Android camera guides
Practical, honest how-tos for getting more out of the camera your phone already has. Each guide works on any Android phone, and shows where One Camera can help.
Settings and basics
Manual camera settings on Android, explained
What ISO, shutter speed, white balance and focus do, with starting settings for common scenes.
Read the guide →Pro mode camera settings: a cheat sheet for every scene
Starting settings for daylight, sunsets, rain, portraits, concerts, the moon and the stars.
Read the guide →Telephoto vs wide angle vs ultra-wide: which phone lens to use
What each lens is for, and why your 3x shot isn't always the 3x lens.
Read the guide →Camera2 API: check what your phone's camera supports
Hardware levels and capabilities, and what they mean for manual controls and RAW.
Read the guide →Focus peaking, zebras and histogram on Android
How to read each monitoring tool, and use all three to nail focus and exposure.
Read the guide →ISO on a phone camera: what it does and what to set
Why high ISO looks noisy, how it trades off with shutter speed, and what to set per scene.
Read the guide →HDR vs night mode: which to use on your phone
What each mode does, which to pick for common scenes, and when neither is right.
Read the guide →Better photos
How to make phone photos look like film
Soft highlights, lifted shadows, colour and grain: in the camera or in an editor.
Read the guide →How to shoot RAW (DNG) photos on Android
Check support, turn RAW on, and edit DNG files so they're worth the space.
Read the guide →How to take photos without AI processing on Android
What processing does, how to turn it down, and when it's worth keeping.
Read the guide →How to turn off over-sharpening on Android photos
Where halos and smeared texture come from, and how to turn them down.
Read the guide →How to take better night photos on Android
Night mode, manual settings, and tips for city lights, the moon and the stars.
Read the guide →How to take sharp photos with your phone
The five causes of blurry phone photos, and the fix for each.
Read the guide →How to take better portraits with your phone
Lens, light, focus and background: the choices that make a portrait.
Read the guide →How to turn off AI processing on a Samsung camera
Scene optimizer, Camera Assistant's Picture softening, auto lens switching and RAW.
Read the guide →Photo apps with no AI scanning or tracking
A six-point check for any app, which apps keep photos on your phone, and how to share without a server in between.
Read the guide →Video
Best video settings for Android phones
Resolution, frame rate, codec and shutter speed, and how much storage each setting uses per minute.
Read the guide →Log video on Android: log vs flat vs HLG
Which profile your phone can shoot, and the settings that matter more than any of them.
Read the guide →How to shoot a timelapse on Android
Which speed to pick, how long to record, and keeping it steady.
Read the guide →How to shoot slow motion video on Android
Which frame rate to use, why it needs bright light, and how to avoid flicker.
Read the guide →How to pause video recording on Android
Pause and resume as one clip, take photos while you record, and what to do if your phone can't.
Read the guide →हिंदी में गाइड
मोबाइल कैमरा सेटिंग्स हिंदी में
ISO, शटर स्पीड, व्हाइट बैलेंस और फ़ोकस: हर सेटिंग क्या करती है और कब बदलें।
गाइड पढ़ें →प्रो मोड कैमरा सेटिंग्स: हर सीन के लिए चीट शीट
धूप, सूर्यास्त, पोर्ट्रेट, कॉन्सर्ट, रात, चाँद और तारों के लिए शुरुआती सेटिंग्स।
गाइड पढ़ें →Android फ़ोन में RAW (DNG) फ़ोटो कैसे लें
सपोर्ट जाँचें, RAW ऑन करें, और DNG फ़ाइलें सही तरीके से एडिट करें।
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