Open Camera

Open Camera

Open Source Camera app.

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Open Camera
Open Camera 1.53.1 APK
June 6, 2024 4.66 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 120-640dpi

SHA1: 2eab6ebb261ab746ae439a8acda400ab7184cbc1

Size: 4.66 MB

What's New:

Improved user interface icons. Smoother zoom for Camera2 API. Camera vendor extensions show percentage progress on supported Android 14 devices.
New option for on-screen icon to enable/disable focus peaking.
Support for themed/monochrome application icon.
Fixed poor performance if using Storage Access Framework when save folder had many files.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.
Fixed bugs in 1.53 related to video subtitles option.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.53 APK
June 3, 2024 4.66 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 120-640dpi

SHA1: 88e6f28823f4e018a55ae47a25c84513195a885d

Size: 4.66 MB

What's New:

Improved user interface icons. Smoother zoom for Camera2 API. Camera vendor extensions show percentage progress on supported Android 14 devices.
New option for on-screen icon to enable/disable focus peaking.
Support for themed/monochrome application icon.
Fixed poor performance if using Storage Access Framework when save folder had many files.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.52 APK
August 16, 2023 4.68 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 8250e0ad2df49bf498b70877f64fab47ae864bf1

Size: 4.68 MB

What's New:

Improvements for pinch zooming. Fixes for split-screen and multi-window mode. Support for zoom and on-screen ISO/exposure display when using camera vendor extensions (for supported Android 13+ devices).
"Touch to capture" option now supports starting and stopping video. No longer cancel panorama when rotating device too far in wrong direction.
Applied a 2s timeout for focusing with original camera API.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.51.1 APK
January 2, 2023 3.69 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: f777812e88388fb1c115aeae24ade15cbb74d858

Size: 3.69 MB

What's New:

New options under "Photo settings" to remove device EXIF metadata, and choose HDR tonemapping algorithm. Improvement to HDR algorithm for dark scenes.
Default to Camera2 API for some devices; default to flash off (will only take effect for new installs or if resetting settings).
Various fixes for slow focusing for Camera2 API, incorrect thumbnail orientation, focus bracketing, geotagging.
X-Night mode now adds "_Night" to filename.
Various other UI improvements and bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.51 APK
December 23, 2022 3.69 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: fafbfadd754dd8f9c990b116487a10762c0cabd8

Size: 3.69 MB

What's New:

Support for Camera Extensions. Selected Android 12 devices now have photo modes such as Night, Bokeh, Beauty. Requires Settings/"Camera API" to be set to Camera2.
Allow accessing ultra-wide cameras via zoom e.g. on Pixel 5/6 when using Camera2 API.
Removed "use addresses" and "say cheese" options. Sorry about that, but this is due to new data privacy requirements.
Fixed HDR on Samsung devices since Android 12. Fixes for flash on Camera2 API. Various improvements for Android 12.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.50.1 APK
June 18, 2022 3.68 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 005039b5830b1975f1408fd6b666b0aaa3d1df91

Size: 3.68 MB

What's New:

Support for Camera Extensions. Selected Android 12 devices now have photo modes such as Night, Bokeh, Beauty. Requires Settings/"Camera API" to be set to Camera2.
Allow accessing ultra-wide cameras via zoom e.g. on Pixel 5/6 when using Camera2 API.
Removed "use addresses" and "say cheese" options. Sorry about that, but this is due to new data privacy requirements.
Fixed HDR on Samsung devices since Android 12. Fixes for flash on Camera2 API. Various improvements for Android 12.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.49.2 APK
January 25, 2022 3.67 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 1ec16466c3f076a5c3d0d13f32c6fc3ef7ebd88c

Size: 3.67 MB

What's New:

Fixed crash for NR photo mode on some devices since version 1.49.
Support for latest emoji.
Made appearance of info "toasts" more consistent.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.49.1 APK
September 29, 2021 2.75 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 17404bfa6cf364fd8d2c54e246b9156973834b55

Size: 2.75 MB

What's New:

1.49.1: Fix crop guides.
1.49:
Support portrait and landscape orientations rather than being locked to landscape.
Fixed performance problem for Storage Access Framework on Android 10+.
Support longer exposure time on some Samsung devices. Improvements for NR, DRO and HDR photo modes. Fixed manual white balance.
Updated some user interface icons.
Video subtitles on Android 11 now requires Settings/More camera controls/"Storage Access Framework" enabled.
Bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.48.3 APK
July 16, 2021 2.73 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 0dfc768f78802be518575018067e323c8f5729bb

Size: 2.73 MB

What's New:

