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 a nice tool! It would be great if you guys added the feature for changing the focus (in manual mode) with those "+" and "-" buttons, like you have for digital zoom. That would be cool, that gradual focus shift. And also would there be an option to save your exact options, like if I have selected white balance to be locked then it's locked when I open the app next time. You know exactly everything left as it is. Will save time and creative process. Thanks!

Worst app ever. I downloaded to record 4k videos without limit. Recorded a 1.5 hours lecture. Turns out, it did not save the file. While recording, the app showed occupied memory. But I can't find the video file in my device. It took a lot of time and energy to record this. Please fix this issue as soon as possible. For those who are looking to record long 4k videos, do not download this app!

Your app is great, I had replaced it with my stock camera for a month or two. Now that I switched back to my stock one as I think that is better at controlling focus. App UI also need some improvement like some are scattered to the left or right & at bottom. Keep it consistent, or keep everything under a single button with easy access. Not blaming on you. But your app is good at quality photos, option to choose the audio input, much more and above all it's free. Good, keep it up.

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.