When it comes to image quality, nothing can beat a DSLR camera. After all, it’s designed and dedicated to photography, so you can expect nothing less than premium quality photos. However, there’s still a certain charm to using disposable cameras, whether you’re enjoying a day at the beach, attending a fireworks festival, or even just capturing your daily routine. Not only does it produce great photos with a vintage look, but it is also very convenient to carry.

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But the problem is that you’ll get fewer than 30 photos from a single camera, which severely limits the shots you can take. Additionally, there is the hassle of get your hands on a disposable camera first (which usually means jumping on Amazon to look for one), then finding a service to develop your film. If you’re just looking for that disposable camera effect, you’ll be happy to know that you don’t actually need to deal with all the hassle of owning a camera.. You can get the same vibe right on your iPhone and without any of the restrictions of a physical disposable camera.

A Thing You May Not Know Your iPhone Camera Can Do is about applying fun filters to your photos as you take them. These effects vary depending on the ambiance and some even give an ambiance similar to that of a disposable camera. Here’s a quick guide to how to use these built-in iPhone camera filters to make your photos look like they were taken with a disposable camera:

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1. Open the Camera app.
2. Tap the up arrow at the top to open more camera options below the image preview.
3. Swipe the camera options to the left until you see the filter icon (three circles shaped like a Venn diagram).
4. Switch to Vivid Warm or Vivid Cool, depending on the ambiance you’re going for.
5. Press the capture button to take the photo.
6. To view the image, tap the preview at the bottom left of the screen.

If you’re not happy with the filter as is, feel free to further edit the photo by following these steps:

1. Open the image from your iPhone’s camera roll.
2. Select the edit button at the bottom (it looks like three sliders).
3. Adjust the image attributes as follows (image application settings). the_fallenangell on Pinterest):
   1. Exhibition: 25
   2. Shine: 10
   3. Strengths: 30
   4. Shadows: -20
   5. Vibrance: 30
   6. Heat: 10
   7. Tint: -50
4. (Optional) Play with the other attributes until you achieve your preferred look.
5. Once you’re happy with the result, tap Done to save your changes.

You can also try searching for other iPhone camera settings or recipes on Pinterest. You can find a lot of good ideas there.

The iPhone photo editor does a decent job for basic edits, but if you want more advanced options, you can turn to Bright Room instead. It’s one of the best photo editing apps for iPhoneand its use is free. Here’s what you need to do to give your iPhone photos a disposable camera effect with Lightroom (Lightroom settings of @ellenescapes on TikTok):

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1. Download Lightroom to your device if you haven’t already.
2. Open the app.
3. Ignore the home pages.
4. Sign in with your Adobe, Apple, Google, or Facebook account.
5. When prompted, grant Lightroom full access to your library.
6. Tap the image you want to edit.
7. Tap Edit.
8. Select Light.
9. Adjust Exposure to +0.98, Contrast to -33, Highlights to -16, Shadows to +73, Whites to -56, and Blacks to +9 (as you drag each slider you will see its setting at the top of the screen). screen).
10. Go to Color.
11. Drag Vibrance to -7 and Saturation to -9.
12. Still on the Color tab, tap Color Mixing.
13. Change the following settings:
    1. Red: +11 hue, -23 saturation
    2. Yellow: -19 hue, -6 saturation
    3. Aqua: -17 hue, +10 saturation, +2 luminance
    4. Blue: -20 hue, -17 saturation, +4 luminance
    5. Magenta: +15 hue, -14 saturation
    6. Tap Done.
14. Choose Effects.
15. Under Effects, move Texture to -14, Clarity to -30, and Dehaze to +9.
16. Under Thumbnail, drag the slider to -21.
17. Under Grain, change the setting to +25.
18. (Optional) To further adjust the tone of the image, go back to Light and tap Curve. Then move the points to the desired position.

After editing your image, tap the three dots in the upper right corner and select Create Preset to save your settings. Give your preset a name and tap the check mark in the top right. Then tap the three dots again and tap Save copy to device to save your edited photo.

Getting the right combination of settings on Lightroom or the iPhone’s photo editor can be a little tricky and time-consuming. And even after all that effort, you might not like the result. Fortunately, there are photo editing apps like RNI films which already come with ready-to-use disposable camera effects. This means you won’t have to worry about making your own – you’ll simply choose an effect you like, apply it to your photo and you’ll be pretty much done. Here’s how to use RNI Films to create a disposable camera look for your iPhone photos:

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1. Install RNI Films on your iPhone.
2. Open the app.
3. Sign in with your Apple account.
4. Tap Upload Photo.
5. Authorize RNI Films to use your photos.
6. Choose the image you want to stylize with a disposable camera effect.
7. Scroll through the options until you get to the one you like.
8. (Optional) If you want to fine-tune the effect further, tap the settings icon (looks like two sliders) and change settings like Grain, Fade, and Dust to achieve a more disposable camera aesthetic.
9. (Optional) To remove the date stamp, go to the settings icon and select Date stamp, then turn it off.
10. Save your edited image by tapping the save icon (down-pointing arrow) and tapping New.

You should now see your photo in an RNI Films album in your Photos app.

If you don’t like manually changing image attributes one by one, an easier alternative is to use a vintage camera app like Dazz Cam. It features a host of filters that are automatically added to the photos you take – no need to spend hours editing photos yourself. Here’s how to use Dazzling Cam To get this disposable camera effect on your iPhone:

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1. Download Dazz Cam from the App Store.
2. Launch the app.
3. Give it permission to access your camera.
4. Tap the film camera icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
5. Choose another camera from the options. Our favorite picks are CPM35, FQS R, CT2F, and Classic U, all of which are free.
6. To see what the effect looks like, tap Sample at the top.
7. Depending on the camera effect, adjust the settings at the bottom. This could include how the timestamp would appear, whether or not to add random light trails, and what type of additional effects to add (e.g. fisheye, prism, or stars).
8. After setting up your camera of choice, tap the down arrow to return to the capture screen.
9. If your camera effect has one, tap the number in the middle to adjust the zoom.
10. Press the capture button to take the photo.
11. When prompted, allow Dazz Cam to access your photo library.

Your photo will now be saved to your library. To view your image in Dazz Cam, tap its preview in the lower left corner.