Decided to start a thread for Xoom/Honeycomb apps for photographers. This is not a thread for camera apps but a thread that a photographer shooting with a dSLR might use in the field, during a shoot, or to edit or view photos.
I will edit this post as new ones are added to make it easy for folks to keep up with.
Available:
Quickpic
Geotag Photos
Sundroid
PicSay Pro
Camera Control
Photaf (free)/Photaf 3d Panorama Pro
Adobe Photoshop Express
Scott Kelby's Photo Recipe Apps I and II
CR2 - a .RAW image viewer for Canon RAW files.
In Development:
Naiar Project
The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) - being developed for phones, but hopefully will work OK on tablets.
Does not seem to work:
Camera Zoom/FX
You can add PicSay Pro. It has the Honeycomb navigation elements, but still only works at screen resolution for edits and saves.
Not sure if it's tablet optimized, but you could look into PhotoCaddy. Sounds like what you're looking for
Photaf works well and I worked with the developer to make it more Xoom friendly.
I wanna shoot tethered to my 7d
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I can say that I don't think Camera Zoom FX plays well with the Xoom.
It only seems to take pics in B/W.
I really love the effects available and would love to use, so if someone else can test, that would be killer.
Thanks
Photoshop works on the xoom
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Not sure if it's tablet optimized, but you could look into PhotoCaddy. Sounds like what you're looking for
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Holding off until we verify. Not up to purchasing it this week.
Camera Apps for Xoom
The Vignette app seems to work well. The interface isn't scrunched up like the others (Retro, Fx, & Zoom). And the quality is good.
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The Vignette app seems to work well. The interface isn't scrunched up like the others (Retro, Fx, & Zoom). And the quality is good.
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It does not work in landscape.
Picplz... although I'm not sure if it's considered a photo app. It has numerous filters and allows a quick upload to FB, Twitter and Foursquare.
Photo display on the xoom
One thing that really disturbed me about the ipad, was the compression applied to all incoming photos by itunes to an already lossy format (jpeg).
Does the XOOM (android) automatically apply compression as a photo is moved onto the device, or can I transfer my jpegs untouched from my computer?
Thanks for any help,
DJC
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One thing that really disturbed me about the ipad, was the compression applied to all incoming photos by itunes to an already lossy format (jpeg).
Does the XOOM (android) automatically apply compression as a photo is moved onto the device, or can I transfer my jpegs untouched from my computer?
Thanks for any help,
DJC
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99% sure that since it is a fully open file system, unlike iphone and that we don't have an application to move files for us you files are 100% untouched. If they were, I would think the device is doing the manipulation and that would be poor design
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djcarno said:
One thing that really disturbed me about the ipad, was the compression applied to all incoming photos by itunes to an already lossy format (jpeg).
Does the XOOM (android) automatically apply compression as a photo is moved onto the device, or can I transfer my jpegs untouched from my computer?
Thanks for any help,
DJC
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It does not alter the files in any way but the images don't look that great in the native viewer. I have tried with high resolution files and low resolution files on 2 Xoom models and the native Gallery viewer makes them look slightly softer than they should. I use Quick Pic which displays them a lot better. I was actually shocked at first at the fact that they looked that much sharper in one viewer vs the other.
I've been waiting in hopes that Nikon would give Android some love. I own a D3000 and I love the camera. It just seems to make sense that a tablet with the proper photographer's aids loaded on it would be an ideal evolution for those of us who were bitten by the photography bug over 40 years ago. However, nothing I've seen so far gives me any hope with my dream. Has anyone else observed otherwise? Would appreciate any mentoring that anyone is willing to offer. TIA
Adobe Photoshop Express works well and while it has not been updated in forever, I find for a free app it has a lot of what the rest have with a better interface.
I put my paid versions of Camera Zoom FX and Vignette on my Wi-Fi Xoom but have not really played around with them yet so I can't say how they work. A rear camera on a tablet is kind of useless IMO. My DX has a better camera and is far more portable. If I need a real camera I have a nice DSLR. The only camera I use on the Xoom is the forward facing one for video conf.
Just curious, any recommendations based on what's listed so far and what's the best recommendation as for a method of actually getting images onto a Xoom in the field?
I would love to be able to have a tablet version of Nikon Camera Control for my Xoom. That program is the sole reason I still have my 12" AL powerbook G4. I look like a tard with my lappy tethered to my camera for shots. How many of you would find something like this useful? I wonder if Nikon would be open to the suggestion...well, after the tsunami recovery.
