Google Camera use on GS5 - Galaxy S 5 General

Now that the AOSP/Google Camera has been launched on the play store, i thought it would be interesting start a thread to collect images and impressions of the Google Camera, particularly in contrast to the Touchwiz camera. The touchwiz camera and it's, i'll say, "pseudo-intelligent" mode picking has confused a lot of users early on, so this may be another option for some users. I have gone so far as to validate that all of the photo modes in the google camera work on my 900V.
here's a play store link to the google camera. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...utm_source=42matters.com&utm_medium=WidgetWeb

The focus mode w/ the google camera sucks. Having to move the camera and keep the subject centered has been a real challenge so far.
I do like swiping to the sides to bring up gallery and options. Slick.

crazymook said:
The focus mode w/ the google camera sucks. Having to move the camera and keep the subject centered has been a real challenge so far.
I do like swiping to the sides to bring up gallery and options. Slick.
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That's just with that funky tilt-shift focus mode though right? I tried it on a beer bottle and it didn't really work...maybe on a larger subject it has potential.
Couple sample shots from me real quick....at least it's shooting at 16mp.
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr

That beer pic actually looks REALLY good, imo.

Direct comparison:
Google Camera:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Touchwiz:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr

Bottom pic looks slightly brighter on the houses...at least on my monitor.

Google:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Touchwiz:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Same theme....touchwiz camera is slightly brighter, but oddly the google camera appears to have a bit more dynamic range?

crazymook said:
Bottom pic looks slightly brighter on the houses...at least on my monitor.
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Yeah, which is weird because the shutter was actually 1/100th faster on the touchwiz pic. Everything else shows the same.

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Really not impressed with the camera on my GS5 but it's miles above what I had.
And the out of focus gimmick is lame on all the camera phones(I'm going to assume the one on the M8 actually works) it took about 10 shots to get this one.
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Google and Stock
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bucket81 said:
TouchWiz
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Googles
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Really not impressed with the camera on my GS5 but it's miles above what I had.
And the out of focus gimmick is lame on all the camera phones(I'm going to assume the one on the M8 actually works) it took about 10 shots to get this one.
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Go to settings and turn quality to high
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brazcub said:
Go to settings and turn quality to high
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Both are set to 16 mega pixals. (technically Google is set to 15.9)
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tdrussell said:
Google:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Touchwiz:
Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
Same theme....touchwiz camera is slightly brighter, but oddly the google camera appears to have a bit more dynamic range?
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less noise on Touchwiz :good:

is it me or is there a little oversharpening on the touchwiz photos, i'm seeing that with my videos too.

cheetah2k said:
less noise on Touchwiz :good:
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I'm seeing just the opposite... images taken in moderate light show more processing artifacts than with the google camera (no flash or HDR, all other settings the same). It's not a huge difference, but it's certainly noticeable.

I prefer the stock camera app
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eyecon82 said:
I prefer the stock camera app
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Yeah, I agree.. After doing my own pics, definitely seeing more noise in Google Cam :good:

I am getting thirsty making the comparison.

Does sphere work with the Google camera?
Thanks

nolig2278 said:
Does sphere work with the Google camera?
Thanks
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Yes.

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Post Pictures Taken with Xperia Z

