Sony is beefing up their PlayMemories Camera app with a new addition, Sky HDR.  According to Sony

 This application lets you optimize the exposure when you shoot scenes containing vastly different brightness levels, such as dark landscapes with the sun in a clear blue sky. By capturing the scene twice at different exposure and shutter speed settings, then combining the best of both images in a single image, this feature expresses a wide dynamic range without using a graduated ND filter.  Moreover, when you want to highlight hues such as those in a sunset, you can depict them with even greater expressive power by individually adjusting the White Balance setting of the sky and ground.  

More details, including a trailer of the app after the jump.

For those unfamiliar, PlayMemories Camera Apps can be downloaded on NEX and Alpha cameras and bring additional functionalities to the cameras. Think of them a stop gap measure that brings your ‘clunky’ camera to the world of mobile. The oddly silent video shows how to best use Sky HDR.

And for those asking

 The resulting HDR images can be saved in the RAW or JPEG format. 

Discuss:

Do you ever use the PlayMemories Camera apps?

[Via Sony]