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Nexus 5 is the best camera phone you will ever own, and heres why.

Right, so with a bold statement like "the nexus 5 is the best camera you have ever owned" you probably think i'm completely crazy. But I would like to try and see if I can explain why I made such a statement in the first place. With many of you mentioning how the camera doesn't measure up to other phones on the market and comments discrediting it all over the forum I though I needed to point out a few things.
1) The image stabilization is amazing. Literally stunning. Having recently been to see Bring me the horizon I decided to use the phone to take a few photos and some video of the gig. Now while the nexus 5 may not be the only phone on the market with good OIS it is most definitely one of the best. Have a look at some of the videos below, all were filmed completely hand held, and while the audio may be poor (ill get to this later) it is still a very good image considering the conditions.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/evPUs6pIeW0
http://www.youtube.com/embed/K2u-gR-XLVc
2) Low light performance is amazing too. Many people have compared this to the photos from the HTC One, and iPhone 5 saying that the Nexus 5 doesn't bring out enough light in certain areas and that the colours are off, but if you look at it properly and check the colours you find that the Nexus 5 produces much sharper, less over saturated and less hazy night time shots. Some people like the over-saturated look but honestly from the point of view of a photographer, your better to take a 'flat' image from the phone and edit it than try and edit a poor image from the HTC One. Of course I will admit the Lumia 1020 blows any other phone out of the water, but its hardly a fair fight..
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Although the G2 appears brighter in this image, the nexus 5 still wins on colour accuracy, that is however subject to opinion.
3) The Nexus 5 is aimed with amateur photographers in mind. The little ring around the back camera, yep that glass bit. Its magnetic which makes for very easy mounting of mobile extension lenses, this coupled with the very powerful new image editing tool in the gallery seems to hint that Google want to help you get more out of your photos. More importantly the editor is now non destructive, meaning you can undo all changes and get your original image back very easily. :good:
4) Nexus 5 images are a editors dream (when it comes to smartphones anyway). As mentioned above the Nexus 5 creates almost reference style images it makes editing, colour correction, exposure correction amazing and camera software updates on the way and a few improved camera apps in the play store, it can out put some very detailed near RAW quality images which a a joy to edit, not some of the over processed rubbish the iphone 5 and HTC output.
5) The aperture, while only being f2.4 it is still a reasonably wide aperture which means that it can do lovely close ups and in good lighting conditions its better than most point and shoot cameras. The camera is very sharp when compared to many other and while some people may say that the videos and photos in low light can get a little grainy but I think its at an acceptable level.
Sound quality, now although above I said the sound quality was poor, under normal conditions it performs very well, the problem in my videos was that I was at Brixton O2 and they have a 9000w audio system (for comparison your average disco is around 2500w) and this is made worse by me being stood three meters away from the subs.
Shutter lag, something I forgot when first writing this, is completely software based, many of the free camera apps on the play store fix this issue and I am sure goggle will fix this with an update soon!
So what im really trying to say is...
The Nexus 5 is the phone Google are branding as a way to keep memories, right from the first ad its has been sold as the phone to document life with and I think it really does a good job of that, yes the photos aren't DSLR standard but thats not what its about, its about making sure you get the shot, that memory captured to keep with you. I think the real ethos of the nexus 5 is the phone for life, and in that sense I think it does an amazing job.
But really the most important thing to remember is that
The best camera in the world is the one that you have on you at the time!​

You didn't address the long focus times and terrible shutter lag. Thanks for your effort but you are not convincing me of anything. You should also change your title to reflect if taking pictures of non moving objects only because anything that moves won't stay still long enough for the N5 to focus and actually snap the picture.
Your title also does not reflect your statement below either:
Of course I will admit the Lumia 1020 blows any other phone out of the water, but its hardly a fair fight..

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Please, post your opinions along with your own photos and videos taken with the nexus 5
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afraaa said:
i also wonder how ppl complaining ... in low light its awesome .. pictures are talking here and other review sites look here and see how nexus 5 beats iphone 5s s !!
it alos awesome on focus picturing : see for yourself and then you will ocnvinced
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http://narenji.ir/sites/default/files/uploaded/pw/2528/2013/11/Apple-iPhone-5s-narenji-20131105.jpg
and also its about colors .nexus 5 has better natural colors :
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[email protected] said:
You didn't address the long focus times and terrible shutter lag.
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Shutter lag, something I forgot when first writing this, is completely software based, many of the free camera apps on the play store fix this issue and I am sure goggle will fix this with an update soon!
thanks for reminding me
I would also say thats not true, moving objects are not a huge problem its the focusing which again is only a massive problem if your taking photos of something very fast moving like sports, I also think this is easily fixed with software updates

Oli1122 said:
Shutter lag, something I forgot when first writing this, is completely software based, many of the free camera apps on the play store fix this issue and I am sure goggle will fix this with an update soon!
thanks for reminding me
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I am yet to find a 3rd party app that fixes the issue. So far they all have some kind of issue of their own.
Until we see a fix from Google this is how the camera is acting today and any review or opinion should based on current usage and not in the hopes of an update. No one knows when Google will fix this if they can fix it at all.

[email protected] said:
I am yet to find a 3rd party app that fixes the issue. So far they all have some kind of issue of their own.
Until we see a fix from Google this is how the camera is acting today and any review or opinion should based on current usage and not in the hopes of an update. No one knows when Google will fix this if they can fix it at all.
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Google are working on a fix to come out soon apparently but until then ive been using the Moto X camera apk much faster and generally much better. Another solution is to record a video and then tap the screen for instant photos. Once done just delete the video
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I'm not sure why I started laughing while reading the OP's post. I thought they were being sarcastic, but they are really serious.:highfive:
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Yep, im serious

Oli1122 said:
Shutter lag, something I forgot when first writing this, is completely software based, many of the free camera apps on the play store fix this issue and I am sure goggle will fix this with an update soon!
thanks for reminding me
I would also say thats not true, moving objects are not a huge problem its the focusing which again is only a massive problem if your taking photos of something very fast moving like sports, I also think this is easily fixed with software updates
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If you think the camera only has problems capturing fast moving things like sports you did not really use your camera enough to write up your opinion article here. lol
Not saying the camera can't be fixed with software, I am just saying you can't review the camera based on an if Google updates it. When Google updates it, you can then update your review to reflect the update. Until then your review should be a tell all of the camera today for people who might be deciding on the N5 not what might be later on.
If you can't tell I am extremely annoyed at the camera on the N5 and Google for releasing it like this. lol

I've been using the MotoX APK and getting great quality pictures, very little lag and overall a much better experience. If I need HDR then I will use the stock camera. Focus time and lag shouldn't matter in HDR anyway since it's not moving.

[email protected] said:
If you think the camera only has problems capturing fast moving things like sports you did not really use your camera enough to write up your opinion article here. lol
Not saying the camera can't be fixed with software, I am just saying you can't review the camera based on an if Google updates it. When Google updates it, you can then update your review to reflect the update. Until then your review should tell all of the camera today for people who might be deciding on the N5.
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My review is based on what ive experienced with it so far with the stock camera app and im not guessing at what Google will fix or wont fix, ive used the camera in very different conditions and only found a problem with very fast moving subjects, but its not a massive problem and can be solved with other camera apps that are available now for free. I don't see your problem?

Oli1122 said:
My review is based on what ive experienced with it so far with the stock camera app and im not guessing at what Google will fix or wont fix, ive used the camera in very different conditions and only found a problem with very fast moving subjects, but its not a massive problem and can be solved with other camera apps that are available now for free. I don't see your problem?
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Please tell me what camera apps will help me right now because currently I cannot get any picture of my kid on my phone because he does not like to pose like a flower or a building. I am always willing to listen and have tried a few apps on the Play Store that need to be updated for the N5.

[email protected] said:
Please tell me what camera apps will help me right now because currently I cannot get any picture of my kid on my phone because he does not like to pose like a flower or a building. I am always willing to listen and have tried a few apps on the Play Store that need to be updated for the N5.
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Like I said try the MotoX apk, does a much better job than the stock one in most everything but video and HDR+
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380199

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Based on the samples the camera does seem very capable (albeit with high level of inconsistency), but it's dynamic range is subpar. Look how much clipping is going on, nothing burned out on the 5S photo while mustache fella's body is clipped all over the place. I guess that's more of a lens issue than sensor, but I do not like that in normal condition (non HDR) you rarely see a photo without clipping.

Certainly is the best in it's price range. I don't expect the best camera in a 350€ phone, but it's very good for what I need it. If I need to take quality pictures, I have my nikon dslr, which blows any phone out of the water anyway.

BoneXDA said:
Based on the samples the camera does seem very capable (albeit with high level of inconsistency), but it's dynamic range is subpar. Look how much clipping is going on, nothing burned out on the 5S photo while mustache fella's body is clipped all over the place. I guess that's more of a lens issue than sensor, but I do not like that in normal condition (non HDR) you rarely see a photo without clipping.
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Yes, you make very good points, I also think its good that it has good dynamic range and optics rather than amazing colours as you can edit those in post. You cant change physical factors like lenses in post. :good:

BoneXDA said:
Based on the samples the camera does seem very capable (albeit with high level of inconsistency), but it's dynamic range is subpar. Look how much clipping is going on, nothing burned out on the 5S photo while mustache fella's body is clipped all over the place. I guess that's more of a lens issue than sensor, but I do not like that in normal condition (non HDR) you rarely see a photo without clipping.
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Exactly, if you look at the N5 versus the others you will notice on both Finn and Jake there are overexposed, blown out portions you don't find on the others. This was a problem with the HTC One as well in my testing.
I am just hopeful Google releases a real fix, not some BS excuse for a camera fix. Having come from the HTC One I am happy with the overall quality of the N5's camera with the following caveats - most photos have to be shot in HDR+ and forget about pics of moving kids. I've actually been doing what was suggested earlier - take video and then quick tap the screen to take many single frames, keep the best. The one issue is if you do want to keep the video it stutters everywhere you took a photo - what the hell is with that!?
To the OP - I applaud your courage to buck the trend and make this review. Everyone's opinion counts!