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I would love to be able to have a tablet version of Nikon Camera Control for my Xoom. That program is the sole reason I still have my 12" AL powerbook G4. I look like a tard with my lappy tethered to my camera for shots. How many of you would find something like this useful? I wonder if Nikon would be open to the suggestion...well, after the tsunami recovery.
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I would love a canon version, too. That is actually part of the reason I purchased a Xoom, expecting someone to have an app for tethered shooting/live view. Landscape photographers everywhere would rejoice. I know there is someone working on canon raw image viewing, which would also be huge.
Try checking out GoldenPic, for finding the Golden Hours, Blue Hours, Sunrise, Sunset, weather and more!
Now, lets just forget the fact that this is a flagship Nexus device for Google, who have top engineers and programers working day and night on the Nexus 7. Some how they deliberately left out a camera app. Now I won't even go into the quality because at 1.3 Megapixels its good enough for Skype. And thats it. Myself like the rest of you had to download, the Top rated camera App from the Google Play store from MoDaCo, just type Nexus 7 into Google Play its the 4 result down. The App is a disaster, For a Tegra 3 based device, its does not even give you $199 iPod Touch Facetime results. Ok maybe thats not a fair comparison. But it draws me into me second point, the fact that Google deliberately said NO Camera App for you. Its unlikely they are even going to develop a decent camera App. Which has huge underpinnings. Unlike any other device, most of my friends and co-workers have a Nexus 7 already. We would like to have some type of real Camera App that works at something higher than 10 frames per second. Google is unlikley to give us any kind of Facetime Like App for the Nexus 7 which is disasterous failure. When a single core CPU iPod Touch is delivering a better experience (camera wise and App wise) to the end user. I know leave it up to the Developers ! developers are the answer like Fring which is also super choppy . Really you sound like Steve Ballmer at this point. How hard would have been for Google to add in a Camera App running smoothly with tons of Fun, Effects and Layers that you could essentially Facetime Videochat with friends. The fact that Google is against this makes me think they have already given up on the Nexus 7. Because any 3rd party App is not going to be universally adopted, like A Camera App baked into the device out of the box. Would the Nexus 7 been an even bigger success, its hard to ridicule a success however it is something the Nexus 7 needs. Not 3rd party poorly done camera Apps that look choppy and running on a single core CPU which is struggling to keep up. I know Google Talk is there but everyone I have shown are like WTF! Why name a Video Chat feature as "TALK" most did not know it was even there or an option. It does not even work on the Nexus 7 at least for Video Chat purposes. Does anyone know if Google has hinted or said they will developing a Camera App for the Nexus 7 and a fix for Google Talk ?
rant over its frustrating
The way i see it, there really isnt a need for a camera app. its a front facing low mp camera, so your not going to take pictures of your vacation or go sightseeing with it... you have your phone or actual camera for that.. beside how will you hold the tablet when trying to take a picture with out yourself in the shot? hold it backwards? now you just look silly and your picture still looks like crap.
then you might say "What about taking pictures of my self?" well instagram, facebook, and i think google+ (not really sure about G+, just assumeing so) have a camera app built in that works well with the N7 camera.
sooo not sure what your looking for :silly:
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Now, lets just forget the fact that this is a flagship Nexus device for Google, who have top engineers and programers working day and night on the Nexus 7. Some how they deliberately left out a camera app. Now I won't even go into the quality because at 1.3 Megapixels its good enough for Skype. And thats it. Myself like the rest of you had to download, the Top rated camera App from the Google Play store from MoDaCo, just type Nexus 7 into Google Play its the 4 result down. The App is a disaster, For a Tegra 3 based device, its does not even give you $199 iPod Touch Facetime results. Ok maybe thats not a fair comparison. But it draws me into me second point, the fact that Google deliberately said NO Camera App for you. Its unlikely they are even going to develop a decent camera App. Which has huge underpinnings. Unlike any other device, most of my friends and co-workers have a Nexus 7 already. We would like to have some type of real Camera App that works at something higher than 10 frames per second. Google is unlikley to give us any kind of Facetime Like App for the Nexus 7 which is disasterous failure. When a single core CPU iPod Touch is delivering a better experience (camera wise and App wise) to the end user. I know leave it up to the Developers ! developers are the answer like Fring which is also super choppy . Really you sound like Steve Ballmer at this point. How hard would have been for Google to add in a Camera App running smoothly with tons of Fun, Effects and Layers that you could essentially Facetime Videochat with friends. The fact that Google is against this makes me think they have already given up on the Nexus 7. Because any 3rd party App is not going to be universally adopted, like A Camera App baked into the device out of the box. Would the Nexus 7 been an even bigger success, its hard to ridicule a success however it is something the Nexus 7 needs. Not 3rd party poorly done camera Apps that look choppy and running on a single core CPU which is struggling to keep up. I know Google Talk is there but everyone I have shown are like WTF! Why name a Video Chat feature as "TALK" most did not know it was even there or an option. It does not even work on the Nexus 7 at least for Video Chat purposes. Does anyone know if Google has hinted or said they will developing a Camera App for the Nexus 7 and a fix for Google Talk ?
