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

This app is completely free with no ads. When you usually take pictures with camera, you have to see what you are taking picture of, and we usually have auto-brightness on our phones. If the brightness is low we won't be able to see the picture we are trying to take. This app automatically set the brightness so we can see the picture we are trying to take. We can also see the current date, hour, and the free storage space available of our smartphone. Autofocus is already enabled so we can just point and shoot or we can manually select an object to focus and shoot. We can use slider to zoom in or out located at the bottom by one finger or use the pinch motion. Exposure, brightness, ISO, flash, photo mode, and settings can be easily accessed by shortcut. It also has various resolution settings from 320 to 4000px. You can also took creative pictures by using color effect. This app also has timer and repeat feature for taking pictures. Grid feature also available to help you compose the picture you are taking. Overall, thus is a very good camera app.

The image stabilization doesn't work. Even with my Xiaomi Redmi note 5 device. It doesn't take effect at all. Hope it can be fixed and the different will clearly visible just like the built-in camera software in my phone. And, the suddenly zoomed when start taking video is really disturbing. But overall, it's great with a lot of useful features

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.

What’s new

New optional on-screen icons for locking orientation to portrait/landscape, and preview shots. Grids now rotate when auto-level is enabled. Exif tags now supported for WebP and PNG image formats. Panorama photos now store XMP metadata to mark these as panorama images (JPEG formats only).

Photos no longer save on UI thread when using "Pause after taking photo" option.

Various other improvements and bug fixes.