Oli1122 said:
Yes, you make very good points, I also think its good that it has good dynamic range and optics rather than amazing colours as you can edit those in post. You cant change physical factors like lenses in post. :good:
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lol, you didn't address any points brought up in the post you quoted. The dynamic range of the Nexus 5 SUCKS, waaaaaaaay to many highlights blown out, and you can't fix all of it in PP from my experiences.
And for action shots, FORGET ABOUT IT, its a nightmare in frustration. Too slow to load, too slow to focus, unbelievable shutter lag. By the time the picture is taken, the moment is long gone. Unlike other people who say the camera is fine, I don't just take pictures of inanimate objects.
Face it, the only reason you made this post is that you're justifying to yourself that the camera is good

Oli1122 said:
Like I said try the MotoX apk, does a much better job than the stock one in most everything but video and HDR+
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380199
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So this camera seems to only take pictures in 1920x1080 (2MP) and is only about 300KB in size. Is there a way to change these settings?
That can also be why the shutter might seem quicker?

flippingout said:
Exactly, if you look at the N5 versus the others you will notice on both Finn and Jake there are overexposed, blown out portions you don't find on the others. This was a problem with the HTC One as well in my testing.
I am just hopeful Google releases a real fix, not some BS excuse for a camera fix. Having come from the HTC One I am happy with the overall quality of the N5's camera with the following caveats - most photos have to be shot in HDR+ and forget about pics of moving kids. I've actually been doing what was suggested earlier - take video and then quick tap the screen to take many single frames, keep the best. The one issue is if you do want to keep the video it stutters everywhere you took a photo - what the hell is with that!?
To the OP - I applaud your courage to buck the trend and make this review. Everyone's opinion counts!
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Thank you. Im trying to change the way people view it. I think we go in to these camera comparisons looking for the wrong thing. After all these are mobile phones not DSLRs so if you want amazing photography go buy a camera, I just think the Nexus 5 has several tactical advantages that make it slightly better for documenting life than many others, the few miner problems appear to be basic software stuff.

walie said:
lol, you didn't address any points brought up in the post you quoted. The dynamic range of the Nexus 5 SUCKS, waaaaaaaay to many highlights blown out, and you can't fix all of it in PP from my experiences.
And for action shots, FORGET ABOUT IT, its a nightmare in frustration. Too slow to load, too slow to focus, unbelievable shutter lag. By the time the picture is taken, the moment is long gone. Unlike other people who say the camera is fine, I don't just take pictures of inanimate objects.
Face it, the only reason you made this post is that you're justifying to yourself that the camera is good
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No, im more than happy with my purchase, much more than happy. My phone is for android and the occasional photo, if i want to take pictures I use my 5D III, im not stupid. Im simply making this because I believe Google have the right idea.

Oli1122 said:
Thank you. Im trying to change the way people view it. I think we go in to these camera comparisons looking for the wrong thing. After all these are mobile phones not DSLRs so if you want amazing photography go buy a camera, I just think the Nexus 5 has several tactical advantages that make it slightly better for documenting life than many others, the few miner problems appear to be basic software stuff.
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You are claiming the Nexus 5 is the best camera phone we will ever own. No one here is expecting DSLR quality but if I am going to snap a picture when I am out, at this point I am grabbing my wifes HTC One and snapping away.
Maybe after a software update my mind will change but for now, the camera is to slow. Not saying the pictures are bad, it is just waaaaaaay to slow for my needs.
If I want DLSR quality photo's I will use my Nikon but I do want to be able to capture pictures with my phone other then flowers.

Long exposures, controlling shutter speed.

Hey guys, I was curious if there is any method to take a long exposure photo on our Z1. I guess hardware is capable of doing that for sure. Tried to search exposure options in stock camera and Google camera, unfortunately didn't find anything. Is there any mod which would let me take a long exposure photos? Found some apps @ google play, but only one worked and could take photos @ 0.9MP 1280x720 so thats way too low.
Looking forward to answers.

EarlShannons said:
... take a long exposure photo...
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as far as i know this is restricted by android system itself, although hardware would be able to handle it

punkt said:
as far as i know this is restricted by android system itself, although hardware would be able to handle it
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As I said above, there is one application that is working like it should (setting delay/aperture) but the major problem is that it take only 1280x720 resolution photos, far too small (but still it does the job, photos looked like on my old panasonic). If I could take photos with at least 12MP or 21MP it'd be awesome.

EarlShannons said:
As I said above, there is one application that is working like it should (setting delay/aperture) but the major problem is that it take only 1280x720 resolution photos, far too small (but still it does the job, photos looked like on my old panasonic). If I could take photos with at least 12MP or 21MP it'd be awesome.
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i know there apps for this
some time ago i was looking also for this feature and i only can remember that this apps do not take realy long exposure images as you get them out of a dslr or normal digicam. i also read that this is not possible because android os system is not supporting this feature yet. think the problem was/is that you cannot fully control shutter time.
maybe i am wrong, but then there would be a lot of apps with this image mode and i also think sony would support this on their phones too.

