Camera guide - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion

Could someone post a camera guide for the note 8?
For example, explaining the difference in picture sizes (4:3, 16:9 and so on), video sizes, what is full view, and whatever x2 is on the camera screen?
Thank you

stas333 said:
Could someone post a camera guide for the note 8?
For example, explaining the difference in picture sizes (4:3, 16:9 and so on), video sizes, what is full view, and whatever x2 is on the camera screen?
Thank you
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Not all covered but get you started:
[URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvJaarztxHk]Galaxy Note 8: Full Camera Tips, Tricks & Features (That No One Will Show You)[/URL]

Spere said:
Not all covered but get you started:
[URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?...Tricks & Features (That No One Will Show You)[/URL]
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Learned a lot, thanks
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To improve photos quality

Hi to all,
I would like to know if there are same way to improve camera quality. I can see my photos often are blurry.. a little bit...Although I use the focus with the touch.
Is there any setting, or build.prop modding to improve? Or any other apps...
Thanks a lot
Post a photo for us to see? Try Vignette app on a still subject then post here.
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danalive said:
Post a photo for us to see? Try Vignette app on a still subject then post here.
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Et voilà... This picture is shoot now.
With my previous HTC desire HD pictures quality was very very better than this...
I don't see anything wrong with this picture.
What you can do is try a modded camera.apk that has 100 compression on JPGs instead of 95, or just use a thirdparty app like Procapture.
victorator said:
I don't see anything wrong with this picture.
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beh quality isn't very very fine...
What you can do is try a modded camera.apk that has 100 compression on JPGs instead of 95
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Where can I find it? A link to download?
Many many tanks
I'm pretty sure it's not the right place for this thread...
anyways... the camera of i9100 likes good light conditions. a lot. The more light, the better photos.
what kind of focus setting have you used for this picture ? , its recommended to use macro for detailed shots
simonbuschers said:
what kind of focus setting have you used for this picture ? , its recommended to use macro for detailed shots
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I can't see any macro settings... But low quality is for jpg compression... I like to have 100%...
There is a crop (100% zoom... 30cm away from phone). Poor jpg quality!!!
simonbuschers said:
what kind of focus setting have you used for this picture ? , its recommended to use macro for detailed shots
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Macro focus is for closeup shots. Given how far the bottle is away from the phone, it wouldn't be suitable for that particular photo.
Woohoo buddy!!!
U talking wrong..
This phone has amazing camera..
This is a pic I took with my sgs2..
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koolshubh said:
Woohoo buddy!!!
U talking wrong..
This phone has amazing camera..
This is a pic I took with my sgs2..
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Your photo is good... but if you see my crop, is very very poor! I can see too much jpg artifacts
1st. Find out if its Macro or Not. Try Autofocus if its not on.
2nd. Did you buy it as a new phone, or is it 2nd hand? In 2nd hand case it could be that the phone was opened previously for a repair or something, and the lens or the lens cover got dirty.
can someone extract your own camera.apk and share with me? could be my app corrupt...
I've ICS stock LP7
Picture Quality!!
cubases said:
Hi to all,
I would like to know if there are same way to improve camera quality. I can see my photos often are blurry.. a little bit...Although I use the focus with the touch.
Is there any setting, or build.prop modding to improve? Or any other apps...
Thanks a lot
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IMHO the picture quality is very good in this phone its a matter of how well you can play with your settings in there! One suggestion would be that don't take the pictures with auto flash! but if you still looking for other options then I think you should look to the third party app like "Camera Zoom FX" and its on sale at the moment as well!
here is the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&hl=en
It has more options plus excellent other settings and added frames etc as well, which you may find useful if you're a picture enthusiastic!
abrutus said:
IMHO the picture quality is very good in this phone its a matter of how well you can play with your settings in there! One suggestion would be that don't take the pictures with auto flash! but if you still looking for other options then I think you should look to the third party app like "Camera Zoom FX" and its on sale at the moment as well!
here is the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&hl=en
It has more options plus excellent other settings and added frames etc as well, which you may find useful if you're a picture enthusiastic!
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Thanks...Camera ICS+ work fine!!! too bad it does not have the anti-shaker
cubases said:
Thanks...Camera ICS+ work fine!!! too bad it does not have the anti-shaker
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No offence, but why are you moaning about sgs2 camera? Has good camera. If you want better picture get a Sony or Canon professional.
078gregory said:
No offence, but why are you moaning about sgs2 camera? Has good camera. If you want better picture get a Sony or Canon professional.
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I'm a professional Photographer friend... but I would like to have maximum quality also on my sgs2... ask I too much? I think no....
Camera fx is better app that I found... much better than stock camera.
Then compare yourself my crop ... the first with stock camera, the second with camera fx app. There is just no comparison!
Thanks a lot friends
LOL wrong section!! wy u cant post in right section?? BTW ur camera might hav microscopic dust or scartches... The SGS2 camera s really superb... Takes breathe taking pics if u knw how to take one..

