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blocky camera.

Look at this pic. At full res and normal quality, it shouldn't be blocky.
This happens randomly. If I took another pic it'd be fine.

Have you tried the leo camera tips page? Those settings/hacks really do make a difference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602234

yes, i have those settings.
but it's only blocky some random times, very wierd.

The camera has focusing issue. Try not using the touch focus-snap method. A slight movement will lose the focus and makes the pix blur...
HTC YET to overcome this focusing issue (image stabilizer software...?).

what way should I take the pics then?

Any good camera apps?

One of my biggest gripes with this phone is that they gave it this great camera but with no image stabilization. Has anyone come across any good camera apps? Preferably something that allows you to take a picture via the touch screen (like you can in 2.1 but not 2.2) or provides some image stabilization. I tried camera 360, which seems decent, but FC's a lot.
PS. I tried a thread search to see if this topic is around but due to the numerous threads on camera related issues pre-2.2 OTA leak, they're hard to find.
Thanks in advance for any help.

If you place your finger on the screen and hold it there, it will take the picture.

To be more precise it'll focus where you put the finger and take a picture.

The best camera app I've tried is Vignette. The "normal" processing for the app makes much better pictures than the default camera, and it's got some excellent effects as well. It also has a "steady shot" option where it waits until the camera is still before taking the shot. The demo is low-res but you can use it to see the basic results you'll get. The full version was worth it for me.

Tried a few apps and I do like some features of Vignette but will say the stock camera app does the best in my opinion with settings at (8mp fine bright -1 contrast +1) can hold on screen and it will auto focus then snap pic
here are some untouched samples of mine of just misc things the other day
http://picasaweb.google.com/dearls70/VignettePhotoAppPics?feat=directlink
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/dearls70/DroidIncrediblePics?feat=directlink

[Q] How to fix screen resolution?

Hi everyone, this is my first post, I'm not sure if it's been posted yet. I'm a photographer and I do not use the camera on my HD2 because I just import my photos to the phone so I can display samples of my work to potential clients. The sharpness of my photos when displayed on the device was the main driving point for me purchasing this phone. One thing I noticed however, since flashing my photo to Windows Phone 7, my pictures are not sharp at all anymore. I just loaded a picture on to my friend's WinMo 6.5 HD2, and there is a drastic difference. I've seen posts about the camera taking blurry pictures, but I haven't seen any that just indicated general blurriness on the screen. Is there a fix for this or will I have to give up my WP7?

That's odd, my transferred pix are excellent, maybe you should reload WP7? Not much help I'm sorry but it doesn't take long to reinstall...

what res are the pictures?

I had the same problem but it seemed to only happen with photos that I transferred to the phone. I never found a fix, though I do not think it is a resolution problem with WP7. The issue might exist in the file transfer itself; perhaps a Zune issue? Anyway, I never found a solution so I'm back on 6.5.

Try this:
In the Zune software, go to
Settings > Phone > Pictures and Video
and set "Image Quality" to "Original"

I tried the settings in Zune and those settings were already selected. The resolution is 3744 x 5616, but it doesn't matter the photo size, they all still aren't crisp as they were before.

try changing them to 1024x1024, maybe wp7 is lowering them automatically because of how large they are

even the ones i had at 950 are blurry, no matter what photo I load into it...same result.

**Update**
Since my last post, I have flashed back to 6.5, loaded some photos on. Image resolution is far superior. Loaded WP7 back on, [a different ROM], and still photos are still not a sharp. Is it possible that the photos do not render as well in WP7 as they did in 6.5?

strange, i use both zune for pc and windows phone connector for mac to transfer my 12mp photos from my cannon450d and they are reasonably sharp for a screen with limited pixels.
Even my photos from facebook look reasonably good (not much difference on the small screen to be honest)

Yeah for me, whether it's from my Canon 5D Mark II, or my 50D, same problem. At this point, I just won't load any photos on the device! It sucks because my main reason for purchasing this phone was photos, and also that ability to put different ROMS on it.

PrettyBoySlim said:
Yeah for me, whether it's from my Canon 5D Mark II, or my 50D, same problem. At this point, I just won't load any photos on the device! It sucks because my main reason for purchasing this phone was photos, and also that ability to put different ROMS on it.
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Email a photo to yourself, and save it on the phone. See it works that way.