Support for Android 10+ scoped storage. Note this means for Android 10+:
* Saving outside of DCIM is no longer possible unless using Storage Access Framework option. If you had set up a save folder outside of DCIM on Android 10+ it will reset to the default. Enable Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access Framework" to save outside DCIM.
* If using Video subtitles, then .SRT files will show up in gallery apps unless using Storage Access Framework option.
Various bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.48.1 APK
May 7, 2020 2.66 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: cb8df2f7c238e55f51b8040a9fc272e540bd2cf8

Size: 2.66 MB

What's New:

New icon for switching between multiple cameras (note not all devices expose multiple cameras to third party apps). For old behaviour disable Settings/On screen GUI/"Multiple cameras icon".
Aperture control (on supported devices, Camera2 only). Flash now supported for manual ISO/exposure. More custom video profiles. Improvements for log profiles (note this means behaviour of these profiles has changed). Auto-level feature now shows on-screen rectangle.
Bug fixes and other improvements.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.47.3 APK
October 29, 2019 2.54 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: d34739d5da232fd518603bb2bcf5eb976b2dabff

Size: 2.54 MB

What's New:

Camera2 API option is now a "list" selection rather than a toggle switch. This option should be copied over, but just in case, if you had enabled Camera2 API and Camera2 features are no longer available, please check Settings/"Camera API".
Grids were being drawing too faintly.
Updated some icons for newer more consistent material design look.
Minor accessibility improvements.
Moved licences from about to separate preference category.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.47.2 APK
September 23, 2019 2.55 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 120-640dpi

SHA1: dece671e28a89207f2c3b6b47e67336661149a90

Size: 2.55 MB

What's New:

Some devices (e.g., Samsung) played shutter sound etc when Camera2 API enabled even when phone was on silent/vibrate.
Fixes for devices with notches/cutouts.
Don't display ghost image whilst frontscreen flash is enabled.
Added support for EXTRA_DURATION_LIMIT, EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT, EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY for when called from video (ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE) intent.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.46 APK
May 25, 2019 2.44 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 120-640dpi

SHA1: aae961ac2de0e2c62a341b5ba378ade48606d2ae

Size: 2.44 MB

What's New:

Open Camera now requests Bluetooth permission, due to support for Kraken Smart Housing (thanks to Edouard Lafargue).
New features: histogram, zebra stripes, focus peaking (Camera2 API only). Some devices now support RAW for expo/focus bracketing. New Photo settings/"Use addresses" for photostamp. Improved DRO for some scenes.
More on-screen icons. Support for bluetooth/USB keyboards.
Moved some settings under "On screen GUI" to new "Camera preview".
Bug fixes and other improvements.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.45.2 APK
January 22, 2019 2.25 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 34124f12e5529d3c44b3f3c459a1444942ff056c

Size: 2.25 MB

What's New:

1.45.2: Bug fixes.
1.45: New optional UI layout (Settings/On screen GUI/UI placement/). New options to enable icons for face detect, auto-level, photostamp, custom textstamp, white balance lock.
New options if Camera2 enabled: "Low light" mode for Noise Reduction mode; hold down shutter button in std or fast burst modes to take continuous burst; focus assist.
Improvements for NR, DRO, HDR modes. Support for WebP, PNG; and video formats. Ability to save/restore settings.
And more...
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.44.1 APK
September 27, 2018 2.11 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: f4c8cc4110a2f696a6efefbb5fb27291167cba73

Size: 2.11 MB

What's New:

1.44.1: Fixed some crashes.
1.44: Photo mode "NR" takes photo burst and merges to reduce noise (Camera2 API, only supported on some devices). Focus Bracket mode (Camera2 API only). Ghost image option to overlay last photo or selected image. Audio level meter option for recording video. Flat (log) video profile (Camera2 API only).
Improved manual mode seekbars.
Partial Greek translation (thanks to Wasilis Mandratzis-Walz).
Warn user if compass calibration is required.
And more.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.43.3 APK
April 21, 2018 2.02 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 90050d16dd03769c01ea39b0d901c8f945f6fc4b

Size: 2.02 MB

What's New:

1.43.3: Bug fixes.
1.43: Fixed some crashes (e.g. sharing images on Android 7+).
Camera2 features: fast burst, slow motion; improved support for custom frame rates (thanks to George Joseph).
Time lapse video. Torch option for front camera by lighting up the screen. Option to save RAW only. New options to store Artist, Copyright Exif tags. (Some features only on later Android versions).
User interface improvements. Various bug fixes.
Datestamp yyyy/mm/dd replaced with yyyy-mm-dd.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.42.2 APK
January 8, 2018 2.08 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: b7a8bd1351c5150a4533a96af3f88ce2fa0799d4

Size: 2.08 MB

What's New:

