Open Camera

Mark Harman

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About this app

Open Camera has the following 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), Bluetooth LE remote control (for specifically supported smartphone housing).
* 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.
* 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

Really cool app. Has pretty much everything you need for maximising your camera usage at a free cost. However, my only two gripes I have with this app: 1. There is no (or clear) option to enable OIS, which is a huge con when using this app, as any OEM camera app on a phone with OIS obviously utilises it, and it is essential for smooth footage. 2. Less of a problem, but more of a QOL feature - enabling flash in ULTRAWIDE/0.5 photos or videos. If you can do both of these, instant 5 stars.

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

The app was going OK 👍 from the beginning. Then, 2 months later, photo 📸 capture started to freeze and delays, taking pictures 📸 and videos. What's causing this "DEVELOPER" ? 🤔 I think I figured out the issue. I had too many pictures and videos in one folder. 📂 That caused the Open Camera 📷 to freeze and delay taking photos 📸 and videos.📹 Now that I spread them in different folders, it took the weight off tha folder. 📂 it's all good now. I'm giving it 5 stars. 🌟

What’s new

More crop guides: 65:24 and 3:1. Shutter button now changes to a red square when recording video. Show current save location in settings. Don't block UI thread when first starting camera preview (for Camera2 API with Android 14+).

Removed -/+ controls for zoom and exposure compensation.

Various other improvements and bug fixes.