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

Source: 9to5Mac

Halide’s big 3.0 upgrade has been on our radar since late 2024. Today, the pro camera app arrives as Halide Mark III, bringing three key photography upgrades.

Halide’s 3.0 upgrade focuses on taking better photos

As forecasted in the December 2024 preview, Halide Mark III improves the iPhone’s photography game from the moment you hit the shutter button with a new feature called Halide Looks.

“We’re excited to finally unveil Halide Looks, our gorgeous, physically accurate alternative processes. Combined with our film simulation engine and optional HDR, photographers now have an incredible set of creative tools to express themselves.”

The look picker appears as follows:

The five Halide Looks

• Valencia – “A great look for landscapes and cityscapes, with interesting effects on portraiture and skin tones. It features thick contrast, deep saturation, and solid color separation.”
• Rembrandt – “Our portrait look, where thick contrast in the mid‑tones emphasizes bone structure and lighting. Abundant color in the low end converges to white as exposure increases, for perfect uniformity in skin tones to emphasize contour of the face.”
• Nova – “Best suited for landscapes and cityscapes rather than portraiture, it features exceptional color, with tight contrast and smooth peachy highlights.”
• Zephyr – “A subtle and restrained look, featuring filmic contrast, rich skin tones, and foliage. Its neutral tone scale and tuned contrast make it a great choice for a wide variety of scenes.”
• Chrome Noir – “Our in‑house, panchromatic black‑and‑white look featuring medium contrast.”

Halide Mark III also includes a new photo editor and a camera redesign

Photo Lab

When shooting with RAW enabled, you can edit your photos later in Halide’s new Photo Lab. From the moment you open it, the Quick Edit section lets you audition different looks, adjust exposure, and toggle HDR and film simulations. Swipes allow you to fine‑tune framing, color balance, and more.

The Photo Lab can even edit RAW files from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Leica, Fujifilm, and Hasselblad cameras (beta).

The editor is especially useful on iPad, where Halide Mark III is also available.

Pro camera UI redesign

Composition tools are now front and center. Choose aspect ratios that match popular film formats:

• 35 mm (3:2)
• Medium format (1:1)
• Panorama (65:24)
• Dynamic Instagram ratio (auto‑adjusts for landscape or portrait)

The composition overlay includes the rule of thirds, a uniform grid, the golden ratio, and a rabatment rectangle. Users who prefer the previous layout can still select the Mark II camera design.

Availability and pricing

Halide Mark III is a free upgrade for customers who purchased Halide Mark II and is also available to Halide subscribers starting today.

• Purchase outright: $59.99
• Subscribers: $19.99 / year