photography droid apps

[gemini6474]

does anyone one know of any good droid apps, free or paid

[yogestee]

What are they??

[DazJW]

I'm guessing he means apps for Android based smartphones, specifically the Motorola Droid.

[JCH77Yanks]

Picsay

[asysin2leads]

I haven't found any that actually work. The Photoshop app for Droid sucks. They will bring more out before we know it.

[HTPhotography]

I really hope they get their butts in gear. I love the iPhone apps, just not AT&Ts coverage, if they can cross over some of them to the droid it'd be heaven.

[bsaber]

DOF Calculator

[egordon99]

I LOVE the new Gallery in 2.1. I don't carry any pictures in my wallet, but I always have tons of pictures in my Droid!

Can't wait for Froyo!

[asysin2leads]

I LOVE the new Gallery in 2.1. I don't carry any pictures in my wallet, but I always have tons of pictures in my Droid!

Can't wait for Froyo!

I do like the gallery. Much better improvement over previous version.

[fmulder21]

I do like the gallery. Much better improvement over previous version.

You can wait! I have 2.2 i love it!

[Todd Lambert]

Do they have any fart apps yet though? That's what I'm waiting for. Nothing beats a good fart sound, timed right and in the right place.

A battery monitoring app would be good too.. maybe made in Flash?


;-)

I kid, because I love.

[asysin2leads]

Do they have any fart apps yet though? That's what I'm waiting for. Nothing beats a good fart sound, timed right and in the right place.

A battery monitoring app would be good too.. maybe made in Flash?


;-)

I kid, because I love.

I do have a whoopie cushion app. The kids like it.

[Sparky98]

I have seen a fart app and there are some battery monitering apps also. I haven't tried any of them but have seen them.

[fmulder21]

I have seen a fart app and there are some battery monitering apps also. I haven't tried any of them but have seen them.

Yep, they all work! And they are FREE!

[asysin2leads]

I have seen a fart app and there are some battery monitering apps also. I haven't tried any of them but have seen them.

I use Battery Time Lite. It will put a small amount remaining icon in the notification toolbar on the home screen.

[Todd Lambert]

LOL.

[neumanns]

How about a simple to use DoF Calculater... Search: Strawberry

[asysin2leads]

How about a simple to use DoF Calculater... Search: Strawberry

I downloaded Strawberry Shortcake. Is that the same thing?:D

[photogs_spouse]

I try the free apps.

Pro Paint Camera
Camera Magic

Photo Tools- collection of tools in one app

non-photo-specific but likely useful:
Tide Prediction
Moon Phase
Sundroid Free

One or more of the weather apps might be useful as well.
There are plenty of apps out there that might be applied to a business as well. calendar, expense, mileage, time and so on trackers.

[CW Jones]

I like the photoshop app :) its no full CS5.. but its nice.

[asysin2leads]

I like the photoshop app :) its no full CS5.. but its nice.

It required me to force close nearly every time I tried to use it. I uninstalled it and I'm not looking back.

[BoneJj]

DOF Calculator
nice
I use Battery Time Lite. It will put a small amount remaining icon in the notification toolbar on the home screen.
thanks
How about a simple to use DoF Calculater... Search: Strawberry?? i'll have to search see WTH you are talking about

It required me to force close nearly every time I tried to use it. I uninstalled it and I'm not looking back.
what droid model do you have?

I just switched to droid, it's on the way I got the galaxy S for AT&T and will need to get up on some apps...

[asysin2leads]

what droid model do you have?

I just switched to droid, it's on the way I got the galaxy S for AT&T and will need to get up on some apps...

I have the original Droid running 2.2. I have not re-installed the program since updating the phone, so I might have to give it another chance.

[BoneJj]

I have the original Droid running 2.2. I have not re-installed the program since updating the phone, so I might have to give it another chance.
interesting. I'm still waiting on mine to show up....

anyone have any other suggestions for apps?

[alabama1980]

I like the "vignette" app. tons of cool filters. I wish they would release a "Best Camera" app like Chase Jarvis' app for the iPhone. Not likely since he loves him some Apple. It would be nice to be able to run multiple filters.

[alabama1980]

On another note, anyone have the Droid X? I've sent two back due to focus issues (who the hell would have ever thought a phone would have focus issues), but finally got a decent one.

[BoneJj]

I like the "vignette" app. tons of cool filters. I wish they would release a "Best Camera" app like Chase Jarvis' app for the iPhone. Not likely since he loves him some Apple. It would be nice to be able to run multiple filters.
what exactly does his app do? never heard of it.

[asysin2leads]

On another note, anyone have the Droid X? I've sent two back due to focus issues (who the hell would have ever thought a phone would have focus issues), but finally got a decent one.

One of the reason I didn't buy an X when it came out. I heard that might be one of the minor glitches. I'll wait until 2nd Gen comes out and pick one up.

[bsp]

Anyone use CamCalc? I use the free version, has a lot of good stuff in it from what I have used so far.

