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Is camera+ and instagram worth it

himynameiscody

himynameiscody

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Does the phone not already take good pictures
 
Instagram is just like Twitter only for pictures, which makes it much more interesting, entertaining, engaging, etc.

Camera+ is just another photo utility, no social networking is involved.
 
If you're looking to edit your pictures with filters and enhance them in different ways, camera+ is definitely worth it.
 
Yes, but they're mainly for editing and effects. By the way, Instagram is free, you should check it out.

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himynameiscody said:
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Does the phone not already take good pictures
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Camera + is a post processing photo app. Not my cup of tea.
Instagram is a social geared photo app, but lame IMHO.
Hipstamatic is my favorite photo app. It takes some getting used to with the different lenses, films, flashes, etc. But once you get the hang of it the pics taken with Hipstamatic outshines anything from Camera + or Instagram apps.
The stock camera app is good but if you want to put some pizzaz into your photos then choose a third party app. Have fun.
 
Camera+ is absolutely worth it for me. Really helps showcase the quality of the 4S camera. Instagram is worth it if you have friends who use it and if you enjoy sharing photos with your friends. Funny though - I just deleted Hipstamatic today because I haven't used it in forever. Different strokes!
 
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Why doesn't the iPhone take as good of pics without camera plus
 
himynameiscody said:
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Why doesn't the iPhone take as good of pics without camera plus
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It's not that the quality of the original photograph isn't as good. Camera+ presents value in a feature it has called Lightbox which is where you can do your post processing on each of the pictures you take. You can also import existing photographs from your camera roll in to Camera+ and edit them there as well.

I personally use Camera+ and ProHDR the most and then take shots from those to upload to Instagram and elsewhere.

The Hipstamatic thing really seems to get some people but I never really found it all that interesting. Like another post said, different strokes.
 
himynameiscody said:
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Why doesn't the iPhone take as good of pics without camera plus
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Why do professional photographers edit their photos in post production? Same reason. The camera quality is great, but editing makes them even better.
 
i have instagram but the filters all seem so similar.
Hipstamatic has different filters but the UI interface is horrible...

Havent tried Camera +.
 
i despise instagram. nothing worse than seeing hundreds of sepia pictures with blurred edges posted to FB by people thinking their plate of spaghetti is now "art"
 
They are well worth it, I only use Camera+ for editing and instagram for the same + sharing with my friends.

Can't go wrong for the money either..
 
I am still waiting for Camera+ to introduce back the ability to use the volume button as a shutter.

They had that feature and apple got pissed. Removed it.
Then app re-introduce it as a wonderful feature natively, but camera+ still hasn't brought it back yet.
 
I suggest Camera+ to pretty much all of my friends. They add some nice post-editing to the pictures quick and easy. I'd recommend getting it.

One other app that you might want to look into is Snapseed. Snapseed gives you more flexibility to fine-tune your images, and I use it often with the effects and frames on Camera+.
 
hotgrease said:
i despise instagram. nothing worse than seeing hundreds of sepia pictures with blurred edges posted to FB by people thinking their plate of spaghetti is now "art"
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That is a problem with your facebook friends then, not Instagram.

Some people might take Instagram too far, sure, but so what? What's wrong with people liking to take normal pictures, and then "sprucing" them up a little bit?

I understand why photographers who use higher quality cameras, and then use Photoshop to do post-processing are "mad" because now every iPhone customer can edit their image easily using Instagram, but it's not their god-given right to think only they are capable of taking and editing nice pictures.
 
rwilliams said:
They just did. Check the App Store for updates.
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