EarlShannons said:
As I said above, there is one application that is working like it should (setting delay/aperture) but the major problem is that it take only 1280x720 resolution photos, far too small (but still it does the job, photos looked like on my old panasonic). If I could take photos with at least 12MP or 21MP it'd be awesome.
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i think those apps that claim to do long exposure are using video instead of photo as a form of long exposure trickery. e.g. taking 10 seconds of video and merging it into 1 single photo. why they are limited to 720p or 1080p.
not a photo expert so i could be wrong

Tonian1878 said:
i think those apps that claim to do long exposure are using video instead of photo as a form of long exposure trickery. e.g. taking 10 seconds of video and merging it into 1 single photo. why they are limited to 720p or 1080p.
not a photo expert so i could be wrong
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Anyways I will just wait for new google camera api, this is going to be a one of its features so.

EarlShannons said:
Hey guys, I was curious if there is any method to take a long exposure photo on our Z1. I guess hardware is capable of doing that for sure. Tried to search exposure options in stock camera and Google camera, unfortunately didn't find anything. Is there any mod which would let me take a long exposure photos? Found some apps @ google play, but only one worked and could take photos @ 0.9MP 1280x720 so thats way too low.
Looking forward to answers.
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Can you please tell mi name of those apps
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ron76426 said:
Can you please tell mi name of those apps
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It is free app "Light camera".

EarlShannons said:
It is free app "Light camera".
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Thanku?
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The sole reason why they were able to do this is because they are utilizing the viewfinder. Which means they are taking pictures from viewfinder not directly from the camera and also hence the reason why it's only too small. The viewfinder size I think depends on your display hence if you have a 4k screen I think you can get a 8mp shot with this.

I remembered I read a very detailed explanation on why long exposures aren't possible on Android devices without some workaround, so I googled and found the answer. This is what the developers of Camera FV-5 say (an app that features 'long exposure' through viewfinder capture):
"In Android there is no support as of now for long exposures (longer than half of a second). Therefore, Camera FV-5 capture the sensor live view feed directly and perform the exposure by software. The problem is that, given that the application need the sensor feed, it is limited to the maximum resolution the camera driver provides live view feed. That maximum resolution is often bigger than the screen resolution of your phone, but still, no phone provides full resolution sensor feeds to applications. On most phones, the maximum feed resolution is 1 MP, while on newer phones is 2 MP. There is no other way to achieve true long exposures without camera driver support."
Source: http://www.camerafv5.com/faq.php#long-exposure-resolution
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I guess we'll have to wait for Google to release an Android version that supports long exposures for all devices, or Sony to provide drivers with an update.
Can't come soon enough I'd say..!

Cool! Hah! I was right I'm not still sure though but I think it's doable to forward the full camera output to viewfinder but I'm not sure how it would work out. Maybe they could hijack the buffer from /dev/video*
Anyways I'm not app developer hence I can't do this.
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I remembered I read a very detailed explanation on why long exposures aren't possible on Android devices without some workaround, so I googled and found the answer. This is what the developers of Camera FV-5 say (an app that features 'long exposure' through viewfinder capture):
I guess we'll have to wait for Google to release an Android version that supports long exposures for all devices, or Sony to provide drivers with an update.
Can't come soon enough I'd say..!
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It is a shame this is not part of all new Android devices. I had a chance to test the 8 sec long exposure on Oppo N1 (review here) and the results where just extraordinary for a smartphone.
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Camera sensor on OPPO N1
oppo n1 has a sony sensor????
then hardware is not a problem in long exposure its software only!!!!
BTW in lumia 830 u can have 4 second exposure!!!!
and my Mini pro (non exmor)had a 1/2 second exposure and results were sexy!!!!

[Discussion] Improve Camera Quality

Hello. So, there has been a confusion on how to capture better photos and videos on Nexus 5. With the introduction of Android Lollipop we have the option to shoot RAW photos (which is basically the same as before, with the difference being that the image is not compressed or processed), and also we got a great app which is called L Camera..
L Camera was a great alternative for those who wanted to squeeze out as much as Nexus 5's camera has to offer. We even got to shoot at 1080p/60fps(although it was never fixed to work properly) and a resolution very close to 4K.
I hoped that since Google unlocked all this power for us with Lollipop, Marshmallow was going to bring even better stuff on the table. This does not seem to be the case though.
So, right now we are basically stuck in terms of camera options. The L Camera has been outdated, problematic and unsupported for quite some while now and Google's stock camera is still really bad.
How do you feel about all this guys? Have you found any better camera app than L Camera that works on Marshmallow? Are you building something yourselves? (maybe and improved version of L Camera)
Let's discuss this!

There is this "Manual Camera", "Camera FV-5", and "Open Camera"

This may sound strange, but the Marshmallow stock camera app (which has been updated via the play store after M was released) is far better than that of Lollipop. I have found that it is far faster to respond (both focusing and the shutter), and handles low light much better (including with HDR). The auto white balance is much improved, too. The controls are more convenient than they were on Lollipop. This was a big surprise. One day, after routine updates, the camera just became much better!
True, it is no SLR, but whereas the photos I got from the Nexus 5 on Lollipop were mostly unusable except for viewing on another phone, now I get decent shots that I am not embarrassed to post online.

