Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

There are some great sales going on right now in the App Store. If you’ve had your eye on any of these apps, this is a good opportunity to fill in some gaps in your iPhone’s camera bag.

These sales are for a limited time and don’t last long. They could go back up to the normal price at any time. Grab ‘em now.

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RetroCamera
Version 2.0
Price: $1.99

Bottom Line: It’s all that’s good about the original RetroCamera and much more. Now in greater than full resolution.

UPDATE 06.08.11 @ 10:45: Updated review with mention of bugs when working with square frame  images. Because of this bug,I’ve dropped my rating down half a star. My apologies for any inconvenience. =M=

Back in December, 2009, I reviewed RetroCamera, an analog photo app and at the time I said had “possibly the best set of filters I’ve seen in an app so far, but hampered by low-res output.” Output was an abysmal 320×480 pixels. Otherwise, the app was awesome. I was assured by the developer that an update was coming that would address the resolution issue.

When no update arrived, I, along with most of us, thought RetroCamera was a dead app. 18 months later, the developer CLBITZ Ubiquitous Communications Inc. has released the 2.0 RetroCamera update. It’s all that’s good about the original RetroCamera, plus a lot of the good from the dev’s other app, the excellent FILM LAB, and it supports more than the iPhone 4′s native resolution.

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tap tap tap’s Camera+ is often the top-selling photo app for a reason. It’s a powerful, full-featured, all-in-one camera replacement app and tap tap tap always seem to add cool new features that we didn’t even know we needed… always raising the bar for camera replacement apps.

The new 2.2.1 update is out now. While mostly a bux fix and performance tweak update, they still managed to add a cool new feature that none of the other major camera apps have. You can now share your photos by text message — SMS — from within the app.

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Photo courtesy of Engadget.com

UPDATED 06.06.11 @ 13:45: Now with screenshots from Engadget coverage and my thoughts on additional features, as well as hardware requirements. =M=

Today was the Apple keynote at WWDC. In addition to previews of the Mac OS X Lion and iOS5, we got a sneak peek at the updated Apple Camera in iOS5.

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Today, I’ve got FREE copies of Camera+ to give away to five followers on Facebook.

Camera+ is one of the best all-in-one iPhone camera replacement apps available. It’s fast, full-featured, and recently added the very cool “Clarity” filter which adds HDR-like color and contrast to single exposure images.

To be eligible to win, you need to head over to Life In LoFi’s Facebook page and request a code in the comments of our Camera+ Giveaway post.

You can comment as many times as you like, but only your first comment will count. Cut-off time to enter is 9:00 PM Central Time tonight, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Winners will be determined by random selection. One code per reader, please. If you’re one of the winners, be sure I can email, message or DM you somehow.

Good luck and happy shooting!

=M=

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QuikCam (formerly QuickCam) by Two Teeth Technologies is a fast camera replacement app. While it now has some pretty cool advanced features, it was designed with simplicity in mind. But it’s also fast — very fast.

It’s been updated recently and I’ve got some free promo codes to give away. Click past the jump to find out how to get one.

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I don’t like playing the iPhone rumor game, but when it’s a credible story coming from a credible, named source it’s too hard to pass up.

CNN and Mashable are reporting that Sony will be supplying the image sensors for the next generation iPhone, currently known as the iPhone 5 in the rumor mills. I think the device will still have a 4 designation, especially if the device is 4G network compatible. My money says iPhone 4G.

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Photo by Noriko Ohba/tea-room.net

A camera doesn’t need a lens. You can use a light-proof box with a tiny hole at one end. Congratulations! You’ve got a pinhole camera.

Pinhole camera effects are popular in lo-fi and retro iPhone photo apps. Camera+ has even tried to perfect it in the last two app updates.

Click past the jump for Smashing Magazine’s gallery of analog pinhole photography. >>>

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Camera+ 2.2, Clarity scene

One of the things I love about the excellent camera replacement app Camera+ is that the development team at tap tap tap are always improving the app and the user experience. It seems that nearly every update of the app has a Wow! feature that we didn’t even know we wanted.

The new 2.2 update is scheduled to street today, Tuesday, March 29 and it is no exception.

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QuickCam
Version 1.0.1
Price: $0.99

Bottom Line: A simple, easy to use default Camera replacement app. One of the absolute fastest camera apps available.

One of my biggest complaints about many camera apps, including many camera replacement apps, is the lack of speed. When a camera app is slow, it greatly increases the risk of not being ready for that once-in-a-lifetime shot, whether it’s the most awesome fleeting, street photograph or a snapshot of your child blowing out the candles at a birthday party.

QuickCam by Two Teeth Technologies is a new camera replacement app. It’s very basic. It was designed with simplicity in mind. But it’s also fast — very fast. It was also designed with speed in mind and it has some great features to help ensure that your iPhone’s camera is always ready to shoot.

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