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Hey guys I have found another tweak. In our build.prop I noticed ro.mediacapture.torchintensity=40. Upping this increases the flash brightness in the camcorder. Also ro.media.capture.flashintensity=70 upping this increases the flash brightness in camera.
I confirmed they made a difference. Tried last night taking a picture at stock setting, then a picture with it upped to 100. Then did the same with the camcorder.
Try raising those values to what you feel comfortable with and let me know if they have helped you guys.
WARNING! Obviously too high would kill battery quicker if taking many shots or long videos. But this definitely works.
Heres an interesting concept. Can we adjust a setting to get 8mp widescreen? If possible would be amazing! Havent been able to figure this one out though.
Be careful turning the flash to high.you could burn the led out.
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Izeltokatl said:
Be careful turning the flash to high.you could burn the led out.
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I hear ya, but considering led last alot longer than regular lights I wouldn't worry than much. Besides that why we have warranties.
gkitab said:
I hear ya, but considering led last alot longer than regular lights I wouldn't worry than much. Besides that why we have warranties.
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They may last longer under normal circumstances, but oh man can they die fast. Be VERY careful with how bright you make it and for how long it stays on for. You an burn out the diode very quickly.
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Dont have to put it at 100 if you dont want to. Just pointing out that it most definitely helps. Make it what you feel confortable. It definitely improves low light video and pictures.
upping the brightness wouldn't be so bad if there was a way to deflect the light. taking camcorder pictures with the flash on is great in most any light situation, but because it's a direct light, you get washed out colors and red eye problems.
i wish there were an easy to deflect the light too.
Well its adjustable so you guy can fine the setting that best suits you guys. Keep in mind its only a phone if we want better quality we should use cameras. That being said, upping these values at least gets us a respectable picture or video in low light, a picture worth keeping that doesn't just get deleted after we go back and check it.
Hi all I just received the OTA for Android 4.4.2 so have put together a before and after comparing 4.4 to 4.4.2 for the Nexus 5 camera. Includes some full crop images and video capture as well as the all important autofocus test.
Very pleased with the results looks like Google have made big improvements all round to the camera.
You've obviously not tried the camcorder in dim light?
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Thx for the vid man!
Ben36 said:
You've obviously not tried the camcorder in dim light?
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Why do you put a question mark at the end of a statement you clearly don't look for an answer to?
Because Google haven't made improvements, they've ballsed it up since 4.4!
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Ben36 said:
Because Google haven't made improvements, they've ballsed it up since 4.4!
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Maybe for you.. camcorder exposure is fine for me.
Stock 4.4.2 odexed
BoneXDA said:
Thx for the vid man!
Why do you put a question mark at the end of a statement you clearly don't look for an answer to?
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because it's what we call a rhetorical question....
Ben36 said:
You've obviously not tried the camcorder in dim light?
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I've tried it in dim light and find the noise to be ok, better than the S4 not as good as HTC One (to be expected)
ISO is ramping more aggressively in still images IMO but not a deal breaker, looks better than the S4 anyway.
The screen is really, really dark in dim light. And the video itself is also really dark.
Case and point, i went to a bar with my girlfriend to eat something. I decided to record something using the camcorder, and well. I'll let the results speak for themselves. It looked like the lights were out in the place. I wish I had thought to take pictures, because it certainly wasn't as dark as the video would lead you to believe.
https://plus.google.com/+HectorCaceres/posts/WGZ3kZHNMj6
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because it's what we call a rhetorical question....
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No it's not. A rhetorical question is still a form of question, "you've obviously not tried the camcorder in dim light" however is not, so the use of question mark is inappropriate? (See what I did there? <-- rhetorical question.)
xybur said:
The screen is really, really dark in dim light. And the video itself is also really dark.
