InstaCRT is a new iPhone project that explores how the mobile's camera could use a real filter for photos – as opposed to the digital ones in popular Hipstamatic and Instagram apps.

The project, created by Martin Ström, Ruben Broman and Erik Wåhlström, features two components: an iPhone app and a hardware setup that includes a Canon 7D camera, an old school computer monitor and a MacBook Pro.

When a person takes a picture using the iPhone app, the image is automatically uploaded to a central server. The Macbook then uses a computer script to fetch the images from the server, which are then downloaded and displayed on the monitor. The Canon 7D then automatically takes a photo of this displayed image, then sends this to the person's phone, and also uploads it to the project's Tumblr site.

With Instagram having soared in popularity over the past few months, and the appetite for lo-fi photography still healthy, it's good to see a project that explores the idea in a real world setting.