{"id":19405,"date":"2020-12-17T04:23:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2020-12-15T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T23:20:23","slug":"another-kind-of-halide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/another-kind-of-halide\/","title":{"rendered":"another kind of halide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halide Mark II app for iPhone<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Those of us who creak getting up – chairs or stairs – can remember the days of film and glass plates when the light sensitivity of silver halides made our art practical. But this post is about a totally different kind of halide.<\/p>\n

The most popular camera today – or so facebook (flicker?) says- is the ubiquitous one tucked away in every smartphone. If you are lucky (or just have deep pockets) yours is a new or newish iPhone. The big issue with these amazing “computer in a pocket” gadgets is that the camera is an auto everything device totally suited to today’s “hurry up and stand still” amateur and equally totally UNSUITED to the professional.<\/p>\n

The app Halide Mark II<\/a>\u00a0(American site) changes everything. The app digs into the guts of the iPhone camera and allows RAW images, manual control, manual focus, and even “zebras” and “loupes”! Do a Google search \u00a0for halide mark II video tutorials<\/a> about this app and see just what the amazing tiny camera can do with the right tools.<\/p>\n

A bit of a downside may be the annual fee (or a one time fee of about 4x the annual fee that lets the app and updates last for a few years). The Canadian price vs. the American price is slightly higher at $15.99\/year vs. $11.99\/year. Halide will also work on the newer iPod Touch which after all is just an older<\/em> smartphone sans the actual phone part. The app deprecates nicely omitting features not supported on older iPhones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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