Open Camera

Open Camera is a highly versatile and completely free camera application designed for Android devices. This open-source app offers an array of advanced features that cater to both amateur and professional photographers, ensuring a rich and customizable photography experience.

One of the standout features of Open Camera is its auto-leveling option, which ensures your photographs are perfectly horizontal, no matter the angle at which you're holding your device. This app also unlocks the full potential of your camera's capabilities, supporting various scene modes, color effects, white balance adjustments, ISO settings, exposure compensation and lock, as well as the ability to take selfies using a screen flash. For video enthusiasts, Open Camera supports HD video recording and more.

For added convenience, Open Camera includes remote control options such as a timer with a voice countdown feature and an auto-repeat mode with configurable delay settings. You can even snap a photo remotely by making a noise. The app's user interface is highly configurable, with volume keys that can be set to your preference and an upside-down preview option perfect for use with attachable lenses.

To help with composition, Open Camera allows you to overlay various grids and crop guides on your screen. For those interested in geotagging, the app supports optional GPS location tagging for both photos and videos, including compass direction information for photos. Additionally, you can add date and timestamp, 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. Open Camera also supports advanced photography techniques such as panorama (including for the front camera), HDR with auto-alignment and ghost removal, and exposure bracketing.

For those seeking even more control, Open Camera utilizes the Camera2 API to offer manual controls (with optional focus assist), burst mode, RAW (DNG) file support, camera vendor extensions, slow motion video, and log profile video. The app enhances image quality with noise reduction features, including a low light night mode, and dynamic range optimization modes. You can also enable on-screen tools like a histogram, zebra stripes, and focus peaking for precise control over your shots. Additionally, there's a focus bracketing mode for creating images with extensive depth of field.

Importantly, Open Camera is completely free and devoid of third-party ads within the app itself. The developer maintains a commitment to transparency and user privacy by keeping the app open source, with no ads to interrupt your photography experience.

Please note that not all features may be available on every device, as availability can depend on hardware, camera features, and the Android version. For detailed information and to access the source code, visit the official website at http://opencamera.org.uk/. It's recommended to test the app on your device before using it for critical events like weddings.

The app icon is crafted by Adam Lapinski, and Open Camera also incorporates content under third-party licenses, which you can learn more about at https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence.