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Sony Xperia Z camera

Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you

Smoke690 said:
Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you
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You should try Normal mode or Burst to Capture better pictures and the latest stock version's camera is at its Best I guess except Low Light pictures which are a bit Grainy!

indeed , our camera is not that great compared to S4's , why is that ? are there any apps that can be used to greatly automatically enhance our camera experience ? or are there some special settings ? or just leave it on superior auto ? on normal mode I find the pictures worse

Try this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46111181
If you feel that I've helped you in anyway, please hit the thank button
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galaxy s4 has much better camera just because of software so i text to xda developers, becouse i would be very happy if their would make some fix

Looking at the hardware side of the camera on the Z is good, but Sony still needs to work on the software for the camera, there should be more optimization.

Djuro89 said:
Looking at the hardware side of the camera on the Z is good, but Sony still needs to work on the software for the camera, there should be more optimization.
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Try other cameras. LG Camera is a great one and works on other than LG phones.

I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?

iDroid8 said:
I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?
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Camera FV-5 for PNG
More here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48134355
Smoke690 said:
Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you
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Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48134355

iDroid8 said:
I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?
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LG Camera takes clear PNG photos even on low end phones.

I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before when Xperia Z was released early this year. It was petty bad compares to latest firmwares. Few people tried improving this with different camera apps and build prop editing etc. And we all came to the conclusion only Sony has the ability to fully improve the XZ camera. You may notice better picture quality with different camera apps due to iso profiles and other colour setting handled by specific third party camera apps. But the jpeg compression and other things still remains unchanged as they are depends on camera libs which is closed source and only Sony can improve them
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Go to theme section and follow my thread.. You'll find a best camera app... and check the sample pic's I got... that app gives the best quality photos...
From Xperia Z LTE (C6603) by Kaniboy

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.
Hermantje said:
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.
Check out the samples from Oppo N1 below (of course tripod was needed for 8s exposures):
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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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!!!!

HDR camera

Hey
I just bought a xperia Z3 compact. I am now wondering if there is a good camera app that can make HDR pictures at full resolution. Anybody found a solution for that?
Thorsten

Camera JB+
Aosp interface, hdr + 20MP

HDR at the Z3C is always max 8MP right? Don't think that another app can use the full20MP??!
BTW, there is no real time HDR preview available like with the iphone right?

playagiron said:
HDR at the Z3C is always max 8MP right? Don't think that another app can use the full20MP??!
BTW, there is no real time HDR preview available like with the iphone right?
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No real time, but definitely 20MP + hdr. Using this since day one.

cyphomatic said:
No real time, but definitely 20MP + hdr. Using this since day one.
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With the Sony app or some other software? Just checked and the HDR option on the Sony camera app is grayed out for 20MP and 15MP resolutions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.camerajbplus

Main camera compared to XZ1. Is there still hope?

Hello fellas,
I was looking at the specs of the XZ3's main camera compared to the XZ1, and hardware-wise, they seem to be the same.
I see that XZ3 has some AI functions and processing as an advantage and I was wondering:
Couldn't Sony just upgrade the processing of the photos for the XZ1 series along with the Android Pie that will come?
*I know that this is not their main focus, it's just a matter of "respect" for the customers with good HW and sh*tty SW for the camera.
Take care!

Camera is same 19mp i think. Snapdragon. 835 no slouch

Camera processing has already been greatly improved for the XZ2, making it one the best photophone of 2018...
And as the XZ2, XZ3 has the powerful SoC S845...

nreuge said:
Camera processing has already been greatly improved for the XZ2, making it one the best photophone of 2018...
And as the XZ2, XZ3 has the powerful SoC S845...
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Exactly bro and xz2 and xz3 have same camera, only xz3 have another camera ui because Android P

835 is not as good as 845, I get it.
How about the Mate 10 Pro taking better pictures? Or other phones with an even worse CPU compared to SD835?
I don't think that it's a CPU "limitation"....

Sorry, my bad. There were 2 words missing from my post that might've been a little misleading.
In my post, I want to know if the XZ3's main camera is the same as the XZ1's main camera. I forgot to mention that, so maybe that's why some of you referred to the CPU comparison.
Not only if the main camera is the same, but if you think that there is still hope for the XZ1's camera to take better pictures than it is doing right now, with a little help from the newly coming Android Pie(maybe they include some image processing there also).
Fingers crossed.
Cheers.

Tudor M said:
Sorry, my bad. There were 2 words missing from my post that might've been a little misleading.
In my post, I want to know if the XZ3's main camera is the same as the XZ1's main camera. I forgot to mention that, so maybe that's why some of you referred to the CPU comparison.
Not only if the main camera is the same, but if you think that there is still hope for the XZ1's camera to take better pictures than it is doing right now, with a little help from the newly coming Android Pie(maybe they include some image processing there also).
Fingers crossed.
Cheers.
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No its not the same, only xz2 and xz3 are the same

Not saying it's not true, just did not find that information anywhere. )
How do you know that they are different?

