p.1 #1Free manual camera app for iPhone (I'm the developer): your exact ISO, shutter and aperture in the file
Hi all. I'm Rosen, a photographer from Bulgaria. Like many here I carry an iPhone more often than a camera bag, and what always bothered me is that the built-in Camera app has no manual ISO. You can nudge the brightness, but the phone still picks its own ISO and shutter speed.
So I built my own camera app, Real ProCam. Full disclosure: I'm the developer. It's new and completely free, with no ads, no account and no in-app purchases. I'm not doing it to make money; I want enthusiasts to have real manual control on the phone they already carry.
What it does:
- Manual ISO, shutter speed and aperture (f/1.48 to f/4 on the iPhone 18 Pro), each on its own or all together
- The photo is taken only after the camera confirms your values, so the ISO and shutter speed in the EXIF are the ones you set
- Every rear lens from 0.5x to 8x (8x on the 17 Pro and 18 Pro)
- RAW, ProRAW, TIFF, HEIF and JPEG
- Live histogram and an exposure meter that shows how far you are from the metered exposure
With manual exposure each shot is a single frame with minimal processing and no frame merging, so it shows what the iPhone's camera hardware really does. If there's noise at high ISO, that's the sensor, not a filter on top, and a frame you meant to be dark stays dark. Two examples from my own shooting at 8x: autumn leaves in hard midday sun at ISO 20, 1/24,000 s, f/2.8, where only the leaves in direct light register and the street behind falls to black; and a sunset at ISO 20, 1/1900 s, f/2.8.
I'd really value testers and honest feedback from people who shoot manually: what works, what's missing, and anything that behaves differently from what you'd expect from a dedicated camera.
It's on the App Store as Real ProCam (search for "Real ProCam"). New accounts here can't post links for the first day, so I'll add the link later.
