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Open Camera: Photography

by Mark Harman

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ANDROIDPhotography

Open Camera is a free Android app for advanced photography. It offers manual controls, HDR, RAW support, and extensive customization. Perfect for users seeking a powerful and versatile camera experience, it enhances your mobile photography.

About Open Camera

Open Camera is a completely free and open-source camera application designed for Android devices, offering a wide array of features to enhance your photography experience. It provides options for auto-leveling, ensuring perfectly aligned photos every time. Expose your camera's full functionality with support for scene modes, color effects, white balance, ISO, and exposure compensation. Handy remote controls, including a timer and auto-repeat mode, add to its versatility. As one user raves, it's "insane" for a free app, especially for macrophotography. The app also includes optional GPS location tagging, date and timestamp overlays, and the ability to remove device EXIF metadata. For advanced users, Open Camera supports the Camera2 API, offering manual controls, burst mode, RAW (DNG) files, and slow-motion video. Noise reduction and dynamic range optimization modes further improve image quality, while on-screen histograms and focus peaking assist with precise adjustments. Configurable volume keys and user interface, along with an upside-down preview option, provide added convenience. Another user highlights its ability to get "more out of most older phone cameras". With panorama mode, HDR support, and exposure bracketing, Open Camera is a comprehensive tool for capturing stunning photos and videos. It's a powerful tool for mobile video and photo capture.

Key Features

  • β€’Utilize auto-leveling for perfectly aligned photos
  • β€’Access manual controls via Camera2 API
  • β€’Apply date, timestamp, and location overlays

Why Users Love It

βœ“Offers extensive manual controls
βœ“Provides HDR and RAW support
"nope i never give 5 stars, but for a free app this is insane...absolutely indispensable πŸ”₯πŸ’―πŸ”₯" (5/5) – 158 chars

Perfect for: Perfect for photography enthusiasts seeking a free, feature-rich camera app with advanced manual controls.

Screenshots

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Ranking History

Category #150

7/17/2025

#43

Category #150

7/16/2025

#44

Category #150

7/15/2025

#47

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7/14/2025

#46

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7/11/2025

#49

Category #150

7/10/2025

#45

User Reviews

Richard Smith
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5/30/2025

Thank you. I'm one of those people who got an S25 and was disappointed with the lackluster camera that Samsung tried to paper over with software gimmicks. This app makes it possible to get acceptable (or better) pictures by exposing what the stock hardware can do in a simple and elegant way. I know generosity when I see it in software and you deserve my gratitude and my thanks.

Richard Smith
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5/30/2025

Thank you. I'm one of those people who got an S25 and was disappointed with the lackluster camera that Samsung tried to paper over with software gimmicks. This app makes it possible to get acceptable (or better) pictures by exposing what the stock hardware can do in a simple and elegant way. I know generosity when I see it in software and you deserve my gratitude and my thanks.

Doug S
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6/6/2025

Great Camera With Logical Options: On Moto X4, the only thing missing is the wide angle feature of the OE camera. However the available options are intuitive and comprehensive plus the biggest thing for me is the ability to have multiple resolutions easily acessible to save storage space and reduce file sizes for sharing. Thank You!

Doug S
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6/6/2025

Great Camera With Logical Options: On Moto X4, the only thing missing is the wide angle feature of the OE camera. However the available options are intuitive and comprehensive plus the biggest thing for me is the ability to have multiple resolutions easily acessible to save storage space and reduce file sizes for sharing. Thank You!

John Dyson
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6/18/2025

Works well but a few issues with my phone . On Umidigi Pro 2, I can't select my wide angle and macro focus cameras. Pity as the other features work really well. HDR in particular is much better than the original phone camera app.

App Details

Developer

Mark Harman

Platform

android

Rating

β˜…4.0

Last Updated

7/10/2025