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Mark posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Can you post an example photo please, where Settings/Photo settings/"Remove device EXIF data" is set to "Remove device Exif data". Also which version of Open Camera is this (see Settings/About)?
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Changing Settings/On screen GUI/"Immersive mode" to "Hide everything" would remove the on-screen icons. A possible workaround to make completely black might be Settings/Camera preview/"Ghost image" if you have a completely black image to supply, although currently the max opacity you can set to is 80%
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Hi, make sure Settings/"Camera API" is set to "Camera2 API", then this can be set via Settings/More camera controls/"Shutter sound".
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Storage Access Framework
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Fixed for the next version - force quitting whilst the SAF dialog is open will mean SAF is turned back off.
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Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Which metadata isn't getting removed when using Settings/Photo settings/"Remove device EXIF data"?
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The reply is correct - whilst in theory I could use a library to support this, it's likely a large amount of work, and would be difficult to support a range of USB cameras.
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What happens if you click on the thumbnail (bottom right when phone held in portrait) after taking a photo? As in they don't show in the gallery? Maybe try a file explorer app to see if that shows files in the relevant DCIM folder?
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Usually a restart fixes this. If not, are other camera apps able to access the camera?
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I've fixed this for the next version (to measure time from when each photo was started, rather than only restarting the timer after taking a photo).
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Zoom issues on Galaxy S24 Ultra
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Thanks for the update. As far as I can tell this is a device limitation, and I see similar in the Samsung stock camera: RAW is only available in Pro mode as far as I can tell(?), and in Pro mode you can't switch to different cameras by zooming, and only by selecting the cameras manually. Admittedly it's more confusing in Open Camera as it's not obvious that turning on RAW turns off this ability, although I'm not sure there's any way to get this information easily (Samsung have the advantage they...
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If it's supported by the device (and the device allows third party applications to use the ultra-wide camera). Make sure Open Camera's Settings/"Camera API" is set to "Camera2 API", then see if you can either zoom out (to below 1x), or if there's a camera icon with a "+" to choose different cameras.
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Open Camera no longer cycles through all cameras, but separates switching front/back as a separate icon, so you should be able to ignore additional cameras if you don't want them.
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Failed to start camera preview during lens selection
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Open Camera now supports multiple cameras via a menu, rather than cycling through, so at least it's a bit easier to skip it. Is the problem camera still occurring, in which case please post a screenshot of the camera menu in Open Camera?
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Thanks for the update. Open Camera only exposes cameras that are made available to third party applications. In Open Camera with the OnePlus Nord, does zooming in and out switch between different cameras? If not, it should be raised with OnePlus as a request to support multiple cameras for third party camera applications.
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Thanks for the info. I'm not aware of anything I'm doing differently to support flicker I'm afraid. The only possible related setting is Settings/Processing settings/"Anti-banding", but that just sets an option to the camera driver, rather than it being part of Open Camera's algorithms. It's on my todo to support zoom for RAW images.
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Sure, have reopened for the feature of having manual shutter with auto ISO (or vice versa).
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Shutter speed cap
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Hi, yes having one of these set manually and the other set to auto is a new feature available in Android 16, it's on my todo to add support for this.
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Please see reply at https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/1285/ .
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Please see reply at https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/1285/ .
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Shutter speed cap
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Thanks for the info. I'm afraid that the decisions on shutter speed and ISO in auto mode is controlled by the device rather than the application, and there isn't a way as far as I know to set a maximum value. Android 16 does introduce a way to have manual shutter speed with auto ISO (on my TODO to support), although that still doesn't seem quite what you're after.
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"The FP5 has a 50MP Camera (8192x6144 (50,33MP) and this is usable with other camera apps" Which non-stock camera apps have 50MP resolution on the Fairphone 5? Thanks for the links to the e/OS fork, that's interesting - ideally I'd stick with the standard Android API rather than using device specific routes (the device specific strings for the keys), there's the risk that even if it works now, it could change in future. Ideally FairPhone would expose this either directly, or via https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraMetadata.html#REQUEST_AVAILABLE_CAPABILITIES_ULTRA_HIGH_RESOLUTION_SENSOR...
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I have issues on Xiaomi Redmi 12 with MIUI Global 14.0.6 and Android 13.
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Thanks for the info - indeed, this often seems to be the case, but often hard to be sure if I don't have that particular make of device, so thanks for the confirmation.
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Thanks for the update!
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Although it lists 3 back cameras, it looks like ID0 is for the logical camera (that should automatically switch between the cameras based on zoom), with ID2 and ID3 being the physical cameras for main and ultrawide. So I don't think the telephoto lens is exposed as a camera to be able to explicitly switch to. It may be that the default camera (ID0) switches to telephoto when zooming in(?) - although if not, it's not something that Open Camera can access I'm afraid.
