Nowadays, a good camera is not exclusive to only a
high-end phone; there are plenty of great mid-level phones out there
with pretty great cameras, thank you very much. However, sometimes, the
stock camera isn’t enough for your imagination and artistry to run free.
At those times, select an app from the following list and start
clicking.
Camera ZOOM FX
Apart from being a
pretty good app, Camera Zoom FX has a great feature – instead of just
letting you use a bunch of preset filters/effects, it lets you create
your own filter by picking the effects you like. Of course, there are
nice preset ones as well, but just think of all the possibilities with
choice! A personal favourite, the app is also fast, lets you take
stable shots and includes time-lapse, HDR, a timer and burst modes. In
fact, this is one of the very few apps for Android that comes close to
giving you the kind of shots processed by iOS’s Hipstamatic.
DSLR Camera Pro
Ah,
a good DSLR. We all desire one, but not a lot of us can afford a great
one, and still lesser have the patience and strength to lug it around.
This app does its best to convert your phone’s camera as close to one as
possible, though. Of course, you can’t expect the exact same quality,
but this app is much better than most other DSLR cam apps for phones on
the market. Just like a DSLR, the app lets you fiddle with the white
balance, ISO, exposure, set the focus area, et al. You can also ‘geotag’
your shots and add effects. All features, of course, are hardware
dependent.
Open Camera
A treat for us open
source lovers (of course, if you really are one, you should have this
app already), Open Camera is a famous, highly rated camera project. It
has a great set of features – from face detection to ISO and White
Balance controls – that rival those of many DSLR camera apps. It even
includes an option “to optimise GUI for left and right-handed users”. As
great as the app is, the developer has included one disclaimer: there
isn’t much support available for CyanogenMod (CM11) as “CyanogenMod
doesn’t appear to offer any means of testing without a real device
(e.g., no emulator AVD images, no remote device testing)”.
Paper Camera
This
one has been around for quite a while and is a mass favourite – despite
the fact that it has only one filter. However, who am I to diss what
the junta clearly adores? (Not that this app isn’t a personal
favourite!). You can use Paper Camera to give a funky, cartoony, papery
effect to all your pictures – just open the app, frame your shot and
click.
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