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I would like to know what is a good camera to replace the stock camera app. So what do you guys use. Free or paid.
vicmora5 said:
I would like to know what is a good camera to replace the stock camera app. So what do you guys use. Free or paid.
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Camera360 Ultimate is pretty cool allowing you to trigger with the screen and not just the optical button as well as having cool photo options.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.vstudio-android-gphotopaid-jjiFE.aspx
Im not sure what camera cm uses but I love that one. It may it may or may not be stock, I can't remember the stock camera app anymore, but if its stock I couldn't imagine needing to upgrade. Its got a ton if options like filters, exposure, contrast and sharpness as well as the ability to choose the quality and mp of your shots. You can also overlay effects before taking pictures. And you can take pics with the touch screen...so yea, whatever camera app that comes with cm6/7 is a great one.
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CallMeAria said:
Im not sure what camera cm uses but I love that one. It may it may or may not be stock, I can't remember the stock camera app anymore, but if its stock I couldn't imagine needing to upgrade. Its got a ton if options like filters, exposure, contrast and sharpness as well as the ability to choose the quality and mp of your shots. You can also overlay effects before taking pictures. And you can take pics with the touch screen...so yea, whatever camera app that comes with cm6/7 is a great one.
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Hey guys,
Here's the Camera.apk extracted from CM6/7. The one from CM6 will FC and the one from CM7 won't install on Sense ROM (FR).
There are a few threads on defy- camera, here's one for defy+.
The camera is so bad, that I cursed the phone right after I took a few pictures. My Samsung spica was taking better pics with the 3,5mp sensor without flash and low light. Even on a bright sunny day the pics are lacking detail and have some noticeable noise. On low light - there is more noise than picture
I have applied the 720p panorama tweak and nothing.
So, as I expect more from a 5mp sensor, here are some questions - is there a way to tweak the camera, so the noise in low light becomes less(possibly none) and add some more detail to the pics, can we expect some quality improvement in an update some day, or should I sell this crap and buy xperia neo V?
If you need proof for my complains - I'll post some pics.
bo6o said:
There are a few threads on defy- camera, here's one for defy+.
The camera is so bad, that I cursed the phone right after I took a few pictures. My Samsung spica was taking better pics with the 3,5mp sensor without flash and low light. Even on a bright sunny day the pics are lacking detail and have some noticeable noise. On low light - there is more noise than picture
I have applied the 720p panorama tweak and nothing.
So, as I expect more from a 5mp sensor, here are some questions - is there a way to tweak the camera, so the noise in low light becomes less(possibly none) and add some more detail to the pics, can we expect some quality improvement in an update some day, or should I sell this crap and buy xperia neo V?
If you need proof for my complains - I'll post some pics.
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This topic was covered here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030603
A patch and detailed instructions are there.
Good luck!
R...T...F...M...!!
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Man, did you even read the title. I'm writing about defy+. Nothing in this topic is about defy+. There isn't eve such a file in system/etc.
As I said-I have researched a little, before posting.
bo6o said:
Man, did you even read the title. I'm writing about defy+. Nothing in this topic is about defy+. There isn't eve such a file in system/etc.
As I said-I have researched a little, before posting.
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Not the best way to respond to someone who is trying to help you. Change your attitude and you might get some help...
try another apllication for taking photos
use camera 360 for excellent photos
Done that too. Even lg camera and vignette don't do the job. There is some .bin files about camera in system/etc, but I don't know how to handle them.
Check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154215
This patch will enable 720p and panorama for Defy+ Gingerbread Motorola Base Roms..
Hope this will help you..
Done that too. It's written in 1st post.
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The same problem here. I had Defy normal and camera was quite good and photos was really sharp but now I have Defy+ and noise is extremely bad. Yesterday I flashed it with 4.5.1-134, 4.5.3-66, 4.5.3-109, MS2Ginger 2.1, and CM7 7.1.0-11 and I was trying stock camera app, HDR+, Vintage Pro and this one in CM and best picture I had from stock camera from 4.5.3-109 but it was really, really worse than stock camera in Defy normal.
