Eye-Popping HDR Photography Now Standard On iPhone

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The iPhone’s strong nod to photography just got more emphatic with the introduction of HDR in today’s iOS 4.1 update.

HDR, or High Dynamic Range, combines the best parts of an underexposed image with the best parts of an overexposed image — so it’s really three images in one.

The results can be stunning, and up till now the effect was only available on the iPhone through third-party apps. It’s another sign that the iPhone is more than just a photographic toy, and it’s a big deal that Apple saw fit to include it in iOS 4.1.

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Don Pope
You’d need a tripod for this to work.
http://www.bryandobson.ca Bryan Dobson
Not really, I can take a very nice HDR from my DLSR just by taking a breath and standing still. There is a certain amount of correction in most HDR setups.
Mike Petty
About an hour before the announcement of HDR integrated into the IOS I bought the HDR app. I used it tonight and the results were stunning. NO tripod just hand held in a very strong wind out on the prairies. The app only takes two shots…the IOS will take 3. Should be very cool.
NoHDR
Great. Now people can take shitty HDR pics from their hipster iphone. Just what the world needs. HDR sucks. It looks stupid and plastic.