Retro Camera Android Application: Review

Retro Camera app is for performing vintage style photos by four simulated cameras: the Bärbel, the Pinhole, the Little Orange Box and the Xolaroid 2000. Each of those cameras adds a little style of its own, available both in black and white as well as color modes. While offering nothing revolutionary, this app is quite special with the fun it brings.

After downloading one of the two versions of the app available today on the market, Retro Camera Plus or Retro Camera, and running it for the first time the user will be greeted with a little intro tutorial screen presented where are some basic functions of the app and options for the users to choose from.  
Retro Camera will fit right in the middle of the screen. Though it’s not confusing or difficult to use at all and the 95% of its functions are carried out by on-screen interface options (with very few of the Android menu ones being used) still the user will be offered a quick, one page tutorial on how to run it. The tutorial is concise just enough to answer all major questions without being dreary, and can be removed easily by a simple touch, once the user is ready to proceed to practice.

The Bärbel is the default camera of this app that allows starting taking photos right on by tapping the Shutter button. Info button will reveal more information about the camera and options how to switch them. Every camera has such an info screen of its own, explaining basics about the camera. For reviewing the photos tap the Gallery button that will lead to the application’s built-in gallery.

To change the camera type, just tap the camera button (lower right corner) that will summon the camera selection page. With a finger user can scroll to view cameras and read the Info page on each of them prior to selecting one. The best way to test and see the difference between the cameras is to shoot one and the same item with all of them.

Pictures, after being shot, proceed to the Gallery, but only after being processed in the dark room for about a minute. Thus, going to the Gallery right after shooting a picture the user will find the little image with “Darkroom occupied” on it with the number of images in the queue waiting to be processed. Once processing is over the Gallery becomes available for viewing and enjoying the photos.