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I’ve been experimenting with multi-frame long exposure processing on iPhone.

The first result accumulates motion, building the fountain, clouds and reflections over time.

The second does almost the opposite — suppresses transient motion and keeps the scene much calmer.

I’m building both approaches into LSC, and I’m curious which direction you’d actually choose for a city scene like this.
1 or 2?

LSC Long Shot Camera:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

One of my favorite things about long exposure is turning something ordinary into something that almost looks painted.

Made with LSC 2.0 on iPhone 11.

Built from multiple frames on iPhone.

I wanted to keep the rails sharp while letting everything around them stretch with motion.

Made with LSC 2.0 and iphone 14 pro max.

A little update on the Motion Shot-inspired feature I shared here earlier.

Action Shot is now available alongside Light Trails and Motion Clean in LSC 2.0.

These three roller coaster images show how differently each mode handles motion.

App Store (iPhone): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

This is one of the results from the Light Trails mode in my camera app, LSC 2.0.

I love how the motion creates an entirely different image.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

Another visibility test with ClearView, this time in heavy haze.

Top: ORIGINAL
Bottom: CLEARVIEW

Both clips are synchronized from the same scene. Look especially at the distant buildings, the road network, and the separation between foreground and background.

ClearView is an iPhone camera app I built for real-time visibility enhancement in conditions like haze, fog, rain, snow and low light.

Curious whether this comparison looks useful to you — especially compared with yesterday’s snow test.

I was testing a multi-frame long-exposure style capture on a forest stream and liked how it handled the water flow.

This is a single result from the capture.

I thought the soft water and the mossy rocks worked nicely together.

What do you think?

LSC Long Shot Camera - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

I’ve been experimenting with two different multi-frame approaches on iPhone.

One result accumulates movement into light trails, while the other tries to suppress motion and keep the scene cleaner.

This bridge scene gave a pretty nice contrast between the two approaches.

Which version do you prefer?

LSC Long Shot Camera - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

A few people mentioned that some of my Action Shot results looked a little crowded, so I wanted to show how it actually works.

LSC captures up to 10 motion positions, but the final composition isn’t fixed. After the shot, you can turn individual positions on or off and keep only the ones you want before saving.

The first frame is used as the base and the moving regions from the following frames are detected and placed back onto it.

LSC Long Shot Camera: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsc-long-shot-camera/id6773305290

I’m still developing LSC and wanted to see what happens when I push the same multi-frame light-trail approach into a very bright sunset scene.

The waves and silhouette came out especially interesting, and the result feels almost somewhere between long exposure and light painting.

Definitely an experiment, but I liked this one.

I’ve been experimenting with building long-exposure effects directly from multiple frames on an iPhone.

The goal here was to smooth the water while keeping the trees and bridge natural.

Still experimenting, but I liked this result.

LSC Long Shot Camera.

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I recently released v2.1 of my iPhone camera app, LSC Long Shot Camera.

The new MultiFocus mode captures 10 focus planes in one shot and lets users choose the focus point afterwards. They can export the selected focus as JPG, export all 10 frames, or keep the full stack and reopen it later for another refocus.

There’s also an All Focus mode in development for combining multiple sharp regions into one image.

I’ve been testing different ways to explain and market a feature like this without making the post feel like an ad, so I’m sharing a few test examples and focusing more on the actual use cases and development process.

Would appreciate any feedback on how you’d position a feature like this to photography-focused users.

I’ve been working on a new MultiFocus mode for LSC Long Shot Camera.

It captures 10 different focus planes in one shot, and afterwards you can tap different parts of the image to choose where you want the photo to be focused.

You can export the selected focus as a normal JPG, export all 10 focus frames separately, or keep the complete stack in LSC’s private .nar format and reopen it later to refocus the same capture again.

There’s also an All Focus mode that tries to combine sharp regions from different focus planes into one extended-depth-of-field image. That part is still being improved — focus breathing and alignment between focus distances make it surprisingly difficult to make the result look like one completely natural photo.

MultiFocus is now available in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.

The images here are just test examples for now. I haven’t had the chance to go out and shoot better real-world examples yet, but I’ll keep sharing new results as I make them.

If anyone tries MultiFocus, I’d genuinely love to see what you create with it. Feel free to share your refocus shots here.

