The port for the Pixel camera has been majorly updated and I just installed it. I'm trying to tweak settings and things (man there are a lot now!) on the Pixel camera with HDR+ always on and I was wondering how many of you are also figuring out which is the best setting. Any tips?
More importantly, has anyone done trials and seen which cameras is taking more consistently great pictures? The Pixel camera was simply but MAN it rarely let me down. So I'm tempted to try and use it as my main camera for a while and see how it compares to stock. Any thoughts? Has anyone done this?
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The port for the Pixel camera has been majorly updated and I just installed it. I'm trying to tweak settings and things (man there are a lot now!) on the Pixel camera with HDR+ always on and I was wondering how many of you are also figuring out which is the best setting. Any tips?
More importantly, has anyone done trials and seen which cameras is taking more consistently great pictures? The Pixel camera was simply but MAN it rarely let me down. So I'm tempted to try and use it as my main camera for a while and see how it compares to stock. Any thoughts? Has anyone done this?
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I find the Google HDR+ camera better than the stock one on my Note 8. I'm attaching the settings I'm currently using.
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I find the Google HDR+ camera better than the stock one on my Note 8. I'm attaching the settings I'm currently using.
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Interesting... So did you try taking the same picture with both and compare or did you just seem to like the Pixel ones better?
Why did you set it to Nexus and not Pixel for that first setting? Just curious! Not sure the difference, haha.
Well, dynamic range is far superior shooting with the Pixel Camera compared with the stock camera; there's less noise too. I shot with both cameras, always getting a better result with the google camera. I set the conf camera to Nexus as was getting less dynamic range and dull photos with the Pixel one. I mean, I like lively colors . I think it is a matter of preference when it comes to color accuracy.
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I took two low light photos in the same room, under the same lighting condition. The first one was shot using stock camera and the second one with the Ported camera
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The question for me is ...what color are your walls....tan or piss yellow
Could someone post Pixel camera apk please?
Any small chance for exynos version ?
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The question for me is ...what color are your walls....tan or piss yellow
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Accurately, I'd say in the middle of two lol
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The one that starts IMG is from the pixel camera app, should be the second one. Notice the better exposure on the sign, cleaner lines on the fence and more detail in the leaves in the lower center. Coming from the pixel, which I unfortunately did not have with me, I feel like the pixel camera app is a definite improvement over the stock auto camera app.
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The one that starts IMG is from the pixel camera app, should be the second one. Notice the better exposure on the sign, cleaner lines on the fence and more detail in the leaves in the lower center. Coming from the pixel, which I unfortunately did not have with me, I feel like the pixel camera app is a definite improvement over the stock auto camera app.
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Damn looks like it compressed the details out of them. How can I link full Rez?
I have taken some pictures inside and outside, I will post my results whenever I get home. I Forced HDR on both cameras for this. I will update this post with the pictures later on.
Edit: For Some reason some of the pictures take with the samsung camera are rotated. It goes like this first picture is always with the google camera and second one with samsungs.
This is really interesting. Thanks for the discussion, folks! I'm leaning towards the Pixel camera for a while. I love the interface of the Samsung one but the Pixel quality of photos is amazing....
Updated my post with the pictures see my previous post. Please rotate sone of the samsung camera ones as I have no idea why they are rotated.
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Could someone post Pixel camera apk please?
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https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported/
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I have taken some pictures inside and outside, I will post my results whenever I get home. I Forced HDR on both cameras for this. I will update this post with the pictures later on.
Edit: For Some reason some of the pictures take with the samsung camera are rotated. It goes like this first picture is always with the google camera and second one with samsungs.
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How are you uploading full rez photos? Tomorrow I plan to take my pixel to work with me and the Note, to grab some one to one to one comparison shots on lunch.
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How are you uploading full rez photos? Tomorrow I plan to take my pixel to work with me and the Note, to grab some one to one to one comparison shots on lunch.
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This would be a fantastic test. Please let me know what your findings are!
I mean, if the Pixel got a 90 from DXO Mark or whatever that site is, does that mean the Note 8 should be a 90+? I think the actual sensor on the Pixel isn't that impressive - it was the software that made it so amazing. So if this software is truly 100% ported, I'd think our Note 8 camera could be even better!
