Hipstamatic Introduces D-Series, A Disposable Camera for iOS
Bringing back analog, one exposure at a time.
From the Synthetic team, Hipstamatic introduces the new D-Series iOS app, set to release this Thursday December 15th! Hipstamatic’s Disposable camera makes it a snap to create and share a camera with your friends. From the first snap to the last, everyone shoots to one roll, and at the end photos are instantly exchanged to all of the camera’s contributors. You’ll never have to swap doubles or email from your friends phone again. Sharing a roll of film has never been this much fun. Users share a set of 24 exposers through a cloud sync’d camera creating a social sharing application to instantly connect and exchange with friends. The D-Series launch, marks Hipstamatic’s first ever FREE download and will launch with 3 in App Purchase Camera’s to create sharable analog images.
Hipstamatic Disposable from Synthetic on Vimeo.
“Two years ago we created Hipstamatic and changed the way we thought about photography on the mobile platform. We believe that 2012 will be the year that Hipstamatic’s D-Series changes how we come together to capture photographic stories” – Lucas Allen Buick, CEO & Co-Founder of Synthetic.
• Instantly connect to all your friends via Facebook
• Share the entire album or individual prints to Facebook, Twitter, and Email
• Get awesome new cameras from the in-app HipstaMart
CAMERAS AVAILABLE IN HIPSTAMART
Foxy X69
Starting at $0.99
Hot as the day is long. Foxy’s X69 camera captures a shallow depth of field from within a scanned film border. This is the perfect camera to add a little spice to any occasion.
Dreamy
Starting at $0.99
Sweet and delicious. Dreamy’s orange sherbet shell and cream grip houses a masterful lens created to soften the mood with blurred vignettes and a white rustic border.
BlacKeys 44
Starting at $0.99
Like a chilly night stargazing in Paris. Warm and cool monochromatic tones collide between a soft black border. BlacKeys 44 sports a balmy cool black shell and grip making it the perfect camera for classy shindigs.
MegaZuck 84
Free with Facebook Connection.
Desaturated duo style tones with a thick white border. This camera adds a touch of 1984 to any social network.
Screenshot showing costs of Hipstamatic-D "films"
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Downloaded … and removed again. I just dont see the point of this app, a case of the emperors new clothes IMHO. Take your (normal tried and trusted) Hipstamatic camera (+ all those lenses and films you already bought) to any event, shoot as many images as you like with it. Next, get iPhone Explorer (free, though any decent OS will do the same thing) download your photos to your PC and share them with your friends using Flickr or Dropbox (both free).
Simples. No need to wait for your images, always the frustration of old school photography.
Just used 2 times but deleted after discovering that it saves in 600×600 only!
Camera purchases are limited to 9, 36, 99 times depending how much you pay.
Save your time and money!
There is a highres option also. Phone's Preferences -> Disposable -> High Quality ON.
Thanks Marco for the hint. Its not obvious to look for "Disposable". I tried to search for Hipsta….
But after setting to High Resolution it still saves with 600×600 to the camera roll.
Hipstamatic Disposable = Hipstamatic Deleted
Sorry, not my app! In German app store it gets only one star ratings. The app is a fail.
I am so sick of linking everything to Facebook. I purposely don't have a Facebook account and now this app is more or less useless because of that fact.
Oh well. Saves me some money. If they make a Facebook log in a requirement to use the original app, that'll be that for me.
I know this may not fit here exactly, but before starting to milk the cow again the Synthetic team should may be think of feeding the cow they did milk already (a lifetime of swanko-nothing …) – wondering which projekt will be cut short now as they may focus on the d-series …
I've played with this app this morning and their seems to be a lot of misinformation about it. The two free lenses have unlimited rolls of film attached to them. You don't have to spend a dime if you don't want to use another lens/film combination. If you elect to purchase other combos they come with either 9, 36, or 99 rolls of film. You have the ability to either share the roll on FB, email, or save the roll to your iPhone. So far my friends and I have been using it as a random live blog of our daily activities that we normally text to each other. I can't wait to use this at Lollapalooza this year!
"…. You have the ability to either share the roll on FB, email, or save the roll to your iPhone. …"
for these purposes you can use standard Hipstamatic with John S lens (seems to be the free camera in new version D),
or
most of all other available photo apps,
or
standard photo app, camera roll and free facebook app,
or
use Instagram
or
….
If you see a value go for it
I thought you had to pay for each roll, but it looks like it's for packs of rolls. It's $0.99 for 9 rolls of 24 (216 shots), $1.99 for 36 rolls of 24 (864 shots), and $4.99 for 99 rolls of 24 (2376 shots). That makes a difference to me. I could at least give it a shot at those prices. But the 600×600 size even with hi-res turned on is not acceptable.