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Face time is apple.
Google+ hangouts is Google.
Sorry you didn't know. Its hard to be mad at Google for your lack of knowledge.
A camera app with weird facial features? Cool? For 5 mins. I tried it on my iPad once. Literally. Then got annoyed when everyone was uploading pics to fb of their fat/stretched/skinny/alien faces.
Again, this isn't apple. I'm sure an app will pop up eventually, some day
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This tablet is all about promoting Google's content and services. It's very well built and pretty much given away. Most people don't find a high quality camera necessary in a tablet, so this has no rear camera.
It came with no camera app, because the front camera really isn't intended for photography. It's there so you can take advantage of Google Hangouts, which I assume the quality should be good enough for that (haven't tried myself).
My only complaint about the camera is that it really should be angled down slightly. You have to hold the tablet very awkwardly to get the camera to center on your face.
Quite honestly, I really don't think of the front camera. The camera quality and speed shouldn't really be a con, what were you expecting for $200? It has a Tegra 3 and a IPS Display, which cost over $100 alone.
Learn something new everyday, a tegra 3 is camera hardware. Also the commercial s shoeing face time are no where near the quality in real life
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Wow you are horribly misinformed.
Firstly, the words "flagship" and "Nexus" don't correlate to meaning the same thing. This way of thinking represents a terrible misinterpretation of what the Nexus program actually is.
Secondly, you have to realize that the Nexus 7 tablet is aimed squarely at the cheaper end of the tablet market. Google set out to introduce a 200 dollar quad-core tablet, and they succeeded. To do this, cuts in other areas needed to be made. One of these areas is the cheaper sensor in the front-facing camera, and the lack of a rear camera. Now, I myself feel that the front camera is perfectly acceptable for video chatting in G+ hangouts (its intended feature, and the one feature of the camera that is touted prominently in the features list). If you wanted a tablet that could take amazing pictures of yourself or other things, you bought the wrong tablet.
And by the way, just for sake of clarity...Google did not strip the camera apk from the Nexus 7. They simply did not give you a shortcut for it. This is all MoDaCo's app in the Play Store does...unlocks the shortcut for the camera software and places it into your app tray. That's it.
At the end of the day, this is a 200 dollar tablet.
Wow! :banghead:
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Such a poor misinformed person. Please let your friends know that you can video chat in high quality using Google Talk and Google+, both on the device by default.
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And also, you said Google Talk doesn't work? Is this a troll post?
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I have a handful of tablets, including an iPad1 and iPad2. I can honestly say that I probably never had the need to take a picture with any of them. Cell phones have higher quality cameras and are much more portable/accessible. The FFC on the Nexus 7 is intended to be used specifically for video chatting which you can use either Google+ or Google Talk. A camera app wasn't included because any video chat service you use is all you need.
The reference to Google Talk is a stupid video chat service name, well, you have to imagine that Google Talk was around LONG before video service. Video conferencing wasn't originally its main function (and still isn't). It is a chat service app that simply support video.
Video Chatting is great but not useful on a day to day basis. The back camera is a useless tool for a tablet.
I guess this is dumb, but I see nothing called "google talk" on mine. So it's better to tell them to look for "talk"
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Such a poor misinformed person. Please let your friends know that you can video chat in high quality using Google Talk and Google+, both on the device by default.
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Stop with the whole camera drama in this forum already. Most consumers don't need one since they have point and shoots or a smartphone. It's a non-issue that everyone should put to rest. And this thread is also a troll thread as well since he keeps mentioning face time which is an Apple product.
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who really needs a camera an a tablet? I'm glad they left it out. The front facing camera works just fine with Skype.
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Who the hell takes pictures with a tablet anyway? You'd look ridiculous and frankly, I'd probably run up and kick you in the nuts if I saw you trying to do it (figuratively speaking, of course). Quit your damn *****ing already, it got real old real quick.
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who really needs a camera an a tablet? I'm glad they left it out. The front facing camera works just fine with Skype.
