Blackmagic Camera 3.5.0 for Android

Blackmagic Camera gives an Android phone the manual controls of a cinema camera, for free.

It comes from Blackmagic Design, the maker of DaVinci Resolve, and records straight into a Resolve-ready workflow.

Version 3.5 adds settings search, preset shortcuts and support for the newest Oppo and OnePlus phones, and the app has no ads, watermarks or in-app purchases.

What Blackmagic Camera Actually Does

It replaces the phone's own camera app with full manual control: ISO, shutter angle, white balance in Kelvin, and manual focus with focus peaking. Zebra stripes and false colour show you exposure, and audio meters show your sound levels.

You can load your own .cube LUTs to preview a look while you shoot, and supported phones record in a Log profile for grading later.

What It Records on Android

On Android the app records H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) video. Apple ProRes recording, often mentioned in reviews, is a feature of the iPhone version only.

Resolution and frame rate depend on your phone, up to 4K and higher on recent flagships, with Open Gate on supported models since version 3.1.

What Is New in 3.5

• Settings search and preset shortcuts that open the app with a saved setup ready to go.
• 10-bit remote previews when another phone or tablet controls the camera.
• Android 17 optimisation, plus support for the Oppo Find X10 and OnePlus 16 series with Oppo O-Log2.
• Lower battery use and a round of bug fixes.

Which Phones It Supports

Blackmagic Camera only runs on phones it has been tested on, mostly recent Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel models plus selected Oppo, OnePlus and other flagships.

On an unsupported phone the app may refuse to install from Google Play. Check Blackmagic's current list before sideloading this APK, because an unsupported camera can be missing features or not open at all.

From Phone to Edit

With a free Blackmagic Cloud account, clips upload while you shoot and appear in a shared DaVinci Resolve project, so an editor can start before you are done.

On a Windows PC, H.265 clips need the HEVC Video Extension to play in the Photos and Media Player apps. Shooting alongside Blackmagic cinema cameras? Blackmagic RAW handles their footage on the same timeline.

Who Should Look Elsewhere

If you just want good-looking clips for social media, the phone's own camera app is faster, and CapCut edits them on the same phone.

For playing back finished clips on the phone, VLC for Android opens H.265 files that some gallery apps will not.

Quick questions

More camera, editing and player apps are in our Android section.

Download Blackmagic Camera 3.5.0 APK and shoot your first manual clip, or tell us how it works on your phone.