

When you change, the camera ID number will appear briefly, but will also stay next to the time in the top left of the screen. The top one, the camera with a + sign is to flip between cameras if you have more than one. Next you’ll see two icons stacked one above the other. They flip around depending which you’re actually using. Then it’s a small video icon for filming and larger camera icon for photographing. The cog icon holds more in-depth settings, really too much to get into in a general overview but you’ll find options for both photo and video here and we’ll touch on a few of them shortly.īottom left you’ll see a slider, that’s your zoom function, so you can slide that up rather than having to pinch. Again, these will vary depending on what your camera supports and whether you have Camera2 API enabled. Here, you’ll find your camera resolution, timer tool, overlay grids for composition, white balance and so on. This is useful and saves you rooting around in the main settings. The three dots is a shortcut to a 'quick' menu The three dots icon is a quick-change menu that pops up over your camera screen. If you do have them, they’ll be in the form of a slider that you can drag left or right to change settings. According to Open Camera, it should also be ISO and white balance, but I didn’t have those options until I enabled Camera2 API, which we'll get to.

Next to that, the plus and minus sighs will look familiar to you, that’s exposure compensation.

You can see it’s unlocked by default but if you click it it’ll turn red and ‘lock’. Top left is a padlock, that’s exposure lock.
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If you’re not a fan of the cropped preview, don’t worry, you can change that to full screen in the settings. I’ve included a bank note in the frame so you can see what everything looks like. Here’s a screenshot of the interface when you first open the app. I’m testing it on a Samsung S21 with the latest version of Android. You’ll need Android 4.0.3 or later to use Open Camera and you should know that not all the features will work with every phone, it depends on your particular device and Android version.
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How to Take Photos on Android with Open Camera The Technical Bit Let’s take a look at some of its main features. Open Camera aims to give you additional options that you might not have with your pre-loaded camera app, opening up functionality and generally giving you more control over the images you capture. Cameras on smartphones have come on leaps and bounds, even just in the last five years. Open Camera is an open source, free camera app for Android devices.
