The most frustrating part about the camera on the iPhone is how slow it is. And, Hipstamatic makes it even slower.

But it's still a fantastic app. It makes photography fun. It allows you to take all of the thinking out the shot: you choose the film, lens, and flash, and it makes the photo. No chance to change what it looks like afterwards with a different look, and the small size of the viewfinder means you don't have a great impression of what it'll look like beforehand either.

The end result is something that's charming, always interesting, and almost never what you expected.

There's even a russian roulette mode: you shake your iPhone, and it randomly picks all the settings. I'm a deliberate photographer for the most part: I choose the lens, lights, and processing specifically for each shoot, so Hipstamatic offers a real escape from photography, and a chance to just create images. And you can use it as a real tool to create stunning images- just look at the work Damon Winters created with Hipstamatic in Afganistan.

Hipstamatic is like a vacation for photographers, and an adventure for those new to a camera bag.

Vitals: $1.99 (but you'll probably buy a few more lens/film packs at $1 a piece). Link.