One of the main disadvantages of Android is video recording. It doesn’t matter whether I use the best product on the market: the results never convince me. This is not a hardware issue, but a processing issue. Something very similar happens to me when I take photos and compare them to what can actually be achieved from lightly edited raw RAW.

Most cell phones don’t have manual controls for video, so we’re limited to what automatic mode wants to do. And generally what you want to do is to save light from everywhere and at all costs. Luckily, there is an app that changes everything. Blackmagic Camera.

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What is Blackmagic Camera? Blackmagic Camera, as the name suggests, is a camera application created by Blackmagic. This is one of the leading companies in the video industry; They are behind some of the best cameras on the market and are the creators of the best color editing software: Davinci Resolve.

Having this app on our phones is an absolute privilege and is by far the best offer you can install if you want to take your recordings to another level.

What does this application do? First of all, Blackmagic Camera allows you to adjust every manual control on your camera. So millimeters of the lens (varies between cameras, but knowing the focal length), shutter speed, ISO, white balance, hue…

We can configure exposure compensation, focus guides, autofocus or manual focus, zebras… Basically, it’s like having the interface of a professional camera but on a phone.

It is also an application that allows you to change the bit rate at which our phone records. This allows you to adjust how much it will cover. It also allows you to change the color space, codec used, resolution…

One of the factors I like is that it allows us to reduce noise in real time, which is important in video, and even correct the distortion of the camera we are using.

Finally, it allows us to apply our LUTs to the video itself so we don’t need to edit anything. We select the LUT, apply it and it is recorded in real time with the applied settings. Crazy.

Why is it important? Considering that there are almost no mobile phones with professional video controls, and even if they do have them, they are not that complete, this app represents the before and after when it comes to recording video on Android. It requires a certain learning curve if we want to get the most out of it, but once you get used to using it, it will be difficult to use the stock app again.

Is it free? This app is completely free, which makes it perfect. It has no ads or any limitations.

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