(plus maybe the new Pixel 2 camera will be ported too...)
If you are having more success with the Pixel camera vs the stock can you please post the settings you are using? I've tried a few different variations and the Pixel camera is much noiser in lower light photos and it ups the ISO twice as much as the stock camera to achieve the same exposure.
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If you are having more success with the Pixel camera vs the stock can you please post the settings you are using? I've tried a few different variations and the Pixel camera is much noiser in lower light photos and it ups the ISO twice as much as the stock camera to achieve the same exposure.
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Greetings,
I will upload screenshots of my settings once I get home today. Thanks.
can you both apps on the same phone at once ? or does having pixel installed disable stock camera ?
my only issue with stock camera it tends to over exposures alot of scenes like portraits and I end up having to auto correct. night time shots are on point.
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I've been using my Rezound to take lots of pictures and I like the HTC camera app. So I'm wondering what would be comparable to it to use with an AOSP variant.
One feature I would like to have that HTC doesn't is some type of manual focus. Maybe something that will focus in small steps + or - would be nice.
Thanks!
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Vignette is a good camera app. It's also on sale on the market right now for $.99. Go check it out!
I also use vignette. Still not as good as HTC's camera app, but looks better than the default CM9 one.
Thanks for the replies but I tried vignette when it went on sale and was very disappointed. For normal shooting I guess it's ok but I do a lot of macro shots and it's nearly impossible to focus up close.
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Try "Camera ZOOM FX". I got it long ago and they've updated allot. I've had good results with it and like the interface. Was my go-to back on the dinc before the newer sense cameras came out.
I agree w/ you that the sense camera app is solid and my favorite. (particularly sense 3.6/4)
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Try "Camera ZOOM FX". I got it long ago and they've updated allot. I've had good results with it and like the interface. Was my go-to back on the dinc before the newer sense cameras came out.
I agree w/ you that the sense camera app is solid and my favorite. (particularly sense 3.6/4)
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Thanks I may give it a shot when they clean up AOSP a bit more
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This is one of the reasons I have hesitated to switch, love the sense camera
here's a Sense camera vs vignette trying to shoot the same snail. Trying to focus in with vignette was literally letting this snail get away from me....
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Is there a way to install the sense camera app on AOSP/CM9? I would assume not, since it probably needs a bunch of HTC/sense libraries, but I suppose there's a chance everything non-AOSP that the camera app needs is bundled inside the APK.
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here's a Sense camera vs vignette trying to shoot the same snail. Trying to focus in with vignette was literally letting this snail get away from me....
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Did you try a long press instead of just a tap? Also make sure you choose Macro in Frame-average -> Focus distance. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hr2tth7xbbxmm7q/2012-09-04 14.12.27.JPG (that's a AAA battery so it's pretty small)
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Did you try a long press instead of just a tap? Also make sure you choose Macro in Frame-average -> Focus distance. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hr2tth7xbbxmm7q/2012-09-04 14.12.27.JPG (that's a AAA battery so it's pretty small)
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I did do the long press but I didn't see a macro setting, I may have to check that out. Also when I was doing the long press does it always take the picture immediately when you let go? That was kinda aggravating since It seems to take vignette a long time to process the picture and you're not sure if you even got it to focus correctly until after it's done. I may give vignette another shot since I did pay for it(even though it was $.99) but I'm doubting it will be up to my standards.
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I did do the long press but I didn't see a macro setting, I may have to check that out. Also when I was doing the long press does it always take the picture immediately when you let go? That was kinda aggravating since It seems to take vignette a long time to process the picture and you're not sure if you even got it to focus correctly until after it's done. I may give vignette another shot since I did pay for it(even though it was $.99) but I'm doubting it will be up to my standards.
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ya, camera zoom FX may help in some of those things... but like others have said, I'm using sense so I have no reason to need anything else.
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was thinking about this and I remember that Camera zoom FX also had a super fast response. I'm currently on sense 4, which is blazing fast on shutter speed etc, but before that cz FX was easily in the running for speed... just giving more info.
Rock on.
