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Hi guys,
The best thing after design is Camera of Xperia Z, post some cool shots taken with your XZ (plz post 1image per post)
Note: If you like anybody's pics HIT THANKS !!!
Just to start here is mine.
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This was taken with hdr camera+ in quite low light.
Was comparing different camera apps last night.
Unfortunately the stock camera app either blurred it out, or fired flash and I got a blue white glare.

fards said:
This was taken with hdr camera+ in quite low light.
Was comparing different camera apps last night.
Unfortunately the stock camera app either blurred it out, or fired flash and I got a blue white glare.
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Dude, can you post the same shot taken by default camera !!
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auto+

Stock camera auto+
obviously flash fired, unfortunately it appears to cause a glare

Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.

fards said:
Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.
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so for now which camera app you would suggest? thanks.

Picture taken in low light - My Ipad Mini
Auto Mode
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fards said:
Stock camera forced hDr no flash (same as the hdr camera+ app)
As I said I think the stock app(appears to be customized Corel suite that several oems use) is the issue with this device.
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I just spilled tea all over myself laughing at your signature.
Wow..

fards said:
That phones too big!
why?
have you never held anything bigger than 4" in your hand? .
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LOL for ur Signature !!

All done in superior auto mode:

Akiainavas said:
All done in superior auto mode:
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Wow, I love the first one. I can't wait to take pictures of the beach!

MY little baby....it just rotate in the weird way lol.

I have done some tests today, simply to compare HDR and non-HDR photos (both in Normal Mode)
Without HDR :
With HDR :
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Without HDR :
With HDR :
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Without HDR :
With HDR :
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Without HDR :
With HDR :
Personally I think that in most cases HDR are a bit washed out.
HDR processing engine in XZ is not the best (I know what I am talking about, been doing photos for years ... with 60D, now with 7D over a year, processing with PS CS3, CS4 and now CS5).
What do you think guys ?

personally I think it's not post-processing the HDR properly, it's just saving the last exposure, (the stock camera takes 3 the same as the hdr+ app) then combines them.
You can see the different ones appear in the thumbnail preview in the stock camera app when you take a hdr photo, the last one is the one that shows up.
Must have a look at the logs, see if there's anything obvious.

fards said:
personally I think it's not post-processing the HDR properly, it's just saving the last exposure, (the stock camera takes 3 the same as the hdr+ app) then combines them.
You can see the different ones appear in the thumbnail preview in the stock camera app when you take a hdr photo, the last one is the one that shows up.
Must have a look at the logs, see if there's anything obvious.
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I wouldnt fully agree that it shows last from the 3. If it was, buildings would be properly exposed and the sky much over exposed. Like you can see this is not the case as the sky is still properly exposed.
Where to find these logs ?
I believe you are not talking about picture EXIF ?

Akiainavas said:
All done in superior auto mode:
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Looks like Basingstoke!
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here mine. one with auto and the other using panorama.

There's something wrong with some of your cameras,
it makes the sky look blue...
When everyone in the UK knows that it's grey
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Looks like Basingstoke!
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Because it is
fards said:
There's something wrong with some of your cameras,
it makes the sky look blue...
When everyone in the UK knows that it's grey
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I've seen the sun yesterday. I know, shocking!

[tip] improve the quality of your camera's photos

Well... First of all, sorry if im posting in the wrong section or something inappropriate, I just want to share this knowledge. Second, sorry for any english mistake, its not my native language.
The tip is very simple, no need to root, flash, or nothing like. Since the photos nowdays comes strongly processed and that throws away a lot of image detail, the tip goal is to get an image with practically no processing just like raw.
My device is the ZE550KL with snapdragon 410, 16gb, 2gb ram, with stock android 5.0.2. And have tested on it only. Please reply if it worked in your different device/rom.
Step 1: install Snap Camera HDR trial.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial
Open the app and wait the 10 sec limit.
Step 2: on photo settings, scroll down and uncheck "denoise". This will turn off the noise reduction.
Step 3: still on photo settings, set "sharpness" to -3. This will turn off digital sharpening, instead of reduce sharpness. You can notice a lot less noise due to noise not sharpened.
Step 4: repeat the same for the front camera settings and set "exposure" to -1. This will compensate a bug that makes front camera photos to overexpose 1 stop.
Ps: the app do not show shutter speed control, but you can set it on asus camera (up to 1 sec) and go to snap app and it will affect the shutter speed there.
Download the attachment to see a sample test.
Hope this can be useful to someone else.

Thank bro.....
But take a picture at night does it better stock camera ?!?

ValKyre said:
Thank bro.....
But take a picture at night does it better stock camera ?!?
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You know, we change the app but the camera is the same. The difference is in the post-processing. We might notice more noise, but I can assure you that there will be a lot more detail, with more expressive difference with front camera photos. Personally, I find that the photos with more detail are a lot better, so my answer to your question is yes. But some people may like better pictures more processed.

Ingloryon said:
You know, we change the app but the camera is the same. The difference is in the post-processing. We might notice more noise, but I can assure you that there will be a lot more detail, with more expressive difference with front camera photos. Personally, I find that the photos with more detail are a lot better, so my answer to your question is yes. But some people may like better pictures more processed.
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Great... Thank u... ^^
Because i see my zen 2 laser (8mpx) take a photo at night.... Bad....,long focus,and too noice
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I try some app and take camera HDR....
Follow u which is best?
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ValKyre said:
Great... Thank u... ^^
Because i see my zen 2 laser (8mpx) take a photo at night.... Bad....,long focus,and too noice
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I try some app and take camera HDR....
Follow u which is best?
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i tried stock camera for HDR, most of the time it is useless..

feinz91 said:
i tried stock camera for HDR, most of the time it is useless..
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Hmm.... I use stock cam hdr ..... It too bright @@

One questions... This camera app has more modes. HDR, Portrait...
Do I need to make the same changes to every mode I want to use?

vraciu' said:
One questions... This camera app has more modes. HDR, Portrait...
Do I need to make the same changes to every mode I want to use?
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Yes, those camera modes are something like "presets". Each one has different app settings. I find this feature kinda useless for my device.

Ingloryon said:
Well... First of all, sorry if im posting in the wrong section or something inappropriate, I just want to share this knowledge. Second, sorry for any english mistake, its not my native language.
The tip is very simple, no need to root, flash, or nothing like. Since the photos nowdays comes strongly processed and that throws away a lot of image detail, the tip goal is to get an image with practically no processing just like raw.
My device is the ZE550KL with snapdragon 410, 16gb, 2gb ram, with stock android 5.0.2. And have tested on it only. Please reply if it worked in your different device/rom.
Step 1: install Snap Camera HDR trial.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial
Open the app and wait the 10 sec limit.
Step 2: on photo settings, scroll down and uncheck "denoise". This will turn off the noise reduction.
Step 3: still on photo settings, set "sharpness" to -3. This will turn off digital sharpening, instead of reduce sharpness. You can notice a lot less noise due to noise not sharpened.
Step 4: repeat the same for the front camera settings and set "exposure" to -1. This will compensate a bug that makes front camera photos to overexpose 1 stop.
Ps: the app do not show shutter speed control, but you can set it on asus camera (up to 1 sec) and go to snap app and it will affect the shutter speed there.
Download the attachment to see a sample test.
Hope this can be useful to someone else.
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,........................
Super tip bro ...
I just followed it and got shot some nice photographs of my pet . .
Thanks man ...
Keep up the tip sharing ..:good:

Thx for the tips
Thanks for this usefull tips my camera can now be like proffetional dslr

Thanks :good:

How to set denoise option in j700h??????? Blessed help stock camera is suck

Strange....
I do not see either "denoise" or "sharpness" in the latest version.
Do you think they might have moved somewhere else - or does not work anymore?
Thanks

I wish this also worked in my PadFone S.
The camera in this phone is good. The exposure and white balance is almost always spot on but when I zoom in on photos, it looks like garbage because of the low quality post processing.

Any tried the Nokia 8 with the Google Camera App?

As you guys probably know, this port of Google's Pixel app has been doing the rounds on XDA and various users report much better quality photos with it on Snapdragon devices.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Has anyone tried this on the Nokia 8? Does it work? If yes, could you post some sample photos and comparison with Nokia's own default camera app? I'm especially interested in low-light situations.
Thank you

yes, hdr+ is giving me awesome photos.
sadly we need to edit media_profiles.xml to add profiles for slow-motion and HFR.
can't alter the system for now as there is no bootloader unlock (thus no custom recovery or root).

Thank you.
I mostly care about HDR+ so that's great to hear.

Have tried the Google camera app and I believe at the moment I get better results. The Nokia software algorithms need some work I think.
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skip24ftlb said:
Have tried the Google camera app and I believe at the moment I get better results. The Nokia software algorithms need some work I think.
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First pic using Google camera. Wall paper to left of TV shows texture.
2nd Picture is Nokia cam. Washed out and lack of detail to left of tv
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I will update as further messing with the camera that the night shots with flash on with the pixel are shockingly bad. The flash is not working correctly. Pictures are not being lit up enough. It's a dual tone flash on the Nokia but with pixel APK, it's not firing the brighter flash
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Which is the best version of this app to run on Nokia 8?
I think the ones linked here will be good:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Filename MGCB_7.0H_C2API_Min_v.1.4.apk

Konstigt said:
Which is the best version of this app to run on Nokia 8?
I think the ones linked here will be good:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-updated-zero-shutter-lag-xiaomi/
Filename MGCB_7.0H_C2API_Min_v.1.4.apk
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Try this. It's a lot newer.

