-- HEx (cam) HD -- This application has many highly sophisticated functions for recording moving image.
HEx (cam) HD is a video recording application that can transform your iPad into a highly sophisticated camera.
It allows you to capture moving image in three modes that fully mirror a professional image recording workflow - standard recording mode, time lapse mode and stop motion mode.
- Basic specifications
-- Three recording modes ( Normal / Time Lapse / Stop Motion )
-- Focus (AF), Exposure (AE) and White Balance (WB) can be individually set and lock
-- Manual AF / AE / WB
-- Sequence ( Time Lapse / Stop Motion )
-- Frame lines to be used for framing (2 modes + adjustable line width)
-- Screen Brightness can be adjusted for shooting in darkness and to conserve battery life
-- Display current time, remaining memory and remaining battery life
-- Display setting parameter.
-- Monitor overlay tools ( Focus / Zoom )
-- Export movie to camera roll
-- File sharing in iTunes.
- Normal recording specifications
-- Video format : H.264
-- Video resolution : 480p / 720p / 1080p (*2)
-- Video frame rate : 240 (*4) , 120 (*4), 60 (*4), 30, 24, 15, 12 fps
-- Video bitrate : iOS default quality.
-- Audio format : AAC
-- Audio bitrate : 44 kHz
- Time lapse specifications
-- Video format : H.264
-- Video Resolution : 480p ( 720p / 1080p is available in the full version )
-- Video frame rate : 60, 30, 24, 15, 12 fps
-- Video bitrate : 10 Mbps / 25 Mbps
-- Highly sensitive mode (Auto gain up in darkness)
-- Shooting time simulation.
- Stop motion specifications
-- Video format : H.264
-- Video Resolution : 480p ( 720p / 1080p is available in the full version )
-- Video frame rate : 60, 30, 24, 15, 12 fps
-- Video bitrate : 10 Mbps / 25 Mbps
-- Onion skinning (previous frame overlay, and adjustable opacity)
- Movie list / Player specifications
-- User rating and file lock
-- Loop playback mode
-- Playback movie speed rate (-2 , -1.5 , -1 , -0.5 , +0.5 , +1.0 , +1.5 , +2.0)
- Full version specifications (Add on)
-- Video format : H.265 / H.264 / Photo-JPEG
-- Video bitrate : 10 Mbps / 25 Mbps / 50 Mbps / 70 Mbps (*2) / 150 Mbps (*2 , *4) / 200 Mbps (*2 , *4)
-- Audio format : AAC / Linear PCM (*3)
-- Audio bitrate : 44 kHz / 48 kHz (*3)
-- Audio level meter (*3)
-- In Time Lapse and Stop Motion recording modes, video resolution can be 720p / 1080p / 2160p (*1)
-- 2 axis spirit level can be calibrated and the opacity adjusted
-- Golden ratio frame line
-- Display Guide image (previous video image can be overlaid and opacity adjusted)
-- Focus Peaking (showing red and green flashing dots where the suspected focus is) (*2)
-- Zebra (showing zebra stripes where the image is overexposed) (*2)
-- False Color (different colors indicate different exposure levels) (*2)
-- Exposure (showing exposure levels)
-- File sharing via Wi-Fi (recorded video files can be downloaded via Wi-Fi using browser)
(*1) Maximum resolution depends on model of iPad used.
(*2) Only works in Normal recording custom settings, Time Lapse, Stop Motion.
(*3) Only 'Normal' Recording mode and 'Custom' setting.
(*4) Maximum frame rate depends on model of iPhone used.
Thankfully, I didn't invest in this app and only used the downloaded trial. I was interested in using this app for time-lapse purposes. I move it to that mode and the free version only supports 480p. That's fine. I'm just testing it out.
So, after it's in time-lapse mode, I try to change the interval of the snaps. If you move the slider, that works fine, but tops out at 5 seconds. If you want to change it to longer than 5 seconds, you have to click the number next to the slider. Here's where the app fails. As soon as you click the number, the whole menu disappears. When you click the menu button again you get nothing. The app won't recover from this failure.
To recover, you have to kill and restart the app. However, that doesn't solve the interval problem. If I can't set the interval for time-lapse, it makes this software worthless. At this point, I cannot recommend the $4.99 that this app costs if you're looking for time-lapse use. Too bad as this looked like a decent app.