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CAMERA GENIUS has a dozen of camera features that lets users take, edit, and share not only their images but also their videos, within the app. It does a good job outperforming the native app but not enough to beat the best. </td>
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<li>Developed by CodeGoo</li>
<li>Video support</li>
<li>Zoom, guides, burst mode, timer, and sound shot</li>
<li>Editing and adjustment tools </li>
<li>Photography manual for tips and tutorials</li>
<li>Photos and videos can be shared directly to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, MobileMe, Tumblr, YouTube, Clipboard, and email.</li>
<li>Costs $0.99</li>



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<li>App works smoothly</li>
<li>Allows both picture and video taking</li>
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<li>Presence of in-app manual</li>
<li>Cheap</li>





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<li>Quality of photo effects and filters are just okay</li>

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<strong>√ Beginner iPhone Photographers</strong>
 Advanced iPhone Photographers
 Anyone

CAMERA GENIUS is for the novice iPhoneographers who are looking for a dirt cheap iPhone app which can serve as a very able replacement for the built-in Camera app. 

[/tab] [tab id="5"]CAMERA GENIUS is a good all-in-one photo app. But when compared to its competitors like the popular Camera+ and the new Top Camera, it comes up short to being an ultimate go-to app.[/tab] [/tabswrap]

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<h4>The Beginners Lens Verdict</h4>

CAMERA GENIUS maximizes the functionality of the native built-in camera of the iPhone by hoisting decent features that attempt to improve how users shoot photos. The basic – but perfectly necessary – ones are present: zoom, flash on/off, and use of both back and front camera. There’s also an anti-shake mechanism to help prevent blur in your shots as well as timer and burst modes.

One cool addition is the big button photography which transforms the majority of the interface into a huge button that shoots a photo. This is good if you’re the type who is all thumbs as you can just tap anywhere on your iPhone screen. This is in stark contrast of the painfully small button of the native camera app.

Another is the sound capture which triggers the app to shoot a photo when the mic picks up a sound. We think this is a rather unique feature we haven’t seen in other apps yet.

CAMERA GENIUS also offers good selection of photo filters and effects for users’ disposal. Though it gets the job done, we can’t help but compare it to what others offer. If you want to have more room for creativity, you will be better off with say Camera+ which offers not just decent effects but also amazing ones.

But what we really have to commend about CAMERA GENIUS is the ability for user to share to multiple sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and MobileMe. Photos can also be shared all at once. It also provides a handy manual which serves as a good reference for the newbie photographer.

An average user perhaps will find it hard to manage a bunch of photo apps especially if they belong to the same category. Considering that CAMERA GENIUS is just a step above being mediocre for an all-around app, we feel that if there’s a dozen of this kind of app installed on our iPhone and we want to keep just the really good ones, this app will be one of the first to get the cut.
 

<h4>The Beginners Lens Flash Rating:</h4>

<img title="4 Flash Rating for Camera Genius App" src="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4flash.png" alt="We give Camera Genius App 5 Flashes" />
<a title="The Beginners Lens Flash Rating System" href="http://thebeginnerslens.com/about#rating">Learn more about our rating system.</a>

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<strong>Review Digest</strong>

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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://appotography.com/2011/05/09/camera-genius-review-iphone/">Appotography</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“Is Camera Genius a good substitute for the native camera app? Yes, it is. It takes photos and videos and it has some extra features, like stabilizer, burst mode and exposure control, that are definitely an upgrade from iPhone’s native app. Taking photos can sometimes be a hassle for iDevice aficionados: Camera Genius, with its many tools, greatly improves the overall experience.”</td>
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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://www.macstories.net/reviews/camera-genius-3-0-new-design-more-social-lots-of-dslr-love/" rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640">MacStories</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“Personally, I don’t think Camera Genius 3.0 feels as intuitive and powerful as Camera+, but I have to admit it’s got some pretty pixels to show on the iPhone 4′s Retina Display.”</td>
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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a href="http://touchreviews.net/camera-genius-iphone-photos/" rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640"TouchReviews</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“The camera app is nothing short of basic, it takes pictures, it takes movies but other than that you are limited with what you can do.”</td>
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