Application Description

Open Camera is a highly versatile and completely free camera app that offers an array of features designed to enhance your photography and videography experience. Whether you're a professional photographer or a casual user, Open Camera has something to offer everyone.

One of the standout features is the option to auto-level your pictures, ensuring they are perfectly aligned no matter the angle you're shooting from. This feature is particularly useful for those aiming for precision in their shots. Additionally, Open Camera exposes a wide range of your device's camera functionalities. This includes support for various scene modes, color effects, white balance adjustments, ISO settings, exposure compensation and lock, selfie mode with a "screen flash" feature, and the ability to record in HD video.

For convenience and creativity, the app offers handy remote controls such as a timer with an optional voice countdown and an auto-repeat mode that can be configured with a delay. You can even take photos remotely by simply making a noise, adding a fun and interactive element to your photography. The app's interface is highly customizable, allowing you to configure volume keys and the user interface to suit your preferences. An upside-down preview option is available for those using attachable lenses, and you can overlay various grids and crop guides to assist in composition.

Open Camera also supports optional GPS location tagging (geotagging) for both photos and videos, with compass direction included for photos. You can apply date and timestamps, location coordinates, and custom text to your photos, and 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.

For those interested in advanced photography techniques, Open Camera offers support for panorama shots, including with the front camera, HDR with auto-alignment and ghost removal, and exposure bracketing. It also supports the Camera2 API, which provides manual controls with optional focus assist, burst mode, the ability to save in RAW (DNG) format, camera vendor extensions, slow motion video, and log profile video. Other features include noise reduction, including a low light night mode, dynamic range optimization, and options for on-screen histogram, zebra stripes, and focus peaking. For those looking to explore more advanced techniques, focus bracketing mode is also available.

One of the best aspects of Open Camera is that it's completely free and does not include third-party ads within the app, though you may find ads on the website. Being open-source, you can access the source code and contribute to its development if you wish.

Please note that not all features may be available on every device due to differences in hardware, camera features, and Android version. Before using Open Camera for important events like weddings, it's advisable to test it on your specific device. The app icon is credited to Adam Lapinski, and Open Camera uses content under third-party licenses, detailed at https://opencamera.org.uk/#licence.

For more information and to access the source code, visit the official website at http://opencamera.org.uk/.

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