Blux Camera, the replacement iPhone 5 camera app with P.E.A.R. Technology

Blux Camera with P.E.A.R. technology from Blux Touch, is billed as the "the world’s first intelligent camera", and a "revolution in camera app design", that "integrates an intelligent photographic assistant right into your pocket".

Described as "amazingly smart yet beautifully simple", Blux Camera features...

• P.E.A.R. Technology: Developed by Blux Touch specifically for Blux Camera, this innovative technology stands for Photographic Environment Analysis and Recommendation.
• Photographic Assistant: P.E.A.R technology includes a photographic assistant to analyze your environment and advise you every step of the way towards absolutely stunning photos.
• Blux Mode: Randomly combines filters and modes for some really unique effects. Easiest way to capture visually stunning photographs. Just tap your way to amazing.
• Creative Control: Blux Camera gives you complete creative control over your photos with filters, modes, real-time photo adjustments and more...
• Imaginative UI: Super sleek 4-direction swipe interface with smooth touch controls and completely customizable user experience.
• Retina Preview: Blux Camera takes full advantage of your iPhone’s HD retina display by giving you the power to see your photos in all their brilliance as you create and alter them in real-time. 
• Macro Shot: A fantastic macro shooting mode with magnified precision point focusing
• International Filters: 14 extraordinary filters named after world cities, custom made by photographers inspired by their travels around globe.

I've tried it, but what do I think of it? Well, Blux Touch really have brought something new an innovative to the iPhone with Blux Camera, and their attempt to add an "intelligent photographic assistant", has been done pretty well. Sadly Blux Camera only supports full-res on the iPhone 5 and new iPod touch, so despite all its intelligence, it will not appeal to owners of older devices, however if you have one of the new generation iDevices, and like the idea of an app that can make some of the photographic decisions for you, then check out Blux Camera in more detail.

App Store Link: Blux Camera; Price: £1.99/$2.99/€2.39

Please note: Blux Camera is optimised for iPhone 5 and iPod Touch (5th) in full resolution. iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 operate at a lower resolution at 1600x1200 and 1024x768 respectively.

Comments

[John V. Keogh]

Luckily, as i have an iPhone 4, I put this on my AppShopper wantslist:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Blux Camera!!
★★★Trick or treat yourself to a FREE download! 3 days ONLY! (Oct. 29-31)★★★

[konbu1972]

Now it's FREE!!

[Mark]

Well, I tried it. It's pretty fiddly, lots of options. Some don't really seem to have much of a point, and a lot of the stuff can be done in post-processing with other apps. The low res for the iPhone 4 is the nail in the coffin for me. Oh - and why do devs have to add so much pointless 'marketing-speak' in the advertising, which does nothing more than pad out the description without actually saying anything? It's a pet hate of mine!

[Ridwan Jaafar]

Lower resolution for iPhone 4S? You gotta be kidding me!!!

@Mark I totally agree with you. Read their app description. It's just nonsense. I've got no clue what this PEAR technology will do for me photos.

[Matt]

I wish Apple would let us change the default camera.

[Andre]

App stores says it is only availble at the UK store

[Mike Hardaker]

I think there are some pretty cool ideas and some really quite innovative design ideas here, to be honest. I haven't spent enough time with it to offer a definitive verdict (and as—I guess—a competitor I should probably be very wary of doing so in case anyone reads in an imagined agenda that's not there!), but I do think there's evidence of some refreshingly different thinking in Blux Camera.

It's certainly available on other App Stores, Andre. Try chopping the "/gb/" out of the URL if you're on a computer, or just searching for it if you're on iOS.

[Rob]

This app is a big fail.

First, the viewfinder is clearly way off/ They obviously wanted a full screen viewfinder, though I have no idea why. But the photo taken includes a lot of extra width that you don't see in the viewfinder. The viewfinder shows less than 75% of what you'll end up with a photo of. It might even be closer to 60%. It's way off. Most of us probably know the Apple camera app viewfinder is off too, also including extra stuff it doesn't show along the sides, but this app is much further off. Common sense will tell you why it's so far off: this app uses a full screen viewfinder, but the screen dimensions aren't even close to matching the dimensions of a photo taken with an iPhone 5.

And then there's the design of the app itself: It has so much potential, but all of the features are laid on top of the photo you're trying to take. I will never understand why anybody wants a ton of gunk laid all over their viewfinder while trying to take a photo.

This app has great potential, but the interface is really bad, especially if you're shooting outside or in any decent light indoors. Just trying to take a photo, I ended up with a huge blue flashing arrow that wouldn't go away. And, I'm sorry but "P.E.A.R. Technology"? Seriously? They named their interface as a new technology? LOL.

[Rob]

I should add that I'm still glad I downloaded it because if they ever fix the viewfinder and add a way to get the extra stuff off the viewfinder while shooting, this app could be superb.

[David Wood]

Well, I'm glad they offered it for free. I tried it, and I deleted it. As others here have said, it's a solution in search of a problem. No doubt they put a lot of work into its development. But they seemed to have lost sight of the objective: a camera app. The UI presents obstacles to be overcome, not ways of getting the shot you're after.

[Wei Khuen]

Hi Rob,

Have you try changing camera ratio?

[Martha]

Not in the US store. Says UK only.

[Fred Zelders]

Why is the app not afvalbakken in the Dutch app store?