I use Proshot, really great camera app.
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jshames said:
This may sound strange, but the Marshmallow stock camera app (which has been updated via the play store after M was released) is far better than that of Lollipop. I have found that it is far faster to respond (both focusing and the shutter), and handles low light much better (including with HDR). The auto white balance is much improved, too. The controls are more convenient than they were on Lollipop. This was a big surprise. One day, after routine updates, the camera just became much better!
True, it is no SLR, but whereas the photos I got from the Nexus 5 on Lollipop were mostly unusable except for viewing on another phone, now I get decent shots that I am not embarrassed to post online.
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Got to agree. I notice especially low light performance has improved greatly on the stock camera app on marshmallow. Not sure what Google has done but good job on them for doing it. It still responses like crap and lags some times but if the pictures are better I am all for it.

Stock app is much better its what I call serviceable now. I always knew the Nexus 5s camera was capable but poor software always held it back. Sad to see it took almost 3 years after it launched to become capable.
Open camera is also a great app and 100% free and open source

The best choice is to shoot DNG and then use lightroom for android
I'm a Brazilian without English Course, sorry and be comprehensive

The lens is prone to gather grease from you fingers causing a hazy streaky look. I always bring a microfiber cloth to clean it off before shooting.
There isnt a proper RAW color profile available so it takes work to get images to pop like the JPEGs do. One of these days I'l generate one, it requires shooting a colorchecker chart outside in clear mid-day.

I haven't taken much pictures with it but this one.
I have a 6S and iPhone 5, I had lost my iPhone 5 out of stupidity. I wanted a cheap replacement and heard good things about the nexus, I had already tried the Galaxy s5 and htc one m8 so might as well kill 2 birds with one stone a good cheap phone and a chance to try out the nexus 5. Very impressed so far, very smooth. Runs much smoother then the galaxies I had. Ran me $160 CAD and it's unlocked
I decided to take a picture last night with the nexus. Came out amazing, took some other low lighting shots in my room and compared it to my 6s and it isn't that bad to be completely honest much better then my s5, Note edge and htc in low lighting.

The N5 is terrible for general photography esp low-light. Only my iPhone 5S is worse in low-light situations lol.

RazorMC said:
The N5 is terrible for general photography esp low-light. Only my iPhone 5S is worse in low-light situations lol.
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It's even worse than a dedicated camera. But you can improve things by processing RAWs:
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Here's a daylight example of a processed RAW:

RoadToNever said:
It's even worse than a dedicated camera. But you can improve things by processing RAWs:
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Here's a daylight example of a processed RAW:
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RAW and post-editing kind of defeats the entire purpose of point-and-shoot. The first pic is really amazing with the amount of detail and clarity. The second one has too much grain for my liking. Takes me back to those Nokia cameraphones from yesteryears lol
But MM has really improved cam quality if the user knows how to use the manual settings. I've got better results with Camera FV-5 than with any other app.

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RAW and post-editing kind of defeats the entire purpose of point-and-shoot. The first pic is really amazing with the amount of detail and clarity. The second one has too much grain for my liking. Takes me back to those Nokia cameraphones from yesteryears lol
But MM has really improved cam quality if the user knows how to use the manual settings. I've got better results with Camera FV-5 than with any other app.
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Yes, RAW isn't user friendly, but this is thread about camera quality The second pic is really pushing it. It was a very dimly lit venue, a challenge for any camera. But offline processing allows much more sophisticated algorithms. Normally that shot would either be underexposed or at best a smoothed out, waxy-looking mess.

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Yes, RAW isn't user friendly, but this is thread about camera quality The second pic is really pushing it. It was a very dimly lit venue, a challenge for any camera. But offline processing allows much more sophisticated algorithms. Normally that shot would either be underexposed or at best a smoothed out, waxy-looking mess.
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True, but that means instant sharing is out of the question. And many people would be uncomfortable processing pics just so some distant grandma "Likes" it on Fb.
Everytime i take low-light shots, I remember my trusty N73 with its huge LED flash and N82 with xenon.
How would you say we can make the best use of HDR on our N5 with 3rd party apps? And does it really work?

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True, but that means instant sharing is out of the question. And many people would be uncomfortable processing pics just so some distant grandma "Likes" it on Fb.
Everytime i take low-light shots, I remember my trusty N73 with its huge LED flash and N82 with xenon.
How would you say we can make the best use of HDR on our N5 with 3rd party apps? And does it really work?
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I have a simple checklist I go through when processing raw photos: exposure, white balance and NR if needed. I rarely need anything else so for a single shot I'm normally done in less than a minute. Raw converters offer many options which can seem overwhelming for the novice, but there's nothing to it if you stick to the most important ones. OTOH if you are working on an uncalibrated monitor there's a small chance are you might be making things worse color-wise. I don't do HDR, sorry.

Snap camera? I threw it under system/apps, changed the name to camera2.apk and even the power button hot key works.
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"A better camera" super mode do the job very well in any light conditions.
But going manual pays it in certain situations.
https://flic.kr/p/v3nAd3
I'm a Brazilian without English Course, sorry and be comprehensive

prog19 said:
"A better camera" super mode do the job very well in any light conditions.
But going manual pays it in certain situations.
https://flic.kr/p/v3nAd3
I'm a Brazilian without English Course, sorry and be comprehensive
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I'm enjoying "A Better Camera" too. It's really simple to use and produces nice photos. But I still prefer Camera FV-5 over it when I need manual setings.