Case and point, i went to a bar with my girlfriend to eat something. I decided to record something using the camcorder, and well. I'll let the results speak for themselves. It looked like the lights were out in the place. I wish I had thought to take pictures, because it certainly wasn't as dark as the video would lead you to believe.
https://plus.google.com/+HectorCaceres/posts/WGZ3kZHNMj6
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Is that with the 4.4.2 or 4.4.1 update installed?
androidizen said:
Is that with the 4.4.2 or 4.4.1 update installed?
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I went 4.4->4.4.1->4.4.2
When I recorded that video, I used 4.4.1.
I tested later and had the same behavior in 4.4.2.
androidizen said:
I've tried it in dim light and find the noise to be ok, better than the S4 not as good as HTC One (to be expected)
ISO is ramping more aggressively in still images IMO but not a deal breaker, looks better than the S4 anyway.
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I'm starting to think that we're all seeing the same thing and just coming up with different interpretations due to subjective differences. There's no other reason that everyone would be having such wildly different results using the same software and hardware.
All I know is that video recording on my phone in low light is MUCH, MUCH darker than it was on either 4.4 or 4.4.1. I wish I had taken some screenies before updating to show you.
xybur said:
The screen is really, really dark in dim light. And the video itself is also really dark.
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Are the results with 4.4 much better? This has really got to be on the edge of what the sensor can do in video so the results don't surprise me.
for anyone wondering about the dimmer picture in the video ,
i made a little example here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3W...it?usp=sharing
( dont have to download to view)
im not complaining , just showing what people are saying
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Are the results with 4.4 much better? This has really got to be on the edge of what the sensor can do in video so the results don't surprise me.
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Uhh, actually I remember I have another low light recording that I did on 4.4 when I was in a restaurant. Very low ambient lighting. The test was more to see the image stabilization during recording, but the lighting was comparable to the bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwFhXib0pZk
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Uhh, actually I remember I have another low light recording that I did on 4.4 when I was in a restaurant. Very low ambient lighting. The test was more to see the image stabilization during recording, but the lighting was comparable to the bar.
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Those two videos have completely different lighting. If you took a light meter into those two places (restaurant vs bar) you'll find that the bar is really much darker.
I'm not saying that 4.4.1/2 isn't worse - just that these two videos don't make a good comparison.
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Those two videos have completely different lighting. If you took a light meter into those two places (restaurant vs bar) you'll find that the bar is really much darker.
I'm not saying that 4.4.1/2 isn't worse - just that these two videos don't make a good comparison.
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What's funny is that I had spotlighting right above my head (direct, LED bright lighting) IN the bar at the table I was sitting at, which would make it look like stage lighting.
But it looks as if it's horrendously dark in there and all of the ambient LED's look like christmas lights thanks to the recording and the contrast of light sources. Trust me when I say it was a lot brighter in the bar than the video would lead you to believe.
My 4.4.2 pictures.
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xybur said:
The screen is really, really dark in dim light. And the video itself is also really dark.
Case and point, i went to a bar with my girlfriend to eat something. I decided to record something using the camcorder, and well. I'll let the results speak for themselves. It looked like the lights were out in the place. I wish I had thought to take pictures, because it certainly wasn't as dark as the video would lead you to believe.
https://plus.google.com/+HectorCaceres/posts/WGZ3kZHNMj6
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That looks exactly like I would expect a video from a dimly lit bar to look.
I didn't think to take any photos at the time, but the difference between the photo viewfinder mode and the camcorder mode was incredibly noticeable, very similar to the screen caps of the viewfinders posted in the 4.4.2 first thoughts thread.
edit: Here is the thread if you somehow missed it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562886
Is there a way to get the screen to light up when in a dark room to help with intelligent scan?
And when I have set up do not disturb keyboard sounds dont silence. Thanks
Iris scan has worked great even in the dark for me. Or are you using facelock?
Why don't you just turn off keyboard clicks?
Dunno why I just like the keyboard clicks.
Definitely missing the alert slider from my OnePlus.
I'm using intelligent scan which uses both and it seems to strughle
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I would test your Iris scanner more to make sure not defective. Doesn't it use IR so light is less of an issue. I don't know if this matter but is the glass clean over your scanner?
