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So I was just wondering if there are any fixes to the camera on Android to make then 5MP. I know that the XTarantulla build has a 5MP Camera but I can't say the same for darkstones or dan's. Or at least I didn't get it. Also, I was wondering if there was a fix to make it 8MP like how we could go into the registry and edit it so that it was superfine and stuff. Just wondering. Didn't see anything about it here on the forums so I thought i'd bring it up.
numeria said:
So I was just wondering if there are any fixes to the camera on Android to make then 5MP. I know that the XTarantulla build has a 5MP Camera but I can't say the same for darkstones or dan's. Or at least I didn't get it. Also, I was wondering if there was a fix to make it 8MP like how we could go into the registry and edit it so that it was superfine and stuff. Just wondering. Didn't see anything about it here on the forums so I thought i'd bring it up.
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First off, they are working on it.
if you can successfully find and pull the camera drivers from the XT build and put it in another congrats.
as for the 8MP, that's just silly. the camera only is a 5MP, it can't be set to take pictures better than the hardware is capable of
cyanogen rom by shubi has 5mp camera. it has proper flash exposure (no full white pictures) and camcorder with flashlight.
memin1857 said:
cyanogen rom by shubi has 5mp camera. it has proper flash exposure (no full white pictures) and camcorder with flashlight.
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where to get this rom
memin1857 said:
cyanogen rom by shubi has 5mp camera. it has proper flash exposure (no full white pictures) and camcorder with flashlight.
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Do you know if the camcorder records in 720p? Thanks
cavemaneca said:
First off, they are working on it.
if you can successfully find and pull the camera drivers from the XT build and put it in another congrats.
as for the 8MP, that's just silly. the camera only is a 5MP, it can't be set to take pictures better than the hardware is capable of
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Maybe not up to true 8MP, but improvements can be done in software.
My old HTC Wizard's camera sensor is 1.3MP, with a scaled res. option for a pseudo 2MP mode.
Yes, it is not true 2MP, but an extra option over the standard 1.3MP.
This was done 4 years ago, why not now with our HD2?
Just my .02.
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where to get this rom
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You can get it form http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739755
second post.
Is there any hope that we might ever get 720p video capture?
Theoretically both the 5MP sensor and Snapdragon chipset are adequate, so is there any hope for HD capture?
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Is there any hope that we might ever get 720p video capture?
Theoretically both the 5MP sensor and Snapdragon chipset are adequate, so is there any hope for HD capture?
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on robsbay.co.uk is stated that 720p video recording is already working, so that is great news
MarDor said:
on robsbay.co.uk is stated that 720p video recording is already working, so that is great news
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Woo, that's great!
I've been without an HD2 since mine broke a few months ago, been thinking of buying another HD2 to dual-boot WM and Android... if we can do HD capture I'm definitely buying one!
iandy1 said:
Maybe not up to true 8MP, but improvements can be done in software.
My old HTC Wizard's camera sensor is 1.3MP, with a scaled res. option for a pseudo 2MP mode.
Yes, it is not true 2MP, but an extra option over the standard 1.3MP.
This was done 4 years ago, why not now with our HD2?
Just my .02.
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This is nonsense ...you can make it 20mp if you want in photoshop but you will lose quality. Ex there are 5mp cameras that are taking better pictures than a 8mpx cameras, the result is important!
Shawn_230 said:
Woo, that's great!
I've been without an HD2 since mine broke a few months ago, been thinking of buying another HD2 to dual-boot WM and Android... if we can do HD capture I'm definitely buying one!
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Yeah, it's still a great device... I think I should have done the same
lucian777 said:
This is nonsense ...you can make it 20mp if you want in photoshop but you will lose quality. Ex there are 5mp cameras that are taking better pictures than a 8mpx cameras, the result is important!
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The 8mp superfine hack in wm rom development has already improved picture quality, as side by side comparisons have shown, it's not true 8mp but the difference was noticable. The camera is capable of slightly more than its spec.
lucian777 said:
This is nonsense ...you can make it 20mp if you want in photoshop but you will lose quality. Ex there are 5mp cameras that are taking better pictures than a 8mpx cameras, the result is important!
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As I said, not true resolution, but an option available on a device 4 years old.
Something like that can be done for the HD2 also as an option, being aware
of some quality loss.
LondonTownGuy said:
The 8mp superfine hack in wm rom development has already improved picture quality, as side by side comparisons have shown, it's not true 8mp but the difference was noticable. The camera is capable of slightly more than its spec.
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Thanks for the info.
