QuickCam app review

The iPhone camera- amazing is the correct term to describe the hardware, current common usage aside. The abilities of the sensor and lens in my phone exceed or equal those of dedicated cameras of similar resolution. I use it a lot.  The software though, is open to improvement, and many are doing just that.

TUAW posted a review of an app that is designed to make the camera quicker, reducing the lag at startup so the first shot can be grabbed faster.

I often look for grab shots as I am walking, or need a photo to illustrate a point for my work. The "long" wait for Camera+ is unacceptable, though I love everything else about that app. The native iPhone camera is only slightly faster.

In my tests I get the iPhone camera opened or awakened in about 2.75 seconds. The QuickCam app in about 1.5 seconds. A good improvement, and required to justify this app, because it is a lean picture capturing app with no other attributes.

For example, when you want to view a photo you can't from the camera, you have to go to your photo library.

I also had a problem recording video longer than a couple of minutes.

And the appearance? Homely is the charitable way of putting it.




There is a minor surprise feature too, that lightbulb button on the upper left turns on the flash, without recording a movie- instant flashlight, and goodbye to another single use app on my iPhone!

Focus and exposure work like the native camera, great- and I don't miss the missing HDR- iPhone's software is not that good anyway. There is a zoom slider too.

What QuickCam does is get your iPhone camera into action fast. As fast as I can get it up and framed the camera is ready, and that is worth the $.99 to me.  I used it all day and was pleased with the speed.