Hi guys,
The best thing after design is Camera of Xperia Z, post some cool shots taken with your XZ (plz post 1image per post)
Note: If you like anybody's pics HIT THANKS !!!
Just to start here is mine.
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This was taken with hdr camera+ in quite low light.
Was comparing different camera apps last night.
Unfortunately the stock camera app either blurred it out, or fired flash and I got a blue white glare.
fards said:
This was taken with hdr camera+ in quite low light.
Was comparing different camera apps last night.
Unfortunately the stock camera app either blurred it out, or fired flash and I got a blue white glare.
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Dude, can you post the same shot taken by default camera !!
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auto+
Stock camera auto+
obviously flash fired, unfortunately it appears to cause a glare
Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.
fards said:
Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.
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so for now which camera app you would suggest? thanks.
Picture taken in low light - My Ipad Mini
Auto Mode
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fards said:
Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.
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I just spilled tea all over myself laughing at your signature.
Wow..
fards said:
That phones too big!
why?
have you never held anything bigger than 4" in your hand? .
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LOL for ur Signature !!
All done in superior auto mode:
Akiainavas said:
All done in superior auto mode:
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Wow, I love the first one. I can't wait to take pictures of the beach!
MY little baby....it just rotate in the weird way lol.
I have done some tests today, simply to compare HDR and non-HDR photos (both in Normal Mode)
Without HDR :
With HDR :
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Without HDR :
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Without HDR :
With HDR :
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Without HDR :
With HDR :
Personally I think that in most cases HDR are a bit washed out.
HDR processing engine in XZ is not the best (I know what I am talking about, been doing photos for years ... with 60D, now with 7D over a year, processing with PS CS3, CS4 and now CS5).
What do you think guys ?
personally I think it's not post-processing the HDR properly, it's just saving the last exposure, (the stock camera takes 3 the same as the hdr+ app) then combines them.
You can see the different ones appear in the thumbnail preview in the stock camera app when you take a hdr photo, the last one is the one that shows up.
Must have a look at the logs, see if there's anything obvious.
fards said:
personally I think it's not post-processing the HDR properly, it's just saving the last exposure, (the stock camera takes 3 the same as the hdr+ app) then combines them.
You can see the different ones appear in the thumbnail preview in the stock camera app when you take a hdr photo, the last one is the one that shows up.
Must have a look at the logs, see if there's anything obvious.
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I wouldnt fully agree that it shows last from the 3. If it was, buildings would be properly exposed and the sky much over exposed. Like you can see this is not the case as the sky is still properly exposed.
Where to find these logs ?
I believe you are not talking about picture EXIF ?
Akiainavas said:
All done in superior auto mode:
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Looks like Basingstoke!
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here mine. one with auto and the other using panorama.
There's something wrong with some of your cameras,
it makes the sky look blue...
When everyone in the UK knows that it's grey
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trickyhenry said:
Looks like Basingstoke!
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Because it is
fards said:
There's something wrong with some of your cameras,
it makes the sky look blue...
When everyone in the UK knows that it's grey
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I've seen the sun yesterday. I know, shocking!

4.4.2 Camera quality poll

Ok guy's I wanted to start a poll regarding the camera quality since 4.4.2.
I love my nexus 5 but I found the camera when it was stock 4.4 was impressive even in low light with the flash, However because so many people were complaining about the speed of it taking shots (it didn't bother me as long as it took nice photo's) Now google have responded with 4.4.2 and speeded the camera shot process however the image quality has reduced by some margin even in well lit area's,
So basically this is a poll to gauge who wants to take better quality photo's or faster photo's
Personally I couldn't care less how long it took as long they were good quality photo's...
Makes me glad I got the phone about the same time 4.4.2 came out
Requesting new poll option: Use a different camera app and be able to do both. No need to be limited by the automatic settings.
bblzd said:
Requesting new poll option: Use a different camera app and be able to do both. No need to be limited by the automatic settings.
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The trouble is as far as I know there is no 3rd party app that uses HDR+ mode.
Ady1976 said:
The trouble is as far as I know there is no 3rd party app that uses HDR+ mode.
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u can't tell the difference if u use HDR Camera+ and Snap Camera HDR
hello00 said:
u can't tell the difference if u use HDR Camera+ and Snap Camera HDR
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Does that app have Jpeg compression settings level similar to Camera JB+ ?
Ady1976 said:
Does that app have Jpeg compression settings level similar to Camera JB+ ?
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im not sure..maybe if u get the paid version for both of them
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im not sure..maybe if u get the paid version for both of them
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Thanks I shall have a look at that and compare some daylight and night shots.
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I for one am not updating to 4.4.1, or 4.4.2. I have no complaints with the release software. Who gives a **** about how good the stock photos are. If you care even marginally about image quality then you should know how to properly edit a photo. Simple as that. I love this phone.
Day shots are as good as before, night shots are worse, more noise and it's just not impressive anymore. I'd take the slower shutter for night shots anytime, and keep the new behavior for daylight shots.
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At least for me, low light camera shots look extremely better in HDR+ with the 4.4.2 update over the 4.4 release, but I can't tell a difference on day shots
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Sirgatory said:
I for one am not updating to 4.4.1, or 4.4.2. I have no complaints with the release software. Who gives a **** about how good the stock photos are. If you care even marginally about image quality then you should know how to properly edit a photo. Simple as that. I love this phone.
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That's exactly my point, I was extremely happy with stock 4.4, Camera was fine and video's were great so I'm gauging who prefers quality over speed of shots.
Question ? When your in the market for a compact camera what is end users primary concern ? How good the images are ? Or how fast it take shots ? Exactly point proved and judging from the results of the poll so far looks like I'm not alone either.
rayiskon said:
Day shots are as good as before, night shots are worse, more noise and it's just not impressive anymore. I'd take the slower shutter for night shots anytime, and keep the new behavior for daylight shots.
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Agreed, they boosted the ISO because they increase the shutter speed in low light thus images turns up pretty noisy. What's the point of having OIS when it can't use it? It's better to have slower shutter and low ISO to make the image sharper and less noise in dark environment, just make the OIS more aggressive, come on Google don't fail me now
I came from the HTC One and iPhone 5s. I dumped both for the N5 that I purchased used that was already updated to 4.4.2.
The noise level is way too high. Day or night. Focus issues are still present. What's worst is that I can never get a clean, clear shot. I don't even want to transfer the images taken from the N5 to the computer because I know it will be a lot worse than what I see on my phone.
I purchased Camera Awesome. Didn't do anything to help with the issue. Does anyone else have any suggestions as to a better app to use? Or a mod for a previous version?
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I prefer faster shots. With 4.4 I almost went nuts... especially in dark areas it was almost impossible to focus. So for me I accept the 5% worse quality and get 100% faster shots.
Very impressed with day shots, have yet to try a night shot, but I did notice the screen was much darker.
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Pictures is good, but in update i lost so good video quality, now camcorder is so dark, cant see the thing when there dark environment. And i dont know why
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Whatever they did to the camera they need to revert it. All photos shouldn't look like they were taken with an ISO of 800.
EDIT: It's worse than I thought. A relatively bright photo = ISO 1336.
I prefer the quicker photo's. I don't need a camera to take pictures of my dinner or a flower. Anyone who has kids is definitley enjoying the update.
If you look through the picture thread here the majority of the pics are people's food. I don't really need to keep a picture journal of what I eat. lol

