There is no doubt that one of the most used applications in our latest generation Android terminals is their native cameras. Cameras Samsung, Sony o LG that are specifically mounted on their terminals to get a greater potential from the technical characteristics of their components.
Although sometimes, and I say only sometimes, we meet external camera applications to the companies that manufacture these devices, who even offer us greater configuration possibilities to get a better performance from the native camera of our Android terminal. We have a good example of this with one of the best camera applications that I have had the pleasure of trying on my Android, the application is none other than Lenovo Super Camera. In today's article, I am going to introduce you to a camera application for Android that promises a lot, its name Open Camera and as its name well illustrates, it is an Open Source or Open Source application.
What does Open Camera for Android offer us?
The first of all is to tell them that Open Camera for Android We can download it directly from the Play Store for free and requires a version of Android 4.0.3 or higher to work. At the end of the post I am going to leave you the direct link to download Open Cámara from the Play Store itself as well as an external link to directly download the APK.
Among its aspects to highlight we can highlight the following functionalities:
- Option self-stabilize using the accelerometer for perfectly level images.
- All common options such as zoom, flash, focus modes (including a 'manual' mode to focus only on touch), focus / metering areas, exposure lock, scene modes, color effects, white balance , ISO, exposure compensation, video recording.
- Options for timer and burst mode.
- Configurable volume keys (take picture, zoom, or change exposure compensation).
- Optional geotagging, including compass direction (GPSImgDirection, GPSImgDirectionRef).
- Option to optimize the user interface for left and right handed users.
Ultimately Open Camera for Android is a very interesting camera application that offers us new options such as leveling the jacks thanks to accelerometers of our devices, a very new option that helps to take perfectly level photos.
In short, a very interesting application that helps take even more control of your photo captures and video shots, an application that in future updates promises to incorporate new and interesting functions, so from here Androidsis We will be very aware of its development and future reviews of the application.
