I have using the stock camera app, non root/unlocked bootloader=virgin.
In the settings I have set of contrast to higher and display ratio 4:3. Which setup you have?
Stock camera app.
Stills: frame is set to 4:3 ratio, contrast, and saturation are set to normal. However, I prefer a lower sharpness photo. Can be tweaked in post-processing.
Videos: FHD, 60 fps.
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Has anyone experimented with these settings, using the 720p hack (char)? All four default to 2...anyone tweaked these yet?
Please share your findings...
In my limited testing, brightness and sharpness seem to be photo-only options that don't have any bearing on video recording. Beyond that, I think default contrast and +1 saturation gives good results.
According to "OpenCamera" I am using a 4160x3120 resolution when taking pictures.
This isnt a wide-screen resolution and I wonder if that makes any difference quality wise? Can I just stick to this resolution or should I go for a 16:9 reaolution (4160x2130) ?
Thanks !
Wide screen mode on the camera is the equivalent of taking a 4:3 image and cropping it in Adobe Photoshop. The image has fewer pixels after cropping, which is why the stock camera and some other camera apps make a big deal of pointing out the resolution at each setting. You don't lose anything in terms of quality as you are taking the image with a 13MP sensor. The software simply discards the unused data.
The setting is a matter of personal preference. I keep mine on wide screen despite the data loss because I like it. If you like it, set it and snap away. Otherwise stick with 4:3.
Isn't there settings for the stock camera? Like quality and size and stuff like that? Can't find it in the camera app, and I don't get what the HQ, HDR and HDR+ do, and also, it doesn't stay until the next time I use the camera.
/Söder
Ye I also dislike that the state of the camera app resets back to defaults. For quality and size, you select the 4:3 (3480x4640 = 16.1 Megapixels), 16:9 (2610x4640, 12.1MP) and 1:1 (3488x3488 = 12.2MP).
For advanced users, you have the manual mode.
HDR = High Dynamic Resolution
HDRa = auto-High Dynamic Resolution.
HQ = High Quality
For HDR you can easily google it.
The HQ mode I think tries to use multiple images to get best exposure results (better low-light results?).
HDR should be High Dynamic Range, and is in fact what you describe with multiple exposure.
Then, what should then Auto be in this story, and still, HQ in what way?
/Söder
For the best quality, should I use the regular camera or the setting that can blur the background?
I prefer to use pro mode at the lowest ISO possible. 50 ISO looks amazing but at lower light your shutter speeds are going to make for some blurry shots unless you have it mounted, etc.
Not a fan of any background blur whether it's iOS or Android. It's gimmicky at best and full of artifacts.
I found that using screen recording while using samsung camera app in photo mode makes the field of view wider compared to video. And dynamic range is better also.(forget 4k). But good for social media sharing.. but the only problem is the zoom toggle in the way. Is there any way to remove that toggles.. maybe a modded apk or something???...
I think it's because when the camera is in photo mode, the app uses the whole sensor. This means that it is recording with a resolution of 3000x4000 pixels (3:4 aspect ratio). But when you record 4K, the camera app uses only a portion of the sensor equal to 2160x3840 pixels (16:9 ratio). That is the reason you see a wider view in the photo mode and not in the video mode. The only solution right now, might be to use OpenCamera to record video but you have to select the 3:4 ratio in the video settings. If you do that though, OpenCamera will only film with a resolution of 1440x1080 so the video will not be that sharp. I admit, I would love to see a mod or a toggle from Samsung that lets you record in 3:4 though.
Thanks. But what about the hdr.. i mean i have tested it and the hdr performance with ultrawide camera in screen recording is great compared to normal video capture. Even in low light the screen recording looks way too wider and brighter and had great dynamic range. (I have also tested shoooting in 1:1 in video). Kindly test it out and see it yourself. But don't pixel peep it's obviously less crisp than 4k. But great for social media.
I see what you mean. Video from screen recorder is a bit different from video mode. However I do not know why this happens. I suspect that maybe screen recorder is not able to capture the whole color gamut of the HDR preview.