Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
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Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
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Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#2I've been using open camera on android since 2019.
It's far superior to anything I've seen natively installed on any device. It has a lot of options, which I suspect can be confusing to some, but they're worth familiarizing with.
My favorite feature is the macro, which when coupled with the right UI settings produces photos that when I have printed, result in the person saying "wow! You took that with a phone!?". And I say "yeah. Open Camera. It's great, try it sometime".
Highly recommend.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#3It's usable but that's all I can say for it. Changing settings for simply adjusting ISO makes the processing of images take forever. I tried to use it so I could capture poorly-illuminating LEDs in a strip at work and ended up just using a DSLR in manual mode, it was much faster.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#4It's usable but that's all I can say for it. Changing settings for simply adjusting ISO makes the processing of images take forever. I tried to use it so I could capture poorly-illuminating LEDs in a strip at work and ended up just using a DSLR in manual mode, it was much faster.
Yeah, I agree. I've used it until 3 days ago, then after ~1y I got tired of taking the occasional pictures with HDR on and waiting 3-5 minutes for them to be processed and saved, while producing 3 other copies in the gallery.
Quality looked amazing, but the pre-installed phone camera gets close enough and it's instant.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#5I've been using open camera on android since 2019. It's far superior to anything I've seen natively installed on any device. It has a lot of options, which I suspect can be confusing to some, but they're worth familiarizing with. My favorite feature is the macro, which when coupled with the right UI settings produces photos that when I have printed, result in the person saying "wow! You took that with a phone!?". And…
What phone do you have?
I havent tried Open Camera in a while, but my conclusion is that the phone's camera app is best.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#6It's usable but that's all I can say for it. Changing settings for simply adjusting ISO makes the processing of images take forever. I tried to use it so I could capture poorly-illuminating LEDs in a strip at work and ended up just using a DSLR in manual mode, it was much faster.
That's a weird bug. For me it always works almost instantly with the exception of long exposures where it sometimes takes 2x the exposure time.
Did you switch to Camera2 API in settings>Camera Api ?
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#7I've been using open camera on android since 2019. It's far superior to anything I've seen natively installed on any device. It has a lot of options, which I suspect can be confusing to some, but they're worth familiarizing with. My favorite feature is the macro, which when coupled with the right UI settings produces photos that when I have printed, result in the person saying "wow! You took that with a phone!?". And…
What phone do you have? I havent tried Open Camera in a while, but my conclusion is that the phone's camera app is best.
Unable to afford a Google-free phone, I strictly use Moto, which with a bit of adb work and a lot of disabling shitware, gets close to actual Android. They also have excellent glass, aside from doing all I require of them.
I see criticism of Open Cam already, but I recommend trying it, with patience, and seeing what it can do. All my art images, all my videos, are all taken with open camera.
Edit: for the macro setting, it allows fine tuning, but the manual focus and manual zoom functions are superb for my purposes.
Edit2: Maybe irrelevant, but I always disable the stock camera and anything camera related. Not sure if that helps, but I know I don't want any fucking thing to do with shitware, so go as nuclear as possible.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#8It's usable but that's all I can say for it. Changing settings for simply adjusting ISO makes the processing of images take forever. I tried to use it so I could capture poorly-illuminating LEDs in a strip at work and ended up just using a DSLR in manual mode, it was much faster.
That's a weird bug. For me it always works almost instantly with the exception of long exposures where it sometimes takes 2x the exposure time. Did you switch to Camera2 API in settings>Camera Api ?
Yes, I tried every improvement and API switch suggested for almost a month with no change in performance unless I went back to default everything, which then brought processing performance in-line with the regular native phone app.
And the Long Exposure was the primary thing I wanted it to work for.
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#9I'm gonna give this a try. I have a samsung and the camera app has glitchy slow motion for years. I would never buy another one again, but if i can get functioning slow motion then i can still use it at least for side projects
Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
#10I'm gonna give this a try. I have a samsung and the camera app has glitchy slow motion for years. I would never buy another one again, but if i can get functioning slow motion then i can still use it at least for side projects
The problem with the slow motion isn't the software, it's the phone.
Source: I have a Samsung phone. Any software trying to take slow-motion video glitches out. The camera also tends to make the phone overheat.