It may be that the stock wp7 picture viewer doesn't display them as sharp. Maybe you can find another photo viewing app in app store and see if that makes any difference.

Is Gcam fully working? I cannot get it to work

I was up until 430 am last night trying different configs and Gcam APKs and the best I can do was using 6.1 or 6.2. No crashes but these 3 problems are present in every APK I tried so if there's anyone that has an APK that works for these, would love to hear it.
Problems:
1) Camera takes first picture quite fast. 2nd picture is slightly slower. 3rd and beyond is unbelievably slow. Slower than Night Sight. You can tell that the picture is being taken all at the same rate because the picture is showing up in the Gallery Icon, but the viewfinder is just loading and hanging.
What is the reason for this? (HDR Enhance is NOT on)
2) Turn off HDR+ and camera button doesn't even work. It works in Portrait and video but not in regular camera mode.
3) If I switch Cameras or modes (From regular camera to wide... or regular camera to Portrait and then back to regular) then it will take the picture fast. Which means that it's a software issue of lagging. Almost like it's lagging or having problems clearing memories while taking consecutive pictures?
Night Sight and actual photos look GREAT. Which is why it's pissing me off. The VG35 is a godly phone I just bought and I love everything about it. But the camera is lacking. And having a somewhat partially working gcam app just teases me that the picture could be better but isn't. The camera itself is good it's just the software that isn't so great.
LG's stock camera app puts on a lot of sharpness everything gets so blurry.
Any FULLY working apks out there that don't have issues with lag when taking pictures?

UPDATE: I tried cstark and a few others but the one that works for me fully (Night Sight, portrait, wide lens, correct colors, etc) is Arnova 1.7 here
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-suggested/#apk411
Arnova 1.6 also works.
So I managed to fidget with all the settings and basically... here is an update. AS IS, the Gcam with Arnova takes 2 pictures at regular speed. The 3rd picture on, it will show the circle and lag, taking about 5 full seconds to complete a picture. (There are other people on reddit who confirmed this) If you change the camera view in any way, OR press the home button and come back to camera, it resets allowing you take 2 more pictures at normal rates before it starts to slow down again.
By reducing HDR frame from 7 to 3, it allows you to take about 5 pictures before the slow down happens. So, it's not ideal but a workaround is to just take 5 pictures and press "portrait" and then come back to regular camera and it should allow for 5 more pictures at the regular rate.
HDR off also does not allow the camera to take a picture.
But that being said, does anyone know WHY it's happening? I don't know much about how android and the camera works but if we can figure out why the loading circle starts to slow down after a certain # of pictures, and WHY it resets when you change the camera view for a split second... I'd be happy to contribute in any way I can to get a fully useable Gcam app for us. V35s are so underrated with the High Quality Dac and if we get fully working Gcam, it would be a massive upgrade for anyone with a V35.
The pictures with Gcam are no joke.
The reasons for why the Gcam can only take a few pictures before it starts to load in the viewfinder very slowly, and why it resets when you "refresh" the camera view:
(These are complete uneducated guess but using logic based on what I'm been testing)
- It's not related to HDR. There was 1 apk that allowed me to take pictures with HDR off and it still did it.
I thought it was the HDR processing in the background that was queueing up but that's not the case.
- Changing camera view and switching back, RESETS this problem. Is there some sort of memory that needs to be cleared in the camera after each picture? Or after each # of pictures you can set that might address this problem?
There was another APK that I used that had the ability to increase the memory and it didn't do anything.
- I have a feeling it might be related to the buffer fix issue. The buffer fix, fixed the lag in the view finder. However, after taking a few pictures and hitting the limit, you can tell the loading circle will start to slow down because the viewfinder for a split second will lag as if the buffer fix was turned off.
So, maybe buffer fix is being reset or paused after a few pictures?
I wish I knew more about this stuff but if anyone has any ideas, would be great.