Camera struggles to focus

Hello,
I simply love my moto g but the same cannot be said about the camera. I find that the camera struggles to focus especially during close ups. I wonder if this is a problem with moto g camera module or should it be fixed via the next update? Tried Google camera also. Same problem.
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srprashant91 said:
Hello,
I simply love my moto g but the same cannot be said about the camera. I find that the camera struggles to focus especially during close ups. I wonder if this is a problem with moto g camera module or should it be fixed via the next update? Tried Google camera also. Same problem.
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Are you using the drag to focus (or tap to focus for google camera)? although I've just tested mine and mine is focusing and refocusing between distance and very close automatically no problem.
I did read on another thread that it focuses using differences between shapes so focusing on a plain uniform surface won't be very reliable.
What do you intend for "close"?
I take some photos at 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 cm
The best distance is 25cm. Under this distance it can't focus properly.
Google Camera
http://imgur.com/dU6Rw5a,48MiVAd,g9CXRH0,cz6e6Sk,S8mNRYq
Motorola Camera with Autofocus
http://imgur.com/ZMwss7V,vXRXHkR,nkMA3Qm,yJAEXe8,EVuKEcS
Motorola Camera with " Square Brackets" Focus
http://imgur.com/9Sq7wyG,a5rywKI,s6KMVyw,dqlnTTO,87178W9
Best way to take macro is 25cm and zoom when the photo is done.
I miss the lumia camera for this, 735 had a wonderful focus:
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What do you intend for "close"?
I take some photos at 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 cm
The best distance is 25cm. Under this distance it can't focus properly.
Google Camera
http://imgur.com/dU6Rw5a,48MiVAd,g9CXRH0,cz6e6Sk,S8mNRYq
Motorola Camera with Autofocus
http://imgur.com/ZMwss7V,vXRXHkR,nkMA3Qm,yJAEXe8,EVuKEcS
Motorola Camera with " Square Brackets" Focus
http://imgur.com/9Sq7wyG,a5rywKI,s6KMVyw,dqlnTTO,87178W9
Best way to take macro is 25cm and zoom when the photo is done.
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Depends, mine can focus clearly all the way to ~6cm from the subject but the way the phone focuses it requires a definite 'hard contrast area' to focus on, although in your examples you do seem to have that (assuming you're trying to focus on the corner of the object above), if you try to focus on an area without much 'change' in the surface it won't focus.
Could you share a pic with 6cm focus please?
I still sincerely hope they fix the camera in the upcoming update. The camera on the moto g is a major let down despite being an improvement over the previous generation in terms of resoultion.
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Jhyrachy said:
Could you share a pic with 6cm focus please?
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http://i.imgur.com/JlyQMdt.jpg
I only said approx 6cm, if you see the actual focus is just past 6cm and from testing earlier it will reliably focus at 7cm providing the light is good. You need plenty of light and hard edges for it to focus properly and you have to put the auto/manual focus directly on the hard edge for it to focus.
jay2the1 said:
http://i.imgur.com/JlyQMdt.jpg
I only said approx 6cm, if you see the actual focus is just past 6cm and from testing earlier it will reliably focus at 7cm providing the light is good. You need plenty of light and hard edges for it to focus properly and you have to put the auto/manual focus directly on the hard edge for it to focus.
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Really nice!
Do you used stock camera?
Jhyrachy said:
Really nice!
Do you used stock camera?
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Thanks , yep I use the stock camera I've just updated to the new version and the results are the same, I have Google Camera installed for photospheres but don't use it otherwise.
I have copied your method, this is my best result so far: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...cqJYQ/w643-h857-no/IMG_20141026_221648051.jpg
srprashant91 said:
Hello,
I simply love my moto g but the same cannot be said about the camera. I find that the camera struggles to focus especially during close ups. I wonder if this is a problem with moto g camera module or should it be fixed via the next update? Tried Google camera also. Same problem.
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I have the same problem............
Just got this for my wife to.replace her old iPhone 4S. So far she is very unimpressed by the camera quality and the lack of focus accross the room. As it shifts through focal lengths it can get a crisp pictire but autofocus never stops at the right spot.
*edit* just purchased Camera FV-5. Had to boost the contrast and saturation in the app, but focusing is way better.
I too have this problem, I sometimes need to quickly take pictures of a page in a book for a quote, and the camera simply won't focus on the text at all. The moto g turbo used to do a great job, I thought I was getting an upgrade, but the g 4 plus camera focus on close objects and text is horrendous. Do you think an update will fix it?

