Halide Mark III pro camera for iPhone arrives with three key photography upgrades

Key Points:

• Halide Mark III, the latest update to the pro camera app, introduces three major photography enhancements focused on improving photo quality from the moment the shutter is pressed, including a new feature called Halide Looks with five distinct film simulation styles tailored for different photographic intents.
• The five Halide Looks—Valencia, Rembrandt, Nova, Zephyr, and Chrome Noir—offer a range of effects from vibrant landscapes to nuanced portrait enhancements and black-and-white photography, providing users with creative and physically accurate processing options.
• Halide Mark III also debuts a new Photo Lab editor that enables advanced editing of RAW photos, including support for RAW files from major standalone camera brands, marking the app’s expansion beyond iPhone photography to broader photo editing capabilities.
• The app features a redesigned pro camera user interface emphasizing composition tools such as multiple aspect ratios and overlays like the rule of thirds, golden ratio, and rabatment of the rectangle, while retaining the previous Mark II layout as an option for users.
• Available now, Halide Mark III is a free upgrade for existing Mark II customers, purchasable for $59.99 outright, or accessible via subscription at $19.99 per year, with availability also extended to iPad users.