I read somewhere that the LG V35 and the G7 have similar cameras.
Check the G7 gcam thread for more info and assistance
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...oogle-camera-gcam-lg-g7-thinq-t3855081/page49

destroyer67 said:
I read somewhere that the LG V35 and the G7 have similar cameras.
Check the G7 gcam thread for more info and assistance
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...oogle-camera-gcam-lg-g7-thinq-t3855081/page49
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Thank you Ill check out that thread

Thanks destoyer67, I was able to get a better Gcam situation using that link.
Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_BF_V2.2.2beta2.190904.1817
from https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2-beta/#apk1121
This is the one that works very well. There is .a work around for the camera shutter loading really slow after 2 pictures.. and that is the setting called Reinit for HDR+. Just turn it on and after every time you take a picture, your camera and viewfinder will reinitialize and blink for a split second. Every picture taken is fast. You just have to wait a full second in between pictures or so.
Its way better and more useable and waiting 6 seconds for each picture.
Night Sight works without ANY lag, so does portrait, wide angle, etc.
Things that do not work at all:
- HDR Off mode
- Flash (goes off doesnt take a picture)
This is a useable version for me.
I also also narrow down and say the shutter loading slow is caused by something in the "buffer fix" setting. If you turn off buffer fix, the camera will take a picture INSTANTLY. Like the stock LG cam. However, the viewfinder has that crazy lag so you cant see what you're taking a picture of.

i tried above but when its low light it freezes. i'm on at&t v350 /w PIE (20c)

kettlecorn said:
Thanks destoyer67, I was able to get a better Gcam situation using that link.
Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_BF_V2.2.2beta2.190904.1817
from https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2-beta/#apk1121
This is the one that works very well. There is .a work around for the camera shutter loading really slow after 2 pictures.. and that is the setting called Reinit for HDR+. Just turn it on and after every time you take a picture, your camera and viewfinder will reinitialize and blink for a split second. Every picture taken is fast. You just have to wait a full second in between pictures or so.
Its way better and more useable and waiting 6 seconds for each picture.
Night Sight works without ANY lag, so does portrait, wide angle, etc.
Things that do not work at all:
- HDR Off mode
- Flash (goes off doesnt take a picture)
This is a useable version for me.
I also also narrow down and say the shutter loading slow is caused by something in the "buffer fix" setting. If you turn off buffer fix, the camera will take a picture INSTANTLY. Like the stock LG cam. However, the viewfinder has that crazy lag so you cant see what you're taking a picture of.
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Are you on Pie or Oreo?
Mine's on Pie(20s) and everything works relatively well except for images taken with the wide angle lens: the red and blue color channels seem to be swapped, making photos looking weird.

kaneorotar said:
Are you on Pie or Oreo?
Mine's on Pie(20s) and everything works relatively well except for images taken with the wide angle lens: the red and blue color channels seem to be swapped, making photos looking weird.
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I'm having the same issue. Is there a fix for this? Tried playing around with the settings but couldn't land on a solution.

Okazar said:
I'm having the same issue. Is there a fix for this? Tried playing around with the settings but couldn't land on a solution.
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OK, so I spent all day trying a bunch of versions, and finally found the one version that can get rid of the color issue and the lag between shots. Here it is:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2-beta/#apk1114
With this one, make sure to enable both the "Use Restart for AUX Mod" and "Use Reinit for HDR+" settings in the "HDR+ control" menu. Make sure to enable the AUX button as well, and disable Google photos. You'll see the screen go black a little bit after taking a photo, and then you can take another one and switch cameras. When you switch cameras, it reinits the camera app, which gets rid of the channel swap issue. For some reason the other version that was linked has an issue when both these settings are enabled, but it works great with this version.

Ezzelin said:
OK, so I spent all day trying a bunch of versions, and finally found the one version that can get rid of the color issue and the lag between shots. Here it is:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2-beta/#apk1114
With this one, make sure to enable both the "Use Restart for AUX Mod" and "Use Reinit for HDR+" settings in the "HDR+ control" menu. Make sure to enable the AUX button as well, and disable Google photos. You'll see the screen go black a little bit after taking a photo, and then you can take another one and switch cameras. When you switch cameras, it reinits the camera app, which gets rid of the channel swap issue. For some reason the other version that was linked has an issue when both these settings are enabled, but it works great with this version.
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Glad someone finally found the right one, but the link you gave us only leads to a list of many gcam apks, which one exactly did you mean? Also, by disabling google photos, you mean that we have to disable it completely or just disable it somehow from gcam?