Menus are:

Depth of Field
Field of View
Focal Length Equivalents
Flash Calculations
Color Temp. Conversion
Miniatures
Solar Calculations
Exposure Compensation

[mistat0m]

there's an app called "light meter". I haven't really used it yet, but I think it would be great as a companion to an old manual camera

[alabama1980]

what exactly does his app do? never heard of it.

Has a selection of categories of filters each with sub-cats. You take the photos within the app and it seems to focus better. It also kills the shutter noise.

Here are a few I took with the app and it's filters.

http://www.facebook.com/asheltonphoto?v=photos&ref=sgm#!/album.php?aid=29031&id=141617265864080 (http://www.facebook.com/asheltonphoto?v=photos&ref=sgm#%21/album.php?aid=29031&id=141617265864080)



It wasn't a free app, but it's been worth it. I think it was like four bucks on the app store.

[alabama1980]

One of the reason I didn't buy an X when it came out. I heard that might be one of the minor glitches. I'll wait until 2nd Gen comes out and pick one up.


Funny thing was it focused fine with the vignette app...go figure. Even though I use that as my default camera it still irks me when stuff don't work as it should.

Verizon hates me, I'm sure. I just came from blackberry....went through about 6 Storm 2's due to software issues. One rep actually told me I was being too picky (not in those words, but the meaning was there). I told that we could avoid all this if they would just let me get another phone....lol...So here I am with a 3rd Droid X...so far, so good...;)

[canonnoob]

lighting studio- For lighting diagrams

[the pokemon kid]

have a look for FxCamera. this is only a small app but it takes the picture and then converts it into another type of image such as a fisheye shot... kinda fun.

also the light meter apps are alright. used on and it was only slightly off. but what do you expect.

[Sparky98]

I was looking for an app to turn off the camera sound but one day I had my phone on vibrate and noticed the camera was quiet. I discovered that if you turn the volume all the way down the camera makes no sound. I wish someone had told me to turn the volume down before I spent all that time looking through the camera menus for the camera mute button.

[asysin2leads]

I was looking for an app to turn off the camera sound but one day I had my phone on vibrate and noticed the camera was quiet. I discovered that if you turn the volume all the way down the camera makes no sound. I wish someone had told me to turn the volume down before I spent all that time looking through the camera menus for the camera mute button.

Hey, Joe. If you turn the phone to vibrate, the camera will be silent. Just an FYI. ;)

[Daedalus34r]

have a look for FxCamera. this is only a small app but it takes the picture and then converts it into another type of image such as a fisheye shot... kinda fun.

also the light meter apps are alright. used on and it was only slightly off. but what do you expect.

+1 on FxCamera, it's free but has alot of filters/effects you can play around with. It can also substitute as a basic camera w/ no effects.

[alabama1980]

I just came upon PhotoFunia. Let's you put pics in a lot of different settings. Snapped the original with the "Vignette" app using the "Paris" filter....then tool it into Photofunia, and then uploaded to flickr using UpStream.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4951871318_9c976eb312_z.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4951878898_e6c326f508.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4951288077_43625bf392.jpg

[Sparky98]

Photo Tools has already been mentioned and I just downloaded it. I have only had a couple of hours to play with it but it looks promising. It has a DoF/Hyperfocal calculator, sunrise/sunset calculator, moon phase calculator plus a lot more. I tried CamCalc and it had several of the same options but I noticed it showed the Canon APS-C with a 1.5 multiplication factor. I am not sure about Photo Tools but it does have a few more options.

[dan j]

I'd love an app that allows me to DL pictures from the CF card or 5D2 directly to the Droid so pictures could be emailed immediately.

[asysin2leads]

I'd love an app that allows me to DL pictures from the CF card or 5D2 directly to the Droid so pictures could be emailed immediately.

I would love an app like this. I wonder if there is a way to use an Eye-fi card and Droid. I know it wouldn't be available in the CF card, but for SD, would be nice.

Edit: There is an iPhone App for Eye-fi. Apparently, there is a Droid app, too, but have had major issues with it.

[LowriderS10]

Just got my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and the first app I downloaded was Google Sky Map...awesome if you're into astrophotography but aren't completely well versed on where the planets are or which constellation is which... :)

[asysin2leads]

Just got my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and the first app I downloaded was Google Sky Map...awesome if you're into astrophotography but aren't completely well versed on where the planets are or which constellation is which... :)

I've spent countless hours with my kids outside using that app. They love it.

[asysin2leads]

Whatever you do, don't download Angry Birds. It is ADDICTING!

[LowriderS10]

HAHA! My friends are obsessed with that game...I'm trying to not download anything that would be a total time vampire or a complete waste of my life...I love my phones and use the crap out of them (average month sees about 15,000 texts, 100+ hrs of talk time, tons of internet/email, etc), but I don't game or anything on my phone...

[asysin2leads]

HAHA! My friends are obsessed with that game...I'm trying to not download anything that would be a total time vampire or a complete waste of my life...I love my phones and use the crap out of them (average month sees about 15,000 texts, 100+ hrs of talk time, tons of internet/email, etc), but I don't game or anything on my phone...

