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- You ever seen those shot on iPhone
advertisements or billboards?
Usually it's some amazing scene from around the world,
and it's just so beautiful, you think
"Well, how could that be shot on a phone?"
There are a few ways that phone photographers
get their shots to look that way,
and sometimes it's more a testament to the software
of the phone than necessarily the phone's camera lens.
iPhone photographers use a ton of editing software,
sometimes even on their phone,
which you can check the link below
to see my video on some of that.
But in addition to the editing software,
a lot of them actually use a different camera app
that provides a little more control
over the stock camera app.
Now while the photographer using these camera apps
definitely affects the outcome of the shot,
these camera apps are probably
at least a good place to start.
Mentioned at least once
in every camera roundup around the web,
VSCO is not just a good photo editing app,
but it's also a pretty good camera.
VSCO has a ton of manual controls for your more
professional iPhone photographer,
from white balance to ISO to shutter speed.
All in all it gives you a ton of manual controls
that your average photographer can use to get the exact shot
and unlike some of the other camera apps on this list,
it is totally free.
Beyond that, VSCO also has the ability
to give you some inspiration in the form of curated photos
from its huge international user base.
As the name suggests, Manual is a camera app
that's all about giving you full control
over all of your camera's settings.
With things like shutter, white balance,
ISO, focus, and exposure compensation, it gives you
a much more hands on approach
to taking photos on your iPhone.
It can also give you a live histogram
and automatically monitor exposure values
for those more data-intensive photographers out there.
As of iOS 9, Pro Camera took a unique approach
to upgrading their app for iOS 8.
Instead of upgrading it at all,
they basically scrapped the entire thing
and started from scratch,
and came up with their aptly-named Pro Camera 9.
With a super slick and minimalist UI,
it too gives you control
over all of the manual settings of the camera
from shutter speed to exposure, and more.
It adds to this a ton of unique filters and effects
as well as a night mode that works relatively well
and a full resolution preview mode.
Some advanced editing tools, scene modes
and an exposure button are some of the features
that Camera+ has that some of the other camera apps
on here just don't.
In addition to that,
it also has some interesting flash modes.
Continuous or frontal flash, for example.
Touch focus, filters, and a well-organized UI
are what put it on a lot of people's lists.
Hydra is a great camera
for anyone trying to do low-light photography.
With a really good HDR mode for images and videos,
a low light mode, real time zoom,
upscaling of images to 32 megapixels
should you want that and more,
it is often raved as the best quote unquote
less than perfect lighting camera app.
Probably the oldest third-party camera app, Hipstamatic,
is sorta famous in the camera app world.
It has tons of live filters,
a manual mode like the rest of them,
and a pro mode for manual manipulation.
Again, similar to the others on this list.
The use of the filters in real time, though
is really what gave it its claim to fame,
and if filters are your thing
it's definitely worth a look.
There you go.
The six best iOS camera apps that I could find.
VSCO seems to be one that's really on everybody's list,
so probably worth checking out.
It's also free, which doesn't hurt.
And then things like Hipstamatic and Hydra
are probably also good to just have
for very specific low light and filter situations.
Now I'm sure there are a bunch of camera apps that I missed,
so please let me know in the comments below
what camera apps you guys really like.
It'll also help out other people
that are searching for a camera app for themselves.
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