LondonTownGuy said:
The 8mp superfine hack in wm rom development has already improved picture quality, as side by side comparisons have shown, it's not true 8mp but the difference was noticable. The camera is capable of slightly more than its spec.
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I thought all that did was reduce the compression, and the HD2 had huge issues with the camera in WinMo underperforming to start with, any of the improvements used in WinMo brought it to a standard your getting in Android already.
Phil
kerman19 said:
I thought all that did was reduce the compression, and the HD2 had huge issues with the camera in WinMo underperforming to start with, any of the improvements used in WinMo brought it to a standard your getting in Android already.
Phil
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Here is the thread with the tweeks to camera and video, dont know if it was just reducing compression, but there were inprovements when I tested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602234
This is an easier cyanogen rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740963
(the other one is quite complex)
Any Apps with a button capture that we can use to take advantage of the 720p camera option?
LondonTownGuy said:
Here is the thread with the tweeks to camera and video, dont know if it was just reducing compression, but there were inprovements when I tested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602234
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Oh man well that is for the win mo roms but I want to know if that's possible to tweak the androids camera to the regular 5mp out even to 8mp.
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LondonTownGuy said:
Here is the thread with the tweeks to camera and video, dont know if it was just reducing compression, but there were inprovements when I tested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602234
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From looking at photo's I've taken previously in WinMo (With those teaks) and Android, Android comes out the overall winner, those tweaks for WinMo simply give you what HTC should have given us out of the box in the first place.
Android does not seem to suffer at all in the camera department, at least not for me anyway.
Phil
I shot a picture using the front camera, just to see the quality. I'm pretty amazed by the quality (considering its me on the picture)! Could some of you share pictures from front camera too?
Anyone?
Yeah.. it's pretty good!
Are there any apps out there that let us use the camera as a pc webcam?
Pretty sure there is. I downloaded droidcam 3-2 but never tried it
You're right, the front camera is pretty good, but, I think it can be smoother, just 2mpx and no auto-focus, why it's so jerky ?!
I hardly think they're going to build an articulating auto-focus lens array into the top of your phone just for doing your hair.
lol, i knew before i got this phone that wouldn't stand the frame rate of the front cam (2mp front cam sucks as expect to me, but better than any other phone currently). Will always use back camera video chat (if app supports it).
Extreme184X said:
lol, i knew before i got this phone that wouldn't stand the frame rate of the front cam (2mp front cam sucks as expect to me, but better than any other phone currently). Will always use back camera video chat (if app supports it).
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How would you see yourself when using rear camera for video calls?
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I did a quick video comparison of the front v rear camera on the SGS2
Front facing cam:-
http://youtu.be/u78fTfnZ2lE
Rear facing cam:-
http://youtu.be/arx3eP5djG8
Shame about the 'zoom' on the rear camera, often find myself using 720p mode just to get more in the frame!
sexpest699 said:
How would you see yourself when using rear camera for video calls?
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Dont need to.
Quality on the front cam is great.
Only picture i have is of the self pic taken by my girlfriend but it was surprisingly good enough to be framed in one of my home screen
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Dont need to.
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Better question is how would you see the other person!? LOL
Thats what i meant. Who the hell does a video call with the rear camera facing them..
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My gf is using it as a mirror as we speak.
Very good quality!!
there is no phone better than the SGS II in the front camera
most phones use vga .. when sgs2 use a full 2mp
try to Tango with an iPhone and see the difference
It's pretty noisy and produces horrible selfies, the front facing camera of my s3 is 10 times better, what do you think?
Agreed. Just compared the FFC on my S3 to the S5 and the S3 produces a much better picture
Megaleo2 said:
It's pretty noisy and produces horrible selfies, the front facing camera of my s3 is 10 times better, what do you think?
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Interesting, I do think that a 2.0 megapixel front facing camera is a little low compared to the 5.0 on the M8.
SuperTek said:
Interesting, I do think that a 2.0 megapixel front facing camera is a little low compared to the 5.0 on the M8.
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Megapixel count only really matters when you want to zoom and see the finer details.
True, front camera sucks big time!!! no good!! to the point that is making me want to return it, defective. and they send me another one!?
Seems like the same front camera used in the Xperia Z1/Z1 Compact (EDIT: Actually the Z1 uses aggressive software softening of the picture afterwards to reduce noise so it's not as bad). iPhone 5s has the best front camera from my experience - I haven't tried the M8.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61444353&postcount=33
From T-mo S6 board
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61365552&postcount=33
From T-mo S6 edge board
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055140
So all you need to do is download snapcamera or camera fv-5 and enable camera api2 bcoz the stock camera not yet got the option to shoot RAW but the API2 is there.
