Native iPhone App: Snapture adds Professional Camera features to the iPhone for Free

Folks at Makayama had brought professional camera features such as digital zoom, manual exposure, auto-orientation to the iPhone with their native iPhone application CameraPro, however to unlock all the features one had to pay a one-time fee of $29.95.

If you found cost as a barrier (like me) then you can checkout Snapture, a native iPhone application that offers all that the CameraPro app offers, but is available to iPhone users for free.

In the words of the developers "Snapture is a full function, easy to use, free camera application that allows you to take great photos on your iPhone."

The native iPhone application has the following features (courtesy the application's website):

Easy Self Photo: One of the most annoying aspects of the iPhone's Camera app is the fact that you have to tap a tiny button in order to snap a photo. This makes it extremely difficult to try and take a photo of yourself. With Snapture, taking 'Self' photos is easy! Simply tap anywhere on the iPhone screen or use the volume button to take a photo.

Digital Zoom: With Snapture, you don't have to worry about stepping forward or backwards to get the perfect shot. Our 3x max digital zoom slider helps you frame exactly what you want in your shots.

Burst Mode: Taking photos with a camera phone is inherently difficult because you really need a steady hand. With Snapture's fast and slow burst modes, you can capture three frames in a row to make sure you get that perfect shot.

Multiple Image Sizes: Snapture lets you take photos in three different sizes: Large (1600x1200), Medium (1280x960) and Small (960x720).

Color Modes: With Snapture you can take photos in either Full Color or Grayscale color modes.

Timer: Turn-on the timer to delay photo taking by 5 seconds. Just enough time to join in on group shots.

Toggle Auto Rotation: The basic iPhone Camera app will not let you take a photo upside down. Photos are rotated automatically even if you're an advanced user trying to take a creative shot. With Snapture you can turn Auto Rotation off should you desire.

Silent Mode: Take photos without disturbing anyone by turning off audible feedback.

Use Leveler: The use leveler provides a visual aid for taking photos at different angles.

You can checkout the screenshots of the iPhone application below (looks quite neat):

   
   

And as I has mentioned earlier the best part is that unlike the CameraPro app, Snapture is available to iPhone users completely free.

In order to install Snapture on your iPhone, you will need a Jailbroken iPhone with the Installer App installed. If you want to jailbreak your iPhone you can check out these posts:  ZiPhone 3.0: New version of Popular tool to JailBreak and Unlock iPhone Released or iLiberty: Easy to use Application to JailBreak, Activate and Unlock iPhone.

On your jailbroken iPhone with the cool Installer app installed; you should find Snapture app under the Utilities category to install it on your iPhone.

Credit for the native iPhone application goes to Bowei Gai, Jeffrey Kuo, Ajay Panagariya, Prameet Shah, Samir Shah.

It will be great to get your feedback on the latest native iPhone application in the comments below.

Update:

Snapture 2.1 - Popular iPhone Camera App Released for iPhone Firmware 2.x

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