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The Hipstamatic 252 update is available for download now in App Store. It’s light on exciting new features and paks, but this update features another chance to catch up on one of Hipstamatic’ deleted HipstaPaks. Hipsta completists may like that the entire Wicker Park Pak is available once again through this weekend.

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Hipstamatic have announced on their Facebook page news of a new update today. The new features greatly expand the sharing capabilities of Hipstamatic and let users tag Facebook friends and upload to multiple networks simultaneously — including Instagram.

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It looks like we get a new HipstaPak for SXSW after all.

Hipstamatic has partnered with Nic Adler, owner of legendary music club The Roxy and avid photographer, on a new lens, film and flash designed for photog lovin’ concert connoisseurs.

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Last year for SXSW, Hipstamatic released the excellent, limited edition Tejas lens. This year, it looks like we don’t get a sexy new lens, but we do get another chance to catch up on most of the discontinued lens and fims.

Both Retropaks One and Two are now available as in-app purchases. Not all discontinued HipstaPaks are available this weekend, but what’s out there now should go a long way getting you caught up if there are gaps in your collection.

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The new America Hipstapak is available now as an in-app purchase in Hipstamatic. The pak is $0.99 and contains the same lens and case from the now-discontinued Made In America FreePak as well as two new films. I got an extra week to shoot with the Americana lens. I would have bought the Hipstapak regardless.

And in the other big Hipsta news of the day, the Soho Hipstapak is being pulled off the Hipstamart soon. This is the first time Hipstamatic have deleted one of the regular Hipstapaks, so grab it now while it’s still available.

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When Hipstamatic’s new America HipstaPak is released later this week, there will be 420 possible film and lens combinations. Figuring out which lens and film combos to use is either time-consuming or often just left to “Shake to Randomize.”

The new app Hipstamatch™ is an easy to use, thorough guide to nearly all of Hipstamatic’s films and lenses. If you shoot with Hipstamatic, this is an essential purchase.

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UPDATED: More on the FreePak and the new Made In America HipstaPak next week. =M=

Start your downloads. The new Made In America FreePak was released today in Hipstamatic. The FreePak contains the Americana lens and the Old Glory case. It’s free and available now in-app for a limited time.

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Hipstamatic’s 235 update hit the App Store this afternoon and they delivered on not one but two highly sought after features: tap-to-focus (only in the zoomed-in view) and the ability to save fave combos of lens/film/flash.

With the update you’ll note that the zoomed-in (aka fullscreen) view now features a textured overlay reminiscent of looking through a dirty plastic lens. Don’t worry, this won’t show up on your photos. When you tap and hold on a spot to focus the overlay rotates, simulating the experience of manually focusing through a physical lens. Traditionalist fans argued against the idea of selective focus, pointing out it wasn’t available in the original Hipstamatic. But Synthetic’s implementation feels in line with the spirit of the plastic Hipstamatic, if not the real limitations.

Adding a favorite combination is as simple as tapping the little star underneath the viewfinder while using the setup you want to preserve. Accessing stored faves is done through the same star icon, which allows you to scroll between visual representations of your various setups.

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Excluding the flashes, Hipstamatic currently has 360 filter combinations — that’s 20 lenses and 18 films. I use maybe three (kidding).

Hipstamatrix (click here to visit the site) is a new website designed by Ben Gremillion & Cherie Benoit that easily lets you preview more than 300 of Hipstamatic’s film and lens combinations. It’s an ambitious and impressive project.

You may have seen it shared on Twitter or Facebook. It’s not 100% yet, but it’ll be an essential HipstaUtility when finished.

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Several months ago, Hipstamatic released the NSW Always On FreePak in partner ship with Nike. Originally available for a limited time back in June, 2011, the entire FreePak is available once again right now for a limited time — still for free!

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