HDR Camera+

by Almalence, Inc

Product Details

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• ASIN: B005CRLMZS
• Original Release Date: April 7, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 14, 2011
Rated: All Ages
This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #867 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #10 in Appstore for Android > Photography

Product Features

• HDR image fused and tone-mapped with seconds
• Control of tone-mapping parameters
• Suppression of ghosting artifacts

Technical Details

• Size: 1.2MB
• Version: 2.15
• Developed By: Almalence, Inc
Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
• CAMERA
• Write to external storage.
• Access fine (e.g., GPS) location.
• PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 30 seconds

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, BUT..., September 28, 2011

By 

Asmo - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HDR Camera+ (App)

Used on a Droid Bionic

While this camera application takes wonderful photos, it does have a few flaws that I and others have noticed.

I'll start with the flaws:

The app hangs mid shoot occasionally. This is a major flaw that needs to be fixed. While out messing with this earlier, it took 5 attempts to get a shot of outdoor flowers. Each attempt it would hang at either the first or second shot. I'm unsure why it's doing it but it seems to happen more with brighter colors from what I've gathered. Earth tones seems to take fine but whites and vivid colors are when the problems occur.

It's bad enough that you greatly increase your loss percentage from a great shot to not having a shot at all. Even when the app hangs, you cannot do anything with the photo on screen.

The next flaw is one that multiple people have mentioned, the shutter sound. This issue may be linked to my next issue which I'll get to after this. As it says, the option to turn the shutter sound off is broken. I have not found anyway to get it working so you may as well leave the shutter sound left checked "on" to help deter this potential problem for you.

The final issue I've found which may just be an issue with the other app that is running at the same time (endomondo). It seems more random than not, but while my other program is running for music and then taking a few pictures, the music is shut off. I've tried turning the shutter sound on and "off" to no avail. Again, this one may just be the other application and not HDR Pro.

The GOOD:

Beautiful shots are achieved with the use of multiple exposures. You can manage multiple contrast and color settings to help achieve the best style of photographs you want. Some colors do come out over saturated which some people enjoy that (I do for certain things), however you can tone it down to clear it out.

The shots aren't the quickest but they are fast enough to take a few seconds out of your time to stop and shoot. I haven't had issues with ghosting either. I took a picture of a tree with some cars passing by and as the photo processed I was worried that there would be ghosting in the final shot which it was showing at the time, however it cleared it up and just used to first shot for the vehicles while the still background got majorly enhanced. I was pleasantly surprised!

Finally, it's a simple idea and has been used before, but the touch-anywhere-on-the-screen shooting is just the cherry on top of the sundae. No more finger poking the screen trying to find the "shoot" button when taking a self photo.

Conclusion:

Like most things, there are positives and negatives and this application is no different. 4 star rating for it's simplicity and great features, however the flaws while big are just software issues that should be able to be rectified in a patch. Once those get fixed I would easily give it a 5 star rating assuming no more issues came with the update. I highly recommend this camera application but try out the free version first to see if YOU like it's feel and capabilities.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great functionality, slow to update, September 30, 2011

By 

Cryptometaphor (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HDR Camera+ (App)

I love this app, auto-HDR *on* the smartphone while you take the picture, and no downloading to the PC? But it doesn't do a large size result -- it takes large HD photos and combines them...into a dinky, cropped picture.

So be sure to turn on the option to save the photos...so you can download them to your PC, so you can use your PC-based HDR software because of this app's cropping.

I have faith that they'll quickly fix it...for now.

Perhaps after they stop playing Gears of War 3 or whatever it is they're doing with all of their time and money...I hope.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better details and contrast, September 22, 2011

By 

R. Ta - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HDR Camera+ (App)

I have HTC Incredible (1st generation) from Verizon Wireless.

This app took 3 pictures for each photo you want to shoot. Seems one is lighter, one normal, and one darker. All three pictures combines, using better one of three for each area into a final picture.

Pro: More details and contrast. Human eyes adjust almost instantly when the eyes dart from dark to light to dark ... while a camera has only one choice of brightness at a single moment to cover dark and light areas, so for a very constrasty scene, pictures come out either too dark in some area and too light in other area (for example, early twilight with beautiful sky and already darkened trees). HDR supposed to fix this, and HDR Camera+ definitely fixed this, and created much more usesable pictures.

Con: I would like to have more choice, such as 3 or 5 or 7 pictures combined into one - I would have and see more details. I would like to have control over range of over and under exposures, instead of fixed/automatic. I would like to be able to adjust the camera opening (brightness) as what is normal/average (instead of having auto exposure by phone's camera). Also, zoom control. My camera has zoom control in stock mode, but no zoom capability in HDR Camera+.

Overall, I like this app. I'm sure I will use HDR Camera+ much more than the stock camera app.