Any Android apps to support photographers?
Any Android apps to support photographers?
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Kermit power

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29,622 posts

242 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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By which I don't mean apps to exploit the phone's camera, but stuff which might prove useful when you're going out shooting with your main camera.

Maybe something for sun angles, or a guide to recommend things worth photographing in an area you're visiting and don't know? Anything really! There's so many apps which are either for editing shots on the phone or around taking photos on the phone that it's difficult trying to wade through them all in search of any little gems.

...Mole...

2,780 posts

220 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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http://photoephemeris.com/ is pretty much all you'll ever need for sun angles and that sort of stuff.

ViperDave

5,775 posts

282 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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dof calc and DOF Calculator for working out, well obviously your depth of field for a given aperture, focal length etc, can also be handy for finding hyper-focal distances.

LongQ

13,864 posts

262 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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There an ND Calculator App that will tell you how much time adjustment a given filter would require (from a known ambient exposure) or conversely how much filter you would need to apply to get a required exposure time.

Simple but convenient.

Otherwise one of the DoF calculators (and/or download a pre-calculated chart) and the Ephemeris as already mentioned.

mizx

1,583 posts

214 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I quite like Photo Tools as it has most tools/calcs you could need built in, the only little niggle is you have to go into the settings every time to change the aperture drop-downs between 1/3, 1/2 and full stops.

Edited by mizx on Thursday 4th October 00:13

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

283 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I use
Photo tools
DOF Calculator
Exposure calculator
TPE

Kermit power

Original Poster:

29,622 posts

242 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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Cheers guys! Plenty to play with there. smile

gingerpaul

2,929 posts

272 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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Photoshop on Android can do a surprising amount. DSLR Controller allows you to shoot tethered using a tablet screen as the viewfinder and controls as you would tethered to a computer.