Open camera
| Open camera
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 Homescreen |
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| developer | Mark Harman |
| Current version |
1.47.3 ( October 20, 2019 ) |
| operating system |
Android 4.0.3+ Android 5.0+ is required for some functions |
| programming language | Java |
| category | Camera APP |
| License | GPL v3 or later |
| German speaking | Yes |
| Open Camera website | |
Open Camera is a free , open source camera application developed by Mark Harman for mobile phones with the Android operating system.
Dissemination & reception
Open Camera is available in many different app stores . z. B. F-Droid and Google Play . The app has already been downloaded more than 10 million times from the Google Play Store. PC-Welt praises the image stabilizer and the many functions of the app. The photo journalist Heico Neumeyer told the dpa that you can often get more out of the pictures with the manual settings of Open Camera than with apps that offer automatic correction.
Function description
Open Camera offers a clear user interface with a large number of manual setting options, which allow adaptation for different smartphones. In addition to the manual setting options, the app also offers an autofocus and an image stabilizer. The quality and resolution of the images or videos can be set as desired.
List of functions
photo
- Automatic stabilization option
- Support for focus modes
- Autofocus
- Color effects adjustable
- White balance
- face recognition
- Antibanding
- Exposure Compensation / Lock
- Support for HDR (with automatic alignment and removal of ghost images)
Video recording
- Record motion pictures in 4K ∗
- Taking photos while recording video
- time lapse
- Slow motion ∗
- ∗ if supported by the end device
user interface
- Optimization function of the graphical user interface for left and right-handers
- Option to lock portrait or landscape orientation for photo or video
- Digital zoom via multi-touch gesture and single-touch control
- Possibility of remote recording by means of a sound (e.g. voice)
- Activate / deactivate the trigger tone
- Repeat mode (with delay)
- Overlays (selection of grids and cutting guides)
- Angle display
- Multilingual ( German , Turkish , French and other languages)
Metadata
- Optional GPS location (geotagging) of photos and videos; for photos also compass direction (GPSImgDirection, GPSImgDirectionRef).
- Date, timestamp, location coordinates and custom text
- Date, time and place as video subtitles (.SRT)
Technical functions
- Support of Google Camera2 API
- Support of external microphones
- Storage location is adjustable
- Support Storage Access Framework for storing photos / videos
- Storage of photos in raw data format
- Show free space
Individual evidence
- ↑ Open Camera History . (accessed on November 6, 2019).
- ↑ (APP) (4.0.3+) Open Camera. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Alternative camera apps for Android - Open Camera - connect . In: connect . ( connect.de [accessed on September 29, 2018]).
- ↑ Steffen Zellfelder: The best camera apps for Android . In: PC WORLD . ( pcwelt.de [accessed on August 25, 2018]).
- ↑ Camera tuning for smartphones . In: MOZ.de . ( moz.de [accessed September 29, 2018]).
- ↑ Open Camera | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Open Camera. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Open Camera. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Open Camera with RAW / DNG support . ( stadt-bremerhaven.de [accessed on June 4, 2018]).
- ↑ c't editors: c't smartphone photography (2017): Immediately better smartphone photos . Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95788-184-7 ( google.de [accessed September 29, 2018]).
- ↑ The best camera apps for Android - AndroidPIT . In: AndroidPIT . ( androidpit.de [accessed June 4, 2018]).
- ↑ Open Camera - Apps on Google Play. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .