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So in the big 2025 we cannot control the iSO and shutter speed of the iPhone Camera while you can on android??? YOU NEED TO PAY ON THIRD PARTY APPS??? Damn this is sick… So yeah I’m going to take this problem seriously and if Apple doesn’t release an update or an app to control ISO, focus, shutter speed and WB… Well I’m going to make one…

Personally I would prefer that Apple makes one because it could be more native but yeah otherwise I will solve this problem.
 
Bought halide several phones ago and don't even remember the trivial amount it cost.
That’s probably when Halide wasn't as feature rich as today I guess. It costs $100 for lifetime license and $30/year. The other comparable camera app ProCamera costs less. Dunno which one works better.
Still, neither is that expensive if someone can just skip a couple days of morning coffee.
 
Is Halide worth it? Thinking of getting it soon.
I'm not a pro photographer, but it exposes manual focus, ISO and a bunch of other controls so you can get the camera to do what you tell it to do for a specific style rather than Apple's AI telling the camera what to do based on what it thinks you might want.
 
Lightroom mobile can do all that and is literally free yall.

For mobile photography such on iPhone you don’t really care about those stuffs. New iPhone only allow max 1s of exposure. And ISO is better left auto anyway. What you only need to care is exposure.

I bought Halide several years ago and never use it. I like Lightroom mobile more because it has HDR RAW.
 
The first round of Project Indigo has been pretty solid. I like the more DSLR-like shots I get with it. Some complain of overheating, and there's no way to adjust aperture/no portrait mode, but supposedly Adobe is working on more features.

It's free for now, but my fear is Adobe will slap a subscription on it once it's reasonably fully baked.
 
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The first round of Project Indigo has been pretty solid. I like the more DSLR-like shots I get with it. Some complain of overheating, and there's no way to adjust aperture/no portrait mode, but supposedly Adobe is working on more features.

It's free for now, but my fear is Adobe will slap a subscription on it once it's reasonably fully baked.
Yeah I tested this but it could get paid like you said and I think the shutter speed is limited to 1/8 or something… no possible way to get better like 2s or something.
 
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Yeah I tested this but it could get paid like you said and I think the shutter speed is limited to 1/8 or something… no possible way to get better like 2s or something.

Spectre camera does 3s for free. If you pay for the full version, you can get over 30 seconds.

The iPhone isn't going to die based on the camera app. Virtually no one cares about shutter speeds and long exposure. I understand them and don't care.

For those that do, get an app.
 
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I'll bite...

Most iPhone users don't know how stale iOS slash the iPhone is compared to Android....which 8s is why Apple hasn't done anything "new" (apart from a button or two) since iPhone 13.

Now ANYTHING new will feel revolutionary.
 
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The iPhone isn't going to die. That is BS. The problem is, though, it will not change much more. However, it does make you ponder about how much more major innovation can really happen because they are already pretty advanced devices. We have really only gotten incremental changes the last several years, so are we at that point?

"Lack of innovation" is really a dumb statement; the wheel is round and you cannot innovate much more with it. I guess you COULD call them "Space Black" one year, and "Super Un-White" the next. Then, look at the "Double-Tap" feature on AWU2 that doesn't work on AWU1; it has been in Accessibilty settings and I recently discovered this so it is now on my AWU1...the watch that "doesn't support" Double-Tap. WTF?! How is that a "new" feature?

I think what WILL happen is that increasing prices and the walled garden will drive away users to other platforms; I think it already has and that movement will grow. It is certainly on my mind and I am looking into options. Also on my mind is the constant legal issues and bullying by Apple, but I guess when you are dining with the Litigant-in-Charge who leads by example you can get away with it. I am sick of the false ethics bragging coming out of CuperTimo. Maybe if they do the right thing to begin with they wouldn't be wasting money paying for lawyers and having customers subsidize their legal bullying.

With regards to the walled garden, why does it matter to ANYONE what I put on MY phone? This really pisses me off. I am the one who bought the damn thing. If I have the ability to put any app on it and it is a security/operational issue then that is MY problem to deal with; it doesn't affect anyone else's devices. But, I guess that only matters if it is a Chinese app...unless it is TikTok.

I don't want to hear "well go to Android, traitor!". That is more BS along with telling someone to use Gmail or WhatsCrap or any other app with lack-of-privacy issues (which, BTW, are on the App Store...). I honestly think all devices and apps should be interoperable for at least basic functions. It sucks that I am stuck with Apple because of a few things like Messages but I am looking at alternatives. FFS...my hearing aids will not even auto-switch when going from one device to another. If I take those out and put in my AirPods it magically works. But then I cannot hear.

The prices WILL continue to go up even if they automate every step of the process and make more and more profit (and they still won't repatriate manufacturing and their tax burden). That is why I think we need interoperability - I want the option for using another phone by any manufacturer I choose, to do with what I want to do, run any apps I want, and save some money.
 
The iPhone is not going to die 😂 The iPhone is going to change. The iPhone fold will be just one, the all screen iPhone is what Apple have wanted for a very long time, it may finally happen for the 20th anniversary. The iPhone isn't going anywhere, Apple wouldn't let it not when it's their number one money maker.
 
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