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The Manual app – the iPhone's camera one step closer to DSLRs

As the quality of cameras in smartphones grows, so do the appetites of users. Not long ago, DSLR photography and mobile photography could not be thrown in the same bin, as they were light years or millions of pixels apart. However, it's not all that black and white these days, and with the advent of the Manual app, which allows for manual settings on the iPhone camera, the gap will be a little smaller and less noticeable.

Anyone who knows at least a little bit about photo, knows that her kingdom really begins only when we take over from the device authority over settings. This technical "revolution" did not happen in smartphones until recently, which drew a sharp divide between the world mirror-reflective and mobile photos. Because a phone can have such an advanced camera, ma'am DSLR always surpasses.

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Until today, mobile photography has not understood the essence, which is yes the photo is taken by the photographer, not the camera, so most apps cleared the border via cosmetic corrections, with the possibility of applying "makeup" to photos (filters, effects, etc.), which were still basically the work of the phone and not the photographer. Not that there is anything wrong with the "trotlziher" method, but with the dimensions it offers smartphone, a great void gaped here. V automatic mode it is about rational thinking (of the camera), v by hand (manual) turn on your (for) thoughts.


Users iPhone you have in the software interface triangle API, operating system iOS 8 and Manual applications control over aperture, ISO-m, whiteness (“white balance"), by focusing and framing the exposure setting (“exposure bracketing"), and everything is clearly displayed on the screen, including histogram. In addition, other photographic goodies are also available, such as Fill Flash flash settings, stripes of the golden ratio,…

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