Spectre Camera

Spectre Camera


Brilliant Long Exposures


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1.5.4for iPhone, iPod touch
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Oct 10, 2023
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About Spectre Camera

Apple iPhone App of the Year, 2019

Introducing Spectre, from the makers of Halide, one of the top camera apps in the App Store.

Spectre uses AI to help you make amazing long exposure photographs. Spectre can remove crowds, turn city streets into rivers of light, make waterfalls look like paintings, and much more. Until now, it was difficult to take long exposures: from keeping the camera steady to guessing the amount of light you need. Spectre takes care of all of that!

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• MAKE CROWDS DISAPPEAR: Spectre helps take photos of crowded, touristy places. Simply set a medium or long duration and take a shot to erase the crowd from a location. Capture the those special moments like you remember them.

• RIVERS OF LIGHT: At night, AI scene detection automatically switches modes to draw beautiful light trails, for stunning nighttime city photography or light painting.

• GORGEOUS WATER: Capture waterfalls, ocean waves, fountains and more with beautiful ghostly water.

LIVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO

Spectre’s intelligent computational shutter takes hundreds of shots over the span of a few seconds, and saves them in an accompanying live photo. That means you can pick a different frame as your photo, apply live-photo effects, and even use the long exposure as a live-wallpaper!

ENDLESS SMARTS

Spectre is a packed with powerful technology from by the team that brought you Halide.

From machine learning-based scene detection to computer vision aided image stabilization, Spectre is jammed full of impressive technologies to get the best possible image.

DESIGNED FOR HUMANS

Spectre is meticulously designed. Its dark UI is gentle on the eyes when you shoot at night. Gorgeous glowing highlights infuse it with a unique style. Custom typefaces and iconography combined with unique, smooth controls make it as tactile and delightful as an actual physical camera. Like its sister app Halide, the app is easily usable with one hand, even on the largest iPhones.

HIGH-TECH SHOWCASE

Build with the latest tech, Spectre isn't just a long exposure camera — it’s the cutting edge technology showcase of one of the App Store’s foremost camera apps, Halide. Here’s just a few of the latest technologies that we use in Spectre:

- DCI-P3 Wide Color Pipeline
- Live Photos
- Metal Graphics Acceleration
- Tripod Detection
- Siri & Shortcuts
- AI Stabilization
- Machine Learning & CoreML
- Computer Vision

COMPATIBILITY:

Spectre’s smart Automatic Scene Detection requires iOS 12. AI-based stabilization features are available on iPhone 6S and later.* For the best experience, we recommend iPhone 8 or later.

On iPhone 6, Spectre captures in lower resolution.


ABOUT US

We’re Ben and Sebastiaan, two friends living in the San Francisco Bay Area that love building fantastic apps for photography.

We hope you love Spectre! We’d love your feedback to make it even better or any reports of bugs you run into. You can always contact us directly via email: support@halide.cam, on our Twitter: @halidecamera or Instagram: @halideapp

Don’t forget to share your amazing results by tagging them with #SpectreShot so we can share them on our growing social media accounts!
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.5.4

Last updated on Oct 10, 2023
Old Versions
Welcome to Spectre 1.5.4! This update brings support to all of the latest and greatest iPhones — full 5× tetraprism support, extra tweaks and fixes and more. Spectre is still the best app for long exposures on iPhone, and we'll keep on making it better and great on the latest hardware.

We hope you love this update — if you love our app, consider leaving us a review or rating in the App Store. It helps us a lot!

- Ben & Sebastiaan from Lux
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Version History
1.5.4
Oct 10, 2023
Welcome to Spectre 1.5.4! This update brings support to all of the latest and greatest iPhones — full 5× tetraprism support, extra tweaks and fixes and more. Spectre is still the best app for long exposures on iPhone, and we'll keep on making it better and great on the latest hardware.

We hope you love this update — if you love our app, consider leaving us a review or rating in the App Store. It helps us a lot!

- Ben & Sebastiaan from Lux
1.5.3
Jul 26, 2023
This update improves the experience if you only grant limited photo library access. It also fixes some issues with the interface on very small phones. Of course it also contains all the awesome stuff from our big 1.5 release!

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We're excited to launch this major update to Spectre, allowing you to capture long exposures up to 30 seconds! We've also improved support for the latest Apple devices. This upgrade is FREE to anyone who has already purchased Spectre.

We're also adding a "Pro" unlock within the app that adds a few more goodies, such as a custom icon. Again, if you've already purchased Spectre, this doesn't unlock any new capture features. If you already paid for Spectre, upgrading to Pro just unlocks a few perks as a small thank you for supporting Spectre's continued development.