Camera quality lower on custom roms?

Is this true that on S3, the quality of photos is lower on custom/CM-based roms, than on stock rom?
Are there other elements that don't work / work worse on non-stock roms on S3?
Custom roms is not the correct term. Touchwiz based custom roms, camera is identical
Aosp based custom roms, not so great. Works ok....
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rootSU said:
Aosp based custom roms, not so great. Works ok....
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What do you mean by "not so great"? Less camera app options or lesser picture quality?
As many or more options. Since samsung didn't share their camera HAL source, aosp camera not quite as good quality as touchwiz camera. Its fine for me though
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rootSU said:
As many or more options. Since samsung didn't share their camera HAL source, aosp camera not quite as good quality as touchwiz camera. Its fine for me though
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Is this any better in i9505 with regards to camera HAL? I know it is Snapdragon CPU so in that department it is much better, but what about camera on AOSP?
The camera hal has been back engineered just recently and has been made open source by Paul K. which should have improved the quality of pictures on CyanogenMod 10.2
There still could be bugs but now the team has code that they can work on.
Scarface1991 said:
The camera hal has been back engineered just recently and has been made open source by Paul K. which should have improved the quality of pictures on CyanogenMod 10.2
There still could be bugs but now the team has code that they can work on.
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And is there any way to use a TouchWiz apk on CM and use those extra options? I would imagine it is just an app, unless it is a part of the whole UI and impossible to port.
impactor said:
And is there any way to use a TouchWiz apk on CM and use those extra options? I would imagine it is just an app, unless it is a part of the whole UI and impossible to port.
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The Touchwiz camera is an app that requires parts of the TouchWiz Framework. Maybe someone could port it to CM but I suppose it would be pretty difficult.
I use the Snap Camera App. It has HDR and other great settings and works like a charm.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap&hl=de
Look at the great pictures i was able to take with it
Scarface1991 said:
The camera hal has been back engineered just recently and has been made open source by Paul K. which should have improved the quality of pictures on CyanogenMod 10.2
There still could be bugs but now the team has code that they can work on.
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Interesting. Thanks for the info
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Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370869
Only works with 4.2.2 but very good port Only Recording is broken btw. Snap Camera is really great i use it too, i only miss the lower light shot option from touchwisz (because night mode is not the same).
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I use the Snap Camera App. It has HDR and other great settings and works like a charm.
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HDR with this app work as taking several separate photos (which takes several seconds), or shooting just once (and phone doing all the shots it needs at once) like with TW?
impactor said:
HDR with this app work as taking several separate photos (which takes several seconds), or shooting just once (and phone doing all the shots it needs at once) like with TW?
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As far as I know it takes 2 photos and then adds them together but it works pretty good as you can see in my second picture I posted a couple of posts ago.
Scarface1991 said:
As far as I know it takes 2 photos and then adds them together but it works pretty good as you can see in my second picture I posted a couple of posts ago.
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Yes I understand, and I can do HDR shots with my old Desire, too. But the app takes 5-6 separate shots in total, and you have to hold the phone still for about 10 seconds. And on top of that, the moving objects will be all screwed up because of that.
Do you actually see two picture being taken, or does it look like just one from the UI point of view?
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Yes I understand, and I can do HDR shots with my old Desire, too. But the app takes 5-6 separate shots in total, and you have to hold the phone still for about 10 seconds. And on top of that, the moving objects will be all screwed up because of that.
Do you actually see two picture being taken, or does it look like just one from the UI point of view?
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Yes you can see that the App takes 2 pictures but it does not take 10 seconds to take a HDR picture. It takes about 2-3 seconds with Snap.
None of the alternatives can replace the touchwiz hdr function. I use camera 360 which has a "hdr effect" mode which is ok but as mentioned, waiting for a 2nd or 3rd photo is a problem
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I wonder how the Samsung App is doing it technically? I mean for HDR you need at least 2 pictures with different exposure levels. How can the App do an HDR shot with only one picture?
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I wonder how the Samsung App is doing it technically? I mean for HDR you need at least 2 pictures with different exposure levels. How can the App do an HDR shot with only one picture?
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I suppose it takes several photos, but you just see it as one being taken.
I wonder what is the difference in HDR photographs of moving objects using TW and third-party programs.
I believe the TW camera takes 2 or 3 pictures within a split second of each other. It could also just take 1 picture and post-process the image differently 3 times. After all, pretty much all digital camera effects are post processed.
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Google Pixel camera app on P30P ?

