Camera+ updated, VolumeSnap returns at last

There is one unitended consequence of adding the + button picture taking. With the iPhone 4S held in the position with the + button on the top right edge of the iPhone ( the same position as the usual camera picture taking button, the resultant picture file or video file might appear to be upside down.

The explanation for that can be found at http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/exif-orientation.html

The iPhone 4S, like all high end digital cameras producing large image or video files, shows the viewfinder image "right side up" no matter which of four possible orientations the camera is held. Like those high end cameras, the iPhone 4S does not perform a lossless rotation of the image while saving the image file or the video file it has just taken. No camera or Smart Phone has the computational resources of processing power and fast memory to do this in a reasonable time. So the image is exported with the orientation information as a one digit flag in the EXIF meta data for the file.
The use of EXIF metadata has been around fornabout 10 years, so this is nothing that Apple invented, they are just following the industry convention.

Adobe and Apple both take the orientation data flag into consideration when they open a file, and use that flag to orient the image tomappear "right side up" before they show younthe file. When you "Save" or "Save As...." the file, both Adobe and Apple save then image in the upright position in the upright position, and you might never even know that they have done so unless you knew at EXIF orientation.

Suppose you just email the file to someone beforenyounhavebsavedbit with qan ApplemormAdobe product that hasncleanednup any orientation for you. Many mail programs and some brkowsers have, through inattention to the EXIF flag, the efect of showing the image sideways,mor even upside down.

One of my favorite video viewing apps VLC has only recently been updatednso my video files, taken withnthe + button up, are not showing upsidemdown.

Expect to hear howls of complaint from Windows folk especially, as the default Windows viewer is stiil not aware of EXIF meta data.

Have fun with this unitended consequence. The camera + folks might well put a littlemwarning about EXIF meta data to prevent the complaining demands thatthe fix the " bug" in their software, which of course, it is not.

I'm glad that this feature is back, mostly for the ability to use the volume button on a set of earbuds as a remote shutter). However, I've generally found that I shake the camera more using the volume button as the shutter than just using the on-screen button. The force required to press the volume button, while not much, is just enough that it takes effort not to jitter the phone a bit, in my experience. On the flip side, I have no trouble applying a light touch to the screen.

Had to check in my updates to see if that was the actual release notes for it... ha ha. Apparently Apple does have a tiny sense of humor...

Am I the only one who finds that wording really unprofessional?

Anyway, glad to have it back, but I find I seldom use apps other than the default camera app.

This also means my headphones will now work as a cable release in Camera+ which combined with some of the extra features could be really neat. :)

I don't see why people think this is a bad thing that Apple stole this, i'm sure most people have no idea it happened.
Apple did the same thing with Podcaster before it added podcast downloading built-in.

I feel like you could easily see where Apple's going with the OS when a feature that everyone gets excited about gets the ban hammer from the store.

That's great...now if they just add Touch Focus & Exposure for iOS5 on the 4S we'll be all set !!!

Now if only Camera+ would add HDR for older devices, I could stop juggling three different camera apps. Sadly, I doubt there's much demand from 3GS users like me for it...