Android apps photography ?

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Well, if you just bought a hammer, you start seeing nails everywhere ...

I just bought a Android smartphone, and browsing through the photography apps on Android Market, there are quite some for photography, but it's not easy to pick out the good ones (if any).

I'm looking for an app that can use my phone as a lightmeter (there are some) and let me take notes on used aperture, shutterspeed etc ...

There's one I've found: Tiny Light Meter (I haven't tried it yet). Anybody who knows the good ones ?

Thanks,
Stefan.
 
Unlike iPhone apps, all the android light meters I have seen have been glorified sunny16.

Useful free photo apps I have encountered include The Massive Dev Chart, Retro Camera (like a basic Hipstamatic), Photoshop Express, Photometric (sunny16), DOF calculator, Photo Tools (lots thing such as DOF/Hyperfocal distance, flash exposure, sunny16, grey card, weather etc). None of them is essential stuff. Android still seems a way behind iPhone.

I had an app that used to time film development; it was very useful and I lost it!
 
There are a lot of very bad and useless apps for the Android. It doesn't mean good ones don't exist, but I understand your frustration: it's difficult to tell. Sellers (and malicious developers) try to game the rating system, and it's an arduous process of trying all the different options out.

I also once tried a few of these so-called light meter apps, but they were a disappointment (and then there were others that were useless). I think they are very limited by the camera hardware, too, so I wouldn't be too quick to blame a lot of the not-that-horrible apps either.
 
I had photopro... had DOF calculator and a couple other features that were useless in the context of how one had to use them.


Also had 2 apps for the massive developing chart, both had very very low ratings in the app market and I found out why soon after installing them; none of the information on the chart loaded, app crashed on my Droid Inc. frequently.

With that said, I'm interested to see if anyone has had any better luck.
 
I have DOF Calculator and Exposure Calculator installed on mine. No real light meter app though. More like "Sunny 16 for Dummies". The native clock app has a timer that I use when developing. I just pull Massive Dev Chart up in the browser. An app would be nice for it, but I'll have to wait for one that actually works and has all of the data. I also use Footprints when location scouting. If I see a spot, that I'd like to come back to, I'll create a footprint, take a picture and sometimes even record a voice memo.
 
Footprint sounds useful; I have a (traditional) notebook in my car for that. I looked for it at Android Market, but I'm not sure which one you mean. Can you post the link of this app ?

Thanks,
Stefan.

bolohead said:
I have DOF Calculator and Exposure Calculator installed on mine. No real light meter app though. More like "Sunny 16 for Dummies". The native clock app has a timer that I use when developing. I just pull Massive Dev Chart up in the browser. An app would be nice for it, but I'll have to wait for one that actually works and has all of the data. I also use Footprints when location scouting. If I see a spot, that I'd like to come back to, I'll create a footprint, take a picture and sometimes even record a voice memo.
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Im using Beecam lightmeter now for a week seems to work fine although im still trying to figure out how accurate it is.
 
I recently purchased an Android tablet and there are no useful apps available. I skipped on the iPad because I already have an iPhone, the iPad is just a larger version. All I really want the Android tablet for is browsing the web and checking email on the couch. But if it had half of the decent apps available for the iPad it would be a lot more useful. I recently contacted a developer of one of my favorite iOS apps asking if he would be creating an Android version and he said no. He has no interest in it. A lot of iOS developers seem to be Apple loyal or don't see any profit potential in developing for Android. It's like being an Apple user in 1996 great OS but can't do a damn thing with it. As great as Android is and all the potential it can hold, not having any useful apps will kill it.
 
"BW Film Development DB Full" is a "The Massive Dev Chart" clone. that is under $3.00, it has 19c to 25c temp adjustments

"Darkroom Timer" a free app that allows for custom steps to be built for a workflow that has changes over Spec Sheet workflows... Good for Stand Developing where you may different agitation times or rates for certain films.. Very handy... You can name each step, which makes it most useful for personal timers. It even glows "Safe-light" red ... that is safe for wet printing darkroom work also.

"DoF Calc" is a great free DOF tool...

I haven't found any Light meters that work for my Droid 2. But, the ones I tried, need calibration every-time you use it...
 
gliderbee said:
There's one I've found: Tiny Light Meter (I haven't tried it yet). Anybody who knows the good ones ?

Thanks,
Stefan.
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Tiny light meter may not be compatible with your android and the developer is somewhat rude. When I contacted him to see if it would be compatible with the HTC in the near future he responded in a very rude manner and informed me it won't be..

For fun I use Vignette and Retro Camera Plus since both give interesting effects depending on what you choose. Photo Tools Pro (Donation) is also a good app. I wouldn't bother with the free versions of the above since they have ads which will eat your data.

My default camera app is now Camera Zoom FX

A good file manager is Astro file manager. Buy the key to get rid of the ads..

K-9 Mail is better than the default mail app and is free with no ads..

Make sure any aps you buy are compatible with your android..
 
Is there any app that will turn my phone into a Leica M2? :angel:

All I would need is a built-in manual mode - being able to set aperture and shutter speed. Optional manual focus would be fine, too.

And of course the app should be able to produce the famous Leica glow... :D
 
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