Open Camera is a highly versatile and completely free camera application designed for Android devices. This open-source app offers an extensive range of features to enhance your photography and videography experience.
One of its standout features is the auto-level option, which ensures your pictures are perfectly aligned, regardless of the angle at which you're holding your device. Open Camera also unlocks the full potential of your camera, supporting a variety of scene modes, color effects, white balance adjustments, ISO settings, exposure compensation and lock, selfie mode with a "screen flash," and the ability to record in HD video.
For added convenience, the app includes handy remote controls such as a timer with an optional voice countdown and an auto-repeat mode with a configurable delay. You can even take photos remotely by making a noise, adding a fun and unique touch to your photography. The app's user interface and volume keys are fully configurable, and there's an upside-down preview option for those using attachable lenses.
Open Camera also offers a variety of overlays, including grids and crop guides, to help you compose your shots perfectly. For those interested in geotagging, the app supports optional GPS location tagging for both photos and videos, with compass direction included for photos. You can also add date and timestamps, location coordinates, and custom text to your photos, and store date/time and location as video subtitles in .SRT format.
Privacy-conscious users will appreciate the option to remove device EXIF metadata from photos. The app supports panorama mode, including for the front camera, as well as HDR with auto-alignment and ghost removal, and exposure bracketing. For advanced users, Open Camera supports the Camera2 API, offering manual controls with optional focus assist, burst mode, RAW (DNG) file support, camera vendor extensions, slow motion video, and log profile video.
Additional features include noise reduction, including a low light night mode, and dynamic range optimization modes. The app also offers on-screen tools such as a histogram, zebra stripes, and focus peaking to help you fine-tune your shots. Focus bracketing mode is another advanced feature available to users.
Completely free and devoid of third-party ads within the app (ads are only run on the website), Open Camera is a testament to the power of open-source software. However, please note that some features may not be available on all devices due to hardware or camera capabilities, Android version, and other factors.
For more information and access to the source code, visit the official website at http://opencamera.org.uk/. It's important to test Open Camera on your specific device before using it for critical events like weddings. The app icon is designed by Adam Lapinski, and Open Camera uses content under third-party licenses, detailed at https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence.
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