It would be interesting to see the results.
I was impressed with Pixel camera app on my old phone, it was way better than stock app, and my old phone had a really bad camera hardware. Yet the pictures it gave were surprisingly good.
In combination with P30P's hardware, it would probably blow everything else out of the water...
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It would be interesting to see the results.
I was impressed with Pixel camera app on my old phone, it was way better than stock app, and my old phone had a really bad camera hardware. Yet the pictures it gave were surprisingly good.
In combination with P30P's hardware, it would probably blow everything else out of the water...
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Is that possible? I know the GCam app saved my Galaxy S10+. It's the only reason I still have it. I didn't think you could do it on Huawei phones?
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The app would have to be changed to work on Huawei phones and therefore it´s Kirin processor. So far i do not know any version of the google camera mod for the Kirin 980 wich are really working good
There were working ports on kirin 970(same architecture), but only on android 8 - so the chipset itself is not a problem. They blocked the support since emui 9.
Gcam 5.1.018.17762477 port works on my P30PRO but has worse results than Huawei app - link https://customtech.es/tutorial-gcam-compatible-sin-necesidad-de-root-para-los-kirin-980-de-los-huawei-mate-20-series
in addition, the portrait mode and night sight are missing...
in attachment 1:1 crop view comparison from the corner of the photo
xenon04 said:
Gcam 5.1.018.17762477 port works on my P30PRO but has worse results than Huawei app - link https://customtech.es/tutorial-gcam...ra-los-kirin-980-de-los-huawei-mate-20-series
in addition, the portrait mode and night sight are missing...
in attachment 1:1 crop view comparison from the corner of the photo
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Interesting! I would assume the results are worse because it has not been developed with tweaks specific to the P30 series. The fact that it works means that there could be some action in this area! Thank you.
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EricMartinSoCal said:
Interesting! I would assume the results are worse because it has not been developed with tweaks specific to the P30 series. The fact that it works means that there could be some action in this area! Thank you.
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HDR+ not working
So no image processing
Useless app with kirin anyway
Would love to see some devs start working on this. So much potential
Neo-ST said:
It would be interesting to see the results.
I was impressed with Pixel camera app on my old phone, it was way better than stock app, and my old phone had a really bad camera hardware. Yet the pictures it gave were surprisingly good.
In combination with P30P's hardware, it would probably blow everything else out of the water...
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This version made by BSG V2e: MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V2e.apk worked for me (kind of, crashes quite often on settings change, but still).
The only worthy addition to Stock camera is the "Photosphere" panoramas, other than that the Huawei stock app provides far better results due to the fact that GCam has absolutely no support for Kirin CPU I assume
Try and experiment carefully with the settings within the app. :fingers-crossed:
Or you can try any other mod from dev-suggested page.
funCrash93 said:
This version made by BSG V2e: MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V2e.apk worked for me (kind of, crashes quite often on settings change, but still).
The only worthy addition to Stock camera is the "Photosphere" panoramas, other than that the Huawei stock app provides far better results due to the fact that GCam has absolutely no support for Kirin CPU I assume
Try and experiment carefully with the settings within the app. :fingers-crossed:
Or you can try any other mod from dev-suggested page.
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F...k kirin
My mate 20x is the last phone feom HUAWEI
rowihel2012 said:
F...k kirin
My mate 20x is the last phone feom HUAWEI
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Honestly P30 Pro seems like an awesome device so far,
and not sure there is a need for GCam (the mentioned port really does the job with panoramas in Photosphere) as the Stock camera app is quite good
funCrash93 said:
Honestly P30 Pro seems like an awesome device so far,
and not sure there is a need for GCam (the mentioned port really does the job with panoramas in Photosphere) as the Stock camera app is quite good
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Exactly....i have used pixel 3 and s10.... And there is no need of gcam on this phone. Camera is already awesome.....
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nickporwal said:
Exactly....i have used pixel 3 and s10.... And there is no need of gcam on this phone. Camera is already awesome.....
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Selfie is good؟
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My mate 20x front is crap
rowihel2012 said:
Selfie is good؟
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My mate 20x front is crap
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p30 pro front is not sharp :/ needs improving
Vihru said:
p30 pro front is not sharp :/ needs improving
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Same here for the amount of mps it got should be much better than what it is right now.
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Same here for the amount of mps it got should be much better than what it is right now.
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So since when is the amount of megapixels an indicator of quality?
nickporwal said:
Exactly....i have used pixel 3 and s10.... And there is no need of gcam on this phone. Camera is already awesome.....
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Try taking photos of kids
all the pugs said:
So since when is the amount of megapixels an indicator of quality?
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I know it isn't but wouldn't you think photos should at least look better than how they do right now?
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So since when is the amount of megapixels an indicator of quality?
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its not about megapiksel. but front cam takes out of focus..
Vihru said:
its not about megapiksel. but front cam takes out of focus..
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It has a fixed focus only. Adjust distance.

