Taking great pictures on your mobile phone requires a good eye and a half-decent cameraphone, but it also requires software on board the phone to help turn your creative vision in reality. Let's check out the best photography software out there for Nokia smartphone users. 

Top 5 camera apps for Nokia N8 pros

We regularly talk about how Nokia continues to redefine the mobile camera market through its ongoing development of the 12-megapixel Nokia N8.

But there's a spin-off to that, and it's the fact that top-line hardware will attract some top-line software makers too. In the past we've highlighted our own choices of the best photo software apps for serious Nokia photographers, and now the Nokia Nseries Blog has reprised the theme with a shortlist of its own.

As you'd imagine, a few are restricted solely to the Nokia N8 because of the high-end nature of their features, but there are a couple that are available for other Nokia cameraphones too. Let's have a quick check of the software that makes the grade:

CameraProN8
Price: £3
What features does CameraProN8 bring to the Nokia N8? How long have you got? One of the highlights as the impressive 11x digital zoom function, which puts that 12-megapixel sensor to good use. 

HDR Photo Camera
Price: £4
Takes three different photos at once at different frame rates, then combines them intelligently to create a single super-high contrast image simply bursting with detail and clarity. 

Molome
Price: Free
A lot of high-end photo apps can be pricey, but Molome takes a different approach, providing bags of cool features that are fun and easy to use, and doing it completely free of charge. 

Nokia Panorama
Price: Free
If done properly panoramic shots can have stunning visual impact, especially when taken on the Nokia N8, and Nokia Panorama is just the software you need for the job.

Joyeye FX Touch
Price: £6
There's nothing new about software filters to give your pics the edge, but Joyeye FX Touch justifies its high price tag by providing powerful and creative filtering tools you're unlikely to find a match for elsewhere.

Do you use any of these great software apps on your Nokia N8 or other Nokia mobile cameraphone, or do you have a suggestion of your own that you reckon should make this list? Let us know in the Comments.