Halide — A premium camera for your phone

@sdw Does Halide take shots after the finger is released from the button or when the button is touched, like the regular Camera app from Apple? What additional features are planned? Slow shutter and burst mode? Aspect ratio selection? A seperate leveler without the grid?

Great attention to detail throughout this app, even with a custom font ('Halide Router'). Two features stand out to me over Manual camera: photo triage (swipe to fave or delete photos) and focus peaking (peeking?). The introductory Medium post is worth a read.

Very, very well made. Now if there was an app that made me understand how all the features work I'd be set

hey folks, Sebastiaan here. I did the design of Halide, with Ben doing the incredibly great engineering of the app. Halide is an opinionated, different take on a camera app. We found smartphone cameras have improved massively over the years, but the shooting experience hasn’t. The built-in camera app is a little too simple, while advanced apps feel like an airplane cockpit. We needed an elegant app for deliberate and thoughtful photography, so we built Halide. I hope you enjoy all the little touches in it, and let us know what you think! Sadly we can't offer a discount for PH users on the App Store, but I will send extra good vibes to anyone here :)

I've been testing Halide for a few weeks now and I love it! It provides super fast access to more powerful features without adding complexity. Highly recommended 🙌

This is glorious! I've been longing for a way to unleash the full potential of my iPhone camera. Love the manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed control, with intuitive gestures. Hats off to you fellas! 👏 Extraordinary work.

One question: I've been using Manual as a replacement for the stock camera app. Any reason I should upgrade? Design wise this is really good-looking.

This is beautiful. Great design, UX, functionality. Just wish Apple would allow us to replace the official camera app by this one!

Just installed and tested. Wow... This is great. Wish I had it for the long weekend that just passed!!

Been beta testing Halide for a few weeks here; The attention to detail for things that unexpectedly yet significantly enhance my shooting experience is amazing, i.e. grid tiles that softly light up when your camera is level. As a novice photographer who wants something more than the system camera app, but feels overwhelmed w/ advanced camera apps, Halide hits the sweet spot 👌

I'm not a photographer, but this app is making me feel like one. Super slick design, easy to use, and a (from what I can gather) top notch set of features. Congratulations, guys!

I think I must own almost every camera app out there and have to say that this looks great. Well done!

I just grabbed it last night. Wonderful UI - really well thought out. The manual focus and histogram features alone are worth the cost of admission.

Will the android version?

Currently using Filmborn which has been my camera of choice, but this looks like something I should consider switching to.

Bought this app and used it today, absolutely love it. Easily my new favourite camera app 👌🏻 amazing work 🎉

Being able to fully address things like RAW file format, auto/manual settings, and manual focus quickly and easily before you take a photo might mean little or no editing afterwards. The interface is really elegant, so much so that I'm not sure if I'm missing some functionality because I haven't discovered it yet. As I am using it, it's for having lots of control in capture.

Pros:

Great camera app to control everything up front

Cons:

Can't shoot in square format? I'm not sure…

Is HDR supported in Halide?

Would be nice if somebody shares a link to their #halide gallery. Thanks

Bought it, fun times ahead, I predict.