Camera FV-5 is pretty fun to use. You can do long-exposures with it as well. They come out all funky most of the time, but they always look very cool. I can also vouch for Camera Zoom FX.
Sense camera is the thing that's keeping me from aosp right now. I like it too much!
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Thanks for the replies but I tried vignette when it went on sale and was very disappointed. For normal shooting I guess it's ok but I do a lot of macro shots and it's nearly impossible to focus up close.
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If you're a fan of macro shots, then might I suggest a $6 addition to the phone: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wide-Angle-...395?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4844d51083
Yes, you do need to affix the metal ring on the outside of the phone. But, it produces pretty amazing results:
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If you're a fan of macro shots, then might I suggest a $6 addition to the phone: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wide-Angle-...395?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4844d51083
Yes, you do need to affix the metal ring on the outside of the phone. But, it produces pretty amazing results:
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Holy Jeebus! That's awesome man thanks a million might have to grab that!
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Also if you're rooted I'd suggest upgrading the camera app. The stock app compresses images and it becomes blatantly obvious when showing an image at it's native resolution on a larger screen.
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i love the 2x video mode for sense camera. I do some coaching of gymnastics and olympic lifting so being able to record and playback in slow motion right away is fantastic.
Can anyone say what it would take to get the sense camera on AOSP/AOKP?
you should really check out UCam
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ucamera.ucam&hl=en
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Also if you're rooted I'd suggest upgrading the camera app. The stock app compresses images and it becomes blatantly obvious when showing an image at it's native resolution on a larger screen.
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Well yea I'm rooted lol I'm looking for a nice alternative to the sense camera because I'm wanting to move to an AOSP Rom remember? Lol
What camera app would you suggest?
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I want to have a thread specifically for discussing the camera but not necessarily for just posting pictures. I have found the camera to take really good pictures of motion.
Here's link to a review of the camera that sets the one against the S4 and iPhone 5.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57581522-85/samsung-galaxy-s4-shootout-versus-htc-one-iphone-5/
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I want to have a thread specifically for discussing the camera but not necessarily for just posting pictures. I have found the camera to take really good pictures of motion.
Here's link to a review of the camera that sets the one against the S4 and iPhone 5.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57581522-85/samsung-galaxy-s4-shootout-versus-htc-one-iphone-5/
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It's funny how people stress over the smallest differences, and it's amazing how good camera phones have become over the last few years.
I chose the One because I feel it's the most flexible overall due to low-light performance and the ability to better capture motion, but man, all of these cameras are so good, it's crazy to think what we were using just 2 or 3 years ago.
Hmm, i actually found it to be opposite for me - my htc one seems to do very poorly with motion and focuses very slowly. Surprisingly because every literature mentions its good low light performance and fast focus. If you guys can answer a few questions for me, it would allow me to determine if my hardware is defective and i need to exchange for another copy:
1. if you try to focus on a moving object (say a child or a pet), can you consistently get non blurry picture? i find it very hard/slow for the htc one's camera to get focus, so it makes a clear pic of a moving object very hard
2. can you take a picture and have the entire picture be in focus? for me, the lens will only focus on one part of a screen, while other parts will consistently be blurry. by default that's in the center of the picture. it almost seems like you can't do an infinity focus, something needed/preferred for landscape and group pictures. I like the brokah look, just not ALL the time..
Thanks in advance!
1st- I had my kids spinning on a tired swing, not super fast but they were swinging in a circle and spinning and I was able to get consistent focused pictures.
2nd- Yes my camera focus is fine. the HDR mode does tend to wash out in bright light and makes it look a little out of focus.
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I also took a series of photos as fast as my finger could click while my daughter was on the tire swing and they all came out in focus, maybe one or two out of focus but I would have to go through them and check more closely.
Hmmm, i'm both happy and sad to hear that your camera seems to work much better. Okay back to AT&T store then!
Thanks!
Zoomed pictures seem to be very noisy compared to other phones
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Zoomed pictures seem to be very noisy compared to other phones
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Digital zoom is bad. I suggest NEVER using it. Crop the picture later if need be.
I guess this would be a decent thread to ask, since we're talking about the camera.