Updated:
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B4VW2oHfDFmmaGpnWnBxMEQtZ0k&export=download
Thanks stevecer1 to offer a .DNG sample on his T-mo S6 5.1.1 and you can open it in Lightroom or Photo Mate R2(Android app for RAW). Can't wait for 5.1.1 to arrive on my S6 now.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=113&platform=Windows
Download Lightroom for Windows
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tssystems.photomate2&hl=zh_TW
Photo Mate R2
TheEndHK said:
Updated:
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B4VW2oHfDFmmaGpnWnBxMEQtZ0k&export=download
Thanks stevecer1 to offer a .DNG sample on his T-mo S6 5.1.1 and you can open it in Lightroom or Photo Mate R2(Android app for RAW). Can't wait for 5.1.1 to arrive on my S6 now.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=113&platform=Windows
Download Lightroom for Windows
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tssystems.photomate2&hl=zh_TW
Photo Mate R2
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Sorry to piss on your parade but its a base feature of the OS so all you have done is installed an app that can work with the API already in Android. Wake me up when Samsung enables it directly in their own camera app so we can make full use of the Hardware as intended and properly calibrated to the sensor.
androidizen said:
Sorry to piss on your parade but its a base feature of the OS so all you have done is installed an app that can work with the API already in Android. Wake me up when Samsung enables it directly in their own camera app so we can make full use of the Hardware as intended and properly calibrated to the sensor.
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http://spectrastudy.com/camera2-api-on-mwc-2015-devices/
I think you got some misunderstanding concept here. It is not a must bcoz Lollipop supports full(api2), limited(api2) and legacy mode(api1). Our 5.0.2 currently is running on limited without RAW function. Some other phones like Note4, Sony Z3 probably is still running with old driver mode.
androidizen said:
[snip!]Wake me up when Samsung enables it directly in their own camera app so we can make full use of the Hardware as intended and properly calibrated to the sensor.
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There are examples where a third-party camera app produces much better quality than Samsung's own app. Like this, this and this on the Note 4.
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
bloodrain954 said:
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
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Amin!
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bloodrain954 said:
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
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So better get a camera even though the phone may be able to produce decent photos?
Is it not the point with a converged device like a smartphone that you don't need to carry all those extra things?
abubasim said:
So better get a camera even though the phone may be able to produce decent photos?
Is it not the point with a converged device like a smartphone that you don't need to carry all those extra things?
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Your phone camera will never achieve dslr camera quality.
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ambervals6 said:
Your phone camera will never achieve dslr camera quality.
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I don't care.
I want the best quality out of the hardware that my smartphone has. Even if I would own a DSLR, I wouldn't take it with me all the time, because it's heavy, bulky...
ambervals6 said:
Your phone camera will never achieve dslr camera quality.
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bloodrain954 said:
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
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What's the old adage? "The best camera is the one you have with you."
No one should expect DSLR quality photos from their smartphone (yet), but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the new RAW capture abilities. Sometimes I'm out with friends or driving somewhere and I catch a nice sunset or a perfect cityscape shot. I wasn't out with the intent to shoot so I don't have my camera with me. Well guess what—I can still get a (potentially) nice shot now, because my phone can capture RAW images for me to tinker with later.
ambervals6 said:
Your phone camera will never achieve dslr camera quality.
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Of course not. It's foolish when smartphones are compared with DLSRs. Even my ancient Canon 300D with all of its 6 megapixels still performs better than my new Galaxy S6. But that's not the point. I will not always carrying that bulky DLSR with me but I always carry my phone.
bloodrain954 said:
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
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I want the best quality out of camera phone, not a DSLR camera on a phone.
ambervals6 said:
Your phone camera will never achieve dslr camera quality.
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Sure but who cares? DSLR is used to shoot somethings you prepared and planned for a long time while phone camera is for point and shoot purpose.
I don't see why they can't be both benefit by RAW. Why only DSLR is allow to shoot RAW? Because you think I want to transform my S6 to DSLR via RAW? Are you kidding me?
I have a T-Mobile S6 with 5.1.1 and I can't shoot RAW in Camera FV-5. What's the deal?
Wrong thread!
orrorin said:
I have a T-Mobile S6 with 5.1.1 and I can't shoot RAW in Camera FV-5. What's the deal?
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Is there any option to enable api2 in fv-5?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap
Try snapcamera and enable api2 in option menu.