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I don't think that lighting up screen will help with intelligent scan Isn't it?
Might be you want to light up the room instead?
Anyway, as someone has said, intelligent scan works well in the dark room by iris scanner (of course you need remove your glasses so that iris scanner can recognize your eyes).
So you don't need to light up screen nor the room to help with intelligent scan.
Lol. I did not mention this yesterday but Iris scan worked with my sunglasses on during the day. I just tried and it still dark at night. I could see my eyes on the screen and it still unlocked. So light isn't an issue.
And to the poster that mentioned lighting up the room is not necessary. Lighting up the screen wild give more light to his face.
But anyways, light should not be an issue. I have confirmed it works through polarized Bolle sunglasses in the light and the dark.
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Lol. I did not mention this yesterday but Iris scan worked with my sunglasses on during the day. I just tried and it still dark at night. I could see my eyes on the screen and it still unlocked. So light isn't an issue.
And to the poster that mentioned lighting up the room is not necessary. Lighting up the screen wild give more light to his face.
But anyways, light should not be an issue. I have confirmed it works through polarized Bolle sunglasses in the light and the dark.
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polarized Oakley's here. it uses infrared so regular light is meaningless. i believe intelligence scan is a combo but fails over to either method if one of the two is not available.
surprisingly working very well. couldn't be happier. was kind of expecting lag and just general dodgyness.
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polarized Oakley's here. it uses infrared so regular light is meaningless. i believe intelligence scan is a combo but fails over to either method if one of the two is not available.
surprisingly working very well. couldn't be happier. was kind of expecting lag and just general dodgyness.
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Yes. Quite surprised how well it works. I have accidentally unlocked my phone with Iris scanning because it was so fast.
It is really fast but when in bed at night doesn't read through my glasses. But if I take them off I can't see hahaha. I thought if the screen brightened up in low light situations like my Oneplus 5 does thought it would help
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It is really fast but when in bed at night doesn't read through my glasses. But if I take them off I can't see hahaha. I thought if the screen brightened up in low light situations like my Oneplus 5 does thought it would help
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You are using prescription glasses? That could be messing up the IRIS scan. It does work at night/low light without glass though right?
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You are using prescription glasses? That could be messing up the IRIS scan. It does work at night/low light without glass though right?
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I will test properly tonight
If i turn off intelligent scan and use just iris scan to unlock. It struggles big time with my prescription glasses.
Ahwell always got the finger print sensor.
I found this issue when I was taking low light pictures. It's like some pink flare at the edges of the photo, I don't know how to call it. It is visible only in a few low light situations.
Here is some of my captures + some pictures with the same issue I found on google (almost every night photos I found on google had this issue):
It's clearly visible when you turn up your screen brightness because it appears only in dark area like the sky.
Is it some defect?
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I found this issue when I was taking low light pictures. It's like some pink flare at the edges of the photo, I don't know how to call it. It is visible only in a few low light situations.
Here is some of my captures + some pictures with the same issue I found on google (almost every night photos I found on google had this issue):
It's clearly visible when you turn up your screen brightness because it appears only in dark area like the sky.
Is it some defect?
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was the flash on? and do you have a case?
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was the flash on? and do you have a case?
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It doesn't matter if there is a case or not. There is always the same "pink flare". I think it's like low quality camera sensor or something like that.
I hope you can see that flare in those pictures. Because it's clearly visible on my note 9. If not I can brighten those photos and reupload them.
Flash was off.
BTW I have exynos version.
KastrO_on said:
It doesn't matter if there is a case or not. There is always the same "pink flare". I think it's like low quality camera sensor or something like that.
I hope you can see that flare in those pictures. Because it's clearly visible on my note 9. If not I can brighten those photos and reupload them.
Flash was off.
BTW I have exynos version.
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do you have a case?
bober10113 said:
do you have a case?
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Yes I have.
i had the same problem
abood.mhd said:
i had the same problem
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Did you do something about it?