We're excited to get this update out there, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Please let us know what you think by emailing support@lux.camera, or message us on BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, Twitter, or aldis lamp. And don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot for a chance to be featured!

— Team Lux
1.5.2
Jul 20, 2023
This update improves the experience if you only grant limited photo library access. It also fixes some issues with the interface on very small phones. Of course it also contains all the awesome stuff from our big 1.5 release!

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We're excited to launch this major update to Spectre, allowing you to capture long exposures up to 30 seconds! We've also improved support for the latest Apple devices. This upgrade is FREE to anyone who has already purchased Spectre.

We're also adding a "Pro" unlock within the app that adds a few more goodies, such as a custom icon. Again, if you've already purchased Spectre, this doesn't unlock any new capture features. If you already paid for Spectre, upgrading to Pro just unlocks a few perks as a small thank you for supporting Spectre's continued development.

We're excited to get this update out there, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Please let us know what you think by emailing support@lux.camera, or message us on BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, Twitter, or aldis lamp. And don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot for a chance to be featured!

— Team Lux
1.5.1
Jul 18, 2023
We're excited to launch this major update to Spectre, allowing you to capture long exposures up to 30 seconds! We've also improved support for the latest Apple devices. This upgrade is FREE to anyone who has already purchased Spectre.

We're also adding a "Pro" unlock within the app that adds a few more goodies, such as a custom icon. Again, if you've already purchased Spectre, this doesn't unlock any new capture features. If you already paid for Spectre, upgrading to Pro just unlocks a few perks as a small thank you for supporting Spectre's continued development.

We're excited to get this update out there, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Please let us know what you think by emailing support@lux.camera, or message us on BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, Twitter, or aldis lamp. And don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot for a chance to be featured!

— Team Lux
1.5.0
Jul 18, 2023
We're excited to launch this major update to Spectre, allowing you to capture long exposures up to 30 seconds! We've also improved support for the latest Apple devices. This upgrade is FREE to anyone who has already purchased Spectre.

We're also adding a "Pro" unlock within the app that adds a few more goodies, such as a custom icon. Again, if you've already purchased Spectre, this doesn't unlock any new capture features. If you already paid for Spectre, upgrading to Pro just unlocks a few perks as a small thank you for supporting Spectre's continued development.

We're excited to get this update out there, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Please let us know what you think by emailing support@lux.camera, or message us on BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, Twitter, or aldis lamp. And don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot for a chance to be featured!

— Team Lux
1.1.11
May 12, 2022
This small update improves compatibility with the latest iPhones. On iPhone 13 Pro, the telephoto lens is properly labeled "3x" instead of "2.5x." We've also addressed other small bug bugs.
1.1.10
Jan 15, 2021
This small update fixes a few bugs in iOS 14.3. If you’re running an iPhone 12 Pro Max, you’ll find that the telephoto lens now properly displays 2.5x instead of 2x. If you have any bug reports or general feedback, please let us know at support@lux.camera.
1.1.9
Sep 21, 2020
If you're upgrading to iOS 14, this update should fix a problem with the status bar not disappearing after you review your photos. It also fixes an issue that might pop up from setting photo library permissions to "Limited."

We apologize if you run into an issue running Spectre for the first time after upgrading; you may be shown the opening tutorial launch, and then prompted for photo library permissions. The surprise release of iOS 14 caught us a bit off guard, so a bug fix didn't make the cut. We promise to do a better job planning around these surprises in the future.

Unrelated, we have some exciting things to announce in the next few weeks. Make sure you're following @halidecamera on Twitter!
1.1.8
Apr 24, 2020
This update adds official support for the new iPhone SE!

If you have any feedback, let us know through the link in the description. You can also reach out to @halidecamera on Twitter. Happy shooting!

-- Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.7
Mar 30, 2020
Thank you for supporting Spectre, Apple’s iPhone App of the Year of 2019! In this update, we've fixed an issue adding and removing Siri Shortcuts from within settings, along with other small bug fixes.

If you have any bug reports or other feedback, feel free to either email support or send us a message directly on Twitter at @HalideCamera.

Stay tuned. We have an exciting year ahead!
-- Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.6
Dec 18, 2019
We couldn't have built the iPhone App of the Year without your kind words and support. We’re humbled by the recognition, your kind reviews and messages, and your beautiful images. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

This update fixes a crash that happens when iCloud has trouble syncing. We've also fixed a color bug in the "About" screen. If you have any bugs or general feedback, please let us know at support@halide.cam.

-— Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.5
Dec 10, 2019
THE NEW IPHONE UPDATE

iPhone 11 users rejoice! This update adds support for the new ultra-wide camera on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. We've got cool stuff planned to further take advantage of these new devices.