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The best choice is to shoot DNG and then use lightroom for android
I'm a Brazilian without English Course, sorry and be comprehensive
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lightroom can now take raw pictures with our N5

onesolo said:
lightroom can now take raw pictures with our N5
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And output any dng to full resolution.
The sad thing about LR is the import picture method
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Pixel3 camera for LG V30discuss

Oh, guys, I want to use Google's new pixel3 camera. I believe many people want to get this feature, but developers don't seem to like our mobile phone. I hope to communicate with you.

Panokiaran said:
Oh, guys, I want to use Google's new pixel3 camera. I believe many people want to get this feature, but developers don't seem to like our mobile phone. I hope to communicate with you.
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the first ports ive actually gotten to work and take photos/video just started being posted this past week or two.
MGC_6.1.021_Potter_v4-san1ty-final.apk
and
bsg-test-8.1.apk
both seem to have everything working EXCEPT slow motion, which works fine on a v5.x pixel 2 apk.
The best one for V30 though, at this pretty much alpha releasing time is
MGC_6.1.013_B-S-G-based_v.0.4_TlnNeun_Fu24-Tele.apk
This one has everything but slomo working and is the only one ive seen so far that allows use of both rear cameras (switch between them by long pressing the icon lower left of your screen). Photo/Video capture works, also night sight, portrait mode, panorama, photosphere, AR stickers and google lens are all functional for me on this apk.
screenshots for proof
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check here for the latest posted versions
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
Also a disclaimer; I am not a photographer, and my V30 is rooted and has a few gcam fixes also running on it. I honestly dont know if that makes a difference anymore, but If your results are different, there are separate factors involved other than just picking out a random ported apk.
~syndre
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With all 3 Apps i can sadly only use wide angle camera.
Long pressing the Icon is indeed doing sth. but it returns to the wide angle cam. So simply it doesn't change camera ID.
On cstarks GCam Mod it works.
Tested on DotOS and Pie GSI.
Which GCam fixes do YouTube have installed @syndre ?

syndre said:
the first ports ive actually gotten to work and take photos/video just started being posted this past week or two.
Finally! Thank you so much, dude, for all your efforts. We can wait forever but seems like no one is gonna port the Pixel 3 camera to our device. We can rely on our own community.
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The best one for V30 though, at this pretty much alpha releasing time is
MGC_6.1.013_B-S-G-based_v.0.4_TlnNeun_Fu24-Tele.apk
This one has everything but slomo working and is the only one ive seen so far that allows use of both rear cameras (switch between them by long pressing the icon lower left of your screen). Photo/Video capture works, also night sight, portrait mode, panorama, photosphere, AR stickers and google lens are all functional for me on this apk.
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Just tried this app. Unfortunately, a long press to the switcher does not make sense and I still have the wide-angle camera being active instead. Can you please advise on this matter. I have my LG V30 not-rooted running on Android 8 stock.
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Same here, longpressing the bottom left icon simply resets to camera, no camera change unfortunately.

syndre said:
the first ports ive actually gotten to work and take photos/video just started being posted this past week or two.
MGC_6.1.021_Potter_v4-san1ty-final.apk
and
bsg-test-8.1.apk
both seem to have everything working EXCEPT slow motion, which works fine on a v5.x pixel 2 apk.
The best one for V30 though, at this pretty much alpha releasing time is
MGC_6.1.013_B-S-G-based_v.0.4_TlnNeun_Fu24-Tele.apk
This one has everything but slomo working and is the only one ive seen so far that allows use of both rear cameras (switch between them by long pressing the icon lower left of your screen). Photo/Video capture works, also night sight, portrait mode, panorama, photosphere, AR stickers and google lens are all functional for me on this apk.
screenshots for proof
check here for the latest posted versions
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
Also a disclaimer; I am not a photographer, and my V30 is rooted and has a few gcam fixes also running on it. I honestly dont know if that makes a difference anymore, but If your results are different, there are separate factors involved other than just picking out a random ported apk.
~syndre
Sent from my LG-LS998 using XDA Labs
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This is really thank you very much.
But I seem to have the same problem as them.：:laugh::good:

Same here, long press doesn't switch wide rear camera.
I think we'll get that working soon, thanks for the info and fu24 for the devolpment!

Portrait mode seems to use the regular camera. So this seems like it should be fixable...

nola mike said:
Portrait mode seems to use the regular camera. So this seems like it should be fixable...
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I made a wish to Santa. Let this be my gift for this Christmas
Sent from my LG-H930 using Tapatalk

Can anyone give me link for my LG Q6 if available?

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-night-sight-lg-g6-v20-v30-v35/
Google camera with night sight, thanks Cstark and fu24.

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
The latest
MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d_fu24-01f.apk (fu24, 2018-12-13, normal/wide angle, changelog)
works really well on Pixel Experience rom, both normal and wide angle, very snappy and nightshot does work

Jindivik said:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
The latest
MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d_fu24-01f.apk (fu24, 2018-12-13, normal/wide angle, changelog)
works really well on Pixel Experience rom, both normal and wide angle, very snappy and nightshot does work
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Does Slow Motion Video also work for you? Not on my H930...

