New iPhone Photo App: REAL-CAMERA

*** YOU CAN ZOOM and TAKE PICTURE WITH REAL BUTTOM ***

FEATURES:

• Take PICTURE using Silent mode switch.
• Take PICTURE using play button of your earphones.
• Take PICTURE using proximity sensor (on left top of iPhone)
• Zoom using play volume button of your iPhone.
• Zoom using play volume button of your earphones.

AppStore Link: REAL-CAMERA - Price: £0.59/$0.99

Editors comments: This is another poorly translated app description, but if you have an iPhone 4, this this app promises to let you use the iPhone's hardware buttons to take your photos, just like a "REAL-CAMERA".

If you have an iPhone 4 and decide to try out this app, then please let us know if it works as described, and what you think of the app.

Comments

[Aaron]

I can't figure out how to make the volume buttons snap the photo. Anyone else? Thanks.

[James]

I haven't downloaded the app but the description says the volume buttons are only for zooming, not snapping photos. The play button snaps photos.

[Doug Chapin]

It is a little clunky. It takes a photo when you switch the mute button to mute (not sure how useful this is). The volume buttons on the phone do work for zoom. This works well if you are holding the phone in portrait and using other hand to press answer/pause button on earphones to take the photo, but not so well in landscape (as you need two hands to hold phone in landscape - and then don't have a way to take the photo).
Another problem is that after a picture is taken it goes to preview mode (showing you the picture you just took). You have to press a button at the bottom of the screen to get back into camera mode.
I can see two uses: fist, if you mount camera on tripod and want a very steady shot, using the earphone button works well and second, if you want to take pictures (less conspicuously) only holding the phone with one hand and the other hand on your earphone.