Support and feedback from users are what let me keep developing LSC and experimenting with features like this.

I’ve been working on a new MultiFocus feature for my app, LSC Long Shot Camera, and the inspiration should be pretty familiar to Lumia users: Nokia Refocus.

MultiFocus captures 10 focus planes during a single shot. Afterwards, you can tap different areas of the photo and change which part of the scene is in focus.

The selected focus result can be exported as a JPG, all 10 original focus frames can be exported separately as JPGs, or the complete stack can be kept in LSC’s private .nar format.

The nice part about .nar is that the focus stack remains editable. You can reopen the capture inside LSC later, choose another focus point, and export a completely different version of the same shot.

I’ve also been working on an All Focus mode that combines sharp regions from the different focus planes. It’s already improving, but it’s still not perfect. Focus breathing and the small geometric differences created by changing focus distance make clean focus stacking surprisingly difficult, so I’m continuing to refine it.

MultiFocus is now live in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.

If you already have LSC, you can update to v2.1 now and start experimenting with MultiFocus.

Building this honestly brought back a bit of that old Lumia feeling — when phone cameras were full of strange, ambitious experiments like Refocus.

If any of you try MultiFocus, please share the refocus images you make here. I’d love to see what Lumia/Nokia camera fans create with it.

Every bit of support helps me keep developing the apps and experimenting with features like this. Thank you.

Nokia Refocus was one of those camera ideas I always thought deserved to live on, so I’ve been experimenting with a similar concept in my app, LSC Long Shot Camera.

The new MultiFocus mode captures 10 different focus planes in one shot. After capture, you can tap different parts of the image and choose where you want the photo to be focused.

You can export the selected focus as a JPG, export all 10 captured focus frames as individual JPGs, or keep the full stack in LSC’s private .nar format. A saved .nar stack can be reopened inside the app at any time, refocused again, and exported with a different focus point.

There is also an All Focus option that tries to combine the sharpest areas from multiple focus planes into one extended-depth-of-field image.

All Focus is still not perfect yet. Different focus positions introduce focus breathing and small alignment changes between frames, so I’m still refining that part of the processing.

MultiFocus is now available in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.

If you already use LSC, you can update to v2.1 now and try the new MultiFocus mode.

Working on this feature gave me a lot of nostalgia for the period when Nokia was constantly experimenting with mobile photography instead of treating the camera as just another phone feature.

If anyone here tries MultiFocus, I’d really love to see the refocus photos you create. Please share them with us here.

Support from users helps me continue improving these apps and experimenting with ideas like this, so thank you.

I’ve been experimenting with a new MultiFocus mode for my app, LSC Long Shot Camera, inspired by Nokia Refocus and the kind of computational photography ideas we used to see during the Lumia era.

It captures 10 different focus planes in one shot, and afterwards you can tap different parts of the image to change the focus point.

You can export the currently selected focus as a JPG, export all 10 focus frames as separate JPGs, or keep the entire stack in LSC’s private .nar format. Those .nar stacks can be reopened later inside the app, refocused again, and exported whenever you want.

I also added an All Focus mode that tries to combine the sharpest areas from different focus planes into one image. That part is still not perfect yet — focus breathing and alignment between different focus distances make it a much harder problem than simple frame stacking — but I’m actively working on improving it.

MultiFocus is now available in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.

If you already have LSC, you can update to v2.1 now and try MultiFocus. If you do, I’d really love to hear what you think.

Working on this really reminded me how much experimentation was happening around Lumia cameras. Nokia and Windows Phone were exploring ideas like refocusing and computational photography long before they became normal smartphone features.

If you try MultiFocus, I’d genuinely love to see the refocus images you create — please share them here.

Support from users is what lets me keep improving these apps and experimenting with features like this, so thank you to everyone following the project.

Long Exposure while relaxing 😌

App: LSC Long Shot Camera 📸

Long Exposure and Light Bombs

App: LSC Long Shot Camera 📸

I tested two different multi-frame modes on the same fire scene.

Light Trails builds up the flame movement and sparks across the capture.
Motion Clean averages the scene to suppress the fast flame motion and reveal a cleaner view of the fire and embers.

I thought this example showed the difference between the two approaches pretty clearly.

Which one do you prefer?

App: LSC Long Shot Camera