If you have been following us for a while, you will have already realized that we are genuinely convinced that mobile photography can be as good a photograph as that taken with the best SLR cameras on the market. We will never get tired of repeating that the photo is taken by the photographer, not the camera, and that a good photographer will take a good picture with any camera that you put at his disposal.
Since mobile phone cameras are getting better and, what is more important, they will continue to be, more and more they are integrated into the photographic process as just another camera (which is also light, versatile, and always accompanies).
And like any good camera, it needs not only good optics and a good photographer behind it; you also need a good interface from which to control as many aspects as possible. For this, we offer you this list with the best applications on the market to control the camera of your mobile. Are you going to miss it? 🙂 And if you are looking for other types of editing, storage, planning, etc. applications, don’t miss this complete guide.
- Camera Zoom FX Premium
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Bacon-camera (Android)
- ProCamera (iOS)
- Camera FV-5 (Android)
- Manual-Raw Camera (iOS)
- pro-shot
- Camera 360 ultimate
1.Camera Zoom FX Premium
This application is a classic with many satisfied users behind it. It allows us to control a multitude of settings, almost as many as if it were a SLR camera: from white balance, shutter speed, ISO or exposure, to histogram, delayed shutter, burst shooting, image stabilizer, etc. capture in RAW, HDR or Time Lapse. Of course, it also includes many editing possibilities with more than 90 possible effects.
Undoubtedly one of the applications for your mobile camera to take into account. You can download the Premium version of this App from here (Android).
2.Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Although it is a well-known application used as an image editor, it is also a complete tool as a photo camera. It allows you to choose between the automatic mode in which the application controls all the parameters, or the professional mode, where you can adjust everything you need: white balance, exposure, ISO, shutter speed or focus, as well as add a few filters to the take the photo.
Is a good combination if you want a powerful image editor and a good camera, although this application is more “serious” and does not have as many filters and fun options as the previous ones.
You have it for iOS here and for android here.
3. Bacon camera (Android)
Other complete and highly recommended application to control the camera of your mobile in a professional way. With all kinds of manual controls such as shutter speed, ISO, white balance, exposure, self-timer, live color effects, skin softening, RAW shooting, multi exposure, histogram… A real wonder :-).
You can download it for Android here.
4. ProCamera (iOS)
Another very complete app to take photos manually with your mobile phone. With this application you can work in RAW, you have a self-timer, slow motion, HDR, low light, exposure control, burst shooting, stabilizer, ISO, shutter, white balance, and 78 filters and effects available (and a long and so on).
you can buy it here for iOS.
5.Camera FV-5 (Android)
Another application with an interface full of settings that allow you to control each of the settings of the shot. White balance, exposure, ISO, shutter speed, EXIF ​​viewer, templates for composition. Highly valued by its users and if you try it, surely by you too ;).
You have it for Android here.
6. Manual-Raw Camera (iOS)
It is a classic for iOS users. It is very easy to use and very complete in terms of all the settings you may need in a manual mode: white balance, ISO, focus, shutter speed, EXIF ​​viewer, guides to help you in your compositions, and a long etcetera.
you can find it here.
7.ProShot
I can’t think of anything you can think of in terms of shooting and editing that this app doesn’t have: exposure control, shutter speed, RAW format, ISO, presets (night mode, action …), EXIF ​​data analysis, and a long etcetera. All this in a very visual and easy-to-use interface.
You can find it for iOS here or for android here.
8.Camera 360 ultimate
Another application to take into account and also free. It has a multitude of controls and editing possibilities. From image stabilization, burst shooting, timer, contrast, brightness, exposure, white balance, ISO, and many effects to experiment with in processing or while taking pictures.
You can download this App for Android here or for iOS here.
Staying with the camera in automatic function that your mobile probably offers, with the number of applications that exist today, is to miss out on a lot of good images and the possibility of getting the most out of your mobile phone’s camera.
Any of the previous applications will fulfill the purpose of working in manual mode, controlling all the parameters of the shot. You know that’s what it’s all about, abandoning the automatic and daring with the manual mode, and sometimes it seems that in small format it gives less impression than when we fiddle with our SLR.
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