Photo Comparison, Open Camera, GCam xtreme, Stock Cam, Focus Test Chart

Hi All
I wanted to determine whether the 48MP mode of the camera was real 48MP or upscaled 12MP so I set up a focus test chart and took a bunch of photos. For completeness, I took the same photo with different lens combinations too.
It occurred that the photos may be useful to others so below is a link to the whole lot in a zip file:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A_K6m9aahmQdrA0eEArExZAHiz0LkKMu
The photos are all named sensibly so hopefully you can identify each one easily. Here's the contents of the zip file:
GCam\GCam12MPTeleZoom2X.dng
GCam\GCam12MPTeleZoom2X.jpg
GCam\GCam16MPULTRAWIDE.dng
GCam\GCam16MPULTRAWIDE.jpg
GCam\GCam48MPWIDE.dng
GCam\GCam48MPWIDE.jpg
GCam\GCam48MPWIDECrop.tif
GCam\GCam48MPWIDE_Upscaled.jpg
GCam\GCam48MPWIDE_Upscaled_Crop.jpg
OpenCamera\OpenCamera48MPWIDE.dng
OpenCamera\OpenCamera48MPWIDE.jpg
OpenCamera\OpenCamera48MPWIDECrop.jpg
StockCam\GCam12MPTeleZoom2X.jpg
StockCam\StockCam16MPULTRAWIDE.jpg
StockCam\StockCam48MPWIDE.jpg
StockCam\StockCam48MPWIDECrop.jpg
As you can see, I've included some 100% crops and upscales of the crops for comparison.
I'll add more detail in the thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/help/sony-imx586-produce-true-48mp-images-t3916583
Cheers
Attached is a small version of the test chart. A full version is included in the zip above.
that's sad I just ordered the mi9, thought that the mobile is not capable of reaching the full megapixel count, but it seems the stock app can, it would be nice to take a raw with that resolution.. Any updates on this?
I do not think so this is a relevant comparison, due to there is so many software bug in the camera. Please check here for some example: photos.app.goo.gl/xLMhiBJVm8EwtvVCA
stema84 said:
that's sad I just ordered the mi9, thought that the mobile is not capable of reaching the full megapixel count, but it seems the stock app can, it would be nice to take a raw with that resolution.. Any updates on this?
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No, sorry I banged on the xiaomi.eu developers door and they told me to contact Xiaomi directly. I filed a bug report, but got no response.
It's a pity 'cos the Gcam ports work from the RAW files and those are smaller than the max res of the front and rear sensors.
I did ask if the Gcam developers could fish out 48mp raw, but was told it can only do what the camera2 api allows.
I'm not sure where to go now....
lipi12345 said:
I do not think so this is a relevant comparison, due to there is so many software bug in the camera. Please check here for some example: photos.app.goo.gl/xLMhiBJVm8EwtvVCA
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Which camera bugs do you think affected the comparison?
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Which camera bugs do you think affected the comparison?
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The Mi9 camera is totally unusable with the current ROM. You can find some detail here: c.mi.com/thread-2232484-1-0.html
lipi12345 said:
The Mi9 camera is totally unusable with the current ROM. You can find some detail here: c.mi.com/thread-2232484-1-0.html
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This is totally unrelated to this topic
Could you try this? If it's true, maybe it works for the Mi 9 as well. If so, try raw while doing it and post some images thx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT7lWQjcH6s