Is the camera software OTA update already included with the AT&T One's latest software, or are we already behind in terms of updates? Also, if our phone doesn't yet have the updated camera software, could we just flash an international stock ROM and get it? International ROMs work with our One this time around, as far as I know.
I believe the update software version is 1.29...mine says 1.26...
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I believe the update software version is 1.29...mine says 1.26...
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You're right. The 1.29 firmware is included in some recent custom roms, though. I have a couple of roms based around that update.
Did you have any noticeable difference?
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The latest OTA from AT&T has the same radio as the 1.29 update. Still 1.26 firmware though.
When I take macro shots of documents, the letters are blurry and bad in quality. Taking macro shots of food and flowers comes out okay, but it's just awful when taking photos of black and white paper.
On the pic I attached, the lower right appears to be blurry and light ink. They are actually very dark black letters printed out from a laser printer, so I don't know what's going on.
I have 1.29.401.13 base.
Here's another photo where sides and corners are unusable. This is just horrible... Can't even read the letters any more.
I was comparing the camera vs my s3 and looked at my table with my one and it took this for a picture and my s3 did not do the lines
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I want to have a thread specifically for discussing the camera but not necessarily for just posting pictures. I have found the camera to take really good pictures of motion.
Here's link to a review of the camera that sets the one against the S4 and iPhone 5.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57581522-85/samsung-galaxy-s4-shootout-versus-htc-one-iphone-5/
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This comparison was terrible lol They chose the S4 even when it got beat a couple times. Samsung cameras are usually great but that comparison wasnt good at all, there are better ones out there.
Lol I agree big time and they had to of known they were wrong but oh well people are crazy
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I think the htc one has a more realistic colors.
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When I take macro shots of documents, the letters are blurry and bad in quality. Taking macro shots of food and flowers comes out okay, but it's just awful when taking photos of black and white paper.
On the pic I attached, the lower right appears to be blurry and light ink. They are actually very dark black letters printed out from a laser printer, so I don't know what's going on.
I have 1.29.401.13 base.
Here's another photo where sides and corners are unusable. This is just horrible... Can't even read the letters any more.
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Try using text mode instead, it makes the text much darker.
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This comparison was terrible lol They chose the S4 even when it got beat a couple times. Samsung cameras are usually great but that comparison wasnt good at all, there are better ones out there.
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Ya, it was bad, but I wanted to use a review that wasnt completely positive. Especially the picture they used without trying to fix the focus inssue their One was having.
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Try using text mode instead, it makes the text much darker.
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I tried that, and it just boosts the contrast producing lots of noise, and there are still blurry letters. I think there's something seriously wrong with the camera.
Sunny out door photo. All grainy on the upper left where the building is with blue sky.
Hi Everyone, this post is not to hurt anyone. i respect all developers and everyone who contribute to this Forum
i have flashed Cloudy Pro II V1.2 rom on my G2. Everything was perfect ( one word amazing) but my only worry was Camera. i have a strong feeling that the camera has lost image in depth quality and clarity in images. i dont know which MOD was added to Cloudy Pro 1.2 rom. but still i have flashed Jishnu's & Xdabbeb Camera Mods. But the result was the same.
so i though of removing the camera apk that came with rom and tried to replace stock camera, but i failed (unfortunately stopped error) - may be the reason could be this Rom is based on G Pro 2.
i started asking suggestions everyone what's needed to be done to come on Stock 4.4.2 Camera with this ROM. but everyone suggested Xdabbeb & Jishnu's Camera. so finally i thought of a real comparison with stock camera.
though these mods are capable of more features like 4k/magic focus etc, my main concern was image quality
All Left images were taken by LG G2 Stock 4.4.2 Camera.
All Right images were taken by LG G2 Cloudy Pro II V1.2 with Xdabbeb Camera Mod.
Pictures were Clicked with same settings on both phones
Can any one suggest me how to mod Stock G2 or G Pro 2 Camera in Cloudy Pro II ROM......please i love this ****ing awesome ROM
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I like right one more. Better white balance and reflections.
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yeah the right one looks better in my opinion. Also the only thing I don't like about this camera is that the auto focus is slow, there is no option for continuous focus.
Hey so I had a question so you tried both xbaees camera mod and jinushus camera mod. Which was better in your opinion than the stock cloudypro 1.2 because auto focus is really slow for me.
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I like right one more. Better white balance and reflections.
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r u sure that right side pictures are better ? bcoz when i was clicking these pictures my camera (with mod camera) was looking bad on screen compared that too stock ones
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yeah the right one looks better in my opinion. Also the only thing I don't like about this camera is that the auto focus is slow, there is no option for continuous focus.
Hey so I had a question so you tried both xbaees camera mod and jinushus camera mod. Which was better in your opinion than the stock cloudypro 1.2 because auto focus is really slow for me.
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yeah both are great Mods you dont really feel much difference. i say that give a try for both of them
i liked Xdabbeb ones better than the Ones in Cloudy Pro II ROM.
The picture on the right is underexposed loosing details on shadows, has much more chroma noise than the left and it is more bluish. Were the lights yellow where you shoot the pictures?...
The camera in all smartphones really sucks...
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The picture on the right is underexposed loosing details on shadows, has much more chroma noise than the left and it is more bluish. Were the lights yellow where you shoot the pictures?...
The camera in all smartphones really sucks...
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yeah there were some yellowish lights at that place. now as a photographer according to you what do you choose ?
Left ones or Right ones ?
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yeah there were some yellowish lights at that place. now as a photographer according to you what do you choose ?
Left ones or Right ones ?
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I can not make a judgement here because the right pictures are underexposed... :cyclops:
One point that much people confuse is about white balance, they think a picture has correct white balance if the whites are white and this is wrong (except for studio shoots), the correct white balance is when the picture is near to the real life, so the left should be better.
I think you should test again the cameras in two situations, night and day, in day with some trees, grass and sky and the most important thing, you should do a correct exposure compensation (brightness in stock camera) in both shoots, in the day shoots, try not to use auto WB, I dont use auto WB even in pro cameras.
For taking pictures, I recommend to use Camera FV-5 with banding disabled, is the camera application I like most, you can do exposure lock and focus lock separately, I dont like to use a camera app without that functionality.
What the mods to is to decrease the shutter speed and increase the ISO so it can capture moving objects in darker scenes without them getting blurry. This can result in underexposed pictures and more noise which seems to be the case here.
Better on left. Accept it guys, those mods dont do anything good. Imho
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What the mods to is to decrease the shutter speed and increase the ISO so it can capture moving objects in darker scenes without them getting blurry. This can result in underexposed pictures and more noise which seems to be the case here.[/QUOTE]
The statement in red is wrong, the increasing ISO increments noise as you can see in the pictures, if you increase speed and ISO respecting the equation of exposure, it will get correct exposure.
Another important point, users should try to avoid increasing ISO if its possible, increasing ISO has bad impact in the photo in noise, color rendition degrades and dynamic range diminishes as ISO increases .
You can not do magic with the LG G2 sensor, its the same crap you will find in every smartphone.
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The camera blows in this phone no matter what you do.
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The camera blows in this phone no matter what you do.
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Main problem for everyone is that LG G2 Camera is way more capable of iPhone 5S but the software provided by LG Screws it up
why don't you try HDR SNAP Camera to see how capable is LG G2 camera
I just flashed xdaba cam mod and its amazing now.
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In my experience, the stock camera's HDR+ mode works great for suppressing noise in low-light pics, but doesn't really do much for actual high dynamic range scenes.
In a typical dark foreground/sunny background situation, my (2014) Moto X used to do a great job keeping the highlights from overexposing and bringing up the dark parts of the scene. My 6P, on the other hand, using the stock Google camera with HDR+ active, barely seems to do anything in this respect. Sunny skies are still blown out, faces in the foreground almost black. I'm not looking for an overprocessed HDR "effect", but this seems a little too subtle.
I just want to make sure this isn't a problem specific to my device, so: anyone else seeing the same thing?
Edit -- I tried a couple of dedicated HDR apps from the Play Store but they all say that the 6P lacks exposure mode so they can't do the bracketing needed for true HDR.
I feel the same. Compared to the LG G4 I had before, HDR on 6P barely does anything.
