Fantastic Replacement to Stock iPhone Camera – Manual Camera - Full Controls Review

Ever since iOS 8 unlocked the manual settings for the camera, I've been looking for an app to fully take advantage of all the new features. I've bought a few other apps only to be sorry I wasted my money. Finally I took a chance on this app and I'm very glad I did. Unlike the app "Manual" which is only a still camera app, this 'Manual Camera' app takes video too and has unlocked all the features there as well! My main reason to purchase an app is that I wanted to take better advantage of the new 240fps video. The default settings don't have a fast enough shutter speed to capture certain things. And even though slowed down, they look like lines instead of still images in each frame of the video. With this app you are able to set the shutter to 1/1000 and actually capture everything in all its slow-mo glory! But still images are great with this as well. Just try and take a photo with the stock iPhone camera app while in a darkish room. Notice how things look a little "grainy"? Try zooming in a bit and you will really see what I mean. With this app you can lower the ISO (go all the way down to 29) and then turn up the shutter speed (to make up for the image getting darker) and now the "grain" is gone and you get a beautiful, low light shot! You may have to steady the camera on a table or against a wall, but that's true of any DSLR in low light situations (only they have a tripod). As to the other comment about not being able to touch the screen and get a new auto focus without messing up other settings, you can change that behavior in the settings. Just select "Gestures" and change the 'Tap to...' setting to "Auto Focus" and not the default "Auto Focus and Exposure" and all is well. So VERY happy with this purchase and I've replaced the stock iPhone camera now with this great app!
Review by Wyzard4872 on Manual Camera - Full Controls.