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Héliographe

@heliographe.studio

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A small design studio in Tokyo making tools for photographers & visual artists Check out AgBr, a black and white film emulator, and 65×24, a panoramic camera, on the App Store https://heliographe.studio

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 24d

65x24.app mark II is live! The biggest update ever for the best panoramic camera app on iPhone.

Includes a new (optional) Liquid Glass based design, a modular control system, and so many new features that users have been requesting in the last 6 months.

Thanks for your support!

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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 1d

Extraordinary sunset this evening. Which I caught just the end of from our place. iPhone 12Pro with the 65x24 app by @heliographe.studio

Looking due east from the 13th floor of our building. That’s Mount Fuji on the left of the first frame.

Subset with Mount Fuji from the 13th floor of our building in Ōmori, Tokyo. Shot on iPhone 12Pro in 65x24 aspect ratio.

Subset from the 13th floor of our building in Ōmori, Tokyo. Shot on iPhone 12Pro in 65x24 aspect ratio.

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 5d

Update 1.6 for trichromy.app dropping later this month

Lots of quality of life updates, whether your device is brand new or 10 years old

If you’re curious about the history and details of trichromy as a photographic process - the oldest way to do color photography! - check out trichromy.com

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 6d

Our first acquisition: very excited to announce that @iconfactory.com has entrusted us with BitCam.app, the best 1-bit camera for iPhone.

No changes for now — it'll take a bit of time to modernize this 10 year old app — but I have lots of ideas for it. Stay tuned :)

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ClaireViolet @ultraviolet.gay · 7d

Riding the Bremerton to Seattle ferry this evening.

Shot on iPhone 14 with 65x24.app by @heliographe.studio

A beautiful rainbow emerges from behind a hill and recedes into a cloudy sky, with the skyline of seattle nearby.

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 8d

Shipped a minor update for BayerCam.app : now shows proper focal length (in mm) on iOS 26, minimum focus distance for the active camera (useful!), and fixes a number of little visual nits

Bigger update coming later this year, don't hesitate to send feature requests my way if you haven't already~

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 9d

this comic by Ben Montero lives in my head forever

Trust your gut, trust your feet...

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 10d

So I built the new features in a modular, customizable, and opt-in way, so that the app can look and behave radically differently - or just the same, down to the app icon that can be reverted to the old one.

Power to the users.

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 10d

65x24.app mark I on the top, mark II on the bottom.

Yes, they look identical on first launch—even though mark II comes with a dozen+ new features

It was a priority for me to design it in such a way that the workflow and muscle memory of existing users wouldn't be disrupted at all

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 11d

A fun installation at a local fall equinox night event, shot with 65x24.app

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Nata Pokrovskaya is writing a book on narrative design @natahq.bsky.social · 11d

‘Rollercoaster’ at Cirkobalkana. Processed with @heliographe.studio’s AgBr, my go-to BW app since its launch.

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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 12d

Another pause in proceedings for me, as I await the next photo op with the German minister I’m shadowing these past couple of days.

And a lovely view of Azabudai Hills.

iPhone 12Pro and 65x24 app by @heliographe.studio

Azabudai Hills from Kamiyacho. Photo made with 65x24app on iPhone 12Pro.

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 12d

I'm obviously biased, but any time I use 65x24.app in fullscreen viewfinder mode, I can't help but feel that our phones are just meant to be shooting in panoramic all the time

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 14d

Love my Ricoh GRIIIx!

Surreal image quality in such a tiny form factor.

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 14d

I have a secret to tell you:
Yes, rendering a bunch of fancy effects on the GPU will use more battery than...not

This is why 65x24.app lets you quickly turn off the Liquid Glass theme & revert to the Classic one, for when you need as much battery life as possible

(or maybe you just like flat UIs)

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 14d

Made a quick table to share when people ask about (Bayer) RAW vs ProRAW, as the naming is confusing & the differences subtle but meaningful

One isn't better than the other—BayerRAW is closer to what the sensor actually "sees", ProRAW a better showcase of the iPhone's computational processing smarts

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 14d

@andrewwrites.bsky.social bit of a mixup here - all iPhones since the 6s can shoot RAW (but the native Camera app doesn’t support it, you need a 3rd party app like BayerCam.app or Halide)

ProRAW is the format only supported by Pro devices

(confusing naming by Apple, as the 2 are quite different)

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Norbert Woehnl 📷 @norbertwoehnl.com · 15d

Good morning from #Tokyo on a bright Wednesday! I am working at the office today, and the view from the 18th floor never gets old. Also a nice showcase for @heliographe.studio’s #panoramic #65x24 app.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze @bskyphotos.bsky.social

From an office building in the Otemachi area of Tokyo, Japan, a view towards Tokyo Station and surrounding high-rise buildings.

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 16d

That's great, very glad to hear that!

It's such a unique format, I fell in love with it years ago and it's hard to shoot anything but panoramic now!

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 16d

I generally find the 5× telephoto on my 15 Pro way too tight, but every once in a while it really delivers. Shot with 65x24.app

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 18d

Didn't get an iPhone 17?

That's okay, the latest 65x24.app mark II update brings tons of new features to all iPhones from the last 10 years, including the classic 8 year old iPhone X (definitely no AI post processing on this guy)

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 21d

Another little feature in 65x24.app mark II that makes a huge difference: fully customizable grid lines for composition.

Whether you want rule of thirds, center lines, a tight grid for architecture - or even something more exotic like only vertical or only horizontal lines, you can make it yours.

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 22d

Very much inspired by Night Mode on the Apple Watch Ultra (I kinda wish it was a system wide thing on iOS/macOS too...)

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 22d

One of the many little new features in 65x24.app mark II that greatly improve quality of life: night mode.

At the tap of a button, the entire interface turns red.

Great for not blasting your retinas at night (or not blinding people behind you at concerts)

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Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 23d

An extra option I had fun adding is labels in a variety of different scripts for the slot names - from classic numbers and letters to Greek, Chinese, and more.

Héliographe @heliographe.studio · 23d

A new feature in 65x24.app mark II, amongst the top requested by users, is multiple processing preset slots.

You now get 4 slots you can switch between on the fly, with a variety of customizable controls to quickly get to the one you want.

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