Facebook appears to be leaving the door open to advertising on it new Camera app, which the company will release later today for iPhone users. When asked if the app would have advertising, a Facebook rep said, "Our focus in building [Camera] was to give people a better Facebook photos experience by making it easier to share and view photos on the go. And while we can't speak to future plans, today there are no ads within the product."

On a purely product level, it's interesting to see Facebook release a photo-sharing app with filters just five weeks after purchasing Instagram for $1 billion. Facebook Camera, for the most part, appears to be extremely similar to Instagram, which is also being treated as a standalone app.