Fixed some crashes.
Problems with alignment of some dialogs in portrait mode on some devices (possibly an Android 8 issue).
On-screen face icon displayed when face detection is enabled.
Performance improvements.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.42.1 APK
December 17, 2017 2.08 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: b91f969f8b4f8136e38405817248ab211838e125

Size: 2.08 MB

What's New:

Use updated build tools (hopefully a workaround for LineageOS boot loop and Android Studio 3 https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64434571).
Various bug fixes.
Now targetting Android 8. New adaptive icon for Android 8 (thanks to Adam Lapinski).
Improve Camera2 quality for Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge (set EDGE_MODE_OFF and NOISE_REDUCTION_MODE_OFF).
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.42 APK
November 24, 2017 1.81 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 6d578f0c8d97155fbc22b63f9d5280fa7436ae4a

Size: 1.81 MB

What's New:

Application shortcuts (requires Android 7.1).
Face detection now supports accessibility services (e.g., Google Talkback).
Expo images now saved with suffix "_0" etc, instead of "_EXP0" etc. This means Google Photos knows to group the images together.
Fixed bug since 1.41 where if camera failed to open, it wasn't possible to switch to other cameras.
"Show angle" no longer enabled by default.
Performance improvements and other bug fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.41.1 APK
October 26, 2017 1.75 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 465ba8d173469e244406a23c410a81cf1068e520

Size: 1.75 MB

What's New:

1.41.1: Fixed some crashes in 1.41.
1.41:
What's New dialog now shows (once only) new features.
Take photos while recording video. UI improvements (switch photo/video and switch camera icons now next to take photo icon; ISO controls now moved to exposure panel). HDR improvements (including ghost removal).
Performance improvements and bug fixes. Added Norwegian Bokmål translation (thanks to Imre Kristoffer Eilertsen).
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.40 APK
August 21, 2017 1.74 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 776e7a8253da566f75d13d579e938810714e95af

Size: 1.74 MB

What's New:

Improvements to HDR algorithm (problems with HDR photos coming out too dark).
Changing color effect or white balance is now faster, and no longer closes the popup (unless switching to manual white balance); for Camera2 mode, changing scene mode is also faster.
Improved performance when leaving Settings.
Pause icon now changes when pausing video (thanks to Johan Ejdemark).
Polish translation (thanks to Jacek Buczynski).
Various other fixes and performance improvements.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.39 APK
July 1, 2017 1.67 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 1595676c09367f2b7c39658d15ee16efb7d5be3d

Size: 1.67 MB

What's New:

For Camera2 API, don't show flash of previous preview image when resuming application.
On Android 7+, camera now opens on background thread (for smoother operation).
Performance improvements for opening popup view.
Fixed a crash on exit.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.38.2 APK
June 3, 2017 1.67 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: dbba1a9952232458f3bc1c5b56db20d5b1f194ea

Size: 1.67 MB

What's New:

1.38.2 and 1.38.1: Bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.38: HDR and expo bracketing now available for original Camera API (HDR still requires Android 5+) (Camera2 will still be much faster).
Manual white balance temperature (Camera2 only).
On-screen icons now displayed to indicate various options being enabled.
HDR improvements.
Fixes: photo stamp orientation on devices that use exif orientation tag; crash with video subtitles when GPS lost. Various other fixes.
New translations.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.38.1 APK
May 22, 2017 1.67 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 1dccf956d3191ba0e31dad85add15aab155a6c38

Size: 1.67 MB

What's New:

1.38.1: Bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.38: HDR and expo bracketing now available for original Camera API (HDR still requires Android 5+) (Camera2 will still be much faster).
Manual white balance temperature (Camera2 only).
On-screen icons now displayed to indicate various options being enabled.
HDR improvements.
Fixes: photo stamp orientation on devices that use exif orientation tag; crash with video subtitles when GPS lost. Various other fixes.
New translations.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.38 APK
May 18, 2017 1.67 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: b74c697bd4ff6d022affcbb2292c38d8632ca7cf

Size: 1.67 MB

What's New:

Fixes and improvements for Camera2 API (particularly for OnePlus 3T, but hopefully may help other devices in Camera2 mode).
Various other fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.37 APK
February 17, 2017 1.56 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: af34ee8a362b2a545a964668cc7a331ace2bbe50

Size: 1.56 MB

What's New:

Fixes and improvements for Camera2 API (particularly for OnePlus 3T, but hopefully may help other devices in Camera2 mode).
Various other fixes.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.36.2 APK
January 2, 2017 1.56 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 9c11bf3caed941e4f8bfcc1395d437fd5462f508

Size: 1.56 MB

What's New:

1.36.2: Fixes.

