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The iPhone just got the capability of being "a professional film camera in your pocket," if Midnox, the makers of the iPhone app SteadyCam Pro are to be believed.
Can SteadyCam Pro [iTunes link] rival the magic of Steadicam, that professional stabilizing camera mount that's been used extensively in the film and video production industry since 1976? We plunked down our $2.99 and gave the app a try.
Take a look at this video I shot on an iPhone 4, and you'll see that the app actually works, smoothing out jitters and bumps. What you're not seeing in the video is the way the app crashed more often than not, usually after recording for about 60 seconds.
At the beginning of the video, you'll notice it drops a few frames, something it does within a few seconds of pressing the record button. The frame dropping stopped after a few seconds, though, and the app nicely smoothed out movement in real time.
If its developers could just fix the stability issues, it would be a wonderful addition to the iPhone's camcorder capabilities. SteadyCam tells us a fix for those crashes around the minute mark is under way, and will appear as soon as Apple approves it.
It's not a real Steadicam (notice the spelling of the pioneer camera stabilization system, compared to the "SteadyCam" spelling of this app), nor will it turn your iPhone into professional film camera, but its stabilization capabilities are real and impressive.
Here's video of the app in action from its developers, showing its image stabilization prowess in its most positive light:
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