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Ok so I keep feeling that this question is being ignored but I think we might be able to fix this annoying low FPS problem on the Kaiser. Many are convinced that the actual camera hardware is causing this low FPS problem or that the lack of 3d drivers is the culprit.
If this is the common consensus then tell me, why when i Boot into Android the Camera FPS is 1000 times better. (of course using the camera is still buggy) If Android's protocol or what ever you call it to access the camera can increase the performance tri-fold, why can't we achieve this same effect on Windows Mobile?

You can make the windows mobile camera as fast as android... here's the trick:
- Start your camera.
- When you get image, lay you cellphone on your hand, covering the lens completly.
-switch off the cellphone (press 1 time the power button, not hold it)
- wait 3 seconds.
- press power buttin again (wake up)
you'll get a camera as fast as in android, with extremely fast auto-focus, but very dark.
Plus agains android:
-Auto focus
-correct color hue
-full focus length (i think android is limited)
Plus agains WM:
-No mambo jambo to get this (start camera app and you're set.)
-Manual Focus (comes handy some times)
You choose....

I am more then aware of this "fix" of covering the lens, however I dont consider that a fix more than a work around.
Also, does not work while Slide to unlock is enabled.
What I'm asking is why can this work without covering the lens in Android but not in WM?

What resolution is the Android camera app set for?
I've noticed that turning down the resolution on the WM camera gives me better FPS.
(or is that just my imagination?)

placebo... at least on my side

bilago, my thoughts exacltly! Is it possible to program a new camera app for kaiser which increase the FPS? or maybe some plugin or fix! or Maybe its ignoreable for developers coz they are concentrating on more important stuff?
But when your not a programmer yourself, its not fair to just ask for something, not thinking of all the hard work involved! So lets just keep hoping!

daedric said:
You can make the windows mobile camera as fast as android... here's the trick:
- Start your camera.
- When you get image, lay you cellphone on your hand, covering the lens completly.
-switch off the cellphone (press 1 time the power button, not hold it)
- wait 3 seconds.
- press power buttin again (wake up)
you'll get a camera as fast as in android, with extremely fast auto-focus, but very dark.
Plus agains android:
-Auto focus
-correct color hue
-full focus length (i think android is limited)
Plus agains WM:
-No mambo jambo to get this (start camera app and you're set.)
-Manual Focus (comes handy some times)
You choose....
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its really works

qwert69 said:
its really works
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Yea, but it gives you a messed up quality of the photo.

qwert69 said:
its really works
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im happy with this fix!

Camera Settings

So since the update the stock camera (for me at least) has been much better. I used to use Camera Zoom FX but i deleted it and use the stock since it's easier to switch between camcorder/still shots and i can actually mute the shutter sound.
But as I was playing with it I randomly noticed that you have to use 6MP to get a full screen shot, vs. with 8MP it's kind of centered in the screen. I also noticed in another thread someone mentioned using the 'ok' button on the keyboard could help force the camera to focus vs. waiting for its slow zoom in/out routine. This kind of sparked my interest to what settings does everyone use to get the best pics? Do you still use 3rd Party Apps? Any tips/tricks you use? It's my main camera since i don't own a separate digital camera so any input is welcome

....you can zoom in and out with the volume control buttons.

hmm nobody?

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awesome man thanks i'll try it out

[Q] [Q} Other apps that use the camera

does the camera work with other apps or can you only use the system app?
I'm particularly interested in
DMD Panorama
Lapse It
Fotor
can they be used?

I don't know about any of those specifically, but the android Camera API certainly works. Most 3rd party camera apps probably won't recognize the hardware zoom buttons (they seem to work as volume up/down by default), but the special purpose camera app I'm working on seems to be functioning well so far.

ah so zoom is special to the hardware on the device

zooming should still work fine if the app supports pinch zooming.

so does anyone use these apps on the Samsung successfully with zoom?

The "paper camera" app that comes with the camera (AT&T version, anyway) can operate the zoom using an onscreen slider, so zoom physically works in the Camera API, but unless the individual app specifically decides to intercept the hardware volume up/down keys and map them to zoom, then it will need some other way to control zoom (like the onscreen slider in paper camera). How many apps do that (other than the native samsung app), I have no idea.

Discussed in detail here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001781
Try using search to help you answer questions.

Power button as shutter/focuser in camera mode

It would be great if someone could mod the camera app to use power button as shutter button similar to how right shoulder button was used in the xperia play mod app allowing you to hold it to focus and release it to take a picture.

ps3taker said:
It would be great if someone could mod the camera app to use power button as shutter button similar to how right shoulder button was used in the xperia play mod app allowing you to hold it to focus and release it to take a picture.
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Already been talked about here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141755&highlight=dedicated you will need root access but it can be done

Thanks - the other posts were slightly broader discussing lack of dedicated camera button, etc - I can live without a hardware button to launch camera up and very happy how zooming works with the volume rocker and would not want to lose that.
Also old camera mod app for xperia Play did not require root but xperia play mod used R trigger not power button so maybe you are right about root access.
I know power button can be used for ending calls in other xperia phones if enabled in accessibility menu - I wonder if the camera shutter option can be added in the similar fashion as an alternative to modding the stock camera app.

ps3taker said:
Thanks - the other posts were slightly broader discussing lack of dedicated camera button, etc - I can live without a hardware button to launch camera up and very happy how zooming works with the volume rocker and would not want to lose that.
Also old camera mod app for xperia Play did not require root but xperia play mod used R trigger not power button so maybe you are right about root access.
I know power button can be used for ending calls in other xperia phones if enabled in accessibility menu - I wonder if the camera shutter option can be added in the similar fashion as an alternative to modding the stock camera app.
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I hope so, I was a bit miffed when I found out their wasn't a camera button but it was the speaker....as this will be my first Sony device and most of their devices have had dedicated buttons....but I'm sure someone in XDA will bring out a mod

It should be a camera setting. Yes you'd lose digital zoom but that's fine for me as I'd never use digital zoom anyway.
The positioning of the volume keys would make it ideal and vastly improve the camera thanks to the shortsighted decision not to add a camera button (and thus lose the quick launch feature, which isn't possible to replicate just by having a camera icon on the lock screen).

When I went to take a picture yesterday I assumed that the button was to take a picture, was very disappointed when the screen just went black lol
Looks like this is going to be yet another phone that I am never going to take pictures with, I hate having to find the correct place on the screen to take a picture, once it has finally auto focused properly.

wonneil said:
When I went to take a picture yesterday I assumed that the button was to take a picture, was very disappointed when the screen just went black lol
Looks like this is going to be yet another phone that I am never going to take pictures with, I hate having to find the correct place on the screen to take a picture, once it has finally auto focused properly.
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Or you can download and use CameraZoom FX.

Most Preferred & Used Camera App

I have tried almost all available Google Camera mods but none work perfectly like Camera NX or the default Google Camera.
The stock Moto Camera is not great either.
The HDRs on the GCam Mods never seem get it right.
Kindly advise.

Hopefully linking apks on drive is ok, but this is the one I use. HDR+ works well, and the auto feature activates appropriately (some versions would automatically enable HDR+ when needed). Only issue I've found is there's a fair bit of noise in some darker shots. Video seems to work fine but slow motion just records at normal rate.
If you want to quickly access GCAM searching for "double tap power button" in settings allows you to enable the feature. For some reason Moto hid the option so it doesn't appear unless you search.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TsFem0AFRkVuWn_wYnwWwCQOX6MVutG0/view?usp=drivesdk
There's a couple images here i took with the APK https://m.imgur.com/a/ArqdU