65×24

Hey everyone! I'm Guillaume, a software designer and photographer. I've been independently building software tools for photography as Héliographe for about a year now, and I'm excited to launch 65×24 here today! 65×24 is a panoramic camera app for iPhone inspired by the iconic Hasselblad XPan. The XPan is a film camera from the 90s that is now outrageously expensive, but it pioneered the 65:24 (2.71) aspect ratio which has since become cult. I love how those photos look and this is what inspired me to build this app: I want to shoot this format easily with the camera I have in my pocket every day, my iPhone. Why a dedicated app when you can always shoot regular photos and crop a panorama later? As photographers know, being able to accurately previsualize your composition makes a huge difference for taking great pictures. Existing camera apps also have an interface optimized for shooting in 4:3, and I felt that designing an interface from the ground up for shooting panoramic would result in a much nicer experience. I've been sharing 65×24 with friends and early testers for over a year now, so I've been iterating on it a bunch based on feedback. The app itself has gotten pretty featureful, with lots of customization options for the interface, a processing pipeline that lets you define the look of your pictures so they come out the way you want them straight out of camera, and support for advanced iPhone features like 48 megapixels capture. I released a number of things in the last few weeks, so the timing finally felt right to share 65×24 more broadly. Those include a new update with support for iOS 18 and iPhone 16 features, an overview video showcasing the app, and a user's manual for advanced users who want to dig in deep (those last two are linked on the website). If you end up trying 65×24 and taking photos, please share them with me (you can find me as Heliographe on all the social networks) - the most rewarding part of building creative tools is seeing what everyone makes with them! There's also more updates and features planned in the coming months that I'm pretty excited about, so stay tuned! Thanks to @chrismessina for helping out with the launch!

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Shooting with 65x24 in the panoramic format has made photography fun again for me — much like Instagram’s square format made me look at the world anew with its unique framing and composition, 65x24 has given me new appreciation for cityscapes and panoramas!