Chamelleon said:
The same problem here. I had Defy normal and camera was quite good and photos was really sharp but now I have Defy+ and noise is extremely bad. Yesterday I flashed it with 4.5.1-134, 4.5.3-66, 4.5.3-109, MS2Ginger 2.1, and CM7 7.1.0-11 and I was trying stock camera app, HDR+, Vintage Pro and this one in CM and best picture I had from stock camera from 4.5.3-109 but it was really, really worse than stock camera in Defy normal.
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The normal defy you mentioned, did it have red lens or green lens?
I also saw a thread saying red lens actually needed more tweaks to take better photos since its more capable...not sure where I saw that.
Guess I wont swap out my camera module on my defy to a red lens.
I did some tests with different settings of the camera. There is something wrong, and I hope it's software, but not hardware. There is noise even in pics taken in a bright sunny day. I can't believe motorola would put such an incapable sensor in our phones. I also noticed that normal defy with green and red lens take better pics. 5800 is even better.
Can someone dig in the camera driver or something. Or we make some noise to motorola, so they fix this joke.
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nameite said:
The normal defy you mentioned, did it have red lens or green lens?
I also saw a thread saying red lens actually needed more tweaks to take better photos since its more capable...not sure where I saw that.
Guess I wont swap out my camera module on my defy to a red lens.
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It was green (soc) Defy.
Attached files shows differences between Defy Normal on Green Lens and Defy+ but only on HDR+ cause I don't have more photos from stock camera so Picture B shows differences between CM7 camera in Defy Plus and HDR+.
Pic 1 - Defy Normal HDR+
Pic 2 - Defy Plus HDR+
Pic 3 - Defy Plus CM7 Camera
Pic 4 - Defy Plus HDR+
Does touch focus make your pictures better?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272525
Nope, noise appears where ever it is dark, or where ever it is brighter. If it's not in the middle of a sunny day - the whole pic is on little annoying dots. Nomatter with or without autofocus.
Yes, the first what I noticed on Defy+ is, that pictures are rly bad. Not in the normal light, but where is a bit dark, there is huge noice. Even my HTC D2 was taking pictures better...hope, that its just some sw problem.
I noticed that when you hold the shutter and focus, the view is much brighter and clean, than the actual image taken after that. As if the focus is lost at taking the shot.
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Of all the camera apps ive tried, the camera app on miui is the best imo. Try it once
I have ILWT cm7 , and i think is the best rom , anyway i do not know but the camera on cm7 rom's sucks a lot. I mean: when i tryed (a lot of time) sense roms , and sometimes MIUI the camera is better , for quality , focus and all.
I would like to have a sense camera on CM7 , i think is impossibile , or someanother solution?
Thanks
Currently on ILWT, and I use the camera a pretty good amount. Haven't noticed their to be much difference (if at all) in picture quality between the CM7 camera on ILWT and Sense cameras (which I used for a long time). I find the MIUI camera near useless (at least the one you have the option to choose in Aroma on ILWT while flashing), due to the lack of selectable ISO.
Have you tried adjusting ISO and white balance? These often will give less blurry photos if you manually adjust them. Both Sense and CM7 cameras take too much time calculating the proper white balance and ISO, resulting in long shutter delay and resulting blur from camera movement.
You can try the MIUI camera app, it is offered as an option in the ILWT.txt configuration file.
I'm running ILWT and much prefer MIUI camera to CM7 camera app. That said I think Sense camera and in particular the one included in the Doubleshot ROM gave me the best results. That is actually the only thing I'm missing from Sense, the very nice camera app.
whpsnp said:
I'm running ILWT and much prefer MIUI camera to CM7 camera app. That said I think Sense camera and in particular the one included in the Doubleshot ROM gave me the best results. That is actually the only thing I'm missing from Sense, the very nice camera app.
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I totally agree with this.
Actually, the HTC Amaze Cam from the MT4G gave me the best results i have EVER had from my phone. That's the only thing that makes me want to go back to Sense.
magic_android said:
I totally agree with this.
