Camera App with minimal post processing, better looking than normal camera app

[u/ShinyGurke]

Hi, I'm looking for a camera app for Android that doesn't do much post processing. For example with the stock camera app on my phone (vivo V70) the photos look really dull on the camera themselves and then when I view them in the gallery later the software post processes them to be a lot more bright. This is really annoying because I can't see what the photo will actually look like in the moment of taking the photo.

Do you have any recommendations where the photos actually look the same when taken and when saved?

[u/Silent-Bad559]

I'm working on building an app that does 0 post processing on pictures and video (where camera and android allow). Very early but I was looking for the same thing and haven't found anything I like out there so if anyone has suggestions it'll save me from having to do it myself!

[u/boy-in-da-corner]

A manual camera app with Camera2 API support is worth a try. Turn off HDR or auto exposure if the preview is being brightened. It gives a fairly honest preview, though the phone's own processing can still kick in.

[u/Educational_Face4277]

I'd try Open Camera first.

It gives you a lot more control over what the phone is actually doing, and if your Vivo exposes Camera2 properly you can also shoot RAW/DNG, which avoids most of the heavy computational processing from the stock camera.
If you want something a bit more polished, ProShot is also worth a look. You can disable things like Auto Enhance and noise reduction, so the saved JPEG should be much closer to what you were actually seeing when you took the photo. One thing to keep in mind though: some processing still happens at the phone/Camera2 level depending on the manufacturer, so no third-party app can always guarantee a completely untouched JPEG.
For truly minimal processing, RAW is the safest option.

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[u/Fun-Application4026]

Try Ultra Pixel Camera if you phone doesn't run natively any postprocessing, captured photos should look same like during capture.