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Turn your iPhone into a light meter through colorBUG

by Veit 08.14.2009
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If you want to transform your iPhone into a professional light or color meter, the colorBUG could be your ticket.
Designed for professional photographers, video producers or lighting designers, one or multiple colorBUG devices can wirelessly connect to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Once connected, you can use your iPhone to measure

Color temperature (in Kelvin)
Illuminance [...]

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Wildflower reference app is a good iPhone companion for photographers

by Veit 08.04.2009

For a landscape photographer, there’s often a need to identify certain flowers or plants that you either photograph or appear in a photograph. Since I’m not a horticulturist, I used to identify them when back at home, since I did not want to schlepp a guide book with me. Now I can do it [...]

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Excellent iPhone maps for hikers and photographers

by Veit 07.27.2009
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For a landscape photographer, hiking and taking images go hand-in-hand. And hiking means I always carry a trail and topographic map. When I hike locally, I typically carry maps by Tom Harrison (see also a recent interview with the Marin IJ newspaper). Why? Because they are the maps-of-choice for our local [...]

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iPhone plus 5 other essentials = I’m ready for a photo trip!

by Veit 07.20.2009
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One of our readers sent us a note recently: “…I just read your Spotlight on Companion Apps [Editor's Note: link added by me] and was wondering: How many things do you not have to carry any longer because you have the iPhone with you as a companion?…”
Actually, that is a great question and the short [...]

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6 great iPhone Photo Video editor’s picks!

by Veit 07.16.2009
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Outstanding functionality, intuitive design, great value, always on our iPhones – these are just some of the criteria we evaluate before we bestow our “Editor’s Pick” award to any iPhone software, service or periphery.  Not a lot of Editor’s Picks have been awarded, since we are tough judges – actually, there are quite a number [...]

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Spotlight: iPhone as a companion to DSLR photographers

by Veit 07.02.2009
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No matter what you think about the iPhone’s camera, the iPhone itself is a great companion when you take your expensive gear out into the field. Here’s a list of our favorite iPhone companion apps:
1. Helios Sun Position Calculator
[...]Helios released an update to its Helios Sun Position Calculator, an iPhone app that allows you [...]

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HDR: iPhone a great companion for DSRL shooters

by Veit 06.18.2009
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Contrary to the iPhone being a lousy HDR camera platform, the iPhone is a good companion when you head out with your DSLR to capture HDR images. Why?
My typical setup for an HDR shot in the field looks like this:

Setup the DSRL on a tripod
Use the spotmeter in my Canon 5D to [...]

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iBird – A truly stunning bird guide for iPhone photographers

by Veit 06.07.2009
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Regardless whether or not you are a photographer, if you want to see an example of a magnificent iPhone app, look no further than iBird.
iBird is one of the top rated reference apps in the AppStore and it shows immediately why. In short, this app is simply stunning. The visuals are great and [...]

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PhotoCalc a handy iPhone companion for DSLR shooters

by Veit 06.01.2009

If you are a DSLR photographer like us, you use your iPhone not just for its ability to snap quick pictures, but also as a support device whenever you are out there with your big bag full of heavy and expensive gear.
Recently, I purchased PhotoCalc from iTunes and am happy to report that it found [...]

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iPhone geotags your DSLR photos

by Veit 05.28.2009

Would you like to geotag your photos that you shoot with your DSLR or point & shoot camera, even if the camera itself does not allow you to do so. Or do you shy away from geotagging because the manufacturers’ solutions are too pricey? There is an alternative, if you have an iPhone!
Simply [...]

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iPhone 3.0: Why the hardware SDK matters most to photographers

by Veit 05.25.2009

Recently, the photography community was abuzz about onOne’s DSLR remote application for the iPhone (in a Lite and Pro edition). But while that is a nifty application for photographers, it is a very good example of why the iPhone 3.0 hardware SDK, which allows you to communicate with accessories, is to photographers the most [...]

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Helios Sun Position Calculator for your iPhone

by Veit 05.24.2009

If you are a serious nature and landscape photographer, accurate information about the path of the sun is paramount. Typically, you go to online sun position calculators (Geocities, NOAA or many other sites), get the relevant sun position information for the places you plan to visit, print them and take them with you. [...]

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Take your camera manual with you on your iPhone

by Veit 05.22.2009

Another burgeoning kind of photography companion apps are camera manuals, with the appeal being that rather than schlepping voluminous camera instruction manuals with you just take them with you on the iPhone. Added benefit: you can search these manuals. One example is the Handi manuals (see screenshot to the right) which are currently available for [...]

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f/8 Depth of Field calculator for the iPhone

by Veit 05.15.2009

If you are like us, you carry your iPhone whereever you go. Thus, I’ve been looking for a DOF (Depth of Field) calculator on my iPhone for quite some time. No longer! Bitwerks, a company from Switzerland, released f/8, its DOF implementation for download from Apple’s iTunes store. Once installed, it’s [...]

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