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Lenka

Lenka is a remarkably simple yet powerful, dedicated black & white camera app developed in France by world renowned photographer Kevin Abosch (kevinabosch.com) for professionals & amateurs alike, to create beautiful black & white photographs.
Features:


- Realtime "What you see is what you get" preview as you shoot.


- Pinch screen to switch from rectangular "full frame" format to square format.


- Toggle between auto and manual tap to focus by tapping the "AF" button on the control panel.


- Adjust contrast manually with control slider.


- Subtle cooler/warmer Temperature Tint control slider.


- Option to take photo by pressing volume buttons.


- Edit photos (crop/rotate) and share via email or messenger and to Facebook and Twitter.


- Export photos to Instagram! (Must have Instagram on your device for this feature)


- Tap the lightbulb icon to illuminate your subjects with constant light (not flash)

Lenka does not allow for flash photography or the use of your front facing camera. These are creative decisions which speak to our artistic philosophy.

Category : Photography

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Reviews (30)

And. I. Sep 12, 2016     

Love it's simplistic interface. Nice tonality of produced images. Please give option to keep preferred method for focusing. Now if I choose manual selection of an object to focus on, go to gallery and back - Lenka switches back to the default AF mode. Sharpness. Lack of it is surprising. Need controls for manual exposure correction. The resolution of outputting images is lower than the native resolution of phone's camera.

Her. R. Jan 13, 2017     

Please bring settings like turn off the shutter sound which is important to shoot on the street. And manual focus select sometimes a bit slow response, need two/more touch until it show the focus square. I love the bw picture that your app produce.

dav. a. Jul 26, 2016     

Short on bells and whistles. Tall on quality. Works like a dream on my Galaxy 7. I have one other B&W camera app but I only use it sparingly. In the future I might desire a few other features but Lenka allows me to focus on what's important for me. Love it...

Bre. M. Mar 18, 2017     

I like this app very much. But like others who have reviewed it, I want to be able to shoot and save in full original MP of my phone's camera... Or at least higher than offered. Also also please add a little bit of lense zoom capability. Not too much so as to lose sharpness, but just little for tighter shots. Otherwise, great app. I am really enjoying seeing and shooting in B&W.

Mr.. B. Jul 29, 2017     

Contrast and details are excellent. Very film like. No front facing camera option, which I consider a plus as someone who shoots "Selfies" should not be using this app. One problem is that full frame stills are only captured at 8MP, but that may be because of the odd resolution (13MP) of my Nexus 6's camera. Could really use the extra resolution. Otherwise Great!

ric. d. Aug 19, 2016     

the black and white has a very good quality but I have some suggestions: 1- change the layout of the commands 2- add EV compensation / manual settings 3- have the possibility to select in which folder save photos 4- add GPS data 5- add a selector for add much or less grain

X. X. Sep 26, 2016     

This is one foolish app. It has NO FILTERS. You can't bring previously taken pictures from your gallery to the app and edit. You must snap with the app. And the only functions this app has, are basic stuff every phone can do (crop, delete, share to instagram) finish. It's pointless and useless. Don't download. Waste of time.

Pri. M. Jan 7, 2017     

Used this app in redmi 3 and asus zenfone 5. Loved the effect in redmi 3. So used it in zenfone 5. But unfortunately when trying to use high contrast mode, it is giving some sort of negative effect (like film negatives). Please fix that. Otherwise very good.

A. G. u. Sep 14, 2016     

This apps description appealed to my artistic side. The other day, i took several pics with a few various camera apps. Looking at the images, THIS app is the only one that showed the beautiful Moon in the afternoon sky... in more detail than I've ever captured it before too! I didn't even know it was there!

Pet. F. Jul 22, 2016     

Latest update, app still won't save my pics in full frame mode, very disappointing. I contacted developer about this in the previous version but got no reply. I assumed it would be fixed in this version, but no. Update: Thanks for taking notice, issue fixed, I now have the perfect B/W camera!

Lou. G. Jul 5, 2017     

Top class B&W app keeping it very very simple yet brilliant. Im not a selfie addict but i may become one if this had the reverse camera option. Will 5* it should that happen. Install this app if you love B&W you wont be disappointed.

A. G. u. Aug 30, 2016     

Great B&W camera app. Usually nails the dramatic contrast desired. However, I would love for it to save a file of the original image. I'm not sure if that conflicts with the spirit of this app, but that would be an awesome addition. I would shoot with Lenka 100% of the time if that was available. Thanks.

Mah. R. Aug 28, 2016     

Would have given 5 stars if provision of B&W selfie is there,please make update for this missing feature.

A. G. u. Jul 6, 2017     

Enjoying the app, however is there any way you could enable the bulb to toggle between on, off & auto? Taking photos inside means that the bulb has to be permanently on which sometimes isn't practicable. Also a film grain or film styles button would be amazing.

Kau. M. May 17, 2017     

This app is great but now a days it suddenly stops and photos I clicked doesn't save. Please look into the problem

Gre. N. Oct 19, 2016     

This app needs to be able to take pictures with the front camera, it currently can't. Also, I need to be able to apply effects on pictures in the gallery taken outside Lenka. But overall, a decent app.

Mar. F. Oct 7, 2016     

I totally understand and subscribe to the minimalist approach but I saw in screenshots of the iOS version that there's a slider which I miss here on android: exposure (or luminosity, I guess). I missed some shots because of this, hence the 4 stars.

Leo. W. Aug 21, 2016     

This doesn't just desaturate your photos, it does it intelligently and beautifully. If you want a B/W camera app, this is it.

A. G. u. Aug 23, 2016     

Like the minimalist philosophy, keep it like this with no postprocessing function, but consider: realtime vignette slider (lighten/darken corners), self-timer, depth of field (background blur) for camera phones that support it.

Ben. A. Jul 24, 2016     

Simple and easy to use, it can produxe excellent black and white photos. I just wish it takes photos faster to keep blurs at bay.

Sak. A. Feb 6, 2017     

Its really weird to say. I don't take much selfies. But i like black and white selfies with natural backgrounds. If this app had a selfie mod with these settings i would give it 5 stars.

Rob. C. Apr 6, 2017     

Love this app! One thing that would be nice is to add some exif data to the photos. Having at least the date/time would make organisation a lot easier.

Shi. D. Dec 18, 2016     

Clear and to the point UI, does what it is supposed to, would have given 5 stars but deducting 1 star due to no support for the front camera. Overall a good try.

A. G. u. Sep 1, 2016     

I'm having issues with incorrect aspect ratio every time I open the app after the update

A. G. u. Oct 11, 2016     

A simple B&W camera with a tone and contrast slider. Concentrates the mind in the image rather than the bells n whistles.

Geo. B. Aug 4, 2016     

Actually a very good app that snaps photos quick and enhance them to make them look pretty good. So A+ from me. Would be happy to pay for it too.

Jas. S. A. R. May 1, 2017     

Hi, i really like the app i use it across my 3 phones, but in my pixel xl the aspect ratio is cramped up and squeezed.. i hope you can fix it.. ill be waiting for the fix..thanks

Tim. W. Jul 16, 2016     

Excellent camera app. My favourite out of the many I have tried. Very clear and creates lovely photos consistently.

Him. M. Jan 7, 2017     

The app is quite good and handy but it'd be a boon if you could add manual focusing in it. UI is also quite simple and should be improved.

Jan. R. Aug 7, 2016     

When I click the app, the camera doesn't work and it freezes. Then when I click the album and press back, it starts working. Please fix!