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"What would noted photographer Ansel Adams do if he packed an iPhone in his pocket? Likely one of two things: seek out the best noir settings among the vast range of available color shooting apps or perhaps dig up a dedicated black and white app.\r\nWhereas the vast majority of iPhone camera apps shoot\u00A0natively in color, there\u2019s a small but dedicated cadre of black and white apps that go the way of\u00A0traditional monochrome.\u00A0Lenka, a brand new iPhone app developed by photographer Kevin Abosch, who also created Kwikdesk,\u00A0joins that group.\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=&amp;quot;attachment_773651&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;alignleft&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;220&amp;quot;] Lenka's auto focus and auto exposure make shooting fast, but you can also tap to focus.[/caption]\r\nWhile Lenka does have some competition --\u00A0such as Curious\u00A0Satellite\u2019s Hueless and JixiPix\u2019s Dramatic Black &amp;amp;amp; White, among others\u00A0--\u00A0it's distinguished by\u00A0its shooting technology and streamlined operation.\r\nThere are fewer options available with Lenka: Just shoot, observe the result, and accept or do over. The app's automatic focus and exposure are surely time savers for quick shots, but you can also tap to focus, as with most other camera apps.\r\nLenka opens to a monochrome interface that offers two shooting modes: Normal and high contrast, which you access via a toggle button to the right of the large yellow shutter button.\r\nWhat you see on the screen is pretty much what your photo will look like, so there\u2019s an opportunity to shift focus, alter composition and adjust lighting to improve the results.\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=&amp;quot;attachment_773655&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;alignright&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;220&amp;quot;] Cropping is one of two editing choices in Lenka.[/caption]\r\nLenka's simplicity removes the new-app learning curve by featuring\u00A0just two in-camera controls, and offers added value by altering the flash setting\u00A0to something perhaps more useful -- a light bulb icon at the upper left-hand corner of the interface, if enabled, continuously illuminates the scene.\r\nBoth the high-contrast effect and the high-illumination proved very powerful and will likely\u00A0be used sparingly.\r\nWhile the image previews, you can also choose between a rectangular or square aspect ratio with an on-screen pinch. Photo editing consists of crop and rotate -- that's it. And, in the spirit of keeping things ultra simple, there\u2019s no filters and no front facing camera \u2014 so forget about selfies.\r\nThe app is a here-and-now affair, so you can't reach back into the camera roll and use Lenka as a filter the way you can with other photo apps, though you can certainly apply filters to Lenka's images in other apps after the fact, if you wish.\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=&amp;quot;attachment_773659&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;alignleft&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;220&amp;quot;] Dramatic high-contrast setting.[/caption]\r\nLenka is not a social network \u2014 you can\u2019t follow or like other photographers or comment on their photos from within the app.\r\nThere is, however, an option to export your images to Instagram, allowing that social network to assume those functions. Or you can share images on Twitter or Facebook or via email or message. Your images are also saved in the app's own gallery and your camera roll.\r\nLenka is $2.99 and requires iOS 7. It's optimized for the iPhone 5 series but can also be used on the 4 and 4s as well.\r\n\u27A4 Lenka\u00A0[$2.99]\r\nDon't miss:\u00A0Adobe Photoshop Mix review: Not just another iPad photo app"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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