Question Raw 50mp pictures?

Hi!
I'm interested in the Zenfone 9 and I would like to know if the phone can take raw 50mp pictures?
If that's the case, would it be possible that one of you to post one or two raw 50mp outside pictures (city or nature landscape preferably) as samples to play with? I haven't managed to find raw samples on internet.
Thanks!
No unfortunately not with the stock camera app for now. It's a bit strange they didn't implement it from the get go. I'm sure they will update the app at some stage. Either that, or a Gcam solution will surely fix it.
gingerjoa said:
No unfortunately not with the stock camera app for now. It's a bit strange they didn't implement it from the get go. I'm sure they will update the app at some stage. Either that, or a Gcam solution will surely fix it.
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It's possible by go to pro mode then go to setting and select raw + jpeg capture. The icon with raw and 50 MP will appear in viewfinder. It's kinda hidden and easy to miss
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It's possible by go to pro mode then go to setting and select raw + jpeg capture. The icon with raw and 50 MP will appear in viewfinder. It's kinda hidden and easy to miss
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Found it. Omg what the heck? The main settings actually changes when you are in pro mode when entering. Atleast it is there. But I'm mindblown by that stupid choice. Why not add it as an extra option on settings‍
Thanks for the info!
It's a shame that it's a bit hidden but at least the option is here for people who like to do more advance photography!
If one of you could take one or two raw pics to share, that would be awesome for me and others who want to check raw picture quality on this phone
Will do!
Here are some full sized images I took today
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Here are some full sized images I took today
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Nollåtta nice pics of Stockholm, i can see lighting conditions were good though.
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forever_lol said:
Nollåtta nice pics of Stockholm, i can see lighting conditions were good though.
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Ingen idé att försöka vara diskret . Yeah, even an iphone 4 can take decent pictures when the lightning conditions are good, tbh I don't see myself using the 50mp mode that much in the future but rather stick to G-Cam.
Tack för bilderna! I recognize Sweden but wasn't sure it's Stockholm (I'm living in Gothenburg).
Actually the pics are JPG and not raw That would be awesome if you guys could upload a couple of 50mp raw format pics
Thanks/tack!
superyoche said:
Tack för bilderna! I recognize Sweden but wasn't sure it's Stockholm (I'm living in Gothenburg).
Actually the pics are JPG and not raw That would be awesome if you guys could upload a couple of 50mp raw format pics
Thanks/tack!
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Third time's the charm!
easyupload.io
easyupload.io
easyupload.io
Excellent!! Thanks a lot sorcgsdf!

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