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📌 BREAKING NEWS : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Here's a Heads Up on what we're now planning for the next update of Photosets, v26.2: 1.) Adding End User control for selecting the color space for "8-bit 420 Capture". Specifically, we're adding a UISegmentedControl to the top of the app's In App Settings dialog (with the above label) so that End Users can select between sRGB & P3 D65 (aka Display P3). As a reminder, the display of the new Macbook Neo ONLY supports sRGB. Currently, for 8-bit 420 Capture, Photosets ONLY supports P3 D65. While for 10-bit 422 Capture, it supports sRGB, HLG, Log, & Log2. 2.) Adding support for the iPhone 17e. 3.) New App Store screenshots (high on our To Do List).
The Gist, the new $599 USD MacBook Neo could be a BIG deal. Especially since students can get it for $499 USD. We believe it makes alot of sense for us to prioritize support for this new MacBook. And for multiple reasons, with DMoE naturally being one of them. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Five things to announce today: 1.) The "Distributed" Mixture-of-Experts (DMoE) architecture that we've (briefly) described is now driving most of our Business Strategy decisions. 2.) As a way to circumvent Apple's "Stranglehold on App Discovery & Innovation" in their App Store, we've begun work on building the infrastructure for a "Photosets DMoE" User Community. 3.) The release of the next update of Photosets, v26.2, is now On Hold. And naturally related to #1 & #2 above. We're in UN-chartered waters & we want to make the most of it. Distancing ourseleves & Photosets from Apple & their App Store is key. At least as much as an iOS & macOS App Dev can, that is. 4.) We're intrigued by the new $599 USD MacBook Neo. If we can get Photosets DMoE working on that it would get us noticed. 5.) We're moving forward with our first two Hardware devices. Both are companions to/for Photosets. One is related to Genlock, one is related to Capture in general. -----
📌 Older News Updates can be found on our News webpage. -----
Cosmosent Labs, Inc. La Jolla, California -----
Photosets Burst Photo Camera 8-bit 420 & 10-bit 422 Capture 10-bit 422 4K120 LZ4 (Lossless) Capture += 4 Xfer Functions: sRGB, HLG, Log, & Log 2 += multi-scene 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K video maker
(iOS App Store here in the States)
● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - March 4, 2026): ● Installs: 50.2K World, 13.9K Here in the States ● # of App Review Approvals: 412 ●
📌 Photosets v25.411+ (table last updated 8 AM, Fri, Jan 2, 2026)
| Bit Depth |
Single Photo Capture |
Burst Photo Capture (1) |
Video Maker (1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
4K30 (33.33 ms) |
4K60 (16.67 ms) |
4K120 (8.33 ms) |
12 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
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| 10-bit (422) |
- |
- |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
- |
HW-based ProRes 422HQ Encoding (2) |
| 8-bit (420) |
- |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
H.264, HEVC (3) |
(1) As a reminder, it's Photosets' Long Press Shutter support controlling a User-sized FIFO Buffer that's the starting point of it ALL. (2) Photosets crafts 10-bit Videos simply based-upon what's stored in the app. (3) up-to "60" scenes per 8-bit Video. Also, for the record, from our perspective, nothing Technical prevents v25.411+ from becoming the planet's first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. -----
📌 How the different versions of Photosets (now) stack up,
Capture-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
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| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
75 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
● 4K capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized, 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx capture is NOT.
📌 ... and Video Maker-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Max Capture Duration (Seconds per Video Scene) |
Video Maker |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K30 (1) |
8 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
12 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Multi-Scene (4) |
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| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
8-bit 420 |
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| In House |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Base $9.99 USD |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) 4K Capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized. 8-bit 420 4K capture supports JPEG & HEIC. 10-bit 422 capture currently ONLY supports Lossless LZ4 "data" compression. (2) 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx Capture is NOT Image Stabilized. Capture Rate is Fixed at 30 fps. (3) 8-bit Videos crafted by the app's 8-bit Video Maker
may optionally include concurrently captured Audio data. (4) In a near-future update, 10-bit Videos crafted by the app's 10-bit Video Maker
will include per-Scene Dynamic Metadata.
📌 Alt. View for 8-bit 420 Capture (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
8-bit 420 Photo Capture (Max photos/set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Stabilization |
No Image Stabilization |
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| 4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
8 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
60 |
60 |
60 |
75 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
30 |
30 |
30 |
75 |
30 |
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📌 Apple's Final Cut Camera app vs. Photosets' Multi-View Capture (MVC) feature (table last updated 9 AM, Mon, Dec 29, 2025)
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Apple's Final Cut Camera app + Apple's $49 USD/year Final Cut for iPad 2 software |
Photosets' MVC feature |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Live Monitoring of up-to 4 different angles of a single scene i.e., up-to Four Feeds |
✔ |
✔ |
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| Individual Control of each Feed |
✔ (1) |
✔ (2) |
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| Video capture |
✔ |
- |
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| High-Precision Timing Burst Photo capture (+ optional concurrently captured Audio data) |
- |
✔ |
|
| Captured Content stored on the Master |
✔ |
✔ (3) |
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| Captured Content stored on the Slaves |
- |
✔ |
|
| Master |
iPhone |
- |
- |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
✔ (4) |
|
| Slaves |
iPhone |
✔ |
✔ |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
- |
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| Craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos with up-to 60 scenes from the Captured Content |
? |
✔ (5) |
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(1) Capture, plus various camera controls. (2) Currently ONLY capture, but we're now working on adding support for everything, & more, that Apple supports with their Final Cut Camera app. (3) ONLY if the Master is an iPad and its Camera is participating in the MVC session. (4) via our companion macOS app for Photosets, Photosets TV/Studio. (5) As you may OR may NOT know, Photosets includes an integrated Short-Form, 60-Scene 8-bit 420 Video Maker. And it includes Rock Solid A/V synch support for the optional concurrently captured Audio data. You can run the Video Maker on an iPhone OR iPad. In the past, we had allowed Photosets' 8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker to also run on a Mac. And for that case, End Users needed our Photosets TV/Studio macOS app with its custom App Group-based Content Sharing support, to pass photo sets IN & get Videos OUT (of the Mac app). -----