The version that I linked to blinks when you first open the page. It's V2.2.1.190831.2245-fix-2. As far as disabling Google photos, it's a setting inside the camera app that uses Google photos as the viewer when you look at the photo you just took. However, this integration doesn't work, so disable that so it uses the built in viewer. You'll also need to go to the About screen in settings and turn on advanced options to see most of the settings I've listed.

Thanks! It really works great, taking pictures is fast and even night mode is quick.
Good job on finding this

kettlecorn said:
kaneorotar said:
Are you on Pie or Oreo?
Mine's on Pie(20s) and everything works relatively well except for images taken with the wide angle lens: the red and blue color channels seem to be swapped, making photos looking weird.
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I am having the same issue. Wide angle photos are totally blue. Other than that it works great!!
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elkay81 said:
kettlecorn said:
I am having the same issue. Wide angle photos are totally blue. Other than that it works great!!
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Hello,
I have found this version works on the V35.... Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_BF_V2.2.1.190831.2245-fix2.apk. Wide Angle, Regular, Night Sight. However getting the white balance just right for both indoors and outdoors is not easy, so I I actually use a dual install combo for slightly better results:
OUTDOORS/Regular - Gcam_6.1.021_Advanced_BF_V1.6-Fu24_5Lens-02.apk - With this version I can customize sharpness without loading custom libs, etc. White balance is yellow indoors, and Night Sight has buffer problems so I don't use it.
INDOORS/Night Sight - Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_BF_V2.2.1.190822.1145.apk - This version does well indoors with Night Sight... outdoor photos are pinkish however
You *should* be able to install both these versions without overwriting each other...
Here is a link to more conversation (G7 forum)...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...gcam-lg-g7-thinq-t3855081/page53#post81474127
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Ezzelin said:
OK, so I spent all day trying a bunch of versions, and finally found the one version that can get rid of the color issue and the lag between shots. Here it is:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2-beta/#apk1114
With this one, make sure to enable both the "Use Restart for AUX Mod" and "Use Reinit for HDR+" settings in the "HDR+ control" menu. Make sure to enable the AUX button as well, and disable Google photos. You'll see the screen go black a little bit after taking a photo, and then you can take another one and switch cameras. When you switch cameras, it reinits the camera app, which gets rid of the channel swap issue. For some reason the other version that was linked has an issue when both these settings are enabled, but it works great with this version.
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Near as I can tell this works perfect after following the indicated settings. No need for a buffer fix module, it's built in. Night sight works, viewfinder works properly in wide / normal etc etc.
thanks for mentioning it, there are so so many available that *might* work, a daunting task to try them all.

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Front Camera

I am hugely disappointed with the front camera. 2 points I have taken a note off:
1. In medium to low light conditions the pictures are worst missing sharpness and blurry.
2. The camera struggles with light, I am guessing its an AI issue, Whenever there is a source of light behind me the photos are always hazy and struggle to focus on the subject.
I hope there is a fix for this, having spent this much on the phone I expect some decent pictures.

SonyXperiaS said:
I am hugely disappointed with the front camera. 2 points I have taken a note off:
1. In medium to low light conditions the pictures are worst missing sharpness and blurry.
2. The camera struggles with light, I am guessing its an AI issue, Whenever there is a source of light behind me the photos are always hazy and struggle to focus on the subject.
I hope there is a fix for this, having spent this much on the phone I expect some decent pictures.
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I suggest you give a try to this GCam mod here https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-greatness/ and install the latest release.
After installed, make sure you select HDR+ mode, NO Google AWB, IMX686 White Balance setting, IQ Hybrid R0m10, disable any library modification (unless you know what you're doing...), select Medium or High for the number of frames in HDR+ mode. Try with these settings and let us know what you get

Surfeur-des-Reves said:
I suggest you give a try to this GCam mod here https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-greatness/ and install the latest release.
After installed, make sure you select HDR+ mode, NO Google AWB, IMX686 White Balance setting, IQ Hybrid R0m10, disable any library modification (unless you know what you're doing...), select Medium or High for the number of frames in HDR+ mode. Try with these settings and let us know what you get
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Thanks, I will let you know.

How did it go?

Can you maybe post an example pic? With gcam and normal cam