Reciprocity Timer 4+

Super hard to change settings and understand the interface. Some things don’t scale on my iPhone so the information is cut.

It is a good app for us photographers who need this kind of service out in the field.
But there is a problem with exporting the info and when I have told the company that there is a problem I don't get any response. Nor it seems to be an upgrade to fix the problems, and that lowers the rating of this app.

This app has pretty much everything you need for shooting film and want to take notes of your camera settings. You choose a film, a camera and a lens. Apply exposure compensation and filter, if any, and the app gives you the exposure time with reciprocity failure for that film. You get a countdown timer which you can start by voice if you want to, (using the mic). Nice, and pretty much straight forward.

If you upgrade to the ”professional version” via the in app purchase, you get access to some killer functionality. This is where the app really starts to shine.

To remember everything about the image, you add a note. Do this by taking a snapshot of the scene with the phone camera. All data about your chosen camera, lens and other settings settings are added. You can then click the image you just took and set zone system details, add info about development, (push or pull), GPS coordinates and notes.

Notes can be typed in ny hand or recorded on the microphone. The whole note can then be saved to dropbox or e-mailed in various formats.

I have tried a couple of apps for reciprocity failure and a few others for note taking. This one is far better than anything I have tried before.

The things I feel need development have mostly to do with user interface.

- If you have large fingers it will be hard to hit the correct icon for various functions, The icons are small and close to each other.
- Some functions are either buggy, or I am not smart enough to understand them. For example, to add a location to a note, you can tap the compass symbol. That takes you into the map app, but I can’t figure out how to get back to Reciprovity without just switching app the ordinary way.
- I also have not been able to get the voice activation of countdown to work. It has probably something to do with my phone settings.
- The interface could be improved. For example by using colors in a better way. Today it’s mostly B/W.
- All text and symbols are small. A very nice addition would be a ”large text” mode, so people with less than perfect vision could more easily see.

It’s easy to see that the app is written by a photographer (with perfect eye sight). It fulfills everything I can think of, and the functions are implemented the way you’d like them to be when you’re out shooting.

Recommended for all film shooters.