Open Camera

Discover the power of photography with Open Camera, a completely free and open-source camera app that transforms your Android device into a versatile imaging tool. Whether you're a professional photographer or an amateur looking to capture life's moments, Open Camera offers a plethora of features to enhance your photography experience.

With Open Camera, you can ensure your photos are always perfectly aligned thanks to the auto-level option. Dive deep into your camera's capabilities with support for various scene modes, color effects, white balance settings, ISO adjustments, exposure compensation and lock, selfie with "screen flash," and HD video recording. The app also provides handy remote controls including a timer with an optional voice countdown and an auto-repeat mode with configurable delays.

Capture the perfect shot remotely by simply making a noise, thanks to Open Camera's innovative sound-activated shutter. Customize your experience with configurable volume keys and a user-friendly interface. For those using attachable lenses, the upside-down preview option ensures you can frame your shots correctly. Enhance your composition with a variety of overlay grids and crop guides.

Geotag your photos and videos with optional GPS location tagging, which includes compass direction for photos. Add a personal touch to your images by applying date and timestamp, location coordinates, and custom text. You can also store date/time and location as video subtitles in .SRT format. For privacy-conscious users, there's an option to remove device exif metadata from your photos.

Explore creative photography with features like panorama mode, available even for the front camera, and HDR with auto-alignment and ghost removal. Exposure Bracketing allows you to capture a series of shots at different exposures. Open Camera also supports the Camera2 API, offering manual controls, focus assist, burst mode, RAW (DNG) file support, camera vendor extensions, slow motion video, and log profile video. Enhance your images further with noise reduction, including a low light night mode, and dynamic range optimization modes.

For those interested in advanced photography techniques, Open Camera provides options for an on-screen histogram, zebra stripes, and focus peaking. The focus bracketing mode allows you to capture multiple images at different focus distances, perfect for macro photography.

Best of all, Open Camera is completely free with no third-party ads within the app, ensuring a seamless user experience. While some features may depend on your device's hardware or camera capabilities and the Android version, Open Camera is designed to maximize the potential of your device.

Visit the official website at http://opencamera.org.uk/ for more information and access to the source code. Please note that due to the vast variety of Android devices, it's recommended to test Open Camera before relying on it for critical events like weddings.

The app icon is designed by Adam Lapinski, and Open Camera uses content under third-party licenses, details of which can be found at https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence.