Hydra › Amazing Photography Reviews – Page 5
5/5 rating based on 50 reviews. Read all reviews for Hydra › Amazing Photography for iPhone.
Hydra › Amazing Photography is paid iOS app published by Creaceed SRL
Tripod Required
Nate Roling
Haven’t used this app a ton yet, but a tripod is definitely required to see any more detail out of the zoom compared to the built in camera app. Also tried the “high-res” 32mp mode on a tripod but didn’t see any additional detailed compared to a normal 12mp shot. iPhone 11 Pro
Great tool
Ayl8487
I bought this app before I bought a dedicated macro lens for work purposes. The algorithms work pretty well as long as you can hold still. Would like to see exposure adjustment and focus lock, trying to do macros can be tough without focus lock.
Save your money
acpm69
I purchased it because I saw it in the stories and I am highly disappointed. I don’t have an iPhone pro, just an X Low light pics are not any better than regular pics. Then I got “night eyes” which is FREE and ta-da! Crisp pics at low light conditions
Too Much HDR Effect
Aidan McLaughlin
I love HDR and computational photography, so when I saw this app I thought it was heaven sent. Is it possible that I could get the amazing features and photos from the pixel on the iPhone? I hoped so. I should’ve known that I’d be let down. My first complaint is the blatant HDR filter being applied. I understand that HDR is both a style and a technique, and it was my hope that this app would use the technique and then allow the photographer to apply their own style in post. This was clearly not the case. When a photo taken from the HDR mode is finished, it allows the option of medium to high HDR effect. The high effect was 9 times out of 10 way too much, and it looks like someone turned the sharpness, saturation, and contrast sliders all the way up , without really using the extra information captured from the 40 photos taken. The medium slider gives the impression that it takes a regular image and purposely does the opposite, leaving images desaturated, washed out, and lacking detail. My second complaint is that the HDR itself is lackluster. Photos I’ve taken through the stock app with HDR are comparable in dynamic range, without looking like someone applied a filter. The stock app has the added benefit of being free. The Google pixel’s HDR photos should set the standard: they look artistically altered to perhaps just a normal image, but seemingly more tasteful. I wouldn’t mind if Hydra did the same, it just had to do it well. The reason I felt the need to write such a long review is that I believe in this app, and I love the idea that it promises. I just hope the developers continue to improve Hydra, and I’m excited to see how it’ll improve.
Just gets better
David247
Gets better with each version. Have used it for some time now. Thanks for the continued effort. - David Robinson.
Umm.. Why haven’t I been using this before now?
Randall to
Wow! 32 megapixel. You can do professional large prints with that. Yes, HDR is only 12mp but fusion outperforms HDR now. I use this on a tripod for still scenic views. The stabilization also works very well without a tripod if your hands are very still. FYI, it uses the 3rd lens, the fusion lens, so clip on lens won’t work. But it does work with all 3 iOS lenses 2x 1x .5x.
Doesn’t live up to exceptions at all.
Avtandil Chelidze
The principle of combining multiple exposures to get a more detailed single photo is well understood but no matter how much I try on my iPhone XS images come out too blurry to claim they are perceivably better than native camera app. The whole promise of an app was that it would use the natural “shake” of a users hand to accumulate more data where in reality the algorithm is no where good enough especially compared to some other similar systems like the one used by google in their camera app. All on all while in theory it is possible to hit a perfect storm of circumstances where the images are indeed worth the effort most of the time the native camera app with tiny bit of post processing can bring better results. Would love to return this app and get my money back if that were possible.