Is there any way to get some improvement with the camera?
I find it slow to focus and seems to hunt around before fixing focus by which time your subject may have moved etc.
It's the only real disappoint I've had with the phone.
Try Paranoid Android
It is thr best rom for Camera
(Better than OOS and another custom roms)
See this. Works wonders.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/sultanxdas-snapcam-app-manual-controls-t3614363
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The standard camera with my G1 is kind of useless so I'm looking for a better camera app. There's a few on the market and I don't know which one is best. Anyone recommend one? Thanks.
Snapphoto Pro all the way
Camera ZOOM for me: easier, quicker and doesn't take up 2mb!
Both great apps though ...
SnapPhotoPro is worth every penny I've paid for it.
What I like about it most is that the app is constantly being developed and worked on.
Also has a lot of cool features that other apps don't have (hence the size).
SnapPhoto
androidguy said:
The standard camera with my G1 is kind of useless so I'm looking for a better camera app. There's a few on the market and I don't know which one is best. Anyone recommend one? Thanks.
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Nothing like the original SnapPhoto
OP here - thanks everyone for their responses. I took everyone's advice and installed both SnapPhoto and Camera ZOOM. I've been playing with them both for the last 24 hours so here's my thoughts ...
Both are very good apps - in fact both are MUCH better than the camera apps I have seen on iPhone!! They take the same quality pics - hardly surprising as they both use the same hardware. They both force close occasionally (Snap slightly more), but maybe thats a camera hardware issue ...
In terms of their relative merits :
SnapPhoto:
- Longer feature list
- Stability detect is very nice idea - can help get better pics
- Brightness / contrast settings are very useful, especially when taking pics in low light
- Continuous shoot mode
- Very cool icon!
Camera ZOOM
- Far easier to use - interface is much cleaner without going into advanced settings, etc.
- Faster startup and save times
- More customizable - I love that I can assign whatever feature I want to any hardware button, e.g. I have set the filters (sepia, mono, etc) to change on the volume button and the zoom to change using the trackball
- Smaller install size
So I would happily use either app but my first choice would be Camera ZOOM - more customizable and easier to use.
The only thing I would change about it is the name because I thought it was going to be a novelty product, but I have to say its a pretty solid camera.
There was already a thread on this a few weeks ago.
+1 for Camera ZOOM.
Hello, on every single recently nightly I've tried for CM12 on my trltetmo Note 4, many apps can't use the camera correctly. Stock camera of course for the most part works, though HDR doesn't actually take a HDR photo at all. Mainly, what really is the big issue here is, FB Messenger, World Lens, and FV5, all show a black image for the camera. But here's the kicker, with FV5, you can enable widescreen viewfinder, and it shows an image, but the shutter button doesn't do anything. Another interesting quirk is, World Lens, though showing you a black image, DOES actually show translated text when the camera is aimed at words, so the camera IS doing something, but you simply can't see the image. I don't know if this is all related to the other issues.
Since we can't really talk to the devs at Cyanogen mod about this issue, I have no idea if they are aware, or are fixing it. Known issues page doesn't even mention it one bit. If there is actually a fix for this, like something I can flash in recovery, or simply missing libs, I would be greatly appreciated, because for me, there is literally no other issue with CM12 for me, except this one thing.
Thanks!
I really like my S5 but when it comes to using the camera it looses personal every comparisson with the iPhone. Not only versios iPhone 6 but also older ones.
Either the Camera lags when I launch it and is not ready fast enough to catch the scene
Or from picture to picture I have to wait (I do have a fast sd card)
And ultimately (and this is my major complaint) all point and shoot pics are vivid and sharp on my friend's apple devices but not on mine. I can make pleasing pictures but I do have to make sure I hold my phone dead steady and bother about whether to use flash or not since relying on auto doesn't always do the trick. And focussing seems to be really slow in comparisson.
I have tried alternative apps but my shap shots are rearly as crisp as I would like to have them.
What is your experience? Or how can I improve this?
Buy an iPhone?
But seriously, it sounds like a problem with your S5, I have none of those problems, and get great pics without having to hold the phone perfectly still
Camera launches quick, photos switch perfectly smooth and fast too
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Buy an iPhone?
But seriously, it sounds like a problem with your S5, I have none of those problems, and get great pics without having to hold the phone perfectly still
Camera launches quick, photos switch perfectly smooth and fast too
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No .. actually I really dig the freedom Android gives me and since there are so few complaints I thought this thread could bring some insight. I know that my phone is quite packed with stuff and that having a ligthweight system could probably improve things a lot.
So hopefully there will be another entry or two that may enlighten me
I find the S5 camera captures pretty amazing shots in good lighting., especially outdoors in the day. At night and indoors with poor lighting, I am not that impressed with the camera. But overall it's an impressive phone, and I will never trade an android for an iphone, due to android's freedom to customize in way too many aspects.
I now found out that automatic night mode may be what's diturbing me. It is said to be degrading the overall app performance. Will see how it goes without.
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I really like my S5 but when it comes to using the camera it looses personal every comparisson with the iPhone. Not only versios iPhone 6 but also older ones.
Either the Camera lags when I launch it and is not ready fast enough to catch the scene
Or from picture to picture I have to wait (I do have a fast sd card)
And ultimately (and this is my major complaint) all point and shoot pics are vivid and sharp on my friend's apple devices but not on mine. I can make pleasing pictures but I do have to make sure I hold my phone dead steady and bother about whether to use flash or not since relying on auto doesn't always do the trick. And focussing seems to be really slow in comparisson.
