Life in LoFi: iPhoneography

Camera Prime, a new camera replacement app from Testut Tech, is FREE right now in the App Store. It’s a pretty full featured camera replacement, and this is a full version, not a feature-limited “lite” version. It’s not ad-supported, either. At first glance, it’s a decent camera replacement.

This is an introductory offer, so grab the app now before it goes up to it’s regular price.

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The excellent camera replacement app Camera+ was pulled from the App Store recently. The app violated the iPhone SDK agreement. A hack that unlocked VolumeSnap, the hidden feature that allowed users to use the iPhone’s volume buttons as a shutter release, was the reason.

REAL-CAMERA by Yusuke sekikawa is another iPhone photo app that uses the volume buttons as a shutter release. As expected, it has now also been pulled and is no longer available in the App Store.

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Screenshot of App Store. Where's Camera+?

It was bound to happen sometime. I’m surprised this version of the app was allowed to stay in the App Store for as long as it was.

Camera+, the excellent camera replacement app from tap tap tap, is gone from the App Store. Usually perched high atop the “Top Paid” app ratings, it looks like the recent version 1.2.1 of the app has been pulled, most likely because of the hack that activates the hidden VolumeSnap feature in the app. The blogosphere was ablaze with the hack a couple of days ago — we were among the first to report it.

What to do if you want to keep the VolumeSnap hack after the jump. >>>

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Photo credit: © tap tap tap

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UPDATE: Based on Dean’s comment below, at 10:40: am CDT, I deleted and redownloaded Camera+ to my iPhone 2G, where I had NOT previously performed this feature unlock. Sure enough, the unlock didn’t work on this newly downloaded copy of Camera+. The app still says version 1.2.1. It may be because the “exploit” has already been closed and a revised version of Camera+ has quietly been uploaded to the App Store — that was fast. Or, perhaps the hack doesn’t work on an iPhone 2G. I’m still able to use VolumeSnap on my iPhone 4 where I’d applied the hack on an installed copy.

Purchase, update or reinstall Camera+ at your own discretion. At this point, the hack may not work with the app. Or it simply may not work with your device.

Are you getting this unlock to work? Let us know in the comments below.

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Camera+ is one of the best, most full-featured camera replacement apps in the App Store currently. Click here to read our recent review of the app. According the tap tap tap blog, the latest update of the app has been rejected because of a cool new feature, VolumeSnap. You should head over there – it’s an interesting peek into the backroom of the App Store.

We have a workaround after the jump >>>

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Camera+ 1.2 screenshots

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[UPDATED]

Camera+
Version 1.21
Price: $4.99 (on sale for a limited time for $1.99)

Bottom Line: Just about perfect. There is a useless delay when using anti-shake stabilization. Still, it’s one of the best camera replacement apps currently available on any mobile phone platform.

The iPhone’s camera is basic, but good. To take the iPhone to the next level camera-wise, consider a camera replacement app.

Camera+ is a full-featured camera replacement app from tap tap tap. Version 1.0 started off as a very good camera app — not worth the hype, in my opinion. Subsequent updates have addressed every single issue I’ve had with this app. Camera+ is now one of the best camera replacement apps for any iPhone that’s currently available — 2G through 4 running iPhone OS 3.1 or newer.

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Cleaning the iPhone 4's lens and flash

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The new, larger lens of the iPhone 4 camera is still teeny. The actual lens itself is protected by an external lens casing. While the lens casing is about 5 mm, the lens itself is about than 2 mm — just a little larger than the head of a pin. Even a small smudge or a fingerprint on your lens can really effect the quality of your images. Also, the iPhone 4′s lens casing is no longer recessed as in previous iPhones. It’s pretty much flush with the back of the phones case, making it even easier to get smudged and dirty. Fortunately, keeping the iPhone 4′s lens clean is even easier than previous models.

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Camera+ by tap tap tap has been updated to version 1.2 and this is the update we’ve been waiting for. This is a huge update for the app — more than its incremental .1 upgrade implies. Version 1.2 really is the “ultimate photo app”.

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iPhone 4, Camera

Bottom Line: Great color, great saturation, great dynamic range, a decent flash. An awesome mobile phone camera in many ways, but a few first edition flaws.

I’ve had my iPhone 4 for two weeks now. It’s an amazing device and I absolutely love it. It’s nearly as much an improvement over my old iPhone 2G as the 2G was an improvement over my old Motorola RAZR. It’s faster. The new retina display is gorgeous. iOS 4 is a terrific operating system; it runs great on the iPhone 4 and isn’t plagued by the performance issues and slowdowns that many users are experiencing with older iPhones. The battery life is improved over previous iPhones. Even taking into consideration that this is a brand new unit, I often go two days without charging.

The iPhone 4 also has a much-touted, much improved camera. It’s like going from your first, old 2MP digital camera years ago and upgrading to a new PowerShot. The new features and specs take what was once a class of digital lo-fi cameras (the iPhone) and gotten very close to a respectable point-and-shoot camera. You won’t be ditching your DSLR for an iPhone 4 any time soon, but you may be leaving the house a lot more without your PowerShot.

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