CazeW said:
Try this. It's a lot newer.
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This was a good post to get the history and to learn about the different versions.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/modded-google-camera-hdr-60fps-video-t3658552
I'd say start with the 3.8 (linked in post above, without any letter after it) version but 1.4-version will probably be fine as well.

Note to others downloading the file: The Android Download-app doesn't open APKs, you need to install a file manager app to open it.
So next question, which are the recommended settings in the app? In the 3.8 version there are tons of values you can select. HDR+ isn't enabled per default.

I tried on Nokia8 and I think no one notice that it has small color dots and line in every photo that process HDR at the bottom of picture. I tried every setting and still can't figure out how to remove. It's also appear in skip24ftlb's photo.

Seems ok the shots come out slightly better than nokia stock but the bottom of the photo has these blue and red bars (looks like some graph lines) on every photo that you point at a bright source of light and reduce the brightness on screen to absolute minimum. Happened on all photos that I took of the sunrise with heaps of bright orange clouds.
It stickout more when the bottom half of the photo is darker down the bottom.
Cheers

Skamath said:
Seems ok the shots come out slightly better than nokia stock but the bottom of the photo has these blue and red bars (looks like some graph lines) on every photo that you point at a bright source of light and reduce the brightness on screen to absolute minimum. Happened on all photos that I took of the sunrise with heaps of bright orange clouds.
It stickout more when the bottom half of the photo is darker down the bottom.
Cheers
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How about using version 1.4?

chantszhim said:
How about using version 1.4?
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I am not sure which version it is there are too many digits in the file downloaded.
file name is gcam 4.4.012 blah blah blah and ends with v.1.1.apk so Is it 4.4 or 1.1. If it is 1.1 can you please direct me to 1.4
Thank you

chantszhim said:
How about using version 1.4?
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I tested with 1.4, 1.5, 3.7, 3.8, 4.0 and all of it happens. So i think there are no other options to avoid this.

Can someone share some pictures?
There are a lot of versions of GCam modded.
On HTC U11 topic, there's a large thread where many users are debating which is the best.
Can someone take a look how does it gets on Nokia 8?
Mine still not here. Maybe on the end of the month.
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First one with flash on
Others no flash
Latest version of google cam
Camera settins not optimal.

Same settings on google camera.
First pic google cam
Second nokia 8 native app

Here is a test to compare:
1. Capture Google Camera
2. Picture with Google Camera app 8,82 mb
3. Picture with Nokia Camera app 6,83 mb

Cyperi...what settings?

[REQUEST] GCam mods A71

As per the thread tittle, are there any devs currently working on GCam mod optimised for Samsung Galaxy A71? Would love to test them out and compare with stock photo app.

Just search on Google, there's quite a lot.

Works just fine. I'd say depending on the shot the HDR works better on gcam, but auto-focus seems better/faster on the native camera app. So far I'm just using the Samsung app.

i'm used MGC_7.3.018_Parrot043-v1, with realme 5 config and change awb to s5kgw1, for result its same with app stock like iso and exposure time. but. for night mode i choose gcam. because detail is very good and time to capture didnot take long time like stock night mode.

Inventru said:
As per the thread tittle, are there any devs currently working on GCam mod optimised for Samsung Galaxy A71? Would love to test them out and compare with stock photo app.
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I downloaded the GCam package for another phone I think it was the A70 If if remember correctly

@Cyber Axe @uslorin @guitarsmurf2501 @anther1 Did anyone of you manage to get the full sensor support (the 64MP) instead of just 16MP?

gripfly said:
@Cyber [email protected]@[email protected] Did anyone of you manage to get the full sensor support (the 64MP) instead of just 16MP?
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No, not really. Gcam also just gives 16mp. Maybe a port of the Oppo/Realme camera could? They usually have that option.

gripfly said:
@Cyber [email protected]@[email protected] Did anyone of you manage to get the full sensor support (the 64MP) instead of just 16MP?
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no.and also not support for wide mode.

gripfly said:
Did anyone of you manage to get the full sensor support (the 64MP) instead of just 16MP?
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Why would you want that?
Is there any noticeable benefit in shooting in 64mp?
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Here is a working mod of GCam for Galaxy A71 which you can try.

shibaa987 said:
Here is a working mod of GCam for Galaxy A71 which you can try.
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Works nicely thanks [emoji1672]
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Anyone got wide angle lens working?