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Hi, please see reply at https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/photography/thread/6b223428b3/?limit=25#4930/fd33 . Note that what a device allows for third party camera applications doesn't have to match what they expose for the built-in camera.
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I don't have plans to add scanner-specific features I'm afraid.
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Hi, as far as I can tell (at least testing on my Galaxy S24+), the high MP resolutions aren't made available to third party applications, instead they pixel bin it down to the more regular resolutions.
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Thanks for the info - I've identified an issue that seems to match this description, affecting a small number of devices (including Nokia G42 5G), I'll try to fix for the next version. If in Open Camera you go to Settings/About, can you let me know please what it lists for "Device model"? (I wasn't sure if this is "Nokia G42 5G", or some other device model/code.) Camera2 API offers extra features like manual controls (and on some devices at least may be faster at taking photos), but original API...
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jerk from zoom on videos
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That's great to hear! Yes no need for donations, thanks anyway.
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I believe that's Google Photos - Open Camera doesn't have a built-in gallery, when you click on the thumbnail it just links to the gallery app on your phone (which looks like Google Photos in your case). I imagine it's something they changed in an update to Google Photos.
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Interestingly the "Display size:" in the About info suggests the display is in portrait orientation, so I'm not sure why pulling down the notification/settings is operating in landscape. But yes, I agree with trying latest version - for non-Google devices, I'd recommend installing from F-Droid - https://f-droid.org/ ). Whilst I'm not aware of anything that would have affected/fixed this, it seems best to try the version that's updated with latest libraries and targetting a more recent Android ve...
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Android now has QR code scanning as standard, via the pull down widgets, "Scan QR code". Or even from within Open Camera, holding the home button, then doing Google's "circle to search" should work on QR codes.
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Unfortunately these controls are now deprecated on Android (and they did look rather old fashioned). Potentially in future I could add more modern buttons to do something similar.
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Thanks for the update. I have identified an ANR in my Google Play stats showing a Camera2 startup issue affecting a small number of devices, including the Pixel 5a. I should be able to put a workaround in for the next version (unfortunately that will be 1.56, not the 1.55 that just went out), so hopefully that will be what you're seeing.
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I'm not sure what you mean by Google lens button? Open Camera doesn't have a built-in button for Google lens. Maybe post a screenshot?
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I'll put a fix in hopefully for next version. In the meantime note you can disable haptic feedback under Settings/More camera controls/"Allow vibration feedback".
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I don't have a device to reproduce/investigate the issue I'm afraid, which makes this hard. Note that immersive mode is optional - I mean, I appreciate reporting the bug, but if it's causing problems for you using Open Camera it's better to just disable it (long pressing to go to Settings). I realise I missed the separate point about stuck in landscape orientation - these days Open Camera shouldn't be locked to an orientation. If the phone is held in portrait, then go to Settings/About and paste...
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Version 1.55
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It's not in my plans I'm afraid (and arguably there are some privacy-related benefits in Open Camera not having Internet permission, so I've been trying to keep with that).
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Galaxy S20+: 3/4 cameras selectable, does not include primary 64MP camera
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It'll likely automatically switch to telephoto when you zoom in. Older Galaxy S devices don't expose choosing a specific lens for third party applications I'm afraid. It does seem to be supported for the S24 at least (works on my Galaxy S24+).
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Fairphone Gen 6.: Main Camera with 50 MPixels not recognized?
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Normally the camera should automatically switch to the telephoto lens when zooming in. Open Camera now supports choosing a physical lens, but this requires the device to support it for third party applications.
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Thanks for the info, I can reproduce on my Galaxy S24+. I can also reproduce with other third party camera applications, so seems to be a device behaviour. I'll see if I can report as a Samsung bug.
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Unfortunately there was an anonymous commenter posting several repeated comments, in some cases copying from existing comments, across various threads including this one. So I suspect the notifications are genuine - someone else was posting these anonymously. I've deleted the comments, so they no longer show here. Sorry for the confusion!
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Indeed, Open Camera uses Java with the Android APIs, rather than any cross-platform toolkits. The Camera API specific code is self-contained inside the CameraController/CameraControllerManager classes (indeed that's how it supports both the original and Camera2 APIs). Although I imagine the issue would be the large number of other Android specific APIs in use too (not just GUI, but things like image processing, launching background threads, and sadly even now file access, can be different to using...
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Thanks for the info, it's on my TODO for a future version to have option to disable optical stabilization.
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Please see Settings/Photo settings/"Enable fast HDR/expo burst" (under debugging options) - what value is that set to, and does changing it help? Also please make sure you're on the latest version v1.54.1.
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Catalan translation
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GPS Longitude show 0.0 in Exif (v1.54.1)
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This suggests the device is not storing the GPS data in the JPEG information correctly, but I've applied a workaround to force writing the data (for Camera2 API) if longitude or latitude is 0 (similar to existing workarounds when the data isn't present at all).
