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Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#251

Why does it say it’s 4 years old? Is that just when you initially put it in there during development?

Don’t worry. For a long time, like you, I thought it refers to the age of the app. But it’s really the content rating (meant for people older than 4 years old).

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#252
post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah all software should be multi platform if possible. Locking programs in to some specific brand is just silly and you don't even need to be a open software extremist to acknowledge that. Also not mentioning the platform anywhere in the title or even article body itself is inheritly deceiving.

I think its okay for people not to do twice the work to support a type of phone they don't care about or use. Who is this deceiving? You figured it out, clearly. I think you're more mad than reasonable here.

I figured it out after reading the half of their ad and navigating around their website where the platform isn't mentioned anywhere explicitly. Of course I'm mad for having my time wasted. This opaque obscurity feels almost like a dark pattern for farming more engagement and SEO.

Also transparency in a discussions forum is objectively a good thing so extending the title would clearly be beneficial to everyone involved.

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#253

The original Matrix wasn't color graded like that! They only pushed the green levels in the subsequent home video release!

The original bluray release really went overboard to a jarring amount with that green. The original had some green but nothing to that level. Apparently the newer UHD release backed it down closer to the original.

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#254
post #228

I really appreciate that the app is just an up front price! I probably don't really need it but at that price and straightforwardness it's not really a big loss if I don't use it much so I grabbed it. I looked at the other apps and realized they had made Halide as well which I tried out for a bit, for some reason thought it was subscription only & decided I didn't want it that much while clearing out subscriptions, a…

Unfortunately the freemium + subscription model usually works so much better money-wise that it's difficult to justify publishing a simple paid app with upfront cost.

I'm totally fine with subscription apps, but the price has to be reasonable.

I'm not a video editor so I can't speak to that but here's one example:

Most calorie counting apps want ~16AUD a month from me. That's what Disney+ costs and they spend billions of dollars making content. It's 3$ more than Spotify charges and they have almost every song ever made. It doesn't have to be free, or even a one-off cost, but it has to be reasonable. I'd pay 4$ for calorie counting features. 16? No.

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#255
post #110
post #47

"one simple principle: make good products and charge money for them." Thank you for the one-time purchase option. It's a win already on today's software world.

I just looked at two pomodoro apps on the app store, one had a one-time purchase fee, the other had a subscription only model. It's a freaking pomodoro app! I can't believe I have to pay for that in the first place (why doesn't the countdown app of Apple not have a widget =.=) but a subscription? People are greedy af.

> I can't believe I have to pay for that in the first place

> People are greedy af

I hope the irony of these two statements isn't lost on you

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#256
post #26

As a long time amateur photographer (using physical cameras and lenses), I have Halide (by the same company) on my iOS home screen for when I need to take a real phono on my iPhone. I use it all the time without issue. And would recommend it to any photographer. So I paid for Kino without hesitation. Just fired it up, set BNW grade, pressed record, and it immediately crashed. Tried again and it crashed again. Tried A…

Sorry you ran into that. I distinctly remember testing the 13 mini, due to notch layout issues, so this is unexpected. As soon as the crash reports come in, we’ll dig into that. Unfortunately, while we had a QA person on this, and nearly 100 beta testers, the iPhone camera APIs are a mine field. We’ll get a fix out as soon as we have details.

Same issue on my iPhone 13 mini 17.5.1, tried with Sando. Crashed immediately after beginning filming

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#257

Why does it say it’s 4 years old? Is that just when you initially put it in there during development?

Don’t worry. For a long time, like you, I thought it refers to the age of the app. But it’s really the content rating (meant for people older than 4 years old).

lol I see. Just switched to iPhone recently so still learning new things.

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#258
post #26

As a long time amateur photographer (using physical cameras and lenses), I have Halide (by the same company) on my iOS home screen for when I need to take a real phono on my iPhone. I use it all the time without issue. And would recommend it to any photographer. So I paid for Kino without hesitation. Just fired it up, set BNW grade, pressed record, and it immediately crashed. Tried again and it crashed again. Tried A…

Just to add - same issue iPhone 12 - iOS 17.4.1

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#259
post #26

As a long time amateur photographer (using physical cameras and lenses), I have Halide (by the same company) on my iOS home screen for when I need to take a real phono on my iPhone. I use it all the time without issue. And would recommend it to any photographer. So I paid for Kino without hesitation. Just fired it up, set BNW grade, pressed record, and it immediately crashed. Tried again and it crashed again. Tried A…

Sorry you ran into that. I distinctly remember testing the 13 mini, due to notch layout issues, so this is unexpected. As soon as the crash reports come in, we’ll dig into that. Unfortunately, while we had a QA person on this, and nearly 100 beta testers, the iPhone camera APIs are a mine field. We’ll get a fix out as soon as we have details.

I heard that the iPhone landscape was not fragmented though.

Re: Kino: Pro Video Camera

#260
post #65

This is great! Just yesterday I was looking for a way to get a daylight 5500k white balance on videos the same way I do in Halide but it seems there’s no way to do that in the built in camera app. I know you can “lock white balance” but it is still nudging it towards neutral before locking. Unfortunately there’s no white balance option in Kino, but I already love its Auto Motion and manual focus. Maybe you’d be open…

You can do that with the (free) Blackmagic Camera app https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera#:....
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