Obscura — Pro Camera 4+
Manual Controls, ProRAW, Video
Ben McCarthy
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Obscura 4 is a camera app packed full of features to help you take incredible photos. Obscura pairs a stunning design with intuitive controls that make taking photos a delight.
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Over its 8 years on the App Store, Obscura has been much numerous times around the world, including as Editors’ Choice and App of the Day.
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Design
Obscura squeezes a bunch of powerful features into simple controls anyone can master. The interface balances aesthetics, ergonomics, and intuitiveness. You won’t want to use anything else. Controls can be reached with one thumb, and gestures and haptics combine to create a tactile experience that lets you stay focused on your subject.
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Capture Modes & Formats
Obscura captures photos, videos, Live Photos, and portraits. Photos can captured in RAW, ProRAW, HEIC, and JPEG (on supported devices, see http://obscura.camera/compatibility).
Capture images in multiple different aspect ratios, or filters live in camera for a wide variety of styles.
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Camera Settings
Obscura gives you control over exposure, focus, white balance, ISO, shutter speed, and flash, with intuitive controls that make you feel in control of your device’s camera.
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View Options
Obscura lets you display a grid, a spirit level, a histogram, focus peaking, a focus loupe, and exposure clipping highlights to help you understand every detail of what you’re shooting.
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Photo Library
Obscura has its own interface for browsing, rating, editing, and sharing images, but it’s fully integrated with your system photo library, so images captured with Obscura are available everywhere.
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Obscura Ultra
Obscura is free to use, with an annual subscription for premium features. See http://obscura.camera/ultra for full details.
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I hope you love using Obscura as much as I’ve loved designing and building it. If you do, please consider subscribing to Ultra, leaving a review, or just sharing with a friend.
All the best,
Ben
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Privacy Policy: http://obscura.camera/privacy
Terms of use: http://obscura.camera/terms
What’s New
Version 2024.2
Fixes:
- a fix for a blur animation not completing and remaining blurry after launch
- a fix for the orientation being incorrectly set for videos recorded in landscape
- a fix for a crash on watch companion app
- prevent changing camera during recording, unless using virtual camera
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If you have a moment to leave a rating or review for Obscura, it would be really great. It has a huge impact on search rankings and will help new folks discover Obscura.
Ben
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Choice
If you’re missing the manual controls of your DSLR camera, give Obscura a try. We love all the powerful features you can pull up at the touch of a thumb. Flick through unobtrusive controls to adjust your shot’s focus, metering, white balance, and shutter speed, with satisfying haptic feedback linked to every change.
Quickly becoming my go-to mobile photography app.
I've been on iOS since iOS 11, using an iPhone 6, and currently I''m on iOS 16, using an iPhone 13. During that time I've purchased, downloaded and used many apps in the category of mobile photography and still have a folder loaded with them. I make an effort to bounce between different ones, giving each a chance to stand out to me, especially after an update. Typically my favorites are Pro Shot and Halide, and Obscura was more or less an impulse buy at the time, which sat on my homescreen exactly where it downloaded to. But once I took the time to try it out I was surprised I hadn't gotten it sooner. Easy UI, flexible controls and great photo processing have made Obscura the app I keep finding myself gravitating towards everytime I see a shot I want to take. I own DSLR's and am amazed by how far mobile photography has evolved especially on iPhones - and I believe the team with Obscura is utilizing every bit of technological innovations to not only emulate DSLR grade photography, but to exceed and stand in a category it's own. Amazing job to the developers! Carpe Diem
Amazing UI, responsive developer
To be honest, I was having issues with this app originally. I loved the look, but it was crashing and not showing RAW photos correctly. I posted the issue on here and the developer reached out almost immediately and said they were working on it. Shortly after, I was added to the beta program and since then everything is working great. I’m enjoying the app and the opportunity to give feedback on improvements.
I highly recommend Obscura 3. You have to praise an app that doesn’t copy the others and takes a fresh approach. Very well done!!
Developer Response ,
Thanks for updating your review and for helping us track down that bug, it really means a lot!
App Privacy
The developer, Ben McCarthy, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Ben McCarthy
- Size
- 51.4 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 Ben McCarthy
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Obscura Ultra $9.99
- Obscura Ultra Upgrade $9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.