Halide Mark II

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Post by jmorgan » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 4:45 PM UTC

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by ebg13 » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:27 PM UTC

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by hopfenspergerj » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC

ebg13 wrote: post #2

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

The only real advantage to shooting raw on your phone, is that all the hdr processing tends to flatten out the global contrast between dark and light regions. If you shoot raw, you can get a more natural photo with less processing. Even shooting raw with this app, I just use the auto exposure and auto focus.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by bydo » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:33 PM UTC

ebg13 wrote: post #2

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

It gives full manual control, live histograms, and a nice one-handed interface. I'm not sure what you get for free, and obviously whether the upgrade is worth it is up to you, but I bought the full unlock when it first came out and haven't regretted it.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by NikolaNovak » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

ebg13 wrote: post #2

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

Browsing the spec sheet, IF it floats your boat, this feels a useful option:

"Halide’s Depth mode lets you capture Portrait mode shots of pets and people — even if Apple’s Camera app can’t. "

That feels it makes it more similar to my Samsung where I can choose what to "Live focus" on and create fake depth (although I feel Apple's people-only system allows them to recognize and transition borders better)

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by paxswill » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

ebg13 wrote: post #2

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

That article waves away the manual focus, but for me it’s been very useful to manually focus when shooting through some near obstruction (ex: a fence, or low hanging leaves). There are also still situations where HDR falls a bit short and manual exposure results in a better picture (I have an Xs, so it might be better now).

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by wlesieutre » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:40 PM UTC

Great app, but an FYI for previous purchasers - you're supposed to be able to hit "Restore purchase" and get access to the new version without doing the new in-app purchase. It's currently bugged and will lock you out of the app, so hold off on updating.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by mortenjorck » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

Good on the Lux team for making it optional, but this is yet another app that wouldn’t have needed to introduce a subscription model if Apple would just relent on its unbending services push and add a mechanism for paid upgrades to the App Store.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by wlesieutre » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

ebg13 wrote: post #2

Are there meaningful benefits from using Halide for people who don't want to shoot RAW or manipulate their photos in Lightroom? Articles like e.g. https://fstoppers.com/apps/why-you-shouldnt-waste-money-came... say I shouldn't bother.

Halide's UI for things like setting exposure is faster for people who want to learn how to use it, versus Apple's stock camera being made for mass markets. And you can set more things, like shutter speed, instead of having it all be automatic.

You also get features like a live histogram and focus peaking that can help when shooting even if you aren't going to edit it afterward.

Can't try the new version yet because of an update bug, but I like the old version a lot.

Re: Halide Mark II

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Post by moritz64 » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #7

Great app, but an FYI for previous purchasers - you're supposed to be able to hit "Restore purchase" and get access to the new version without doing the new in-app purchase. It's currently bugged and will lock you out of the app, so hold off on updating.

They fixed it. Just downloaded the bugfixed version and it restored my purchase.