# Technical Camera — Elegant. Efficient. Excellent.

> Advanced still photography app with album-specific settings and unique capture tools. (iPhone/iPad app by DIRE Studio.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/technical-camera/id1199856041 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DIRE Studio](https://appshunter.io/developer/362492883)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: $19.99
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 17 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2018-06-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/technical-camera/id1199856041/reviews.md

## What is Technical Camera?

The ultimate still photo app for the conscious image maker - works equally well for serious photography as for organized visual note taking. With a handful of unique features you'll not find anywhere else.

Photos are saved to individual albums created with a specific purpose in mind. Such as different photo shoots or projects, visual shopping lists, recipes from the grandmother's cookbook, things for sale, monthly gas and electricity meter readings - the list is endless. These uses need different image qualities and sizes (you'll seldom make a large print of a meter reading, for example), so the app has:

• Album specific image quality, color space (wide color capable devices only) and geotagging settings.
• Selectable image quality with full, half, quarter, high color fidelity quarter HQ sizes and a super tiny 0.48 megapixel 800x600 JPG, as well as RAW and RAW+JPG on devices supporting RAW capture. The 800x600 JPG is up to 20 times smaller than a regular JPG, making it extremely gentle with your mobile plan's data allowance.
• Color space can be set to Display P3, Adobe RGB or sRGB for JPG files and Adobe RGB or sRGB for RAW previews.
• Home screen Quick Actions for selecting the last recently used three albums.

Unique features include:

• Framing Previsor for showing on the wide angle camera's image what the telephoto camera would see.* Also works with wide converters.
• Highlight and shadow alerts.
• Protective exposure metering.
• Auto ISO with minimum, maximum and minimum shutter speed settings.
• Real time distortion correction for wide angle converters via correction profiles, as well as a custom converter for other lenses.*
• Selectable screen frame rate to balance between fluid experience and power saving, and to avoid flicker with lighting running on 50Hz mains frequency.
• TIFF/EP compliant DNG files with support for wide color and full resolution embedded previews.

* Utilizes the time-tested precise simulation and distortion correction engines of our Mark II Artist's Viewfinder app.

Other notable features:

• Manual control for ISO and shutter speed in 1/3 stop increments.
• Manual focus with focus peaking. Selectable peaking color.
• Exposure compensation up to +/-5 stops.
• Exposure and focus lock.
• Continuous and single AF modes.
• Grid display with 2x2, 3x3 and 8x6 choices.
• Luminance only Black & White mode.
• Artist and copyright metadata. The copyright template supports tokens for the current year (so it's always up-to-date), artist name and the copyright symbol.
• Four user-assignable Smart Function Keys to bring most-used functions to a single tap distance, with 7 functions to choose from.
• Completely neutral viewing to avoid interfering with your color vision during composition.
• Fully color managed, from capture to display, including color-correct display of wide color RAW images.

Technical Camera only supports the back camera(s) in still photography mode. No videos or selfies. No fancy filters.

The Framing Previsor requires a dual-camera device or a wide converter lens.

The complete list of supported wide converter lenses can be found on the Tech Specs page: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/tech-specs/

For more information we recommend to check out our Technical Camera How To's: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/how-tos/

## Key features

- Album-specific image quality and settings
- Selectable image sizes including RAW
- Framing Previsor for telephoto simulation
- Highlight and shadow alerts
- Manual ISO, shutter speed, and focus
- Color managed capture to display

## Recent user reviews (7 of 7)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/technical-camera/id1199856041/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Top camera app

*2024-04-13*

Best canera app I know of

### 5/5 — 1 recommendation, fantastic App

*2021-10-06*

I needed this for the real-time custom distortion correction. I couldn't find that feature on nearly any other app! 

 Please consider integrating the sliders for custom distortion correction over the live video, so the user can immediately see the results?

