# PkmX/lcamera

A camera app using the new camera2 API in Android Lollipop

Repository: https://github.com/PkmX/lcamera
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lcamera
Language: Scala
License Family: other
Topics: camera, scala, android
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-06-01T11:13:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4339, "days_push": 3745, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1271, forks 209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:12.073665+00:00)

## What it is
L Camera is an open-source experimental Android camera app built on the camera2 API introduced in Android 5.0 Lollipop, written in Scala. It exposes manual focus, manual exposure (shutter speed and ISO), DNG raw capture, burst and bulb modes, and high-frame-rate video recording, primarily targeting the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6.

## Use cases
- capture raw DNG photos with manual exposure on Android
- shoot long-exposure astrophotography with a phone camera
- record slow motion or 60fps video on a Nexus 5
- test and experiment with the Android camera2 API
- take exposure-bracketed burst photos for HDR processing
- control ISO and shutter speed manually on Android

## When to choose
- you have a Nexus 5 or Nexus 6 on Android 5.0 and want manual camera controls
- you want to study or prototype against the camera2 API
- you need raw DNG output or bulb/bracketing modes on supported devices

## When to avoid
- you use any device other than Nexus 5/6, as support is device-specific
- you want a general-purpose camera with flash, white balance, or photo review
- you need a maintained app - the project has not been updated since 2016

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, developer-tools
- domain: android-tools, photography, media
- platform: -
- tags: camera2-api, manual-camera-controls, raw-dng, scala, experimental-app, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- PkmX/lcamera (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.073665+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:20.908033+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PkmX/lcamera (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.073665+00:00, sha 666f20535196)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.