I’ve never used one of the HDR apps, so I was eager to try out this new feature using iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 4.
Launching the camera now gives you an HDR option at the top of your screen. It’s automatically set to off. When you toggle the option on, it will automatically switch the camera flash to off.
Using HDR will provide you with two shots — one normal shot and one with HDR utilized. For my test subjects I used:
- A shot of a window from a few feet away.
- A shot of a window standing at the window.
- A dark shot using the cat lounging next to the iMac as a model
- A well-lit shot using one of the other cats, who happened to claim a kitchen cabinet as his own, as a model.
The most noticeable difference came from the window shot taken a few feet away. As seen above, the normal shot has the outside areas overexposed while you can clearly see the apartment building across from mine — including some detailed areas — in the HDR shot. This shot was taken about eight feet from the window.
TUAWHDR photo hands-on with iPhone 4 and iOS 4.1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.