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Is ultra wide lens still not working on all gcam mods?

Gcam app crashes when trying to switch lenses. Also, it appears Gcam doesn't detect and utilize the 64MP sensor

Greetings, Night mode and hdr+ Works in A71 gcam ports?? Thanks

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Here is a working mod of GCam for Galaxy A71 which you can try.
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This doesn't support the wide angle nor the macro lens. It doesn't seem to be a build for the a71 but for the s20.

Who cares about the crappy wide angle lens or 64mp mode? For anything but gcam snapshots with main camera I use my Fujifilm cameras instead.

I need help with using the gcam for astrophotography. Ive downloaded more than 10 version. And none worked.. another thing is when capturing nightmode, it only says to hold still. There is no shutter count down at all. Ive seen thru google that this device can actually do that star shots using gcam.
Please see sample image ig my gcam shot with astrophotography enabled.
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So far I haven't found any version of GCAM that works well in night mode and astrophotography. In all the variants I tested, the captures in night sight mode are worse than the night mode of the stock camera. It doesn't matter if you are in night sight or astrophotography, the capture time never exceeds 3 or 4 seconds. And the results are always mediocre. Before the A71, I had the Moto G8 Power, and depending on the version of GCAM, I was able to capture up to about 19 seconds. The results were better with the G8 Power. And both have camera 2 api level 3 enabled. The A71 needs a version of GCAM modified exclusively for it, otherwise we will never really take advantage of the photographic set. Of course, the same cannot be said for HDR + mode. Especially if Lib Patcher has been enabled. Samsung's forced post-processing disappears, and the details really get much better in GCAM. The images are just a little dark, but I believe that a custom xml will solve it.

Question OnePlus 10 pro Camera Night Mode Issue

Hi i have a problem with camera night mode. When i make pictures at night the result is just purple shot. I do not use filters, did reset everything. Just don`t know what to do more.
Also when i do long exposure pictures the camera shut off just before save the file
please help
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naskomana said:
Hi i have a problem with camera night mode. When i make pictures at night the result is just purple shot. I do not use filters, did reset everything. Just don`t know what to do more.
Also when i do long exposure pictures the camera shut off just before save the file
please help
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Without asking too much I would assume that this is a camera fault.. I'm assuming you're using the default camera? You could try to use pro mode and just change the ISO to 1600 and have a longer exposure 5+ seconds.. It'll have similar results although I'd use a tripod for it so it's clear..
If that fails and you've already wiped then I'd say hardware.
You don't have any protectors on your lenses do you?

dladz said:
Without asking too much I would assume that this is a camera fault.. I'm assuming you're using the default camera? You could try to use pro mode and just change the ISO to 1600 and have a longer exposure 5+ seconds.. It'll have similar results although I'd use a tripod for it so it's clear..
If that fails and you've already wiped then I'd say hardware.
You don't have any protectors on your lenses do you?
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i used pro mode just like you said and picture is clear. But i found one more issue, when i turn on AI for video the camera just block.

naskomana said:
i used pro mode just like you said and picture is clear. But i found one more issue, when i turn on AI for video the camera just block.
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Well that's good news I see that as a win.
Have you tried gcam and it's night mode? Works a lot better.
Personally I don't use AI unless I'm taking a picture of a document or something specific, for night shots you really can't beat the pro mode, I take astrophotography shots myself with my DSLR and if I tried to shoot using some kind of auto mode I know it would be crap in comparison, it's defo a faff on a phone but pro mode is the way forward..
Does the camera allow you to change lens for night shots? Use the sensor with the lowest f stop.

dladz said:
Well that's good news I see that as a win.
Have you tried gcam and it's night mode? Works a lot better.
Personally I don't use AI unless I'm taking a picture of a document or something specific, for night shots you really can't beat the pro mode, I take astrophotography shots myself with my DSLR and if I tried to shoot using some kind of auto mode I know it would be crap in comparison, it's defo a faff on a phone but pro mode is the way forward..
Does the camera allow you to change lens for night shots? Use the sensor with the lowest f stop.
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Same problem with tele lens and wide angle lens. Even with selfie camera i have the same issue with night mode.

naskomana said:
Same problem with tele lens and wide angle lens. Even with selfie camera i have the same issue with night mode.
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Could it just be the light? Try it outside in the dark at a starry sky

dladz said:
Could it just be the light? Try it outside in the dark at a starrt
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tried everywhere