1.36: Auto-alignment for HDR. New photo mode DRO (requires Android 5). Support for Android 7 quick settings tiles. New option to mirror front photos (under Settings/Photo settings). Option to calibrate level angle. Option to display on-screen pitch and direction lines. New "video subtitles" feature to create .SRT file storing time and location.

Fixed "Loud noise" audio control not working.

Focus mode now remembered for video mode.

Various other fixes and UI improvements.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.35 APK
October 31, 2016 1.51 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 4f834d73175c075a4257796a3e626aa4350f2814

Size: 1.51 MB

What's New:

Now supporting Android 7.

Improvements to HDR algorithm.

New "Enable fast HDR/expo burst" option under "Photo settings" for Camera2 mode. Disable this if your device has problems taking photos in HDR or Exposure Bracketing photo modes.

Various bug fixes and other improvements.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.34 APK
October 12, 2016 1.48 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 2602a391afb33d0a39917326337ff354bd6c13c3

Size: 1.48 MB

What's New:

Now supports Android permissions. On Android 6+ you'll have to "allow" the requested permissions for Open Camera to work.

New "Use alternative flash method" option under "Photo settings" for Camera2 mode. Try this if your device has poor flash behaviour with Camera2 api.

New features: Exposure bracketing (camera2 api only). Screen flash for front camera. HDR mode now supports flash modes.

UI improvements. Various fixes. Updated French and Slovenian translations.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.32.1 APK
July 25, 2016 1.27 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 3781888be77339d029dae1db0c6665bac2784388

Size: 1.27 MB

What's New:

1.32.1: Fixed crash on some devices for RAW.

1.32: Option for Raw DNG files. Only available in Camera2 mode and if your device supports it. Most Gallery apps don't recognise DNG files instead use special apps like Google Snapseed and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or transfer to PC.

Focus volume key option no longer repeatedly focuses. Pressing both volume keys in this mode now takes photo.

Enabling auto-stabilise now shows info dialog. Select Don't show again to prevent the dialog showing again.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.31 APK
June 24, 2016 1.26 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 694e1f55cb19f9c316918969b48de5aacf4fcf90

Size: 1.26 MB

What's New:

Photos now processed in background thread (if this causes problems, you can disable it under Settings/Photo settings/Use background thread).

Touch to autofocus now supported for continuous focus mode.

New option for filenames to be based on UTC (Zulu) time (thanks to David Pletcher).

Updated Russian translation (thanks to Grigorii Chirkov).

Other fixes.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.30.1 APK
June 3, 2016 1.25 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 08f7b705a993649bb8644119bc60eea204de70bc

Size: 1.25 MB

What's New:

v1.30.1: Fixed crash on 1.29-1.30 on some devices (hopefully for real this time!).

v1.30: Fixed focus/metering regions and face detection when zoomed in using Camera2. Various other bug fixes and UI tweaks.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.30 APK
June 1, 2016 1.25 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 32ded659bb627958f1df45b34d64ab23e37258bf

Size: 1.25 MB

What's New:

Fixed crash on 1.29 on some devices. Fixed focus/metering regions and face detection when zoomed in using Camera2. Various other bug fixes and UI tweaks.
Open Camera
Open Camera 1.29 APK
May 11, 2016 1.25 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 35dd8cb0b9eb2cdfc9665e5acfaca6b2ecff351d

Size: 1.25 MB

What's New:

Proper support for continuous picture focus mode.

Fixes for Camera2 API.

Graphical border effect when taking a photo (if you don't like this, you can disable it under Settings/On screen GUI/"Show border when taking photo").

Various UI improvements and fixes.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.28.1 APK
April 2, 2016 1.24 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: efa4589f17f2fa2f6dc32be64235cd4982927f94

Size: 1.24 MB

What's New:

1.28.1: Fixed crash in 1.28 for Czech language.

1.28: Fixes for saving to SD card with Storage Access Framework. Fix for location on pre-Android 6 devices. Don't show existing thumbnails when device is locked.

New options to take photo/video by making a noise, or responding to voice command "cheese".

Videos automatically restart when hitting device max filesize (you can disable this). Option to control max filesize.

Option to disable auto-focus on startup. More translations. UI improvements.

Open Camera
Open Camera 1.27 APK
October 28, 2015 1.04 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 9194406468269723a4eede6007b6e877377fe486

Size: 1.04 MB

What's New:

Fixed crash with popup menu on Android 6. Fixed crashes on Android 6 if permissions not available (Open Camera hasn't been updated yet to properly support the new permissions models, this is a quick fix to prevent crashes).

Fixed problems with volume/focus/camera key. Improved selfie stick support (thanks to Lau Keat Hwa).

Fixed Camera2 API focus bug (Camera2 API still experimental though).

German translation (thanks to Ronny Steiner, Sebastian Ahlborn).

New icon (thanks to Adam Lapinski).