NightCap Camera: Long Exposure
★ 4.0What it actually doesNightCap is a night photography app with long exposure, astrophotography, and video modes, but the quality of results often does not match the promises in the description, and maximum shutter speed is severely limited.
Actually does
- ✓Camera70% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Noise Reduction
- ⚠Video player
- ⚠AI assistant
- ⚠Режим длительной выдержки
- ⚠Режим световых следов (light trails)
- ⚠Режимы астрофотографии (звёзды, МКС, метеоры, полярные сияния)
- ⚠Разгон ISO (в 4 раза выше стандартного)
- ⚠Ручное управление выдержкой, ISO, фокусом, балансом белого
- ⚠8x управление увеличением
- ⚠watchOS support
- ⚠Замедленная съёмка (HD и 4K)
- ⚠Чёрно-белый режим для фото и видео
Common complaints
- ✗Maximum exposure time limited to ~1 second instead of promised 15+ seconds32% of mentions
«1/1 second max exposure, to take a decent night sky photo you need at least 10-15 seconds exposure»
- ✗Photo quality is significantly worse than iPhone's built-in camera, doesn't match app description screenshots40% of mentions
«Photo quality is terrible!!! It's very far behind the built-in camera!!!»
- ✗AI mode (Aidie) is unstable: unpredictably changes settings, doesn't save photos in automatic modes8% of mentions
«AI mode constantly changes the settings. Automatic photo mode doesn't save photos»
- ✗Severe image lag on screen during movement, app is sluggish12% of mentions
«It's extremely sluggish! Once you open the app, it's better not to move, because the image can't keep up with the movement»
- ✗App crashes when attempting to take photos or using long exposure8% of mentions
«Crashes when trying to take a photo and when setting long exposure in settings»
What people praise
- ★Good astrophotography app (when it works)
«Best app for astrophotography»
- ★Improves night photography quality in certain conditions
«Best camera for night shooting»
- ★Convenient interface with all necessary tools in one place
«Nothing really special, you can find all this in other cameras, but here everything is conveniently organized in one place»
- ★Actually improves front camera photo quality
«Really improves front camera photo quality»
- ★Better than some alternatives (e.g. NeuralCam)
«I really liked this app, and it's better than NeuralCam»