Obscura, the iPhone camera app for pro users, has released a new major version called Obsucra 4 with support for the iPad. It also brings new features, such as dual reticule mode to have different points on the viewfinder for focus and exposure.
Ben McCarthy, the developer of the app, launched the first version in 2015 just after Apple released the manual camera API at WWDC 2014. It was followed by the second version in 2018.
While Obscura 3 was released just last year with a redesigned interface, McCarthy decided to release a new version to switch to a freemium model. Also, instead of releasing a separate app like with previous releases, they decided to simply update the Obscura 3 app, so people who purchased that version could also benefit from it.
Obscura 4 still retains most of the elements from the previous version which made it easy to shoot images or videos while holding the phone with one hand. The exposure wheel now has 1/3 stop increments with satisfying haptic feedback.


