LateNiteSoft SL's Photon 2.0 Camera App Launched - 3D White Balance Control and More

Photon 2.0, an update focused on color accuracy

Photon Camera is an app that allows complete manual control of focus, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance. Designed with a minimalistic design to make it easy to use, it has practical features for photographers, like live exposure, histogram, and focus peaking, and it can shoot in RAW, ProRAW, HEIF, and JPG.

The old (left) and new (right) interface for controlling color. – Source: LateNiteSoft SL

With twenty updates in six months, the app has been incorporating new features like clipping, timer, focus lapse, burst mode, shoot to disk, etc. Photon 2.0 now focuses on improving white balance by adding new tools like finer manual control and automatic detection.

Photon 2.0 includes a tactile 3D ball for changing color using the iPhone’s haptic feedback; we can change the color by moving the wheel or with the arrows for a more precise adjustment. The ball covers not only the classic warm-cool kelvin shift but also the green and magenta tint.

This update also adds automatic detection with a grey card function. By activating manual white balance and tapping on the grey card option, the phone can adjust colors automatically by using an 18% grey card, which should be especially helpful in demanding lighting scenarios.

Photon camera offers manual and auto white balance, and different shooting formats. – Source: LateNiteSoft SL

Price and availability

Photon 2.0 is now available in the Apple App Store. The current subscription costs $3.99 per month or $19.99 per year, and you can also acquire the Pro version for a one-time price of $39.99. There is a special offer for CineD readers at a 50% discount following this link (code: CINED2024), check it out! (This is not an affiliate link.)

What do you think of Photon 2.0? Would you use it for specific jobs like content creation? Let us know in the comments below!