing the home button and the lock button, with the image saved to the photo gallery.
- GPS-enabled location finder apps like Vicinity and AroundMe help users identify nearby services when working away from home.
- Focalware is a GPS-enabled sunpath calculator app that offers similar functionality to SunPath but at a lower price point and works well in combination with inclinometer apps.
- Developing a complex multi-function app with 14 bundled calculations for iPhone presented significant memory management challenges due to device limitations and background process interference.
- iPhone apps typically receive free updates after purchase.
Depends on
- iPhone form factor can be inconvenient for some measurement-related uses.
- The depth of field calculations for 35mm may become outdated as digital cinema cameras tend to produce shallower depth of field than traditional cinema equivalents.
- iPhone was originally designed for simple single or dual-function applications rather than complex multi-featured software.
- The discussion occurred in 2008-2009 when iPhone app development was still relatively new and memory constraints were significant.
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