If you have some pictures with this issue I would be grateful if you could post it in here.
Odoslané z SM-N960F pomocou Tapatalku
KastrO_on said:
Did you do something about it?
If you have some pictures with this issue I would be grateful if you could post it in here.
Odoslané z SM-N960F pomocou Tapatalku
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I am sorry I deleted those pictures and now we are in the daytime. At night I will post some picture ,, for me note 9 camera is very bad
My experience with my Note 9 has been night and day since I've been using Arnova's Gcam port (Vs. the terrible stock camera app)
Plz link
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/Gcam_6.2.024_Advanced_V2.0.190420.0415.apk
KastrO_on said:
Yes I have.
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take it off and try again.
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https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/Gcam_6.2.024_Advanced_V2.0.190420.0415.apk
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man that version is almost 100% working!
flash dosent work at all and playground stickers aren't. well so so but let's say the guardians of the galaxy dont.
still the best 6.x apk I've tried yet.
thanks!
I have no issues using flash the only thing not working for me is slow motion video as for playground I do not use those.
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man that version is almost 100% working!
flash dosent work at all and playground stickers aren't. well so so but let's say the guardians of the galaxy dont.
still the best 6.x apk I've tried yet.
thanks!
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what you set in the options, default? you have print screen?
here are some night terrible pics
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https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/Gcam_6.2.024_Advanced_V2.0.190420.0415.apk
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it's very lagy and not good on my Exynos phone
abood.mhd said:
it's very lagy and not good on my Exynos phone
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its the best of the 6.x up to date i my opinion. much less laggy in fact.
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its the best of the 6.x up to date i my opinion. much less laggy in fact.
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it's over Exposure ، The front camera does not work ، and if i turn of hdr it's freez
abood.mhd said:
it's over Exposure ، The front camera does not work ، and if i turn of hdr it's freez
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works fine here...check if you dont have multiple cam apps and are opening the wrong one. also maybe you need to add xml config settings. follow guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79587293&postcount=268
please that thread to continue discussion as we are hijacking .
iPhone seems to actually capture my eye color, pixel just gets shadows over my eyes. Does the selfie camera on this just suck? I've tested in low light and outside bright light.
Maybe go back to iphone?
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Maybe go back to iphone?
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Lmao what a reply
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Lmao what a reply
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Actually it's quite valid response. You have two phones, one you like and the other is worse at this key aspect. If it is a deal breaker...
And did not quite understand your problem. iPhone gets the color right amd Pixel give you the color of...shadow?
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Lmao what a reply
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What's wrong with it? You obviously like the iphone better.
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Actually it's quite valid response. You have two phones, one you like and the other is worse at this key aspect. If it is a deal breaker...
And did not quite understand your problem. iPhone gets the color right amd Pixel give you the color of...shadow?
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I think I know what he meant, basically when taking a selfie in some lighting situations, your eyes (iris) will become almost completely black. I think it looks awful and unnatural. Not sure about previous Pixels, but I've encountered this on both P6P and now P7P.
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I think I know what he meant, basically when taking a selfie in some lighting situations, your eyes (iris) will become almost completely black. I think it looks awful and unnatural. Not sure about previous Pixels, but I've encountered this on both P6P and now P7P.
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Had to try it myself, can't see the problem. Took one in the bathroom with direct bright light, colors were spot on. Then I took another in very very dimly lit room with night sight, the eyes were...dark. Then I took a mirror and looked myself in that dim light and my eyes were...dark again
But yes, Pixel is known for pumped contrast in pictures and it shows a lot in selfies in low light. My eyes looked actually that dark in that light but my beard was about 25% darker than in real life. So that might be the issue here.
Not a lot to do to fix this, I'm afraid. Take your selfies in good light
Edit. To the original problem, Iphone vs Pixel, Iphone lifts the dark areas more and Pixel lefts them darker. That might include your eye sockets on a sunny day (shadows) and low light.