Comments on: iPhone Apps for Photographers

By: Ren

Ren — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:21:55 +0000

Just wanted to comment on the pic…it’s beautiful. Ice is fascninating stuff. As for the iphone? I’m still not in the 21st century…but Verizon is adding the iphone next year so I may re-visit this post.:)

By: admin

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:18:46 +0000

Thanks Mark – I downloaded Star Walk. What a great app! I’m hoping we’ll see some clear skies soon so I can put it through it’s paces. Great suggestion.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:59:54 +0000

Star Walk and pUniverse are great sky watching apps. Each a little better than the other in some areas.

Both feature augmented reality viewing – so point your phone at the sky, and what you are looking at is identified on the screen. Star Walk actually gives over-laid images of the constellations.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:10:03 +0000

My pleasure Rik, let me know if you have any other questions.

By: Rik Williams

Rik Williams — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:04:34 +0000

David,

Thanks again for the very complete answer. I was not aware of the iPhone screen capture!

Rik

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:40:29 +0000

Thank Rik, glad to be of help! Great question! Couple of options, I’m on a mac computer as well, so you can import the photos into a new folder in iPhoto & then sync those photos to your iPhone through iTunes. Just be sure to keep the image size at a reasonably small size, large image files (file size) can cause the iPhone photo album app to slow down or even crash. The other option would be to use an app like “Files”. With “Files” (or a similar app) you can transfer any supported file type (pdf’s, movies, jpegs, etc.) to your “Files” app for viewing.
Another great trick that is built into the iPhone is the screen capture. You could do all of your research on your iPhone, and then whenever you have a screen that you need to save for future viewing when you aren’t connected to 3G, Edge, or wifi service – just review your iPhone screen grab. All you need to do is press the narrow silver button on top of the iPhone and hit the main button on the bottom front of the iPhone. If you do it right, you’ll hear a camera shutter sound and the screen will flash. Then the new screen grab photo you just created will be in your iPhone’s “Camera Roll” Photo Album.

By: Rik Williams

Rik Williams — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:31:09 +0000

Hi David,

Great list. I’ll be checking these out.

What’s your favorite iPhone app for storing and accessing files on your iPhone (as you describe for offline access of JPEGs for Ephemeris)?

Many thanks!

Rik