Maybe its my old eyes, but I can't noticed a real difference either.
Thanks folks. So it isn't just me.
Maybe "HDR" is just a poorly chosen name for this feature. Like I said, for noisy low-light pics it works really well. Just look closely while it's still processing: shortly after it finishes, you can see the noisy version being replaced with much cleaner picture. But apparently it's not optimized for high-contrast scenes.
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Actually it works really well. Here's why: it saves you from blowing your highlights. It doesn't do much for shadows, however it gives you a very clean image where your able to boost the shadows to your liking and the image remains clean. It stays away from that garbage fake "HDR" look that most apps create.
Also! Proshot does exposure bracketing very well. Here is a screenshot of how to setup the settings for it to work. Use these settings and you'll be fine.
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Hey, thanks.
What got me doubting was an example in the article where Google introduced the feature, here. In the second example (the landscape with the two girls in the foreground), the difference is quite pronounced. The image on the right, shot with HDR+ on, has a fully defined sky with visible clouds etc.
But I've shot images with HDR+ on that looked a lot more like the blown-out comparison shot on the left, with large highlight zones with no detail captured at all. Could be I was asking too much of it on those occasions, I'm not sure. I'll experiment a little more and try and get some examples.
ProShot is great, thanks for the tip, just bought the full version!
Hi, I've been struggling with HDR apps on the 6P thanks to the exposure compensation bug (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196815) and was hoping your Pro Shot setting might help. When I tried it I got three photos, but two were at the same exposure, while the third was much much brighter. It also doesn't seem to merge them together automatically.
supertallrich said:
Hi, I've been struggling with HDR apps on the 6P thanks to the exposure compensation bug (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196815) and was hoping your Pro Shot setting might help. When I tried it I got three photos, but two were at the same exposure, while the third was much much brighter. It also doesn't seem to merge them together automatically.
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Instead of using SPD4 use SPD1.
Also, proshot doesn't merge them for you. You have to do that yourself.
Mr Patchy Patch said:
Instead of using SPD4 use SPD1.
Also, proshot doesn't merge them for you. You have to do that yourself.
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Thanks, that did the trick! Good to know about the merging, much appreciated.
supertallrich said:
Thanks, that did the trick! Good to know about the merging, much appreciated.
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No problem. Enjoy!
Noup, you're not the only one I usually have to choose between having blowed out skies or having people underexposed ...
I just switched to my 6P from an LG G4. While I liked the HDR on the camera, I feel the 6P produces a better image overall. Much less sharpening/watercolor look to the 6P photos. The LG's started to look like fake watercolors when you view them on anything but the phone, unless the light was absolutely perfect, which it rarely was.
But with that said, HDR seems to be terrible on this phone with the stock app, in my limited experience.
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In my experience, the stock camera's HDR+ mode works great for suppressing noise in low-light pics, but doesn't really do much for actual high dynamic range scenes.
In a typical dark foreground/sunny background situation, my (2014) Moto X used to do a great job keeping the highlights from overexposing and bringing up the dark parts of the scene. My 6P, on the other hand, using the stock Google camera with HDR+ active, barely seems to do anything in this respect. Sunny skies are still blown out, faces in the foreground almost black. I'm not looking for an overprocessed HDR "effect", but this seems a little too subtle.
I just want to make sure this isn't a problem specific to my device, so: anyone else seeing the same thing?
Edit -- I tried a couple of dedicated HDR apps from the Play Store but they all say that the 6P lacks exposure mode so they can't do the bracketing needed for true HDR.
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Take a picture inside by a window and you can see the difference with HDR+ on. You can basically see what's outside the window with HDR+ on but the window looks blown out with it off.
This... I've written about this before saying that it shouldn't be called HDR+ but instead Low Light+. The HDR effect is minimal compared to the low light noise reduction.
Typically on an iPhone you can get reasonable backlit photos. When I tried to do the same on my Nexus 6p, HDR+ offered little to no improvement. I decided to use my iPhone instead which did a mich better job for actually adding dynamic range.
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Anyone else not satisfied with the camera?
I already took a great shot but most of them just feel soft and not sharp at all!
A lot of noise as well when zooming in.
