Image Processing and Output
Unlike typical smartphone camera apps that rely heavily on automatic adjustments and stylised enhancements, Indigo emphasises subtle, globally tuned image processing. It also supports capturing both JPEG and RAW (DNG) formats, with computational benefits applied to both. This allows users to maintain editing flexibility while still benefiting from improved noise handling and dynamic range.
One of the core features of Indigo is its multi-frame image capture system. Instead of taking a single photo, Indigo records a short burst of up to 32 frames per shot. These frames are underexposed and then computationally aligned and merged to reduce noise and preserve shadow detail. This technique is applied even when shooting in RAW formats, uncommon for mobile photography apps, and the result of which enables cleaner, more editable files with fewer artifacts.
Manual Controls
The app includes full manual controls, giving users the ability to adjust:
Shutter speed
ISO
Focus (including manual focus override)
White balance (with both temperature and tint sliders)
Number of frames to capture per burst
These settings allow photographers to fine-tune their exposure and image quality, and to optimize for different conditions such as low light or motion.
Specialised Shooting Modes
Indigo also introduces dedicated capture modes for specific photographic techniques. The Long Exposure mode allows users to create effects like light trails, or light painting using a mobile phone, without needing an actual long shutter time. This though I hasten to add is unlike Long Exposure in such apps as EvenLonger or ReeXpose where we simply choose a time period for the long exposure from 0.5 seconds up to Bulb Mode (ReeXpose) or 1 second to 24 hours (EvenLonger), and the app then creates the long exppsure.
Another feature, Super-Resolution zoom, enables extended zoom up to 10x on the 15 and 16 Pro Max model. It is model dependant how much you get however you can use it to pinch and zoom too and the results are actually impressive. This technology is definitely going to affect sales of add-on zoom lenses.
Super-Resolution zoom is active for 10x+ zoom levels, all the way up to 25x. What it does is it increases the effective resolution by 2x horizontally and vertically (4x in pixels). As a result of this, at 10x, instead of a 3MP image you get 12MP, and at 20x instead of 0.75MP you get a 3MP image
