Five Ways to Make Your Android a Better Camera

These days more and more people are relying on their smartphones to take the majority of their photos. So it's great that most of the new Android phones are being released with 5 and 8 megapixel cameras. Here are some must-have apps and accessories to help you get the most out of your Android's camera.

HDR Camera
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and it's a common feature of DSLR cameras. There is a wide range of light intensity that cameras normally do not capture, but the HDR technique allows the user to capture details in bright and dark areas, adding intensity and color to photographs. The app compensates for hand shaking so the images come out crisp and clear.

Magic Hour
Magic Hour is a filter app, and one of the best ones currently available. The app provides you with 40 filters, along with the option to download more for free. You can even use some basic styles like curves, saturation, brightness, and contrast to make your own filters. It also incorporates easy sharing through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flicker.

Action Snap
Taking action photos can be really difficult with a camera phone given slow shutter speeds and the relative speed of the objects we try to shoot. That's where this app comes in, it takes multiple successive photos and then combines them into a single composition. You have the choice of taking four or nine successive shots depending on the speed of your subject. You can also select the time interval between shots, as well as whether the camera automatically takes the shots, or you take them manually.

Picsay Pro
This photo editor is worth every penny of the $4 price tag. It has a ton of features: red-eye removal, crop and straighten, paint, color-splash, word balloons; as well as effects like pencil sketch, cross process (upsets the balance of contrast and color), vignette (blurred edges). You can cut and paste different photos together for a scrapbooking effect and even apply text.

Fisheye, Macro, Telephoto Lenses These three lenses will attach to any camera phone via a detachable magnetic ring. The Fisheye provides a distorted view, the Telephoto increases zoom 2x, the Macro ring captures high quality close-up detail, and the Wide Angle allows you to fit more into one frame.	Buy the Fisheye, Macro, Wide Angle and Telephoto Phone Lenses at the Photojojo Store!