STANLEY Stable Action Camera 9+
Stanley Digital Inc.
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
iPhone Screenshots
Description
Stanley is the only in-camera video stabilizer that keeps your subject stable and upright no matter whether you hold your phone upright, rotate it or even turn it upside down! Our patented stabilization technology is unlike anything you have used before. Your moments are precious, and STANLEY is here to make them look their best.
When you are at the beach or on a hike, the action can happen fast and when it does, you may need to turn your camera to follow the action. Your built-in camera doesn’t rotate and gimbal like Stanley does.. When you turn the camera while shooting, you almost always get the wrong orientation on your video! But not with Stanley! Stanley gyroscopically auto-levels your videos just like having an expensive attached stabilization arm but without the cost and frustration.
Stanley features 3 different modes, CENTER, PORTRIAT AND LANDSCAPE.
Center mode keeps your subject centered and upright no matter how you turn your camera (even upside-down).
Portrait mode shoots video vertically no matter how you turn your camera which is great for apps that are optimized for vertical framing like snapchat and other apps.
Landscape mode shoots video horizontally no matter how you turn your camera. It is great for sites like youtube and facebook where landscape is preferred. Even if you are holding your phone vertically, you will still be shooting with horizontal framing.
▶ Capture locked and leveled vertical or horizontal videos
▶ Three leveling modes: Center, Portrait and Landscape
▶ Pinch to zoom feature
▶ Record videos with either the front or back camera
▶ Share your videos on your favorite social network
▶ Open your videos in other apps
▶ Save and share immediately, no rendering
▶ PRO Features: Pause and Resume, Reverse video and Record up to 10 minutes.
▶ Use the Flash
▶ Built in count down timer set for 10, 5 or 3 seconds.
▶ Submit your videos at Stanleyapp.com and be eligible for prizes!
Ratings and Reviews
Videos Should be Horizontal
If you’re able to hold your phone horizontally without fumbling it, accidentally pressing the locking button or covering a lens with your hand, Apple’s camera app is the best for taking stabilized videos.
If you’re a klutz like me who’s incapable of holding a phone in any position but portrait mode or your horizon always looks like a ski slope this app might help.
It’s not perfect by any means. It’s totally un-stabilized video and if shooting on the run, the horizontal floating frame is a bit slow adjusting to hand movements leading to rolling shutter effects. The camera also takes a few seconds to warm up so unless the app is already running in the background immediate grab shots are likely to be missed.
However:
Rolling shutter and startup issues aside, this app will create proper horizontal videos no matter how your phone is held. A horizontal video is always easier to look at than those with a vertical or square cropped format. Invest in a post shoot stabilizing app that’s able to subdue the majority of video jitter or better yet, if a support can be found to rest against, the video can be less bouncy to begin with.
A few things to know:
Horizontal videos taken with the phone held upright maintain high resolution because the zoom ratio is increased. In unlocked mode if you start a scene with the phone held vertically and then smoothly rotate the phone to a horizontal position you will create a professional looking close-up to wide angle transition of your subject, or vice versa.
I’ve found the on-screen timer is useful when taking selfies where both hands need to be shown. The phone can be set in place and the timer accessed without having to fumble with the screen to access sub menus.
The “center mode” feature has little value to me. Unless the horizon is more important than any other attribute, the result still needs cropping and stabilization. Until someone can rationalize a better reason for it, removing it would help simplify the interface.
Adding stabilization would put Stanley in another class entirely. As is, and for the cost it’s off to a good start.
Only 10 minutes of recording available
Stabilization wasn’t that great. But limited to only 10 minutes of recording. I’m glad I didn’t buy the extra add-on.
Amazing
This is exactly what I’m looking for for my YouTube videos!
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- Stanley Digital Inc.
- Size
- 45 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
- © Stanley Digital Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro Feature $2.99