Even though it’s not the best one out there, I’ve really grown to love the camera on the iPhone. Maybe it’s not the camera itself per se, it’s really not that great, but I love how easy it is to snap a picture of something and then send it to my Tumblr, or email it to myself or a friend. And honestly I don’t really care if the pictures don’t turn out to be works of art, I like them because I’m able to document something that catches my interest right away. So coming across an iPhone application like Snapture is kind of exciting.

Snapture basically takes the ultra-minimal contorls of the iPhone photo application and beefs it up with some new features. With Snapture you can do things like zoom, tap any button on the phone to take a photo, change your photos to grayscale, or even have a timer. These are all very simple ideas done in a very simple way so that you’re not left with a bunch of technical choices or ways to screw up your phone. The icons themselves could use a little bit of polish, they aren’t the most attractive, but they’re certainly easy to understand.

So far the application is only available for jailbroken phones, but hopefully they create and official application soon so that any normal iPhone user (like myself) can enjoy having more photo options!

Bobby

4 Comments »

1. I’m also a huge fan of the iphone camera, but purely out of convenience (and perhaps also that cute little noise it makes when you snap the photo).

   Can you help me “jailbreak” my phone? :)

   Comment by halle — April 9, 2008 #

2. I’m sure you can find a program online, you just need to Google it. But if you do jailbreak it and it gets messed up, that’s your fault and Apple is not going to cry for you, haha..

   My iPhone isn’t jailbroken, I’m a patient man.

   Comment by Bobby — April 9, 2008 #

3. Thanks for the great review on Snapture! It’s the people in this community that made this whole effort worthwhile. We feel ya, we love the camera too but feel like we can do more with it. But ouch, that’s some harsh words for our designer. He takes quiet some pride in his UI work…

   No worries, we’re not a bunch of cry babies. Think you can do better job? Then how about showing us how you’d polish them up. That’s right, we’re calling you out… OHHHHH shooot! =)

   Just joking, don’t mind us, but we’d love to hear you out if you have some ideas. Here’s our designer’s website. Shoot him an email if you have any suggestions.

   http://www.applegeeks.com/blog/2008/04/06/snapture-a-better-photo-app-for-the-iphone/

   Thanks for supporting us!

   Comment by S — April 10, 2008 #

4. I WANT that!!!! But don’t want to JB my Iphone

   Comment by Momma Quinn — April 11, 2008 #

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