Slow Shutter Cam App - take stunning long exposure photos. A review
One of the things I missed when I turned to iPhone photography was the ability to take long-exposure photos. The iPhone camera hardware did (in 2012) and still (as of 2025) does not support shutter speeds longer than one second.
Soon I discovered Slow Shutter Cam App that enabled me to take long exposure photos of up to 30 seconds and longer with my iPhone.
In this regularly updated Slow Shutter Cam app review I’ll explain why Slow Shutter Cam App has been my favorite long-exposure camera app since 2012.
- Why I bought Slow Shutter Camera App
- Sample Photos taken with Slow Shutter Camera Apps
- Key Features of Slow Shutter Cam App
- Check Slow Shutter Cam Settings before using it
- Using Slow Shutter Cam App
- The verdict about Slow Shutter Cam App
Why I bought Slow Shutter Camera App
I bought Slow Shutter Camera App in 2012 because I was looking for a way to capture long exposure photos with my iPhone. It was one of the features I missed when I abandoned my DSLR.
The iPhone's camera hardware was and is still limited to a shutter speed of 1 second, which is too fast for slow shutter photography. Slow Shutter Cam app overcomes this limitation by essentially capturing a video clip and combining the single frames of the video clip into a single long exposure.
Slow Shutter Cam App supports shutter speeds of up to 30 seconds, and if you need more, just set it to bulb mode. In bulb mode, the shutter remains open until you close it by pressing the shutter release again.
Best of all, you can even edit the motion blur intensity after you take the shot. Try that with a DSLR!
Sample Photos taken with Slow Shutter Camera Apps
Here are a few sample photos I took using the Slow Shutter Cam App and different iPhone models