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

With all the recent improvements in mobile phone cameras, Life In LoFi’s definitive iPhone/Mobile Photo Print Sizes guide has been updated to reflect the larger file sizes of iPhone and mobile cameras as well as the increased processing power of some of the new photo apps. While the updated post is written for iPhone users, the information it features is valid for all mobile phone cameras — as well as DSLRs and digital point-and-shoot cameras.

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PrintCalc by DIRE Studio is FREE today for one day only. It normally goes for $0.99.

PrintCalc is a tool to help you figure print sizes and get the best results from your hardcopy photo prints. The app is a fine art printmaker’s utility for calculating print sizes, image requirements and assessing output print quality. Its usefulness is not limited to commercial print houses. Photographers can use this utility to determine best output sizes for their prints by entering a combination of photo pixel dimensions and desired print size. This is especially handy if you regularly use apps with less than your iPhone’s full resolution, or if you have an older 2 MP iPhone.

PrintCalc supports dimensions in both inches and centimeters.

The interface is a little clunky and unintuitive in how it works, but once you get used to it, the frustration level is reduced. If I’d have reviewed the app, I’d have given it three stars despite the UI and recommended it to anyone who has a need for printing photos. It’s a good tool to let you know how large those Instagram prints should be.

This freebie is good for today only, Monday, November 29. Grab it now.

PrintCalc works on any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 3.1.2 or newer.

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[UPDATED 10.14.10 @23:45]

The new Hipstamatic 170 and 175 updates now feature the ability to order archival quality prints in a variety of sizes right there in the app itself and have them delivered to your door. The service went live in North America last month when the app updates were released. The service is now available throughout Europe and Australia. It goes live world-wide on November 1st.

Right now, I’ve got promo codes for FREE shipping that I’m giving away to 25 readers. To be eligible to win, request a code in the comments below. You can comment as many times as you like, but only your first comment will count. Cut-off time to enter is 11:00 PM Central Time today, Thursday, October 14, 2010. Winners will be determined by random selection. These free-shipping promo codes are good in North America, Europe, and Australia.

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Here are some random additional thoughts I had for my earlier post on printing and enlarging iPhone photos. They didn’t seem to fit smoothly in context in the earlier post, so here they all get their own bullet points in a random musing.

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It’s not if the iPhone camera can make large prints, it’s how big….

Whether to mount and frame as gifts, for sale or for gallery exhibition, more and more prints are being made from iPhones. Prints and enlargements can be made from any iPhone camera. How big an enlargement you can make depends on a number of factors — the iPhone model you use, the resolution of the apps you use, and if, how and where you are willing to resample your images.

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