New iPhone Photo App: Turbo Camera
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 2:00PM | Glyn Evans 
Description from the AppStore: Turbo camera is the first FACE DETECTION camera in AppStore. Fastest burst mode with extreme 4 photos per second at full resolution.
What makes Turbo Camera better than other camera applications?
continuous burst mode with 4-pps** up to 80 photos without stop- face detection shooting mode with on face auto focus*
- self timer shutter mode
- advanced anti shake mode
- 10 times faster continuous burst shot than other camera apps
- saves full hi resolution images to photo library
- ultra fast code optimized for iPhone's CPU
Continuous burst mode is ideal for shooting all kind of events where you don't wanna miss your best photo.
Self portrait picture is now really easy. Just enable face mode and point camera to yourself. That's it! Camera will automatically focus* and save portrait to photo library.
* auto focus is available on iPhone 3GS only
** 4 pps (pictures per second) is available on 3GS only (3G can shoot at 3 pps) 3G & 3GS can save up to 80 photos if there is enough memory (after restart).
AppStore Link: Turbo Camera - Price £0.59/$0.99
Editors comments: This is quite a nice camera app, but not one I would choose as a replacement to the iPhone's own camera app. The Timer and Anti Shake are features we now come to expect from any camera replacement app, and the burst mode worked really well on my iPhone 3G. Missing from this app is a full screen shutter button, something I now believe is a must with any camera app, but the most disappointing feature of all was the Face Detection, which on my iPhone 3G, struggle to detect my face, but this may have been due to limitations of the iPhone 3G itself, and may not be a problem on the 3GS.
If anyone has tried this app, especially on a 3GS, then please let us know if the Face Detection worked better that it did on my 3G.
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Reader Comments (10)
I tried this on my 3GS and just couldn't get it to detect any faces.
How did the extended burst work? Did it create lag between burst intervals? How long was the save time after an 80 shot burst? Just curious.
Seems to take about 4-5 seconds to save each picture. I did a burst of about 50 shots and i think it did maybe 2 shots a second, maybe less on some and more on the others. I have a 3GS.
Plus the app does not embed and exif data for the camera or advanced photo info, or GPS either.
Does it save Burst Photos at full res? I would buy it just for that feature alone as I'm not a huge fan of Snapture. Am I the only one who is not a fan of Snapture? When is Camera Bag expected to release full res. capabilities?
It does save at full resolution.
Face detection seems to be working perfect now for some reason on my 3GS.
does it work on a 2g iphone?
I just purchased this app with my 3GS and it only allows me to take 3 pictures per second and it takes atleast 10-15 seconds to save the pictures. Seems like a really good app if I could get it to work properly.
Oh and i can't get the face detection to work.