FcBayernMinga said:
Does Slow Motion Video also work for you? Not on my H930...
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It doesn't work...As of now...

Jindivik said:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
The latest
MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d_fu24-01f.apk (fu24, 2018-12-13, normal/wide angle, changelog)
works really well on Pixel Experience rom, both normal and wide angle, very snappy and nightshot does work
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Restart after taking picture
Unroot LG V30+

Will be waiting for another stable version of Gcam from cstark27 due to lots of reboots caused by the MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d_fu24-01f.apk. It damages my LG V30 even when I don't use the app my phone started crashing. Had to uninstall this one.

MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d_fu24-01g.apk (fu24, 2018-12-19, normal/wide angle, changelog)
this one can switch between the rear lenses fine, but is really buggy and still force restarts the phone when you try to use certain modes.
Fixed viewfinder lag in Portrait/Photo on LG G7 (thanks for the tip san1ty), and wide/normal versions.
Based off BSG's MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d
Has different lib options which reduce black crush, ZSL doesn't work on LG G7 and setting HDR+ to Enhanced seems a bit more stable.
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LGN1_MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d.apk (cstark27, 2018-12-15, normal, changelog)
LGW1_MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d.apk (cstark27, 2018-12-15, wide, changelog)
These two are separate camera apps that each use a different rear lense. I can confirm they do infact use separate rear lenses.
The only thing definitely not working on my V30 with these is slow motion. Everything else works on both apps (as far as I can tell).
Based off BSG bsg-test-8.1
Has ZSL
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LGN1_bsg-test-8.1.apk (cstark27, 2018-12-15, normal, changelog)
LGNW1_bsg-test-8.1.apk (cstark27, 2018-12-15, wide, changelog)
These two are similiar to the first two linked. They both work. See cstark27's post for what the difference between them is. I am not really a photographer I don't know much about the technical stuff.
They take photos and videos and night sight works, also the panorama and photo sphere toys work. I can live with that
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The 6.1 cameras crash for me. US998 Stock Android 8.0.

Is there a guide for porting the GCam for first timers?
Fairly proficient in LG V30, but never ported an app over.
I'd really like the check out the night vision everyone';s raving about, and also get some of the focu and diffusion under control.
Can anyone direct me to a resource or thread that explains it?
Thanks.
I am unrooted.

papamalo said:
Fairly proficient in LG V30, but never ported an app over. I'd really like the check out the night vision everyone';s raving about, and also get some of the focu and diffusion under control. Can anyone direct me to a resource or thread that explains it? Thanks. I am unrooted.
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using cstark27's 2018'12'20 normal lense app release...
I'll attach screenshots.. bear with me, I'm on mobile.
ok, here's six photos
all six photos are taken from the same spot looking up at the same dark staircase, all within 10 minutes of each other.
The FIRST THREE (1-3/6) 3 photos taken using cstark27's LGN1_MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1d.apk released 2018-12-20. Flash mode on, then regular automatic mode with no flash, then with pixel 3 night sight activated.
The first is with the flash on in regular mode, then one showing what itd look like with n9 flash, and finally what the sxme photo looks like with LG's version of "dark mode" activated
Ive attached the images to this post, and also made an Imgur album here that has better descriptions for each photo underneath them.
http://imgur.com/gallery/1OBKD2Q
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Doesn't save photos. At least I can't see them anywhere in Photos. Did you do anything special to make it work?

Need to give it permissions through apps in settings. Mine works great. This makes this phone untouchable in camera performance. Night Sight works and takes amazing night shots. I believe at this point it is only rendering from 1 main camera but this is awesome for quick night shots and other stuff when you don't need the powerhouse camera setup. A+ to original poster. This needs sticky.

mahst68 said:
Need to give it permissions through apps in settings. Mine works great. This makes this phone untouchable in camera performance. Night Sight works and takes amazing night shots. I believe at this point it is only rendering from 1 main camera but this is awesome for quick night shots and other stuff when you don't need the powerhouse camera setup. A+ to original poster. This needs sticky.
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Here's a GCam night Sight shot from a Clutch concert. Love it
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Thats great
does the front camera has portrait mode working?
and also does the front camera has HDR+ mode working?
thanks

What do you mean by "Gcam" ? Google camera? Google app tuner? I looked on Playstore and could not find the camera you mentioned

It's the ported version of the camera app from the google pixel phones.
If you follow the link in post one, you can download and install it.
You won't find it in the play store, since it's no official app.

