First, it’s kind of an accessibility feature for low vision users, I think.
I’m in mid-40s and my vision is getting worse :(
For users like me, they can’t see the image within the view finder very clearly so they are having trouble with sharp focusing. They need this focus loupe every day.
Second, its working scenario.
While this feature is enabled:
When users touch a point where they like to focus, the boundary that the focus loupe will magnify is displayed on the view finder.
The user can move a finger upward or downward in the view finder to adjust the focus, and during this finger slide, the previously selected area is shown in more magnified size (It would be wonderful if the magnification scale was configurable in the settings, like in the range between 3~7x) over the touched point.
Moving a finger to the right or left, the user can do fine adjustment. When the user removes the finger from the screen, the loupe is locked: the app only displays the boundary (with small lock icon) and focus is locked.
When you adjust the focus using the loupe, user-set exposure value is temporarily ignored: for example, when the user-set shutter speed is 0.5 sec, it is too slow to apply the focus adjustment if the app just magnifies the touched area and follows the exposure setting. That is, the loupe needs some special image processing (temporarily raise the iso and the shutter speed or other special image processing technique) for faster feedback.
The best app that implemented this feature is “Pro Camera” by cocologics, FYI. - But I prefer the photo output from the moment pro camera ii, it is more natural looking and sharper in general. The Pro Camera app was my go-to camera app, but I think they don’t focus on the image quality anymore, they put their development power into some other thing such as new iOS feature adaptation, or video shooting, etc in these days :(
This feature should work regardless of focus mode (auto, manual, etc.) It sounds like nonsense, but we are using an app, and the app can provide more flexibility in shooting workflow. In auto mode, the feature works as the above, in the manual focusing mode, after you touched a point, you can also adjust the focus using the manual focus slider, too.
For some luxury digital cameras these days, they support flexible shooting workflows, I think: User can adjust exposure after they adjust focus first, or vice versa, for fine adjustment of exposure and focus, regardless of the camera mode.
That’s all for now.
Best Regards,
Daniel.
Jamm Hostetler
Team•
Aug 19
The initial version released today is locked to the center of the viewfinder and does not have any gestures. That said, we are planning on improvements along the lines of some of your suggestions once we decide how we want all the gestures to work.
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Daniel W. Kim
Jul 24
I’d like to elaborate on this feature.
First, it’s kind of an accessibility feature for low vision users, I think.
I’m in mid-40s and my vision is getting worse :(
For users like me, they can’t see the image within the view finder very clearly so they are having trouble with sharp focusing. They need this focus loupe every day.
Second, its working scenario.
While this feature is enabled:
When users touch a point where they like to focus, the boundary that the focus loupe will magnify is displayed on the view finder.
The user can move a finger upward or downward in the view finder to adjust the focus, and during this finger slide, the previously selected area is shown in more magnified size (It would be wonderful if the magnification scale was configurable in the settings, like in the range between 3~7x) over the touched point.
Moving a finger to the right or left, the user can do fine adjustment. When the user removes the finger from the screen, the loupe is locked: the app only displays the boundary (with small lock icon) and focus is locked.
When you adjust the focus using the loupe, user-set exposure value is temporarily ignored: for example, when the user-set shutter speed is 0.5 sec, it is too slow to apply the focus adjustment if the app just magnifies the touched area and follows the exposure setting. That is, the loupe needs some special image processing (temporarily raise the iso and the shutter speed or other special image processing technique) for faster feedback.
The best app that implemented this feature is “Pro Camera” by cocologics, FYI. - But I prefer the photo output from the moment pro camera ii, it is more natural looking and sharper in general. The Pro Camera app was my go-to camera app, but I think they don’t focus on the image quality anymore, they put their development power into some other thing such as new iOS feature adaptation, or video shooting, etc in these days :(
This feature should work regardless of focus mode (auto, manual, etc.) It sounds like nonsense, but we are using an app, and the app can provide more flexibility in shooting workflow. In auto mode, the feature works as the above, in the manual focusing mode, after you touched a point, you can also adjust the focus using the manual focus slider, too.
For some luxury digital cameras these days, they support flexible shooting workflows, I think: User can adjust exposure after they adjust focus first, or vice versa, for fine adjustment of exposure and focus, regardless of the camera mode.
That’s all for now.
Best Regards,
Daniel.
Jamm Hostetler
Aug 19
The initial version released today is locked to the center of the viewfinder and does not have any gestures. That said, we are planning on improvements along the lines of some of your suggestions once we decide how we want all the gestures to work.