Actually, the HTC Amaze Cam from the MT4G gave me the best results i have EVER had from my phone. That's the only thing that makes me want to go back to Sense.
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You're right - forgot about the Amaze camera app which produced very fine results. Still not enough to make me want to go back to a horribly slow experience.
When one of the Sense 4A ROMs get a working camera I might be intrigued. I flashed one just to try it out and it seemed remarkably smooth compared to any of the Sense 3.0/3.5 ROMs.
Until then, ILWT and MIUI cam it is
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humza100 said:
Wat does the Amaze app do, cos it crashes web I use burst mode, and takes 5mp photos just like the normal app
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Needless to say, it will not make your phone do anything that is not supported by the hardware.
Photos will remain 5MP maximum and the sensor in our phones doesn't support burst mode and other features that is not normally supported.
Also, using the Amaze camera app you are stuck on a Sense 3.0/3.5 ROM that is painfully slow compared to AOSP ROMs.
So far I've landed on ILWT CM7 with MIUI camera app as default.
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Needless to say, it will not make your phone do anything that is not supported by the hardware.
Photos will remain 5MP maximum and the sensor in our phones doesn't support burst mode and other features that is not normally supported.
Also, using the Amaze camera app you are stuck on a Sense 3.0/3.5 ROM that is painfully slow compared to AOSP ROMs.
So far I've landed on ILWT CM7 with MIUI camera app as default.
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the xperia rom is fast and uses sense 3.5, I also have the amaze camera running on it, you can change the media_profiles.xml file to have no compression but you will have large photos (3mb) I do notice some difference.
I also removed the plastic cover around my camera and made a glass one, that made a huge difference but it was a pain to do.
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the xperia rom is fast and uses sense 3.5, I also have the amaze camera running on it, you can change the media_profiles.xml file to have no compression but you will have large photos (3mb) I do notice some difference.
I also removed the plastic cover around my camera and made a glass one, that made a huge difference but it was a pain to do.
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Wow, you changed the lens cover? Did you happen to take any pictures of your handywork? I would love to see them in that case
whpsnp said:
Needless to say, it will not make your phone do anything that is not supported by the hardware.
Photos will remain 5MP maximum and the sensor in our phones doesn't support burst mode and other features that is not normally supported.
Also, using the Amaze camera app you are stuck on a Sense 3.0/3.5 ROM that is painfully slow compared to AOSP ROMs.
So far I've landed on ILWT CM7 with MIUI camera app as default.
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I'm running CoreDroid on Inspire 4g and this Sense 3.5 is running like an aosp. Pacha's sense 3.5 stripped down senseless, I get the same quality. Love cm7 but, sense camera is the best hands down. I've been through so many cameras on cm7 and nothing compares to the sense camera. I've yet to try thee Amaze app. Gonna give that a go now.
Had purchased this phone with lot of expectations about OIS camera but unfortunately the camera itself is capable bug LG provided with not a great camera app.
Now I know that there are mods available which to some extent improve the quality of photos but still its not upto the mark.
Now I want to know whether you are using any good camera app which you consider gives better result than the stock camera?
Looking forward to your suggestions.
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honest1212 said:
Had purchased this phone with lot of expectations about OIS camera but unfortunately the camera itself is capable bug LG provided with not a great camera app.
Now I know that there are mods available which to some extent improve the quality of photos but still its not upto the mark.
Now I want to know whether you are using any good camera app which you consider gives better result than the stock camera?
Looking forward to your suggestions.
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I personally think the camera itself is great piece of hardware, the software is on the other hand, however, as many reported (and I agreed) the IQ (image quality) when taking in the good light source is super. In another hand, when taking under low light condition, it's crap.
There is a modded version of it, if yours is rooted, give it a try.
I tend not to install 3rd party app.
I've tried the camera on stock lg rom and 4.4.2 on PA, both pictures look terrible compared to the Nexus 5's camera with HDR mode.
I am using Focal camera (from the ex-CyanogenMod app ). Great UI and features. Still beta, but no lags for me)
gummybear00 said:
I've tried the camera on stock lg rom and 4.4.2 on PA, both pictures look terrible compared to the Nexus 5's camera with HDR mode.
