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I would have given if 5 stars "IF"
Great App, everything you need as a photographer, Pro or Not. ONE small issue, well actually for me it's a big issue.... The BULB feature supports up to 13+ hours, but the exposure calculator only support up to 500 seconds? I purchased this app for long exposure calculations, and 500 seconds is not really helping me much beyond what I can quickly calculate in my head.Show lessBrendan Davey Photography
Overall good, but grey wedge does not white balance correctly
I've been using this app for about a day now and I really like the interface for the exposure calculator and the slide-able depth of field calculator. The bulb timer is a convenient little addition that saves me the trouble of going to Apple's clock app. Their extensive use of wheels to set numbers is their best feature. Any method that avoids typing on the iPhone is a major plus. The DoF calculator may take a bit of practice to understand. To get the hang of how their sliding DoF range finder works, lock in the focal length and subject distance. Select the "Aperture" button to make the DoF calculator figure out the correct f-stop. Then look down to the graphic. The tree is your subject and the vertical lines are your DoF range. Drag either vertical line to where you want your DoF limits to be. If you want to focus using the hyperfocal distance, drag the far limit all the way to the right. Then play with the near limit line and see what f-stop the calculator spits out. Then click the "Table" button in the upper left hand corner. This will toggle off the graphic and show the results in a table. The hyperfocal distance will be at the top of the table. The one problem I've found is the grey wedge for custom white balancing (and metering, although I haven't tried using it for that). I do not think it is possible to use any screen image to calibrate white balance. The light is emitted from the iPhone and is not reflected ambient light, therefore it will skew your white balance. I have experimented with using a free flashlight app that generates a completely white screen. This also failed to white balance correctly and gave the exact same result as the grey wedge. All-in-all, probably the best $2 photo app. right now.Show lessmadmarv
A++
Great app great price! Keep up the good work! Possible future add-ons have a user pref save feature? So we can Save our own presets? Possible geotagger? Hope your listningSalix187
DOF Calculator seems off
Compared DOF and Hyperfocal Distance with other applications and on-line tables. distance returned with this app is very different. check 4 others which converged. Might want to take a look. I used Nikon D80 camera. Like the other aspects although still learning interface.SBPhotoTech
Photographer
Best app yet. Very handy. Very helpful for beginners.Jawsone
Best for less $
I purchased both this app and PhotoCalc. They both work well and do a good job calculating the DoF, but you save a dollar using PhotoBuddy. The gray-scale wedge is a great idea for getting the white balance right. I haven't used it yet, but plan to next time I'm out shooting. I won't have to worry about carrying a gray card since I've always got my phone. Well done application. The only problem I've found is with the Sunset time always showing 0:00 (the sunrise works well). Highly recommended. Bill OlsenShow less1stDegree
Great interface
This program is comparable to PhotoCalc. For about 80% of what I'll use these programs for (calculating DOF, exposure, and flash), I'll use PhotoBuddy. The exposure calculator uses the dials, making it faster, more elegant, and more fun to use. I haven't used the gray wedge yet but it's a really great idea to have a gradient from black to white if you don't have a gray card handy. Also the distance calculator is a handy feature. It may not sound like something you'd use very often (since you normally just move closer to or farther from your subject if it isn't framed as desired) but it's a great way of getting hard reference numbers for your lenses need, or lenses that you might consider purchasing. It factors in DSLR sensor multiplication factors, too! (Huge selection of cameras btw.) You never know when you'll use this feature to determine if you need to pack that extra lens or leave it safely at home and save yourself some weight. Very cool. This review should probably be 4 1/2 stars since the sunset time isn't correct on my iPhone (may be just a glitch on my side). Also, although it identifies when the next full moon will be, it doesn't tell you what phase the moon is currently in, when the moon rises, sets, or what time the lunar noon is. This isn't something I'm all that concerned about (so I'm not knocking off a star) but if you're going to have that feature it should probably include those details. If you're trying to decide between PhotoBuddy and PhotoCalc, go with PhotoCalc if you want to know when the moon rises, sets, what phase it's in, etc. Or if you're a beginner, PhotoCalc's glossary is a handy if not extensive reference. PhotoCalc also explains the Sunny 16 Rule and Zone System, which is nice for those that don't already know what they are. But once you learn them, you probably won't need to reference them or have them taking up space on your iPhone. If you're going to be using the program primarily for calculating exposure, DOF and flash power, then PhotoBuddy has a slightly handier interface. Hard to go wrong either way. Why not get both!?Show lessDavenhill