Totally pointless for anything other than the selfie camera. It uses one of the two main colour sensors and none of the others for the rear.
Per the posted photo at the concert, it looks pretty awful.

mudnightoil said:
Totally pointless for anything other than the selfie camera. It uses one of the two main colour sensors and none of the others for the rear.
Per the posted photo at the concert, it looks pretty awful.
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Haters be hating. :crying:
The point is that it can process night Sight like the pixel 3. Do you even own a Nokia 9? Why you gonna try to flame on people just trying to help out with the phone. Troll on...

mahst68 said:
Haters be hating. :crying:
The point is that it can process night Sight like the pixel 3. Do you even own a Nokia 9? Why you gonna try to flame on people just trying to help out with the phone. Troll on...
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It's not helping at all, and no it can't - at least not on the evidence of your photo.
Even for a single (relatively low quality) 1/2.9" f1.8 sensor / lens, lacking OIS, the photo you posted would be a very bad result if GCAM hdr+ / night sight was working properly.
Comparing it with the Pixel 3 which has a comparatively larger, brighter, and generally more expensive OIS enabled sensor / lens, it isn't even worth talking about.
The 9 clearly has some problems in low light / night mode at the moment. It's not working, or not working as intended some of the time. Occasionally there are some outstanding results - far better than the Pixels are capable of. Mostly, the opposite, though. Hopefully these will be fixed. If they aren't, then GCam isn't a suitable band aid.
The chances of GCam ever being useful for the rear setup are virtually nil on the 9; only chance is if Google introduce a similar Light multi camera module and ASIC in the 4 line of Pixel devices, thereby potentially enabling ported GCam to make proper use of the 9's rear setup.

Nokia 9 PureView camera sample photos vs. Gcam vs. Pixel 3
https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/nokia-9-pureview-stock-vs-gcam-vs-pixel-3-sample-photos/

Jaripi said:
Nokia 9 PureView camera sample photos vs. Gcam vs. Pixel 3
https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/nokia-9-pureview-stock-vs-gcam-vs-pixel-3-sample-photos/
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Nice work , for me the GCAM looks noisy . Seems it does not really work on the nokia ?
If gcam averages many images , even from a single lens, then to my feeling it should have less noise then it has here.
I might try to take a picture with an app that uses only 1 cam on the nokia (like open camera) and compare that with the gcam output.

bk227865 said:
Nice work , for me the GCAM looks noisy . Seems it does not really work on the nokia ?
If gcam averages many images , even from a single lens, then to my feeling it should have less noise then it has here.
I might try to take a picture with an app that uses only 1 cam on the nokia (like open camera) and compare that with the gcam output.
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It works very well, even more details and looks more natural as Pixel 3. Of course, all is depending on what kind of photos (settings) you prefer. If you like painted photos, just add clarity, contrast, brightness and color, then it is a stunning photo. Well, it might not look natural any longer and it might lose some details too
Just compare yourself: https://www.jdhodges.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Nokia-9-PureView-Stock-vs-Gcam-vs-Pixel-3.png

Is any chance to make GCam works with front camera ? Anyone tried it successfully ?

Tried it last evening at home, not working as intended, pics are super noisy, looks like and raw dump straight to jpeg without any stacking or processing. Crap. On the other hand stock cam gives the usual super smoothed, no details, no light, ****ty pics.
Low light is a no go for this phone. In daylight, it delivers the best pics I have ever seen on a phone. I think I'll keep my small Pixel 2 in another pocket all the time with me when the light goes down....

Latoc said:
Tried it last evening at home, not working as intended, pics are super noisy, looks like and raw dump straight to jpeg without any stacking or processing. Crap. On the other hand stock cam gives the usual super smoothed, no details, no light, ****ty pics.
Low light is a no go for this phone. In daylight, it delivers the best pics I have ever seen on a phone. I think I'll keep my small Pixel 2 in another pocket all the time with me when the light goes down....
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Maybe some, for who it works well can post some settings, please ? I don't mean front camera only

Does anyone get the spinning circle from the HDR+ processing when jumping into the picture viewer right after hitting the shutter button ? Because I don't. I do on my Pixel2. And pretty much any phone where gcam works it's magic.
I don't think it's doing any processing, but maybe there is a special setting to toggle that I haven't, like Ringola said... ?!

Latoc said:
Does anyone get the spinning circle from the HDR+ processing when jumping into the picture viewer right after hitting the shutter button ? Because I don't. I do on my Pixel2. And pretty much any phone where gcam works it's magic.
I don't think it's doing any processing, but maybe there is a special setting to toggle that I haven't, like Ringola said... ?!
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here are disscussion about settings and noise reduction . It's about Nokia 8,but I suppose something simlilar cauld be aplied here i think:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nokia/comments/9023q4/google_camera_tuning_guide_for_nokia_8_2017/

Ringola said:
Maybe some, for who it works well can post some settings, please ? I don't mean front camera only
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Ringola said:
here are disscussion about settings and noise reduction :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nokia/comments/9023q4/google_camera_tuning_guide_for_nokia_8_2017/
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The thing is, HDR+ isn't working at all, whatever settings I might apply won't work since the core feature of gcam isn't active.
I'm going to try other versions of gcam and see what goes on...
Thanks anyway for your input. I'll let everybody know of my findings, if any.

mahst68 said:
Need to give it permissions through apps in settings. Mine works great. This makes this phone untouchable in camera performance. Night Sight works and takes amazing night shots. I believe at this point it is only rendering from 1 main camera but this is awesome for quick night shots and other stuff when you don't need the powerhouse camera setup. A+ to original poster. This needs sticky.
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In my case it seems to work somehow (havent check everything ) until I press "more " and open app setting.Is Ones I do that, application begin to be so laggy, that it's totally useless. Have to be reinstalled.Anyone has similar expirience ?