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lol what? the nexus 5 is a g2 with a worse camera so how does that work?
lionheart2092 said:
lol what? the nexus 5 is a g2 with a worse camera so how does that work?
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Random noobs that flame a device they buy. I never understand people buying a phone and just complains.
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TheHaso said:
Random noobs that flame a device they buy. I never understand people buying a phone and just complains.
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personally i think the camera is pretty decent on the g2 id imagine the lumia ones are better obviously but fail to see another phone thats better than the g2's
lmao. random noobs who haven't even used the other device talking about comparison? what do you know? nothing.. keep theorycrafting.
the nexus 5 has an optimized camera app that has better image stabilization and HDR+ mode that actually works by taking 5 pictures and combining it into a much crisper picture compared to normal mode. the HDR mode in the G2 looks practically the same in terms of sharpness and quality.
gummybear00 said:
I've tried the camera on stock lg rom and 4.4.2 on PA, both pictures look terrible compared to the Nexus 5's camera with HDR mode.
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I'm the opposite heh, I returned my Nexus 5 and picked up a G2 and think the pictures from the G2 look considerably better, in anything but great lightning. Outside with great lighting I think both create very good photos. Additionally, while the software part on the G2 isn't great it's still well ahead of the camera software on the Nexus, which is about as bare bones basic as you can get.
gummybear00 said:
lmao. random noobs who haven't even used the other device talking about comparison? what do you know? nothing.. keep theorycrafting.
the nexus 5 has an optimized camera app that has better image stabilization and HDR+ mode that actually works by taking 5 pictures and combining it into a much crisper picture compared to normal mode. the HDR mode in the G2 looks practically the same in terms of sharpness and quality.
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I have tried both phones. One does not need to be Einstein to see the difference.
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TheHaso said:
I have tried both phones. One does not need to be Einstein to see the difference.
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I think it actually only uses 3 pictures though. But not sure. I saw in a review that it uses 3 with 4.4.2 to make it faster a little. But it still turns out great. I personally can't see the difference in pictures unless placed side by side but that's just me I think since I don't really pay too close detail.
One thing I want to say is video on the nexus 5 is terrible unless full day light and even then not very good. It darkens it so much (which I think is software) but it's practically unusable with out lots of light because of that. Hopefully Google fixes that
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Is the image stabilization a hardware feature? Like, in the VS980 version of the G2, does image stabilization work when using AOSP-based KitKat roms and the default AOSP camera?
The Lenovo Supercamera or whatever it's called will blow you away mate.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/szwk43z5gio6b37/Super Camera.apk
That one is in my Dropbox, it's the same APK from the thread in Apps & Games section.
I think they renamed it to Lenovo SNAPit too, not sure.
Change it to 13MP in the settings menu too, because it's set lower as default.
Here are some shots I just took (huge images)
https://hostr.co/file/zukavQ8oIGG9/2014222105859.jpg
https://hostr.co/file/bRNv2kfDSXsr/2014222105913.jpg
https://hostr.co/file/jl9OeLx4HQxK/2014222110042.jpg
Not a photographer so they might look ****, I don't know lol.
I'm disappointed too with g2 camera (d802), it is extremely slow and in low light it is impossible to take pictures. Then I installed aosp roms and things got worse. Here some pics, taken in very low light with aosp camera (android 4.4.2) but even with stock rom camera I can not obtain decent results.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hi74s269d37jqbg/Dvu99ChNTA
I know that the quality of the photos taken on AOSP cannot possibly be as good as the ones on Touchwiz based ROMs unless the camera application is ever successfully ported over somehow.
Personally, I really hate Touchwiz and I like this phone because of this big beautiful screen.
However, amongst the camera applications available for us AOSP users, which one do you think takes the best quality images? It can be either paid or free.
I am currently using Dirty Unicorns, which has been a pretty awesome custom ROM for me.
Been using Google Camera before. But find that some shots sometimes were over exposure. I'm using Manual Camera now, will give it a try in the next couple of days.