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UPDATE 02.03.12 @10:30 CST: After yesterday’s App Store glitches, I followed both app discounts and they remained free all night long. I felt confident in posting this discount that any issues were resolved. Right after this post went live, the prices of both apps went back up to $1.99 and the mention of the discount was removed from the App Store description. This may be another glitch (It’s rare, but I’ve seen this before with other developers). I’ve contacted MorokoshiMan to see if they’re aware of this and to see what’s up. I’ll keep you posted. =M=

UPDATE 02.03.12 @10:40 CST: The apps are again free in the App Store. =M=

The three toy camera apps from MorokoshiMan, PICtone, INStan Pocket and CAMERAtan are FREE right now in the App Store for the next day or so. Each app is $1.99, so this is a total savings of about $4. This is s a great freebie.

The App Store description says until February 5, but because of recent glitches and timezone differences, don’t wait until the last minute — grab these now.

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Leme Camera
Version 2.3
Price: FREE

Leme Camera is back with yet another revision, but unlike the update that prompted Marty to give them a justified smackdown last spring (while I lambasted it elsewhere) this update is a decided improvement that brought Leme Camera back onto my dock.

What’s New (& Awesome)

• Background processing! Leme Camera now has a 9 photo buffer that lets you keep snapping rather than waiting for each photo to process. Given how cumbersome the user experience for reviewing and saving a photo was this is a HUGE improvement.

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Retro Camera Plus' new Hipsteroku filter

It looks like one of the other “Retro Camera” apps is getting an update this week. Retro Camera Plus from Urbian, the iOS version ported from Retro Camera for Android, got an update today not long after the update for Android hit the streets.

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Plastic Bullet is a toy camera app that applies random variations of saturation, blur, light leaks, color shifts and vignetting to create the sort of “happy accidents” that contributed to the popularity of Lomography. It usually sells for $1.99, and occasionally goes on sale for $0.99.

My one complaint is that if you import a square format photo it crops it to the standard 4:3 iPhone aspect ratio. If Red Giant Software fixes this issue, it will be one of my go-to apps.

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The excellent toy and retro camera iPhone photo app PictureShow is on sale through the weekend. It’s only $0.99 for the next day or so — a savings of 50%.

PictureShow emulates various toy camera styles. It enables you to mix and edit such effects as frames, light leaks and noise in your iPhone photography. The PictureShow 3.0 update was released recently and comes loaded with a bunch of new great new features. Click here to read my recent review. Upcoming app updates will return most of the few filters that were removed in the 3.0 update. It’s an excellent app and highly recommended.

The new update is now a universal build — it’ll look great on iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

This sale won’t last long. If you don’t already own PictureShow, this is a great chance to grab it and save a buck.

PictureShow is still only $1.99 and works on any iDevice running iOS 4.0 or newer, although not all of its new features work on older devices.

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PictureShow by graf emulates various toy camera styles. It enables you to mix and edit such effects as frames, light leaks and noise in your iPhone photography. The PictureShow 3.0 update was released earlier today and it’s even cooler than the preview we posted a few days ago.

Overall, there are 11 more filter presets and a bunch of new features and tools in this update. You can read the entire list of what’s new in the 3.0 update below. Have some time ready — there’s a lot that’s new and it’s a long read. Here are a few hightlights of what’s new, what’s different and what to expect in PictureShow 3.0

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Before and after: CameraTAN's new facelift

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CameraTAN from MorokoshiMan is the toy camera app with the cryptic names but creates some good effects. It’s just been updated to version 3.2. The app gets yet another facelift, a new icon, and several new features. It now creates over 40 well-rendered and interesting toy camera effects. Multiple filter effects can easily be added to an image.

We covered the previous facelift in the the 3.0 update here. If you missed it, it’s a good read with CameraTAN tips and a link to an effects grid.

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Cameramatic 1.1.2 update was just released. This camera app gets better with each update and I’m really enjoying shooting with it. The new update adds several new filters, some new features, and bug fixes.

Cameramatic has definitely improved beyond its version 1.0 bugs. It’s quickly become one of the best toy camera, digital lo-fi apps for iPhone.

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Cameramatic
Version 1.0
Price: $1.99, on sale for a limited time

Bottom Line: It’s loaded with great looking vintage and analog filters and frames, but it suffers from a few version 1.0 bugs.

Cameramatic is a new toy camera app from youthhr, the creator of Monochromia and SkipBleach. It’s loaded with great looking vintage and analog filters and frames, but it suffers from a few version 1.0 bugs.

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UPDATE: Post now includes info about Red Giant’s International Plastic Bullet Photo contest. =M=

I don’t get all the commotion over at iTunes about some band that hasn’t released a new album together in over 40 years….

Okay, enough with the sarcasm. Actually, with all of the hoopla surrounding the cool release of The Beatles’ catalog on iTunes (Go Apple — both of them!), some of the other happenings in the App Store may have been overlooked, including the release of some new app updates. Plastic Bullet Camera 1.2 is one of those apps.

To celebrate the update, Red Giant, the developer of Plastic Bullet are giving away an iPad.

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