TheEndHK said:
Is there any option to enable api2 in fv-5?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap
Try snapcamera and enable api2 in option menu.
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Its better to do it with Manual Camera compatibiliy test
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test
bloodrain954 said:
Why not use a real camera if you want quality photos?
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Well because when the opportunity comes to take a great photo and I don't have my dslr I won't just say ohhhh dam. And no the quality will not be as good but I'll have the shot.
Do people know that photography is an art and people still use pinhole cameras to get shots and people still use an old dslr with 5 mp to sell work ?
However if you don't understand the passion in photography I can understand your point.
Sometimes you want an exhaust on your Honda civic even if it's not a type r ..... you get me?
armando_rod said:
Its better to do it with Manual Camera compatibiliy test
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test
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The Manual Camera Compatibiliy Test isn't real compatible with our 5.1.1 and gives false report.
Hey everyone.
Today I searched in store some kind of camera app with macro focus feature (too bad Sony Camera lacks this.)
So I came across Camera FV-5. Nice interface, but still a Sony UI fan. Anyway, besides the macro focus, under Settings I found the option to save pictures as .PNG.
I knew it has a better compression, almost lossless, compared to the common and easy-to-process .JPEG, so I took one photo outside (ISO 50, AutoFocus, a bit lowered exposure) and one indoor (without flash, yellow/orange 60W lightbulb as source of light in the room, same settings as above.)
I was pretty impressed by the quality. It takes some time to process the image fully, Album firstly doesn't even recognize the photo as existent. Afterwards, it takes ages to load the cache when double-tap zoom.
Anyway, see how nice, crisp and clear photos our phones can take - with absolute no post-editing.
Taken with Z3 Compact with Cyberian Camera MOD.
BTW, the files are huge. One is 21.7 MB and the other over 25. That means 1 pixel is over 1 byte. Cool.
OUTSIDE VIEW
INSIDE ENERGY BAR
Wow - that shot of the candy bar is VERY impressive. Too bad the file size is so ridiculously large. Can you show us the same picture taken using the Sony Superior Auto Mode (8MP)?
PuffDaddy_d said:
Can you show us the same picture taken using the Sony Superior Auto Mode (8MP)?
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I've attached 8MP and 20 MP versions, Superior Auto Mode.
And thanks to Cyberian MOD, I'm lucky to have macro auto-scene on 20MP also.
Also, massive improvement in quality overall, the Z5 Camera libs really work great.
Now that I can see them side by side, it still appears that the Sony camera app reduces noise better than the 3rd party app. I had a similar experience in a comparison thread I created a while back as well.
Sent from the only flagship phone that actually fits in my hand... The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
weekender90 said:
I've attached 8MP and 20 MP versions, Superior Auto Mode.
And thanks to Cyberian MOD, I'm lucky to have macro auto-scene on 20MP also.
Also, massive improvement in quality overall, the Z5 Camera libs really work great.
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Not bad for a macro shot. Here's mine using the Slim Rom i been using for couple of months.
I just used the sony camera with z5 camera libs, set to auto 8MP (4:3).
yoorie016 said:
Not bad for a macro shot. Here's mine using the Slim Rom i been using for couple of months.
I just used the sony camera with z5 camera libs, set to auto 8MP (4:3).
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Oh my god, I'm in love with your photos...
Gonna flash this today and compare the results very strictly before and after flashing
romcio47 said:
Oh my god, I'm in love with your photos...
Gonna flash this today and compare the results very strictly before and after flashing
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Thanks I didn't make any tweaks, i just used the auto and set the aspect ration to 4:3.
here's another one, and saved on JPEG format.
Jep im using open camera and snap camera they also give simelar results. I dont know why sony gave such a bad stock camera the difference is huge
The sony camera takes better pictures now than my galaxy s6
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Jep im using open camera and snap camera they also give simelar results. I dont know why sony gave such a bad stock camera the difference is huge
The sony camera takes better pictures now than my galaxy s6
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So stock camera is now better?
doriandiaconu said:
So stock camera is now better?
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No i mean with open camera or snap camera its waayy better than stock camera
jody2k said:
No i mean with open camera or snap camera its waayy better than stock camera
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What rom are you using?
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jody2k said:
Jep im using open camera and snap camera they also give simelar results. I dont know why sony gave such a bad stock camera the difference is huge
The sony camera takes better pictures now than my galaxy s6
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I have a hard time agreeing with you. I tried to compare the stock camera software to various 3rd party software (including Open Camera) and the results indicated that Sony's produces better images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/sonys-camera-isnt-worse-t3102790