Apparently, only cameras purchased in-app can do high-res saves. The built-in camera won't.
Interesting. So they really are trying to drive people towards buying the extra packs. That's not surprising, of course. They want to make money on this. I think I'm going to buy a 9 roll pack of each premium camera and see if I like them enough to continue buying them.
If that's true, it's really annoying.
Man, this app is getting drilled into the ground in the app store. 2 stars and falling.
Synthetic did a very poor job explaining their pricing structure. Everyone thinks that you pay a buck for 9 exposures.
Regardless though, this was not a well thought out pricing structure. People don't mind paying for apps and add ons, but paying for digital film is not a good idea.
I also think that forcing you to use Facebook to share your camera was poorly thought out.
It does seem that the major failing of this app was poorly explaining what it actually does, and what you actually get for each in-app purchase.
I give them credit for trying something new, though.
@Darrel, that's what I find so disappointing. The basic idea of a shared-roll camera is really intriguing, and I would bet that some of the premium lenses would be fun to use. We need fresh thinking like this to keep the iPhoneography scene lively and surprising.
But then they wrapped these fresh ideas around a pricing scheme that just looks and feels like old-fashioned greed. They might as well change the shutter sound to a cash register: Take a photo > ca-CHING!
Agreed Richard. Fresh and innovative thinking is what all photography needs. Our world is one of images and I think that's why looking at instagram has lost its appeal for me, all the images begin to look and be the same after awhile. Synthetic could have learned from Lomora, the iphoneography world is ready for a shared camera idea, but at a reasonable pricing structure. I have a stale taste in my mouth about Synthetic after I paid for lifetime updates to SwankoLab and they informed it, and even hipstamatic is a greed enterprise, how many lens/films are truly innovative or something you can't duplicate in another app? It's too bad the missed the boat on this one, the concept is cool but not everybody is on FB either. They have some type of koolaid drink over there.
This is such a ripp off, I can't believe it!! These selling tactics are really digusting and all their hipsta talk is just some poor old bla bla, rings hollow … Too bad, i really liked thme once!!
Holy balls. They've already updated this app with a new free camera. Damage control?
However, the add friends screen appears to be broken.
This idea is ridiculous. Paying for the same filters over and over again is a scam.
You can dress it up any way you want to.
Hipstamatic is awesome. I think that this app aptly named, "disposable".
Can’t share anything if you can’t add friends. What’s the deal with that?
Looking over these comments I'm reminded of what truly negative creatures we are. Wow! People get a life. Its an app – not the apocalypse. What a shame to be so catty and trivial. People, if you think you can do it better … do it … show us how to make a camera app and promote it the right way. As to the photography snobs … Hipsatmatic is just a fun toy … it does not pretend to be Rembrandt nor Ansel Adams. It is just a little fun. Get over yourselves … if you think you are a great photographer … again … prove it. Show us how you are a great photo artist too good for Hipstamatic. Meanwhile let the rest us just enjoy life and have a little fun. Grumps and snobs … go away. Your infantile criticism bores me. as does all pretension. Grandmother was right, "If you can't say something nice … "
So you're against negative feedback? You don't want things that are implemented poorly to improve? It is just an app, you're right. But if a company like Synthetic rolls out a lousy one, they should hear about it. After all, they are in this to make money. If their customers are unhappy, they should want to know about it. If they can't handle that, they are in the wrong business.
Frankly, I think that anyone who expects everyone to cork it unless they are heaping praise on a for-profit company might want to ask themselves who the snob is.
Hi, all,
Developers need to hear feedback from users — both good and bad. Good ones use fair criticism to improve their apps.
Before the conversation gets heated and devolves, this is just a gentle reminder at this time to keep the discussion civil, please. Feel free to discuss the app — good or bad. Personal shots will not be tolerated here.
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crashes frequently on my iPhone 4S. also it seems to be only 600 x 600. can anyone see how to increase image size please? i can't see any settings option in-app or in 'settings'
personally i wish hipstamtic would think more 'quailty not quantity'. enough with the samey lenses. carefully design another one with the individulaity of john s or claunch 72 please.
and please let's grow up. instead of pretending it's an actual analog camera let's embrace and combine the qualities of analog 'looks' and the convenience of the digital world. i'm a grown-up. i want to decide when i see my shots – not some random hobbling of my sophisticated device. it's insulting.
all of course IMHO.