I use the crap out of my phone, too. However, I do have a couple games (all free) on my phone that I will kill a few minutes with. Mostly to wind down after a long night. I have never been a big gamer, anyway.

[LowriderS10]

What keyboard do you use? I just downloaded SwiftKey and not sure what to think of i

[asysin2leads]

What keyboard do you use? I just downloaded SwiftKey and not sure what to think of i

I just use the standard Droid keyboard. I never slide mine up to use the hard keys.

[JennGrover]

My wish list:


Android DSLR Remote for Android
The Photographer's Ephemeris for Android (not sure what the hold-up is now that we have adobe Air on Android)
Tiltshift Generator


Apps I use for photography

Bubble Level
Photo Tools - (has a lot of stuff!)
Stopwatch

[va_rider]

PHOforPHO is a great free app for the droid.... I like it.

[Tom_D]

Has anyone found a reliable geo logging program? I have tried two and both quit logging at some point. Tried GPSLogger (http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/) yesterday and it quit mid way through my trip. Unfortunately, I don't remember the first logger I installed that was very erratic in operation. It seems the loggers need to keep working through use of other program including those that use the GPA functions of the phone.

[va_rider]

Not to be a smart ass... but I use a pocket sized notebook... I tried the GPS thing... and it never worked right.. so.. I carry a small notebook and a pen with me... I write IMG #'s 0605 - 0913 - Santa Clara, CA ... it works well for me... but I don't need to know exact GPS locations for my pictures.. it's more for my own benefit, so as I categorize them and organize them, I can remember where I was when I took the shots... my wife and I used this method for our honeymoon in CA last winter... worked like a charm!!

[Tom_D]

Nothing smart-ass about it and I carry a notebook in my pocket for work and have often thought that a note about what I was thinking when I was taking a series of photos would be a good thing. I just don't do it.

I have used a couple of GPS loggers with mixed results but when it does work it is neat and nice to be able to click on the link in Light Room and go right to a map of where I was.

Having it all in my phone seems like a good idea and others seem to have thought so also as there are several apps available. Like I said in my original post I am looking for one that works.

[JCOphoto]

Whatever you do, don't download Angry Birds. It is ADDICTING!

Thanks. Since you told me not to, I went and did it! It's so hard to quit playing; I can see the game when I close my eyes! :lol:

[BoneJj]

Nothing smart-ass about it and I carry a notebook in my pocket for work and have often thought that a note about what I was thinking when I was taking a series of photos would be a good thing. I just don't do it.

I have used a couple of GPS loggers with mixed results but when it does work it is neat and nice to be able to click on the link in Light Room and go right to a map of where I was.

Having it all in my phone seems like a good idea and others seem to have thought so also as there are several apps available. Like I said in my original post I am looking for one that works.
have you tried to see if the google mytracks program will do it for you? It has some rather cool features in it. maybe something will work for you...

[JennGrover]

Mytracks does work pretty well compared to other GPS apps.

Also, they have a Time-Lapse app (actually a couple) for using your Droid to shoot and process some mobile time-lapse stuff.

[asysin2leads]

Thanks. Since you told me not to, I went and did it! It's so hard to quit playing; I can see the game when I close my eyes! :lol:

Our 2 year old broke my the screen on my wife's Droid. She said she wasn't going to re-download Angry Birds because of how addicting it is. That didn't last long after she got her new one.

[LowriderS10]

Mytracks does work pretty well compared to other GPS apps.

Also, they have a Time-Lapse app (actually a couple) for using your Droid to shoot and process some mobile time-lapse stuff.

Ooooh...I <3 time lapse...which one would you suggest?

[JennGrover]

Ooooh...I <3 time lapse...which one would you suggest?

I just downloaded the one called "Time-Lapse". Have not had a chance to really test it out, but I am looking forward to giving it a whirl. The little playing around with it I did, it seemed to work pretty flawlessly, but have not run it through the full paces yet.

[LowriderS10]

Sweet! Thanks :D let me know, though curiosity might get the better of me and I might just have to download it for myself...though that might make my time-lapse happy G9 a bit jealous ;)

[rgaba]

I personally like to use...

Advanced Task Killer (saves battery life)
GoldenPic (Provides Sunrise/set, Golden/Blue Hours, GPS Coordinates and weather)
TiKL (Can take up a lot of battery, but it allows you to use your Android phone like a Nextel with push to talk)
GDocs (Allows you to access and edit any documents you have saved in Google Docs)
TeamViewer (Allows you to remotely connect to and control your home PC)

For my "fun" apps, I like...
Air Control Lite
Blow Up (LITE)
Today in Geek History
Today in Movie History
Pacific Wings

[Magnus3D]

I'm using this one http://www.geotagphotos.net/en/ to geotag my photos when i'm outdoors, or even indoors and shooting. It works great on my HTC Desire HD.

/ Magnus

[dfleming]

DOFMaster has a depth of field calculator formatted for Android phones: http://www.dofmaster.com/m