Current state of affairs of iPhone apps for photography

Unless I'm typing things wrong I can't find anything recent that discusses applications most useful for photographers.

More specifically as it applies to analog shooting:

1. viewfinder, is Mark II Artist's Viewfinder at the top? Is there anything comparable?

2. data logging, no paper notes just phone/iPad and type away short notes on each film/frame/scene/digital snaps etc

3. LF specific applications

For a while I used a logging app called PhotoEXIF. It worked well enough, I think it was $5 or so. It hasn't been updated in years, so I wouldn't expect new features. I stopped using it when I started shooting LF because its roll based and not setup for individual sheets, or film holders. It also had a number of gaps like only using the modern shutter speed progression, and not able to properly represent cameras that don't use that progression of speeds. I know there is something new, I saw this article:

https://www.35mmc.com/14/11/2021/da...p-designed-for-film-photographers-by-vincent/

But it won't run on anything prior to iOS 15, and I don't feel like upgrading.

I use an app called Art of Foto which works on my tiny phone, but isn't terribly happy on it. It has a number of features, but I use it for bellows factor calculations and reciprocity calculations (well, I will use it or reciprocity when my pinhole arrives.)

I'm on Android, and I use:

- Magic film ViewFinder by Roman Medvid (version for medium and large format cameras)
- Exposure Assistant for reciprocity failure
- Lab Timer, Massive Dev and The Unofficial HC 110 Helper for developing B&W films
- Golden Hour+ for the position of the sun (love this one!)
- Easy Measure because I can't for the life of me estimate distances
- Analog Memo for notes (recently downloaded, not tested yet)
- Light Meter

I also have the PhotoPills app on my phone but never use it.

Anyone uses LF Companion ?

cell phone photography would be a good category for photrio to create.... oops, I see there already is one.

Got LF Companion installed. So far all I can see is this neat perspective inversion, so things show up upside down on screen. This alone might be worth the FREE investment.

I use following iPhone apps:

Camera1
Viewfinder (https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1216484605?ct=webpage)
Pinhole assistant

My own apps:
Dark calc https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-calc/id1507534212
Zone view https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoneview/id1555845301
Zone tool https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zone-tool/id1489637620

@vedostuu Will try those for sure, thanks.

Alex Benjamin said:

I'm on Android, and I use:

- Magic film ViewFinder by Roman Medvid (version for medium and large format cameras)
- Exposure Assistant for reciprocity failure
- Lab Timer, Massive Dev and The Unofficial HC 110 Helper for developing B&W films
- Golden Hour+ for the position of the sun (love this one!)
- Easy Measure because I can't for the life of me estimate distances
- Analog Memo for notes (recently downloaded, not tested yet)
- Light Meter

I also have the PhotoPills app on my phone but never use it.

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I've been looking for a measuring app and hadn't found the Easy Measure. Thank you, this has made my day.
And I'll investigate some of the others you listed. Thanks Alex!

While not really an app, especially when traveling and using film I take a cell phone shot at the locations I film. The gps on the phone records the location so I don't have to take notes. I imagine you could also verbally record settings etc although I don't.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

http://www.sculptureandphotography.com/

There is a set of iOS and Android app forums under the Digital banner here.

I suppose if you don't have the Digi category checked they don't show. That said, it doesn't appear to have much traffic. I have a modest assortment of light meter, reciprocity, and pinhole related apps on my iPhone, though I can't say I do much with them. One, Pocket Light Meter, has a logging function that saves a thumbnail with exposure and GPS info as a formatted screen in the photo library.