If you have any feedback about Spectre or run into bugs, we're always listening and ready to help. The best way to contact us is support@halide.cam — comments, questions and praise are always welcome.

Don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot to be featured on our Instagram!

—Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.4
Sep 25, 2019
THE NEW IPHONE UPDATE

iPhone 11 users rejoice! This update adds support for the new ultra-wide camera on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. We've got cool stuff planned to further take advantage of these new devices.

If you have any feedback about Spectre or run into bugs, we're always listening and ready to help. The best way to contact us is support@halide.cam — comments, questions and praise are always welcome.

Don't forget to tag your photos #SpectreShot to be featured on our Instagram!

—Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.3
Sep 1, 2019
This small update improves focus when shooting in low-light, and some localization bugs. But we've got bigger things in the works, so watch this space!
1.1.2
Apr 15, 2019
This small update makes a few slight changes to the stabilization algorithm to help out new users.

Spectre is now available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish! While you’re reading this in English, that might not seem exciting, but we’re pleased to bring Spectre to even more parts of the world.

If you're using iOS 12.2, we've cut Spectre's size by 58%! Seven megabytes may not seem like much, but that's the size of Windows 3.1.

Finally, we've fixed a couple of our top crashes.

Thanks for supporting Spectre! If you like what we're doing, consider leaving a review. If you need any help or have feedback, please let us know at support at support@chromanoir.com.
1.1.1
Mar 12, 2019
Thank you for helping make Spectre such a success! We're excited to release this hefty update based on your feedback.
AI Stabilization is now available to iPhone 7, 6S and SE users! Handheld shots will be significantly sharper. Just wait for "STABLE" to light up, and snap away.

When shooting light trails, we've increased stabilization on all devices. It took some work to do this without compromising quality, but we think the wait was worth it.

We've increased the resolution of the video we save as part of your live photo. That means more details when you go back to edit the long exposure, or share the video. You didn't know you could share the video? Just tap the movie-share button in the bottom of our photo reviewer.

For our vision impaired users, we've significantly improved voiceover support.

Finally, we've fixed a bunch of small things. We improved the metadata we save in images, so they show the right duration. We've fixed our top crash, and fixed some bugs in Dutch localization. More localizations are coming soon!

Enjoy the update? Fixed an issue you had? Or just love Spectre? We’d love it if you left us a review. It helps us a lot.

If we missed something, please email us at support@chromanoir.com, and we're happy to help.

— Ben & Sebastiaan
1.1.0
Mar 10, 2019
Thank you for helping make Spectre such a success! We're excited to release this hefty update based on your feedback.

AI Stabilization is now available to iPhone 7, 6S and SE users! Handheld shots will be significantly sharper. Just wait for "STABLE" to light up, and snap away.

When shooting light trails, we've increased stabilization on all devices. It took some work to do this without compromising quality, but we think the wait was worth it.

We've increased the resolution of the video we save as part of your live photo. That means more details when you go back to edit the long exposure, or share the video. You didn't know you could share the video? Just tap the movie-share button in the bottom of our photo reviewer.

For our vision impaired users, we've significantly improved voiceover support.

Finally, we've fixed a bunch of small things. We improved the metadata we save in images, so they show the right duration. We've fixed our top crash. We added a little more polish here and there.

Enjoy the update? Fixed an issue you had? Or just love Spectre? We’d love it if you left us a review. It helps us a lot.

If we missed something, please email us at support@chromanoir.com, and we're happy to help.

— Ben & Sebastiaan
1.0.2
Mar 4, 2019
Here’s another update, hot off the presses! First off, thank you all for your feedback and amazing responses and shots shared. It’s been an incredible launch!

This update fixes a few issues, including:
* The water tutorial in settings crashes when loading
* Flipping the camera randomly crashes
* Color bands appearing on the edge of the photo

Love Spectre? Did our update fix an issue you were having? Consider leaving us a review! It helps us a lot.

Thanks,
— Ben & Sebastiaan
1.0.1
Mar 2, 2019
This small update fixes a few issues:
* Auto focus misbehaving — if you got some blurry shots, try it now!
* Stabilization sensitivity
* Screen flicker on certain phones
* Numbers on the duration dial getting cut-off
* The status bar disappearing in settings

Did we miss a bug? Please reach out at support@chromanoir.com and we'll look right into it.

Thanks for your feedback — if you love Spectre, please give us a review in the App Store. It helps us tremendously!
1.0
Feb 28, 2019

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Spectre Camera.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Spectre Camera supports English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
Spectre Camera contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Spectre Pro
$4.99

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