Free Camera

Aleh Tsitou

About this app

Free Camera is a fully featured and completely free Camera app for Android phones and tablets.
Features:
* Option to auto-stabilize so your pictures are perfectly level no matter what (see example image).
* Expose your camera's functionality: support for focus modes, scene modes, color effects, white balance, ISO, exposure compensation/lock, face detection, torch.
* Video recording (including HD).
* Handy remote controls: timer (with optional voice countdown), auto-repeat mode (with configurable delay).
* Option to take photo remotely by making a noise (e.g., voice, whistle), or by voice command "cheese".
* Configurable volume keys.
* Optimise GUI for left or right-handed users.
* Zoom via multi-touch gesture and single-touch control.
* Option to lock orientation to portrait or landscape for photo or video. Upside-down preview option for use with attachable lenses.
* Choice of save folder (including support for Storage Access Framework).
* Disable shutter sound.
* 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).
* Yes you can take a selfie (also known as front camera), includes support for "screen flash".
* Support for (some) external microphones.
* Widget to automatically take a photo after launching.
* Support for Camera2 API: manual focus distance; manual ISO; manual exposure time; RAW (DNG) files.
* Support for HDR and Exposure Bracketing (Camera2 only).
* Dynamic range optimisation mode.
* Small file size.
* Completely free, and no ads in the app (I only run 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.)

App icon by Adam Lapinski ( http://www.yeti-designs.com ).

The open source code for Free Camera (modified version 1.37 Open Camera) is available at https://yadi.sk/d/IGi59dVY3HxAs5

The app Free Camera is a modified version of the Open Camera app.
I just added the ability to control the camera with Mi Band 2.

Please donate to Mark Harman, the author of Open Camera, for his fine work.

Ratings and reviews

Here's my actual rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 This app is the same code as Open Camera with one noteable exception; it works flawlessly. Setup was a breeze, and use is very easy. keep up the good work, keep it simple and clean. *Side Note: I was using Open Camera but since the last update it no longer functions 1: The camera fails to save images (to internal memory or the SD Card) 2: The flash no longer works. 3: And the most important item, No response from the developer regarding these issues.

Great app, user friendly and nicely balanced. (Also, quite error-proof, since i used it in the emergency mode, when stock camera "packed up"..) And it doesn't stop music when recording video, which keeps the atmosphere. I just wish there was a "noise filter off" switch for video mic (i prefer the raw sound), and some manual focus slider would be nice (instead of digital zoom, maybe, since i don't use it). Also, if it had a panoramic mode, it'd be a complete set. But overall, i like what i got.

A really great camera app. I am very impressed. I have taken many photos on my holiday to the far East, this app has allowed me to take great photos with ease. I even put down the DSLR and just used my phone and this app. One small bug, some times the camera preview is not full screen (mostly when exiting settings, but sometimes on app load). Can be solved by reloading app or going to settings and reselecting preview size. (huawei Nova 3i)

What's new

Bugs fixed.