iPhone 12 Pro Max Support Added to Artist’s Viewfinder and Technical Camera

November 29, 2020 by

Updates to fully support iPhone 12 Pro Max cameras in Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder and Technical Camera are now available on the App Store. This includes both lab-measured angle of views as well as Wide Mode support for the ultra wide camera.

But since the telephoto camera is longer than all other iPhone telephoto cameras were (2.5x vs 2x), the user interface of both apps had to be adapted to the new situation.

Changes in Artist’s Viewfinder to accommodate the 2.5x camera of the 12 Pro Max

The changes are consistent across both apps. First, the 2x icon on the Quick Control Screen in Artists Viewfinder and on Camera Options in Technical Camera changes to 2.5 in case your device sports the longer telephoto camera.

Second, the Smart Function Key formerly known as Switch Wide/Tele Cameras is now named Toggle Telephoto Camera, and the associated key label has been changed from 2x to T to be angle of view neutral. Well, the name change was long overdue since the old one was rather ambiguous on triple camera devices…

The Viewfinder Handbook has also been updated to reflect these changes.

And that’s it for now. Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder 6.8 and Technical Camera 1.9 are free updates for existing users.

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First Batch of iPhone 12 Support Updates

November 4, 2020 by

Artist’s Viewfinder 6.7 and Technical Camera 1.8 now support three of this year’s four iPhone models: 12, 12 Pro and because it shares its camera system with the regular 12, the 12 mini. Due to camera differences between the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, we’ll issue another update once we have a 12 Pro Max in the lab and completed all the measurements.

Compared to 11-series devices, the new camera systems bring both a positive and a negative change. The ultra wide camera has optics that can be corrected more precisely than last year’s, but in exchange the wide camera has more distortion (clearly visible in the corners). You can’t have it all… Other that these, there’s nothing worth mentioning – the ultra wide inherited most of the flaws and limitations of its predecessor (no RAW, no AF, requires software distortion correction).

As usual, we’ve added a few new cameras to the Viewfinder Camera Database, including the Canon C70 and RED KOMODO 6K (for the complete list see the release notes).

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