Angle of View 2.0 for iOS adds real-world-scale sensor size diagrams
Physical Software announced today the release of “Angle of View” version 2.0, the first major update to its iOS photography calculator utility for amateur and professional photographers, directors of photography, camera buyers, salespeople, journalists, and educators. The app enables quick, one-handed operation, making it easy to determine angle-of-view and subject distances, and to determine the equivalent millimeters between five customizable sensor sizes simultaneously.
As in previous versions, the main screen of “Angle of View” is a color-coded display showing angles (in degrees) and distances (in feet or meters). The user selects an active format from among the five on the dashboard buttons. They then select a focal length, distance-to-subject, and measuring tape size via gestural controls, and the app updates its graphical and numerical displays in real-time when each gesture is performed. The angles shown are horizontal, diagonal, and vertical. The distances shown are distance-to-subject, and the distances across the subject frame horizontally and vertically. The app computes the equivalent focal lengths and “crop factors” for the other four formats, relative to the active format, so you can see the necessary focal length to achieve the same angle of view on all five formats at once.
The angle diagram represents the camera’s horizontal field of view, as if viewed from above. The user can also pinch to resize the dashed-yellow “measuring tape” to provide a sense of scale. The measuring tape scales in real time when the distance or focal length is changed. In 2.0, the app now displays the distance-to-subject necessary for the camera to fit the measuring tape into the shot, and shows the “range factor” used in this determination.
“Angle of View” relies solely on gesture-based controls in the main screen. For instance, the user inputs the focal length via a spinning wheel control, which mimics the operation of a zoom lens. The distance-to-subject (“range”) is set via a slider. All the gestural controls are fully customizable via the app’s preferences screen, which uses a numerical keypad for input and features a newly redesigned “Format Editor.”
Angle of View retails for $1.99/£1.49 and you can download it here
Version 2.0 also features a new “Format Size Viewer” that automatically generates a real-world-scale sensor size diagram comparing five user-selectable sensor formats in a color-coded manner with resizable text labels that can be hidden, abbreviated, or expanded by pinching on the diagram. The diagram can be exported to the user’s camera roll with a standard long-press gesture. Due to all iPhones having the same width of screen, the app is able to draw each format such that the physical dimensions of the on-screen rectangle match those of the real-life sensor itself. This could be handy for anyone shopping for a camera, since a camera’s sensor size is often listed by the manufacturer as an odd fraction of an inch that only indirectly relates to the physical sensor size.
The fully redesigned “Format Editor” in 2.0 allows for the creating and modifying the sensor formats that live in the app’s database. The Editor also allows you to assign each format to one of five slots used in the size diagram and in the main dashboard. The new design allows for much easier editing of formats and automatically calculates many aspects of a format once the user has entered a few variables.
Redesigned for iOS 7, “Angle of View” 2.0 also now sports a user interface overhaul in accordance with Apple’s new iOS 7 design principles, and introduces a new “darkroom” look featuring a black background and red controls. Even though the app remains compatible with iOS versions going back to 4.3, Physical Software has ensured that even on prior iOS versions, the app’s new look-and-feel remains consistent.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 1.0 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Angle of View 2.0 is $1.99 USD/£1.99 and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
