Open Camera

Mark Harman

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About this app

Open Camera is a completely free Camera app. Features:
* Option to auto-level so your pictures are perfectly level no matter what.
* Expose your camera's functionality: support for scene modes, color effects, white balance, ISO, exposure compensation/lock, selfie with "screen flash", HD video and more.
* Handy remote controls: timer (with optional voice countdown), auto-repeat mode (with configurable delay).
* Option to take photo remotely by making a noise.
* Configurable volume keys and user interface.
* Upside-down preview option for use with attachable lenses.
* Overlay a choice of grids and crop guides.
* Optional GPS location tagging (geotagging) of photos and videos; for photos this includes compass direction (GPSImgDirection, GPSImgDirectionRef).
* Apply date and timestamp, location coordinates, and custom text to photos; store date/time and location as video subtitles (.SRT).
* Option to remove device exif metadata from photos.
* Panorama, including for front camera.
* Support for HDR (with auto-alignment and ghost removal) and Exposure Bracketing.
* Support for Camera2 API: manual controls (with optional focus assist); burst mode; RAW (DNG) files; camera vendor extensions; slow motion video; log profile video.
* Noise reduction (including low light night mode) and Dynamic range optimisation modes.
* Options for on-screen histogram, zebra stripes, focus peaking.
* Focus bracketing mode.
* Completely free, and no third party ads in the app (I only run third party ads on the website). Open Source.

(Some features may not be available on all devices, as they may depend on hardware or camera features, the Android version, etc.)

Website (and links to source code): http://opencamera.org.uk/

Note that it's not possible for me to test Open Camera on every Android device out there, so please test before using Open Camera to photo/video your wedding etc :)

App icon by Adam Lapinski. Open Camera also uses content under third party licences, see https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence

Ratings and reviews

Edit: Great recent update. The manual focus bracketing feature in the app is invaluable with the close focusing Ultra Wide camera on the Samsung Ultras for macro pictures on a tripod for stationary objects. You can stack these with a wide range of software on computer. The menu options could be a bit more intuitive but really that's for me to work out being a fantastic free option. Thanks for keeping the app constantly improving.

Thank you. I'm one of those people who got an S25 and was disappointed with the lackluster camera that Samsung tried to paper over with software gimmicks. This app makes it possible to get acceptable (or better) pictures by exposing what the stock hardware can do in a simple and elegant way. I know generosity when I see it in software and you deserve my gratitude and my thanks.

My Pixel 7 A is Very Very Very Hot while using this App , nothing else Running no other Apps are on .Can you have look in to whats cause this Heating Up it's on the back of my phone ,& the sides I'm thinking it's CPU usage ? don't get me wrong that's the only downside to this App had a few days only . every time it happens .I like the App on how it looks layout design & the manual Controls .can you let me know what's happening thanks 👍 PS I ca. only give three ⭐⭐⭐ stars, IE HEAT PROBLEMS

What’s new

New features for supported devices (for Camera2 API): Preview Shots enables a short video saved alongside photos containing shots from moment before photo was taken. Support for choosing a specific lens. UltraHDR.

Haptic feedback. Can be disabled under Settings/More camera controls/"Allow vibration feedback".

New options: "Use milliseconds in filename" and "Optimise focus for".

Double tap to cancel focus/metering area.

Fixes for manual white balance. Various other improvements / bug fixes.