I recently bought an iPhone and, in preparation of a photography trip in a couple of weeks, I would like to download any Apps that would be of some use to me. For example, I just downloaded MagicHour which gives sunrise, sunset, moonrise, etc. info. I would appreciate hearing from those of you who use any Apps that help with your photography. Thanks so much!
There are a few different Apps that use your GPS location to tell you the tidal information of any nearby bays/inlets/canals etc. which certainly can be helpful. Also, I've used google maps in the field when I've come across something interesting and wanted to remember where it was/how to get there and I "dropped a pin" on that location and came back to it later. I haven't played around with it too much so far (It's actually currently in a state of serious malfunction, which MAY or MAY NOT have to do with it getting a weeee bit wet today - whoops). But if I come across anything else I'll let you know.
Accuweather - has hourly predictions as well as 1-15 day, radar and alerts = free
Darkness - has sun and moon rise/set/twilight charts as well as altitude and azimuth = 2.99 i believe
Motionx gps - comes in 2 versions... light = free or full = very very discounted if you start with the free and then upgrade. both have topo maps, road maps and google maps, the main difference is the number of way points you can save
Tides - tide charts for coastal work = free
Surf report - same same = free
Urbanspoon - finds food, great when on location = free
The built in weather & maps come in handy in cities too. I also downloaded Weatherbug and Weather Eye just as backups as they are free and you can never get enough weather info
Other free apps I have (I have close to 5 pages of apps and only 3 - darkness, scrabble and MotionX are NOT free) that might be useful:
Skype - works great on wifi but is capped on 3G
Cheap Gas! - finds gas prices for area
Facebook - if you can't beat them, join them --- don't forget to add scrabble!
google - the ruler of the web must have a space on your iPhone
Amazon & Amazon Kindle - beacuse airlines and airports suck
Yahoo! - has delious bookmarks and flickr built in
Flashlight - iphone becomes small flashlight, great for key inserting and finding shit in photo blinds
units, currency and tip calculator (the one by iStockManager) - my brain stopped doing math 20 years ago
Wikipanion - wikipedia por iPhone
PayPal - just in case I need to pay for something or claim some money while I travel. It is free and from Skype so no funny business going on there.
I also have my bank's mobile app and the ATT account manager just in case the shit hit the fan.
ATM hunter can also come in handy and is free too
For further phot info you might try PHOTOCALC that has DOF calculator, Hiperfocal calculator, flash output calculator, reciprocity calculator, etc, etc for just $2.99 I still havent felt the need to get it.
I would also suggest getting a to do list app but I still have to decide on one (toodledo and things have both been highly recommended)
I also have the lonely planet guide to SF, it was free to download during the AWWDC earlier this month, plus an app for local transit.
Shazam - to find out song names when I hear them on radio or on the street (that app uses black magic or something, crazy, crazy and amazing how it does it!).
I just bought the 3GS phone last week. I think Luke's & Enrique's list and advice are pretty good. Here are the apps I've added so far:
Fourth Day- sun & moon times. This app includes the transit times for both the sun & moon
Photoluna- sunrise/sunset/moonrise/moonset times
Velaclock- Same as above but presented a different way
Autostitch- The PC program for creating panoramas ported to iPhone. Works great
MapCard- Takes a photo and then appends a Google Maps map next to your photo with a brief label you can enter. Might be nice to keep notes about where you take photos. I'm going to send them an email and request they add in lat/long to the auto-generated text.
Photogene- A photoshop type application for making some adjustments
Slideshow Builder- Figured I'd upload my portfollio photos and make a nice slideshow presentation. You never know when you'll be talking with someone.....
Others that I'm interested in but haven't bought:
Focalware
iEphemeris Pro
Helios (very interested but $30??)
Expositor
Posted by John Watson on June 28, 2009 at 11:48 PM
IBIRD Easy search by first name, last name, family. Gives art sketch, photo's, written description, plays song, range, and even more info. Very good for Identifying the bird and calling the bird in (if you do that).
I would almost buy an ITouch just for DSLR Camera Remote. It allows gives you a remote use Live View, gives you an Intervalometer, remote firing and a bunch of other stuff for Canon Digital Cameras. Here is a link: http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=38
Ron - That one is neat, but the camera has to be hooked up to a laptop and on a WiFi network, so maybe not of that much use to most nature photographers...
Discussion
10 replies- Luke
Darkness - has sun and moon rise/set/twilight charts as well as altitude and azimuth = 2.99 i believe
Motionx gps - comes in 2 versions... light = free or full = very very discounted if you start with the free and then upgrade. both have topo maps, road maps and google maps, the main difference is the number of way points you can save
Tides - tide charts for coastal work = free
Surf report - same same = free
Urbanspoon - finds food, great when on location = free
The built in weather & maps come in handy in cities too. I also downloaded Weatherbug and Weather Eye just as backups as they are free and you can never get enough weather info
Other free apps I have (I have close to 5 pages of apps and only 3 - darkness, scrabble and MotionX are NOT free) that might be useful:
Skype - works great on wifi but is capped on 3G
Cheap Gas! - finds gas prices for area
Facebook - if you can't beat them, join them --- don't forget to add scrabble!
google - the ruler of the web must have a space on your iPhone
Amazon & Amazon Kindle - beacuse airlines and airports suck
Yahoo! - has delious bookmarks and flickr built in
Flashlight - iphone becomes small flashlight, great for key inserting and finding shit in photo blinds
units, currency and tip calculator (the one by iStockManager) - my brain stopped doing math 20 years ago
Wikipanion - wikipedia por iPhone
PayPal - just in case I need to pay for something or claim some money while I travel. It is free and from Skype so no funny business going on there.
I also have my bank's mobile app and the ATT account manager just in case the shit hit the fan.
ATM hunter can also come in handy and is free too
For further phot info you might try PHOTOCALC that has DOF calculator, Hiperfocal calculator, flash output calculator, reciprocity calculator, etc, etc for just $2.99 I still havent felt the need to get it.
I would also suggest getting a to do list app but I still have to decide on one (toodledo and things have both been highly recommended)
I also have the lonely planet guide to SF, it was free to download during the AWWDC earlier this month, plus an app for local transit.
Shazam - to find out song names when I hear them on radio or on the street (that app uses black magic or something, crazy, crazy and amazing how it does it!).
Enjoy!
Fourth Day- sun & moon times. This app includes the transit times for both the sun & moon
Photoluna- sunrise/sunset/moonrise/moonset times
Velaclock- Same as above but presented a different way
Autostitch- The PC program for creating panoramas ported to iPhone. Works great
MapCard- Takes a photo and then appends a Google Maps map next to your photo with a brief label you can enter. Might be nice to keep notes about where you take photos. I'm going to send them an email and request they add in lat/long to the auto-generated text.
Photogene- A photoshop type application for making some adjustments
Slideshow Builder- Figured I'd upload my portfollio photos and make a nice slideshow presentation. You never know when you'll be talking with someone.....
Others that I'm interested in but haven't bought:
Focalware
iEphemeris Pro
Helios (very interested but $30??)
Expositor
I absolutely love my iPhone.
It's be best photo viewer out there.
John
SoLuna for sun / moon set / rise
TideApp for the tide's
Evernote is always great to have too.
Photocalc to calc hyperfocus etc.
Wim