Tudor M said:
Not saying it's not true, just did not find that information anywhere. )
How do you know that they are different?
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XZ1:
Code:
[B][COLOR="blue"][U]Main camera[/U][/COLOR][/B]
19MP Motion Eye™ camera
1/ 2.3” Exmor RS™ for mobile memory-stacked sensor
Pixel Pitch 1.22μm
25 mm wide Sony’s award-winning G Lens F2.0
BIONZ™ for mobile image-processing engine
960 fps Super slow motion video
Predictive Capture (motion / smile)
Autofocus burst
x8 Digital Zoom
HDR Photo
0.6 sec Quick Launch & Capture
Low-light photo: ISO 12800
Low-light video: ISO 4000
Predictive Hybrid Autofocus
Anti-distortion shutter
Triple image sensing technology
SteadyShot™ with Intelligent Active Mode (5-axis stablization)4
4K recording
[COLOR="Blue"][B][U]Front camera[/U][/B][/COLOR]
13MP
1/ 3.06” Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor
22mm wide angle lens F2.0
Low-light photo: ISO 6400
Low-light video: ISO 1600
SteadyShot™ with Intelligent Active Mode (5-axis stablization)
XZ3:
Code:
[B][U][COLOR="blue"]Main camera[/COLOR][/U][/B]
19 MP Motion Eye™ camera
1/ 2.3” Exmor RS™ for mobile memory-stacked sensor
Pixel Pitch 1.22 μm
25 mm wide Sony’s award-winning G Lens F2.0
Predictive Hybrid Autofocus (0.03s)
BIONZ™ for mobile image-processing engine
960 fps Super slow motion video (FHD/HD)
Predictive Capture (motion / smile)
Autofocus burst
x8 Digital Zoom (photo and video)
HDR Photo
4K HDR Movie recording 6
Quick Launch & Capture
Low-light photo: ISO 12800
Low-light video: ISO 4000
Predictive Hybrid Autofocus
Anti-distortion shutter
Triple image-sensing technology
SteadyShot™ with Intelligent Active Mode (5-axis stablisation)
[B][U][COLOR="blue"]Front camera[/COLOR][/U][/B]
13 MP
1/ 3.06” Exmor RS™ for mobile
23 mm wide angle lens
Low-light photo: ISO 3200
Low-light video: ISO 1600
SteadyShot™ with Intelligent Active Mode (5-axis stablisation)

@serajr
1. Where do you have the data from?
2. They look pretty similar to me.(not 100%, I agree)
3. The XZ1 does not have a 13MP front facing camera, that's for sure, but out of the discussions's scope.

Tudor M said:
@serajr
1. Where do you have the data from?
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Both XZ1 and XZ3 words in my post are links pointing out to the sony specifications pages

Tudor M said:
@serajr
1. Where do you have the data from?
2. They look pretty similar to me.(not 100%, I agree)
3. The XZ1 does not have a 13MP front facing camera, that's for sure, but out of the discussions's scope.
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Yes it has. Sony XPERIA XZ1 has 13 MPX front facing camera. Your data is false. Check informations again. XZ1 Compact, XZ2 Compact and XZ2 have 5 MPX front facing camera.
From XZs main camera is the same only on XZ2 Compact and XZ2 camera software processing is much better.

i think autofocus may be improved from "what - about half a second" on the XZ2 to "0.03s" on the XZ3 which would seem like an improvement. i'm hoping this brings video autofocus closer to the speed of the galaxy S8 and oneplus6 which are basically instant in adequate light.
https://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperia-xz3/specifications/#gref
"Predictive Hybrid Autofocus (0.03s)"

Tudor M said:
In my post, I want to know if the XZ3's main camera is the same as the XZ1's main camera. I forgot to mention that, so maybe that's why some of you referred to the CPU comparison.
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while the camera module might be the same (though there is some talk that the lenses have been improved) the big difference is in the new Spectra 280 ISP that's part of the SD 845. Sony apparently helped design it. There is a noticeable improvement in the XZ2 over the XZ1. I would expect the XZ3 to be pretty much the same.

I updated my Firmware on my XZ3 and now the camera shows Just a Black screen while taking pictures.
Anyone Else got this problem...? ?

Asus PixelMaster Camera & Nokia Camera Mods on MI A2

Hi!
Anyone is using any of this mods? (all work without Root)
ASUS PixelMaster Camera From Asus ROG
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-pixelmaster-camera-port-asus-rog-phone/
and
Nokia Camera Port
https://www.xda-developers.com/nokia-camera-port-3d-personas-animojis/
Or even this mod - Xperia Z1 MotionShot
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573312
If so, what are the best settings?

I tried Nokia and Asus cam apps today, they don't have any special settings, just check everything to most high option that you can select in menu and that is it.
Nokia makes decent pictures for the picture size, and Asus makes also good pictures but a little darker.
They are both better then stock cam app :good:

I'm not certain of this, but the Asus cam might take good low light pics. Not in a position to test this but pure speculating.

tried the asus one in non rooted but the highest MP setting is 3MP. is it normal? Thanks

engineer000 said:
tried the asus one in non rooted but the highest MP setting is 3MP. is it normal? Thanks
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12MP back, 5MP Front, but with camera2 api enabled...no root.

minnuss said:
12MP back, 5MP Front, but with camera2 api enabled...no root.
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maybe because mine doesn't enabled the camera 2 api. im still confused on how to enable the API. I will enable it soon when I am not busy.
thanks