Let there be light, with Beamer

Beamer is an iPhone case with a built-in LED light you can turn on to use as both a light and a camera light.

It is a hard-plastic, two-piece design, equipped with a replaceable coin cell battery that provides about 10 hours of illumination. Pressing the button once will turn the light on for 10 seconds, pressing it twice will leave it on indefinitely, and a third press will turn the light off.

The Beamer will be available in a range of colours, and is currently available for pre-order priced at $32 USD.

I am not sure how effective this case/light will be, but for more information or to pre-order it then head over to the developers website.

New iPhone Photo App: Zoom Camera Pro

Description from the AppStore: Zoom in on the most important part of the photo with up to 4x zoom. The auto-focus will automatically adjust to the object you want to take a picture of. Your zoomed picture will be optimized and can be saved and mailed at the highest possible resolution, giving you very fine and detailed photos.

Use the Anti-Shake function to avoid blurred pictures due to motion. You can easily adjust the sensitivity of the Anti-Shake function to best fit your current situation. With this app you can even make great pictures in the night or in dark environments by just using a higher Anti-Shake sensitivity.

To give your pictures a professional look, use one of the 4 provided grids, which are great to align special features of the picture, make a unique portrait or find the exact center of the image.

Select what you want to do after you’ve taken a picture: auto-save it, show a preview, turn it to black and white, send it to someone, save it on your device or retake it - it’s your choice!

For better handling, you can use a big part of the screen of your device as the release, so your camera can best fit whatever situation you’re in - never miss a great opportunity for a unbelievable shot again!

The built-in, adjustable timer function allows you to easily take pictures with yourself in them.

Features:

• up to 4x zoom
• highest possible resolution
• adjustable anti-shake
• 4 different grids
• use screen as release
• auto-save
• black and white filter
• mail pictures
• adjustable timer function
• detailed instructions
• easy to use interface
• customize the app to best fit your needs

AppStore Link: Zoom Camera Pro - Price £0.59/$0.99

Editors comments: This is another one of those zoom apps that includes a bunch of other added value features.

New iPhone Photo App: AutoPan

*** Note: Only runs on iPhone 3GS ***

Description from the AppStore: There are some great panorama stitchers available for iPhone. This is NOT one of them. BUT, AutoPan, for iPhone 3GS, will allow you to quickly capture a series of photos with the right amount of overlap and at the same level with a single button press. Fed into a panorama tool like AutoStitch, or any other panorama stitching tool that allows you to import images from file, you can get that perfect panorama every time.

With this app and your favorite panorama stitcher you can take a 8+ fame panorama in a snap.

It is especially valuable when you want to produce a panorama that has a wide vertical angle. For this you need to make two passes, one to capture the lower half frames and a second pass, aiming higher to catch the upper half. With autopan, you simply make two passes one with a tilt of 30⁰ and one at 50⁰ to capture the perfect frame set.

Using the iPhone 3GS compass and inclinometer, AutoPan gives you a heads up display showing you the heading and elevation of the camera. As you turn, the application will automatically take and store the photo's.

AppStore Link: AutoPan - Price £1.19/$1.99

Editors comments: To be honest I am not sure if this app is useful or not, as AutoStitch in my opinion does a pretty good job of creating a panoramic even from badly framed shots. If anyone has this app, then please let us know what you think of it.

New iPhone Photo App: Remote Camera

Description from the AppStore: Use one iPhone to control the another to take photos. (iPhone 3G and 3GS, running OS 3.0 or later required)

It uses P2P bluetooth connection of iPhone OS 3.1. No internet (cell or Wifi) connection is needed.

Act either as a camera which is remotely controlled, or as the remote with full preview.

Ideal usages:

• Self portrait
• Photo of hard-to-reach places. (for example, a photo of the underbelly of your car)
• Photo from awkward angles. (for example, macro photos of flowers and bugs on the ground)
• Street photos without attention.

A free remote-only app coming soon, so you can use iPod Touch 2G to control the camera.

AppStore Link: Remote Camera - Price £1.79/$2.99

Editors comments: This looks like an interesting app, although maybe a little on the pricey side.

New iPhone Photo App: Shutter

Description from the AppStore: Find yourself wishing for a way to zoom in while taking photos on your iPhone? Shutter gives you the ability to zoom in up to 2x in realtime. Also, Shutter allows you to continue taking photos while it saves the ones you have taken.

Features:

• 2x zoom
• Corner shutter button (easy to find!)

Above: Shutter app showing the zoom slider and the shutter button on the left

AppStore Link: Shutter - Price FREE

Editors comments: This a is basic 2x zoom app, that for me places the camera's shutter is a slightly odd place.