Application Description

Open Camera is a highly versatile and completely free camera app designed for Android devices. This open-source application provides a plethora of advanced features that cater to both casual users and photography enthusiasts, ensuring your mobile photography experience is top-notch.

One of its standout features is the auto-level option, which ensures your photos are perfectly aligned regardless of how you hold your device. Dive deeper into your camera's capabilities with support for scene modes, color effects, white balance, ISO settings, exposure compensation and lock, and even a selfie mode with a "screen flash" for those perfect low-light selfies. Capture stunning HD videos and more with ease.

Open Camera also offers handy remote control options such as a timer with an optional voice countdown and an auto-repeat mode that you can configure to your needs. You can even snap a photo remotely just by making a noise! The app's user interface is fully configurable, including volume key functions, and there's an upside-down preview option perfect for use with attachable lenses.

Enhance your composition with overlay grids and crop guides, and add optional GPS location tagging (geotagging) to your photos and videos. This includes compass direction for photos, adding an extra layer of detail to your captures. Personalize your images further by applying date and timestamps, location coordinates, and custom text; these can also be stored as video subtitles (.SRT). If privacy is a concern, you have the option to remove device EXIF metadata from your photos.

For those looking to explore more advanced photography, Open Camera supports panorama mode, including for the front camera, and HDR with auto-alignment and ghost removal. Exposure Bracketing is also available, alongside support for the Camera2 API which unlocks manual controls, burst mode, RAW (DNG) file capture, camera vendor extensions, slow motion video, and log profile video.

The app doesn't stop there; it includes noise reduction options, including a low light night mode, and dynamic range optimization modes. For precise control, you can use on-screen tools like a histogram, zebra stripes, and focus peaking. Additionally, focus bracketing mode is available for those who want to ensure every detail is in focus.

Open Camera is proudly ad-free within the app, ensuring an uninterrupted user experience. While some features may vary depending on your device's hardware or camera capabilities and the Android version, Open Camera aims to provide a comprehensive photography tool for everyone.

For more information and access to the source code, visit the official website at http://opencamera.org.uk/. Please note that while Open Camera is versatile, it's advisable to test the app on your specific device before relying on it for important events like weddings. The app icon is designed by Adam Lapinski, and Open Camera uses content under third-party licenses; for more details, see https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence.

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