Camera Thread

Thread for posting pics and videos and discussing the camera and its abilities. Definitely interested in low-light still shots featuring motion.
Stay tuned. I'm going to deliver some awesome photography in this thread.
gavinfabl said:
Stay tuned. I'm going to deliver some awesome photography in this thread.
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Saw a Reddit post that the camera is not true 2x optical zoom, but 1.5x optical zoom with added scaling. Can your shots also speak to this and whether or not it actually matters?
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/6iksgn/what_the_op5_doesnt_have_2x_lossless_zoom_its/
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Oh man, saw the XDA comments on camera with the super blurry puppy pic in what looked like decent lighting:
there can be inconsistent delays between pressing the shutter button and actually taking a picture, leading to missed opportunities (pronounced in puppy or baby pictures)
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Here's a scene from my hostel room, the first picture is normal, second was taken with the "2x" mode and the last was taken with op3 running aosp, 10 minutes after the first photos, so it's not apples to apples comparison
Edit: If there's demand, I can take more photos tomorrow afternoon when I get home
No OIS on the OP5 and camera quality is only a little better than the 3T. What a disappointment!
You don't need OIS to take great photos. Helps of course. More so in lower light. I will let you know what I think soon.
gavinfabl said:
You don't need OIS to take great photos. Helps of course. More so in lower light. I will let you know what I think soon.
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It doesn't have the Pixels amazing EIS so videos will be affected also. The 6Ps videos were horrible because it didn't have OIS.
Much prefer OIS but The lack of EIS on 4k video recording is a deal breaker for me, no stabilisation is horrible on any video recording.
Do you this this could be added later with a software update.?
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gavinfabl said:
You don't need OIS to take great photos. Helps of course. More so in lower light. I will let you know what I think soon.
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OIS or EIS is mainly for video recording without it videos are horrible to watch back, there is NO excuse why EIS is available for 1080p but not 4k video recording.
Until I see the results myself, i.e. tested it in my hands, thats when I'll critique it correctly. Results speak for themselves as they say.
Makrilli said:
Here's a scene from my hostel room, the first picture is normal, second was taken with the "2x" mode and the last was taken with op3 running aosp, 10 minutes after the first photos, so it's not apples to apples comparison
Edit: If there's demand, I can take more photos tomorrow afternoon when I get home
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Looks like taken through a glass window seeing the ghost indoor lamps reflecting in the pictures.
Just tested the camera.
1st image is bokeh effect
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2nd image is 2x optical zoom, would be rude not to get my civic in the picture
Kahun said:
Just tested the camera.
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Take more photos of that VXR mate! <3 Of course with OP5
KamilKiri said:
Take more photos of that VXR mate! <3 Of course with OP5
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I will get one when I'm leaving work in about 2h
Can someone shoot a 4k video while walking for example ? I have an OP3T right now, and the lack of OIS is a real deal breaker for me ... Plus the EIS is not available for 4K videos
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Take more photos of that VXR mate! <3 Of course with OP5
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As requested
Thanks @Kahun , nice cars! Thats my one but I took this shot on my S7. Can't wait for my OP5 tomorrow.
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Thanks @Kahun , nice cars! Thats my one but I took this shot on my S7. Can't wait for my OP5 tomorrow.
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Good to see a fellow petrol head xD that photo looks so sick I need to take one like that for my civic
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As requested
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They look OK pics. Better than the 3T but not as good as the flagships today.
Al3xxxinho said:
Can someone shoot a 4k video while walking for example ? I have an OP3T right now, and the lack of OIS is a real deal breaker for me ... Plus the EIS is not available for 4K videos
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Crazy not to have OIS.