I have tried alternative apps but my shap shots are rearly as crisp as I would like to have them.
What is your experience? Or how can I improve this?
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I find the stock camera app fast and shot to shot (with auto night mode disabled) is fast.
However, I don't use it at all. Here's why, Samsung has a very aggressive noise reduction and sharpness that makes things look really ugly. In day light it isn't too bad but still noticeable.
If you want to unleash the capability of the camera, download Snap Camera and go to "Other" in camera settings and enable "Show advanced settings" and "Use OpenGLES 2.0" (don't enable camera2 api). Go back to "Photo" and put a checkmark on Denoise and remove the checkmark. It doesn't have a checkmark originally but it doesn't seem to disable it until you check and uncheck it. You want it to be unchecked so that it removes noise reduction. Also, check zero shutter lag and check Samsung camera mode.
Next, put the sharpness to 2 for balanced sharpness, or choose the one you want, note that after 3 images will be over sharpened.
This camera app has many features and settings, even the ability to choose what quick buttons you want. It's also fast!
Images look realistic. You will have noise all over but that's fine, at least all the details are visible.
Let me know what you think after you do the above.
Thanks for the instructions. I did first steps with Snap Camera but I cannot decide yet wheather I like denoise more than not to denoise .. I will have to do some real life tests. I do notice though that some features of that app need straightening out. It cannot write to my SD card directly and "touch to capture" is also not working. And I must admit that I miss the small preview pic I have in the stock app. Please don't get me wrong .. I have tested several camera apps so I will also gladly look deeper into this one. For a while A Better Camera has been my favorite and I also tried Googles Camera etc. Regardless of what I tried out in the end I always returned to stock.
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Thanks for the instructions. I did first steps with Snap Camera but I cannot decide yet wheather I like denoise more than not to denoise .. I will have to do some real life tests. I do notice though that some features of that app need straightening out. It cannot write to my SD card directly and "touch to capture" is also not working. And I must admit that I miss the small preview pic I have in the stock app. Please don't get me wrong .. I have tested several camera apps so I will also gladly look deeper into this one. For a while A Better Camera has been my favorite and I also tried Googles Camera etc. Regardless of what I tried out in the end I always returned to stock.
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Stock ones are always my favorites as well. I tried to find a way to remove the noise reduction using build.prop but I couldn't figure out how. For the HTC M9 that I have I can do that and use the stock app, which is awesome.
Did you try shooting to internal storage vs sd card using stock Samsung camera? Maybe it will be faster than SD card. On my M9 when I shot a raw it took 2 seconds to save in internal storage (38MB each) but when I tried saving to my Sony 40 mb/s class 10 micro sd card it took longer so I only use internal storage now, even on my S5 (though I don't have as much space on it). How fast is your SD card?
i feel like the iphone camera isnt that great plus smooth video on galaxy s5 is a win
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How fast is your SD card?
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I have a Samsung Evo+ 128MB ExtSD and and it doesn't seem to be a bottle neck. Plus I use FolderMount anyway so in fact it doesn't really matter which device I set up in the cam app since it is a link to ExtSD anyway.
Hi,
it s my 3rd phone where i changed from stock to cyanogenmod as i really like a clean and light OS. Like with my Motorola Phone before the only "problem" i have, or what i m missing is the Stock Camera. Why Cyanogenmod is not focusing on the camera ap more? Even the UI is .....
I think most for most of the mobile users the camera is one of the most important features (at least its the main topic in almost every product presentation)
You can always use another camera app.. In Play Store there are plenty of feature-rich applications. CM's one is not bad. Clean and simple.
I like the old one where it can detect a lot of scenes and adjust accordingly. Was nice for quick IG sharing. With the latest update it seems you only get it for night shots and macros maybe...
I don't think the camera app can be uninstalled on a stock Samsung. Samsung may update/fix it latter.
Short of the above, something you missed in settings (there are many), a firmware roll back, you could try clearing the system cache.
If you did a major upgrade ie 11 to 12, do a factory reset if you haven't already.
I stop updating firmware if the OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission. Updates tend to break things. Use more, fix less...
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I don't think the camera app can be uninstalled on a stock Samsung. Samsung may update/fix it latter.
Short of the above, something you missed in settings (there are many), a firmware roll back, you could try clearing the system cache.
If you did a major upgrade ie 11 to 12, do a factory reset if you haven't already.
I stop updating firmware if the OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission. Updates tend to break things. Use more, fix less...
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No amount of factory resetting, cache clearing or digging into settings will help. That is how the camera functions on one UI 4. The scene optimiser has been neutered. Older features may be added to the camera in the future, but for now there's no way to get the various scenes triggered based on viewfinder context. To get that back, you have to return to one UI 3.1 or try to find a third party camera app that allows you to do so. To the best of my knowledge only the stock camera app can tap into the computational photography prowess of this phone using all lenses.
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No amount of factory resetting, cache clearing or digging into settings will help. That is how the camera functions on one UI 4. The scene optimiser has been neutered. Older features may be added to the camera in the future, but for now there's no way to get the various scenes triggered based on viewfinder context. To get that back, you have to return to one UI 3.1 or try to find a third party camera app that allows you to do so. To the best of my knowledge only the stock camera app can tap into the computational photography prowess of this phone using all lenses.
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Odd move by Samsung. At least the released that RAW camera app for when I want more raw data to work with