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This. People taking pictures and videos with iPads and other tablets look like douchbags anyway.
I have the One X to take pictures if need be.
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This. People taking pictures and videos with iPads and other tablets look like douchbags anyway.
I have the One X to take pictures if need be.
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Now that you mentioned it there seems a direct correlation between people who use tablets to take pictures and people who make camera troll threads.
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Now that you mentioned it there seems a direct correlation between people who use tablets to take pictures and people who make camera troll threads.
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I appreciate all the response, I wanted to be clear on somethings which many focused on, I am not complaining about the camera Megapixel quality itself. Or what do I expect from a $200 tablet. Its the fact that, Google does not want the majority of people video chatting. When the devices is perfectly capable of this more so than a simple iPod Touch. Facetime has become, a verb now, and Android needs a response. Why Google is deliberately blowing an opportunity, is not by mistake. On Campus at work everywhere, almost overnight I see as many Nexus 7's as iPad's. Not many people want to risk a $600 iPad but a $200 tablet is a take everywhere thing. Even places not in class where you dont need an iPad the Nexus 7 is there. But Google does not want you to embrace Facetime like Apple has given people the opportunity to. Probably why the video chat feature is hidden away in a program called TALK. Anyways in response to MMcCraryNJ who says MoDaCo just links to the Camera apk, its not stripped this is even worse. I thought the camera was just a poorly developed 3rd party Ap. And lets not even care about the Visual quality, Have the CPU and GPU help out theres no reason. Its should run so choppy. And if they don't want people using which is why they left out the Icon for a $200 tablet why include one ? If the sensor is so bad, no matter what its gonna deliver what feels like 10 frames a second choppyness. I can't post links yet but just add whats missing to the begining, the Nexus 7 would be a perfect Mom and Pop device for FaceTime (I know FaceTIme is Apple but Android needs a catchier name) or for GrandDads or Grandmas who are not ready for a Smartphone or want to spend $500 on an iPAd. Its the perfect demographic, and yet Google does not want you doing this especially on a perfect devices for it. And it would not cost them extra or 5 cents more per sensor, its software thats not working right, and that they don't want to make user friendly.
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I can just imagine similar Nexus 7 adds would be a hit.
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First of all only those with a OnePlus 2 / X / 3 / 3T / 5 on Oxygen OS ( or if you are using an OOS camera port on a custom ROM ) could actually benefit from this.
If you don't have the OnePlus Camera app then you could download the latest version of the app from app mirror.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/oneplus-ltd/oneplus-camera/
( Version 2 of the app can only be used by OnePlus 5 owners and all the versions in between and including 1 to 1.5 can be used by OnePlus 3/3T owners. )
So there will be two parts of this overview, in the first one I'll show you how to navigate basic things in the app itself along with the video stabilization capability it offers and what everything it shows means and in the second part I'll give you a basic overview of the the pro/manual mode this app offers.
[ The overview(s) will be in the form of video as it would easier for me to explain and much easier for others who are watching to understand. ]
PART 1
One thing that is commendable about this app is that it offers all the basic things in a non cluttered manner which makes it easier to use and navigate.
PART 2
If you are the kind of person who knows nothing or very little about manual mode then watch this but if you are the kind of person who knows everything basic I'll suggest you to give this thread a read : 2
So guys if you still weren't able to understand something related to this topic, let me know I'll try my best to help you understand that thing better.
Btw if you are a kind of person who likes to try different apps, camera apps in this case then I'll suggest you to try these apps which according to myself are the best( All of them can be downloaded from the play store. )
Free Apps: Bacon Camera, Footej.
Paid Apps: Camera FV5 Pro, Cinema FV5 Pro.
Paid ( Pro ) : FilmicPro
Thread 2:https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/basic-guide-to-manual-camera-settings.465290/
Surely, I have the camera app as part of the O/S? What’s extra in the app linked above?
Alan
alan sh said:
Surely, I have the camera app as part of the O/S? What’s extra in the app linked above?
Alan
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Nothing extra but you could always check that site to see if there is an updated version the app available.
alan sh said:
Surely, I have the camera app as part of the O/S? What’s extra in the app linked above?
Alan
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Cinema fv5 pro is a great app for filming. FilmicPro is probably better. They bring slightly different interfaces and more control over settings than the OS app.
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Cinema fv5 pro is a great app for filming. FilmicPro is probably better. They bring slightly different interfaces and more control over settings than the OS app.
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Thanks for the suggestion man filmic pro is the best videography app I've ever seen!!!