I'm quite shocked as my OnePlus 3 takes better pictures (GCam).
The selfie cam is the worst. On OP3 I can basically see all of my skins pores, beard hair etc.
On the mate it's just soft(no matter the setting).
I'm on firmware 122 btw.
Would be good to know if that's just my taste or a wrong setting maybe?
Thanks!
In general:
Very satisified with the back camera.
But the selfiecam is kind of 'boring'.
You should provide pics to make your case as the question is so broad and the answers are so many.
Took a few pics today and really impressed with the back camera. The front camera isn't great and beautifies every image and looks soft. Hopefully a software update could fix this. Came from a pixel 2 which I think are the ones to beat at moment for camera phones.
Back camera is really great. In selfie camera there is an option to switch off beauty mode. Try with that option and you will get better selfies than Samsung Galaxy flagships.
I just posted to a similar thread over in news aand discussion.....
I too am disappointed with the M20 pro camera, mostly indoors in not so good (but hardly terrible) light the images are really quite soft
Looking at the exif it always seems to choose a really low shutter speed and as others have said no OIS on the main camera. Like I said disappointing, I am on .238, no idea if there are any camera improvements to come on .266 or 9.1?
Light can change your thoughts
Yes the mate 20p camera tends to take soft and sometimes blurry photos. I blame the lack of OIS.
With a little extra effort you can take awesome photos, but for point and shoot many other phones do that better.
I just moved from op3 to mate 20 pro, principally for the camera and... I'm disappointed, my ops3 photo's with gcam are a lot better! All photos in middle light (and hdr condition) look like they are painted!
I tried to make some side by died) side comparison and one plus 3 photos are better in everything
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I just moved from op3 to mate 20 pro, principally for the camera and... I'm disappointed, my ops3 photo's with gcam are a lot better! All photos in middle light (and hdr condition) look like they are painted!
I tried to make some side by died) side comparison and one plus 3 photos are better in everything
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Lol I wouldn't buy this for a minute. Must be you or your settings
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Lol I wouldn't buy this for a minute. Must be you or your settings
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Me is not possibile, I was keeping one phone in a hand and the other one in the other, setting i don't know maybe.. M but I just opened the camera and chosen hdr..., have you some setting to suggest?
Some photos are good but others no..., color are a little bit more ok and grass looks painted
Now in no more at home, this weekend I'm coming to post some comparisons if needed
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Me is not possibile, I was keeping one phone in a hand and the other one in the other, setting i don't know maybe.. M but I just opened the camera and chosen hdr..., have you some setting to suggest?
Some photos are good but others no..., color are a little bit more ok and grass looks painted
Now in no more at home, this weekend I'm coming to post some comparisons if needed
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Are you using vivid mode? Try turning that to standard
I'm very satisfied with the camera, I think this is all about setting, not the camera or the phone.
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Are you using vivid mode? Try turning that to standard
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I tried that setting but it doesn't look to influence the "painted effect"
This weekend on going to make a more detailed test and on case I'm going to post some photos
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I tried that setting but it doesn't look to influence the "painted effect"
This weekend on going to make a more detailed test and on case I'm going to post some photos
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Turn off AI maybe. Honestly if you're trying to tell us one of the best rated phone cameras of all time gets bested by one of the most mediocre, you'd better have some valid evidence lol
My only gripe is the AI sometimes gets confused like when it thought this shot was winter and it changed the images completely
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My only gripe is the AI sometimes gets confused like when it thought this shot was winter and it changed the images completely
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That is a totally feasible complaint as I have had this happen as well. Sometimes AI is better off for certain shots for sure
That's why it is handy on the latest 9.1 update to turn on and off without going into settings. You can also of course click the X when it detects what it think it is. I have had no issues with the camera in default mode and actually find it performs better after the last update, especially the transition when going to 3x zoom.
what bugs me is the "hold steady while camera sharpens the image".
Is there a way to avoid this?
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what bugs me is the "hold steady while camera sharpens the image".
Is there a way to avoid this?
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Nope, The phone is taking a auto hdr(thats even more extreme than the HDR mode btw) photo,generally it doesnt matter if you move or take another photo while the camera tells you that, i just ignore it.