[crb]

The live remote camera setup seems like the bones of the only killer app idea I've ever had: a two-iPhone camera system for couples who want a stranger to take a picture of them while they're on holiday.

It would work like this:

- hand volunteer a phone and ask them to point it at you

- direct the shot by looking at the second phone ("no, stand further back, not our legs, don't point it directly at the sun")

- put the second phone in your pocket

- have the stranger take the photo you actually want, saving you rounds of back and forth when they say "Is this OK?"

Has anyone ever seen an app like this?

[brrrrrm]

Apple watch has this feature

[geerlingguy]

Yeah I often use my Apple Watch camera app to get a live view of what my iPhone sees when I have it on a tripod or do a family pic. It even allows for remote shutter and start stop.

[ziofill]

also useful to find your phone without making it ring loudly

[IncreasePosts]

Your probably be better served with a travel tripod, and then using a remote shutter (eg recent pixel phones can see you put your palm up as a sign to take the picture). I imagine a random stranger helping with a pic might get bothered after about 2 directions

[Ukudala]

So dope, I have this problem all the time where I’m just like UGH can’t you take a friggen’ photo?? One without my LEGS!? Honestly I started carrying a tripod (Manfrotto carbon fiber) just so I don’t have to say thanks and later regret saying thanks because their photos this would be a killer app I would get the best shots by using them to get the best shots of me

[kylehotchkiss]

Interesting... I carry my actual camera around me and I have a good understanding of the focal range and composition so I can ask the person taking my picture to step back, point up, etc. Now that's more for people I know. But not letting somebody pinch to zoom is really the most important part of not ruining a photo!