### 4/5 — good & handy

*2021-09-14*

not just raw, but also small jpegs

### 5/5 — Best iPhone Camera App

*2018-07-23*

Technical Camera is a wonder.
Elegant simple and feature rich interface, the perfect answer for serious photographers who want to use their phones for mor than mere selfies and snapshots. RAW shooting with this app is not just an option, it is a real pleasure. Great app design, great results. Thanks. Lito Tejada-Flores / Western Eye Photograpjy

### 5/5 — Great App for Organizing Photo “Notes”

*2018-07-13*

I was most interested in Technical Camera’s ability to save photos directly to an album and choose quality settings for each album. I often take pictures as reminders or for reference that do not need to be high quality. With this app, I can select the proper folder and then the picture is automatically saved at one half or one quarter of the resolution (or 600x800). It is easy and fast to switch albums. (Any albums you create are part of the standard iPhone Photos app and can be viewed there like any other iPhone picture.)

In addition, I have found that the app produces photos that are slightly better than Apple’s. The developer was very responsive when I asked a question and said that Tech Camera has its own JPG engine. He also explained a lot about how iPhone cameras work. (Note: RAW is only an option on the iPhone 6s and later.)

Overall, this app is well worth the price.

### 5/5 — Highly Impressed

*2018-06-22*

I've compared images created with this app with other premium iPhone camera apps and Technical Camera is just a little better with respect to image quality. It does take some getting used to the user interface. I have some problems with it btvthe developer has a helpful web site to help with that.

### 5/5 — Very Clean and Organized!

*2018-06-12*

I LOVE the organization and cleanliness of the app. Nothing to distract from with I am trying to capture. I’m excited to play around with this app some more. First impressions are wonderful and I haven’t experienced a single bug.

## Frequently asked questions about Technical Camera

### What is the price of Technical Camera?

Technical Camera is a paid app, priced at $19.99. This one-time purchase grants you full access to all its features.

### Does Technical Camera have ads?

No, Technical Camera is ad-free. You can use all its functionalities without any interruptions from advertisements.

### What devices does Technical Camera support?

Technical Camera is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. It is designed to work across Apple's iOS ecosystem.

### How often is Technical Camera updated?

The latest version, 3.0, was last updated on October 19, 2025. Updates typically bring new features and performance improvements.

### What is the age rating for Technical Camera?

Technical Camera has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for users of all ages, with no mature content.

### Can Technical Camera take videos or selfies?

No, Technical Camera is exclusively for still photography. It does not support video recording or selfie capture.

### What is the Framing Previsor feature in Technical Camera?

The Framing Previsor shows you what the telephoto camera would see while using the wide-angle camera. It also works with wide converters, aiding in composition.

### What kind of image files can Technical Camera save?

Technical Camera can save images in various formats, including high-quality JPGs of different sizes, and RAW or RAW+JPG on supported devices. It also supports TIFF/EP compliant DNG files.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.1 — 2026-08-09

Fixes:
• Corrected a problem where a black bar may appear on the side of DNG images recorded on iOS/iPadOS 26.
• Links in the app are updated to reflect our new web site structure.

### 3.0 — 2025-10-19

New features:
• Added lab measured angle of views and ultra wide camera distortion profiles for iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.
• Ultra wide camera zooming for JPG captures is extended to iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.
• Support for iPhone Air screen size.
• Improved iOS/iPadOS 26 support.

### 2.6 — 2024-10-09

New features:
• Added lab measured angle of views and ultra wide camera distortion profiles for iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max.
• Ultra wide camera zooming for JPG captures is available on iPhone 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max.
• Camera and Action buttons can now be used to trigger a capture in addition to the previously supported Volume Up and Down buttons. The Action button will work if the "Open Tech Camera" shortcut is assigned to it. Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
• Improved highlight alert.
• Expanded the ISO value range.
• Shutter button haptic feedback.
• Support for iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max screen sizes.
• Improved iOS/iPadOS 18 support.

### 2.5 — 2024-06-13

New features:
• Added support for new iPad screen sizes.
• New high performance and more accurate album image viewer inherited from Kuuvik Capture, including flick panning support.
• Image viewer maximum zoom had been increased to 600%.

Changes:
• Double-tapping the image viewer at interim zoom levels will go to the "Fit" zoom level instead of 100%. It still goes to 100% (actual pixels) when double-tapped at the "Fit" level.

### 2.4 — 2023-10-30

New features:
• Added lab measured angle of views and ultra wide camera distortion profiles for iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max.
• Improved iOS 17 support.

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