Camera Genius iPhone App Review

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Performance
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The Camera Genius app can be used to shoot videos and images with anti-shake, zoom, guides, burst mode, timer and sound timer. Images can be edited with filters and adjustment tools then shared on your preferred social networking site. The app also comes with a manual packed with photography tips.

Camera Genius iPhone App Features

• Video mode with zoom
• Camera Zoom (up to 6x digital zoom)
• Timer & Sound Capture - set the interval between 2 and 300 seconds. You can set it to repeat mode to capture photos automatically. The sound capture setting allows you to take photos by detecting noise to snap your photo
• Full Screen Camera Button - Just tap the screen to take the photo
• Prevent Blurry Photos with Anti-shake
• Improve Photo Composition with Guides
• Burst Mode Shooting - take 3 shots in rapid succession
• Camera Manual
• Review your photos - adjustable sized thumbnails. All photos are saved to the camera roll
• Edit your photos - over 20 one step filters from Grunge, 70's style, Lomo and Cross Processing to Flash, Cinema, and Pseudo HDR plus 20 adjustment filters to give you fine control over hue, contrast, brightness, etc. Crop your photo to improve its composition. Custom borders you can apply to any filter. All filters can be stacked to give you nearly infinite options with the look of a photo.
• Share your photos - post your photos and videos directly to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, MobileMe, Tumblr, YouTube, Clipboard and Email.

Camera Genius iPhone App Performance

With the timer being able to be set to repeat you can use the app to do some time-lapse photography. Intervals available are 2, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120 and 300 seconds. When in burst mode, the app can shoot 3 images at around 0.8fps. The anti-shake mode waits from when you hit the shutter to when it can detect no shake and immediately takes a picture. Below are example images using the zoom at intervals between 1 and 6x.

No zoom	2x zoom	3x zoom
4x zoom	5x zoom	6x zoom

The images below are examples using the filters available. You can also add borders from the following: White, Grimey, Dirty White, Clean White, White Rounded, White Vignette, Black, Movie, Transparency, Film, Negative, Thin Grunge, Black Rough and Vignette.

Original	Enhance	Flash
Glow	Black & White	Grunge
Aged	70's	Cross Process
Lomo	Psychedelic	Fantasy
Redscale	Cinema	Faded
Silver Oil	Dark Sepia	Pseudo HDR
Mini	Focal Point	Gold
Color Burst	Intense	Accent

Images can be shared by email, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa Postcard, Twitter and Tumblr. If you want to send to more than one, you simply highlight your chosen places and press the send button.

Timer	Stabilisation	Sharing

Camera Genius iPhone App Verdict

The Camera Genius App takes image taking to the next level from the camera app supplied with the iPhone. It includes some features which you'd expect to find on a digital compact camera such as self-timer and burst shooting. It is an easy to use app, ideal if you want a bit more than the iPhone's app offers.

Camera Genius iPhone App Pros

Sound timer
Can share to multiple sites in one go
Easy to use interface

Camera Genius iPhone App Cons

Some of the filters aren't great
Sometimes it doesn't save your image

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The Camera Genius iPhone App is available from the iTunes Store for £1.49. For more information please visit the CodeGoo website.