Poor Quality iPad 2 Camera Performance Fixed By Camera Boost 2.5
Since the iPad 2 was launched, purchasers worldwide have lamented the quality of its camera, with 2 megapixel resolution so mediocre that it’s hardly better than nothing, in contrast to the iPhone 4S’s excellent 8 megapixel camera.
However, Cheshire, UK based iOS photography specialists Interealtime have announceed Camera Boost 2.5, a major update to a popular iPad app claimed to be a major step forward for iPad photography.
The update has a single headline new feature – in fact a single new button. Small, unassuming, but perhaps the single most important advancement yet for iPad photography: Night Mode. Turn it on and those grainy, dull images leap to life. According to the developers, the image brightens and grain fades away, with the difference being like the proverbial night and day.
This app has a number of other enhancements and high end features for the iPad photographer or videographer as well. Photos are captured at full resolution 1280×720 (the standard camera app only manages 960×720) and tap-to-expose and zoom are available even during video recording.
Both photos and videos benefit from the Unlimited FX Engine that can apply as many effects as you want instantly and in full quality. This is done in realtime so you have a live full-screen preview at all times, and you can smoothly adjust effects while recording video in HD. The speed of this technology means there’s never any delay, no ‘Processing…’ messages, absolutely no ‘Please wait’. Everything is instant, Interealtime claims.
There is no restrictive list of fixed, standard filters – you’re free to turn the various effects on and off and adjust a wide range of image controls at will, effectively giving an unlimited number of variations. There is a preset list with lots of popular styles too, but you’re free to edit this list and create your own new presets.
Effects include lighting adjustment, color balance, high dynamic range (HDR), noise reduction, sharpen/defocus, color selection and more. You can combine these effects in many ways, and adjust any effect at any time. This is something that even high-end desktop software can rarely handle, but Camera Boost says it delivers it with Unlimited FX Engine in an iPad app that never drops a frame.
Camera Boost includes a selection of preset effects, but unlike most other apps this app allows (and encourages) you to create your own presets or modify the built-in ones.
Features:
• Record video and take photos with live, in-camera, full quality effects and enhancement.
• Many filters and effects, most are adjustable
• All effects previewed live on screen while you are shooting (full size and quality, full motion)
• Add as many effects as you like and adjust any effect at any time, even while recording HD video
• Speed; the UFX video processing engine will process any number of effects at full quality and full speed
• Zero processing time when you take a photo, zero processing time when you record a video!
• HD video and photos at the maximum size supported by the iPad 2 cameras
• Front and rear cameras supported
• Night mode enables longer exposure times for much improved shots in low light (photo only)
• Powerful 4x digital zoom (works with video or still photos)
• Built-in photo album with image viewer and video player
• Share photos to Facebook, Flickr, Email and the iPad photo library
• Extraordinary new UFX: Unlimited Effect Engine uses the full power of the iPad2’s new A5 processor.
New in Version 2.5
• New Night Mode enables longer exposure times for photos for a much clearer image in low light.
• Enhanced dynamic range for blacker blacks and whiter whites.
• Improved video compatibility. Videos created in Camera Boost should now be compatible with a wider range of software and devices.
• New video compatibility updater – if you have any previous videos they will be updated when the app first launches.
• The iPad’s automatic sleep function is now disabled during video recording.
• Several issues relating to interuptions during video recording (sleep, closing the app) fixed.
Note: Camera Boost requires an iPad2. It will not work with an iPad 1, iPhone or iPod Touch.
Video resolution: 1280×720 30fps (720p HD video) with rear camera, 640×480 30fps with front camera
Photo resolution: 1280×720 with rear camera, 640×480 with front.
Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad 2 Wi-Fi and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 1.3 MB download
Camera Boost 2.5 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.
Interealtime:
http://www.interealtime.com/
Camera Boost 2.5:
http://bit.ly/fhDysZ
Purchase and Download:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/camera-boost/id432017065
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