Author: Ben Sandofsky

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February 8, 2023

Halide 2.11: Field Tested in the Galapagos

Normally we share updates through long articles, but writing about photography is like dancing about math. What if we share it in a video? (Spoiler: we are not launching a video app.) If you dig the new format, let us know in the video comments or through Halide@mastodon.social
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  • Halide
March 1, 2022

Halide 2.7: It’s A Keeper

We put care into making Halide an incredible app for taking photos. This update is different, however: instead of focusing on how you take photos, we've worked on radically improving how we keep your photos.
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  • Halide
October 6, 2021

iPhone Macro: A Big Day for Small Things

The iPhone 13 Pro features a new camera capable of focusing closer than ever before. Let's take a tour of what this lens unlocks, some clever details you might miss in its implementation, why its "automatic" nature can catch you off guard, and much more.
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  • Announcements
June 2, 2021

Lux Year 4: Doubling Down

A look into year four at Lux — The most intense year yet, with Halide Mark II's launch, a global pandemic and much more.
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March 20, 2021

Welcome to Lux

Allow us to to reintroduce ourselves. We're Lux, a tiny studio you might know from our photography apps, Halide and Spectre, or our obsessive articles on photography. Until now, we published though Medium, but today everything changes.

First, a little history.
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  • iPhone
December 15, 2020

Understanding ProRAW

We make the most popular RAW camera for iPhone, so when Apple revealed their new ProRAW image format, we were beyond excited.

Then they announced it’s coming to the built-in camera app. Why would Apple cram a complicated feature into an app meant for everyone?

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  • Halide
October 22, 2020

Pro. Camera. Action. Introducing Halide Mark II

After eighteen months of work, today we’re excited to announce a new photography app. It takes everything we’ve learned since launching the acclaimed manual photography app, Halide, and combines it with the technology developed for Spectre, Apple’s 2019’s iPhone App of the Year. We call this new app Halide Mark II.
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May 20, 2020

Lux Year 3: The End of the Beginning

It’s Halide’s third birthday! Every year, we’re going to celebrate with a recap. Last year was big. Buckle up, because this one’s a rollercoaster.
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  • iPhone
April 27, 2020

iPhone SE: The One-Eyed King?

After four years of waiting, we have a new small and even budget-conscious iPhone. We take a look at what makes this new iPhone's camera unique — and find an interesting surprise.
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  • Halide
September 30, 2019

Halide 1.14: Time to Get Switchy

Welcome to Halide 1.14, our first big update after a busy summer. We’ve spent the last few months preparing for iOS 13 and new hardware, and we’re very excited to walk you through what’s new. iPhone 11 and 11 Pro Support We released a small lightning update on iPhone 11 launch day with basic support for the new cameras. Now we’re ready to release our big update. We engineered new features that take advantage of the powerful new hardware in the latest and greatest iPhones, starting with… The Tactile Lens Switcher In the past we’ve had a simple button that swaps between your wide angle and telephoto cameras. It served us well, but it was time to revisit it for the three cameras on the iPhone 11 Pro. At a glance, our lens switcher looks the same as before; we kept it in the same spot so it doesn’t interfere with your viewfinder and is within easy reach. Keeping the viewfinder clear of any obstructions is one of our highest priorities. It works similarly, too, at first glance: just keep tapping to cycle between 1x, 2x, and 0.5x sizes. Unfortunately, switching cameras has a bit of a delay. If you’re composing..