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there is no shortage of photo editors for the iPhone but what about apps that help you take better photos there are plenty of those too and here are four of the best camera plus is one of the original third-party camera apps for iPhone and it's only gotten better with time you can choose between shutter priority auto or full manual control which lets you manually adjust focus shutter speed ISO and even white balance camera plus also lets you shoot photos in raw one of the best features of camera plus is the ability to tap with two fingers to set exposure and focus separately and as far as manual camera apps go on the iPhone camera plus is one of the easiest to navigate but it's also somewhat light on features compared to some others one thing you'll be missing here is video support there are also tons of other apps with similar feature sets such as moment manual Muse cam halide and even vsco cam another manual camera app that's a bit of a step up in terms of features and difficulty is pro cam 5 you get the same controller for white balance manual focus ISO and shutter speed but you can also choose between Raw and TIFF and there are several modes to choose between 360 photos slow shutter burst mode portrait mode night mode video and time-lapse pro cam also lets you customize the interface by changing the color choosing between different grid styles and enabling and exposure histogram and focus peaking at first glance pro cam can feel like information overload but for photographers who are used to shooting in manual and having total control all of these settings are very welcomed stepping out of the wide world of manual camera apps there are other types of apps that specialize in certain shooting situations Hydra for example specializes in tricky lighting it excels at HDR photos videos and low-light you won't find fine-tuning settings within the Hydra viewfinder really all you can change is the resolution or select one of the five shooting modes HDR video HDR low light zoom and high res one of the best features of Hydra is the high-res mode which borrows a trick from Astro photography by snapping multiple photos rapidly and using these slight differences in each to fill in the blanks which turns a 12 megapixel photo into a 32 megapixel image and it works very well finally slow shutter specializes in long exposures you can choose between three shooting modes motion blur light trail and low light you can adjust the light sensitivity blur strength or noise reduction as well as shutter speed and ISO this app is perfect for night photography light painting or creative nature photography for more tips and tricks and other how to's be sure to check out cnet.com forward slash how to