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Hi, it adds vibration/haptic feedback for various "seekbars" (e.g., the sliders for changing zoom or exposure).
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[feature] please allow entire "lockscreen session" to be browsable without unlock, not just one photo
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Open Camera doesn't have its own built-in gallery - so it's not possible to only show photos from the current session I'm afraid, instead unlocking is required to go to the installed gallery application.
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Also see https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/1253/ .
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Also see https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/1253/ .
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Thanks - can you post screenshots of the bit above that screenshot please? Also make sure in Open Camera Settings/"Camera API" is set to "Camera 2 API"?
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Bug
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Open Camera doesn't have the ability to crop photos?
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imx 686 capture 12MB only
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Corrupted Front Camera Images on FP5
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Thanks for the update - it seems worth reporting to Fairphone 5. I don't know if I changed something that either fixed a bug, or just worked around it.
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Register as default camera application
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I'm afraid Google removed the ability to choose a third party camera from another application (I think around Android 11ish?) If you're seeing a list, I think this is only possible if that other camera application specifically references particular camera apps.
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I'm afraid Google remove the ability to choose a third party camera from another application (I think around Android 11ish?) If you're seeing a list, I think this is only possible if that other camera application specifically references particular camera apps.
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Please see my reply above - https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/general/thread/d5b15bfba7/?limit=25#3e83/2f6f .
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'd still like to keep the ability for holding shutter button for burst, but could add as an option in future for people to choose.
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Switching cameras whilst recording video isn't supported I'm afraid, maybe in future.
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Widgets for Android lock screen not working
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Thanks for your comments! "Battery, Calendar, Clock, Reminder, Samsung Health, and Weather." These are all Samsung's - I believe Samsung don't allow third party applications to be added, I'm afraid. (Lock screen behaviour is device specific, there isn't a standard Android behaviour for this.) You should be able to choose Open Camera as one of the two apps to launch (bottom left and bottom right), although note you'll have to then unlock to launch Open Camera - as far as I know this is still a Samsung...
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Maybe try other third party camera apps too (although as you say, it's hard to be sure when the problem doesn't always happen). Plus maybe try Open Camera itself (i.e. not the fork) just in case there are differences?
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If you're using the latest version, when using the main back camera, the camera icon with a "+" should show different lenses, including telephoto? Or please post a screenshot if not. Also note that when zooming in, it should switch automatically to telephoto anyway, without you needing to choose that.
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Can you paste the info in Settings/About please?
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Have replied via email.
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Maybe email me at mark.harman.apps@gmail.com .
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This is just the haptic vibration which I added in the last version - it's a standard ability of phones to generate a vibration, and isn't caused by the optical zoom itself. The Samsung Galaxy stock camera does a similar thing. But you can turn it off if you prefer as the other reply says (Settings/More camera controls/"Allow vibration feedback").
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Hi, can you share an example image showing this please?
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I think this should be on by default on devices that support it. See https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/685/ for some discussion.
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Stop symbol should be squared and not round
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Good point! Will be fixed for the next version (it'll be a red rounded square when recording video).
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I'm not aware of changing anything, but this is dependent on the device supporting it.
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Which device is this This was a change specifically for Samsung Galaxy devices, due to a Samsung specific bug where it would always play at 100% volume (and the previous sound was particularly loud). I plan to report this as a Samsung bug to see if this can be resolved properly.
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Hi, I mean that Open Camera's HDR works on the bitmaps generated from the JPEGs.
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Hi, "in that at first it only shows "ultrawide" and "auto lens", and only after selecting "auto lens" it shows all the individual lenses and allows one to choose them" Can you include a screenshot please of when you first click the multi-camera icon i.e. where it only shows ultrawide and auto lens? It should list the individual lenses without needed to reopen the UI, as shown in the screenshot below.
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Hi, manual exposure with auto ISO is something that Google document isn't supported (so even if it works on some devices, it may not on others). It looks like support for this is coming in Android 16 ( https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/02/second-beta-android16.html ) so it's on my TODO to look at this.
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I don't have one of these to test with, so it can be hard to investigate/resolve device specific issues.
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Note that was adware bundled in other people's projects, rather than malware as stated by the OP[*]. But yes, I remember that, although to be fair that was 10 years ago - I don't think they're even owned by the same people anymore(?). If I switched to GitHub, I'd probably have people saying I should move because of something Microsoft has done... It affected binaries - if people don't trust downloading the APK from Sourceforge, it's available from F Droid and Google Play. Anyhow, Sourceforge works...
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"The issue does still persist in "Auto Lens" mode though, the zoom level drops to 0.54 without switching cameras." - To clarify, as in zooming from 1x to 0.54x on rear camera won't cause any change?
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Hope it goes okay. Either way it seems a useful feature (and bug fix) to have added to Open Camera.
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