If you’re still using the basic camera app on your iPhone, you’re doing it wrong. The tool gives you one option in video mode: focus. Want to zoom? Forget it. You only have access to zoom when you take a picture.

But with a seemingly endless number of camera enhancement apps on the market, it can be hard to determine which apps actually help you take better photos and video with your iPhone, instead of just covering up your stellar camerawork with effects.

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Here are five apps on the market that will make you abandon that rusty camera app that came pre-installed on your iPhone. Some apps in this list are perfect for the novice who just wants a bit more flexibility, while others were made for the professional photographer or videographer who just happens to have left the DSLR or HD video equipment at home.

With these apps, you’ll have the ability to adjust exposure, increase camera stability and set self-timers. You’ll capture 360-degree panoramas, zoom while you shoot video and adjust shutter speed, helping you take better photos with every click.

Do you use other apps that help you snap better photos? Let us know in the comments.

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6 Comments

  1. does slow shutter cam works by the concept of timer? is it?


  2. You missed true hdr, autostitch, tilt shift gen, and cortex cam


  3. OMG. no camera+? Pete and Lisa will be angry now ;p


  4. For some reason it caused major crash on my iPhone 3Gs. But it also showed in apple store as free. Maybe it is not the real app. The name and screens are identical. Anyone else experienced this.
    Great and helpful article, by the way.



  5. Can we get a 5 Android Photo Apps version?