Version 1.51.1

Version 1.51.1 is released!

• New option Settings/Photo settings/"Remove device EXIF data" to remove device metadata from JPEG photos. You can optionally choose to keep metadata related to date and time. Note that other Open Camera settings (e.g., enabling geotagging) will override this option and will still be applied.

• New option Settings/Photo settings/"HDR tonemapping" to choose tonemapping algorithm used for HDR photo mode.

• Improvement to HDR algorithm for dark scenes.

• Camera2 extension X-Night mode now adds "_Night" to filename.

• Various bug fixes: Gallery thumbnail had incorrect orientation on some Android 10+ devices. Focus bracketing images came out underexposed on some devices since version 1.50. Fix for location EXIF information for Camera2 API on some devices (e.g., Pixel 6 Pro). For Camera2 API, incorrectly showed red eye flash even when not supported by the device. Improvement for slow focusing for Camera2 API.

• Zoom UI improvements for Camera2 API: Made it easier to zoom to 1x zoom using seekbar on devices that can zoom out to ultra-wide camera. Also made the zoom seekbar snap to powers of two.

• The volume key down now supports pause/resume video on Android 7+ when recording video, if the option for volume keys is set to "Take photo (or start/stop video recording)".

• Open Camera now defaults to Camera2 API for some devices. This will only take affect for new installs or if resetting settings (but you can always manually switch the camera API used under Settings, if supported by your device).

• Similarly, Open Camera now defaults to flash off instead of flash auto. With improvements to phone cameras for low light situations, using a flash is increasingly less useful, and this default behaviour seems in line with other camera applications.

• Various other UI improvements and bug fixes.

See https://www.opencamera.org.uk/history.html for a full history.