Note: This page is a review which forms part of the post Windows 10 System Apps Review
What’s this app for?
A critical app if you are using a phone or tablet, but on a
PC this app has limited usefulness for the vast majority of people. It takes
photos and videos using your device’s camera and comes with a handful of customisation
settings.
Does it do the job it
was primarily designed for?
This is certainly no killer camera app, but one has to say it
probably does succeed at doing the basics of taking a photo or video of
whatever it is your point your camera at. Such basics doesn’t take much to program, one
assumes. The app's limited feature-set is really akin to boiling water in a kettle and advertising the kettle as a device that makes a nice cup of tea; there’s undoubtedly more in the 21st century to just lining up
an image and clicking a button. We want a cup of tea these days, not just boiled water.
Similarly to the new style camera app in the latest Android OS, it isn’t initially obviously how to control this app. Once you’ve figured it out, you’re plain sailing, and plain is about the sum of this app.
Similarly to the new style camera app in the latest Android OS, it isn’t initially obviously how to control this app. Once you’ve figured it out, you’re plain sailing, and plain is about the sum of this app.
There’s some gadgetry settings to take photos at set
intervals, change basic aspects of the photo or video output, or turn on photo
burst mode, but that’s your lot.
Most likely on a phone there would be more tinkering of camera settings but on the computer you don’t get past basic, which is probably all one needs. Although it’s a shame there’s nothing “funky” to get excited about for us PC users in this app like some wacky filters.
Most likely on a phone there would be more tinkering of camera settings but on the computer you don’t get past basic, which is probably all one needs. Although it’s a shame there’s nothing “funky” to get excited about for us PC users in this app like some wacky filters.
What’s the alternative?
There are other camera apps in the store. Some are even
free. So one isn’t stuck with the default app. Although as said before, it
probably suffices for the majority of PC users.
Hit, Miss, or Maybe?
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