5 Best Camera Apps For the iPhone

[sherardbond]

Why Apple is brilliant -- reason #143. They even know how to make money when they are doing things wrong.

You can't tell me that a $600 phone couldn't have a camera with a zoom feature. But Apple was selling a community and a concept: You bought it for the phone, you stayed for the Apps. What better way to get the first camera apps started, than by crippling the pre-packaged software? But even Apple's diabolical marketers could not predict what came next.

From straightforward camera enhancers to facial-recognition bar games, developers created awesome apps to "fix" the iPhone. Here are 5 of the best camera apps for iPhone--enjoy!

Gorillacam, Joby, Inc.; Free. This is definitely the best app for making the built-in camera do what it's supposed to do, and is arguably the best general-purpose camera enhancer out there. It doesn't fool around with much in the way of finessing the photo; it just gives the photographer the tools to take the best possible shot. In addition to common-sense "tap anywhere" shooting and up to 4x zoom, Gorillacam features a bubble level; a "rule of thirds" grid overlay; unlimited rapid fire at 1.6 pictures per second; 3-shot bursts; self-timer; time-lapse; and anti-shake. Gorillacam is all about the photography. Period.

[johnsberri]

The filters are simple and not adjustable. If you want Photo-shop on your iPhone, you'll have to wait a bit. But you can layer the filters over one another to create some interesting effects, and Best Camera loves to share.