Any tried the Nokia 8 with the Google Camera App?

As you guys probably know, this port of Google's Pixel app has been doing the rounds on XDA and various users report much better quality photos with it on Snapdragon devices.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Has anyone tried this on the Nokia 8? Does it work? If yes, could you post some sample photos and comparison with Nokia's own default camera app? I'm especially interested in low-light situations.
Thank you
yes, hdr+ is giving me awesome photos.
sadly we need to edit media_profiles.xml to add profiles for slow-motion and HFR.
can't alter the system for now as there is no bootloader unlock (thus no custom recovery or root).
Thank you.
I mostly care about HDR+ so that's great to hear.
Have tried the Google camera app and I believe at the moment I get better results. The Nokia software algorithms need some work I think.
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skip24ftlb said:
Have tried the Google camera app and I believe at the moment I get better results. The Nokia software algorithms need some work I think.
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First pic using Google camera. Wall paper to left of TV shows texture.
2nd Picture is Nokia cam. Washed out and lack of detail to left of tv
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I will update as further messing with the camera that the night shots with flash on with the pixel are shockingly bad. The flash is not working correctly. Pictures are not being lit up enough. It's a dual tone flash on the Nokia but with pixel APK, it's not firing the brighter flash
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Which is the best version of this app to run on Nokia 8?
I think the ones linked here will be good:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Filename MGCB_7.0H_C2API_Min_v.1.4.apk
Konstigt said:
Which is the best version of this app to run on Nokia 8?
I think the ones linked here will be good:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Filename MGCB_7.0H_C2API_Min_v.1.4.apk
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Try this. It's a lot newer.
CazeW said:
Try this. It's a lot newer.
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This was a good post to get the history and to learn about the different versions.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/modded-google-camera-hdr-60fps-video-t3658552
I'd say start with the 3.8 (linked in post above, without any letter after it) version but 1.4-version will probably be fine as well.
Note to others downloading the file: The Android Download-app doesn't open APKs, you need to install a file manager app to open it.
So next question, which are the recommended settings in the app? In the 3.8 version there are tons of values you can select. HDR+ isn't enabled per default.
I tried on Nokia8 and I think no one notice that it has small color dots and line in every photo that process HDR at the bottom of picture. I tried every setting and still can't figure out how to remove. It's also appear in skip24ftlb's photo.
Seems ok the shots come out slightly better than nokia stock but the bottom of the photo has these blue and red bars (looks like some graph lines) on every photo that you point at a bright source of light and reduce the brightness on screen to absolute minimum. Happened on all photos that I took of the sunrise with heaps of bright orange clouds.
It stickout more when the bottom half of the photo is darker down the bottom.
Cheers
Skamath said:
Seems ok the shots come out slightly better than nokia stock but the bottom of the photo has these blue and red bars (looks like some graph lines) on every photo that you point at a bright source of light and reduce the brightness on screen to absolute minimum. Happened on all photos that I took of the sunrise with heaps of bright orange clouds.
It stickout more when the bottom half of the photo is darker down the bottom.
Cheers
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How about using version 1.4?
chantszhim said:
How about using version 1.4?
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I am not sure which version it is there are too many digits in the file downloaded.
file name is gcam 4.4.012 blah blah blah and ends with v.1.1.apk so Is it 4.4 or 1.1. If it is 1.1 can you please direct me to 1.4
Thank you
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How about using version 1.4?
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I tested with 1.4, 1.5, 3.7, 3.8, 4.0 and all of it happens. So i think there are no other options to avoid this.
Can someone share some pictures?
There are a lot of versions of GCam modded.
On HTC U11 topic, there's a large thread where many users are debating which is the best.
Can someone take a look how does it gets on Nokia 8?
Mine still not here. Maybe on the end of the month.
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First one with flash on
Others no flash
Latest version of google cam
Camera settins not optimal.
Same settings on google camera.
First pic google cam
Second nokia 8 native app
Here is a test to compare:
1. Capture Google Camera
2. Picture with Google Camera app 8,82 mb
3. Picture with Nokia Camera app 6,83 mb
Cyperi...what settings?

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