Hi,
searching the forums and google there was really nothing to be found about raw photos on the Nexus 4 or Android in general.
Maybe someone here knows if there is a App/hack that enables it, or has some technical knowledge about Android internals and if it is even possible.
Any information is very welcome, maybe there is even more quality to get from the camera with simple software?
Regards
user
PS: If you do not know about raw photos or why they are great, many details are here. Short Version: You can edit photos way better than Jpeg and they keep more quality.
Yes I'm intrigued by this as well. More than happy to put up with larger RAW sizes and post processing if it gives even a 20% boost to final image quality.
As far as I know, Google did not updated the nexus 4 camera api to the new lollipop version, so it will not be possible to get the most of it, like RAW shots or manual controls. It's a shame.
(My source is the thread in the L camera github page where they're talking about this.)
L Camera
It seems like not all nexus devices are supported..
Check out the L Camera App forum..
max.spock said:
It seems like not all nexus devices are supported..
Check out the L Camera App forum..
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Thanks
daglesj said:
Thanks
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so will developers enable it?
The quality of photos in my N4 is **** ! every pic I take is blurry even when visualised on computer, I think the problem is hardware and taking RAW pics wont make it any far better !
I hope someone can implement the code for the Note3 to shoot raw photos. This camera is killer and will even be better with raw.
Can anyone help me out? Thanks Adam
What is the best way to make bracketing. With Huawei camera there is no function for bracketing. With camera fv-5 app it's not working probably and it is even not possible to set the shutter speed. Any suggestions?
Not sure why you need bracketing if u can see the image before shooting.
Or you can shoot in raw and edit the pictures later.
gm007 said:
Not sure why you need bracketing if u can see the image before shooting.
Or you can shoot in raw and edit the pictures later.
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HDR
scook94 said:
HDR
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The camera has hdr option,and with raw you can manipulate the image as you want.
Use the shadows and highlight in Photoshop.
I know, but it's no where near as good as taking, say, 7 images at -3eV through +3eV and combining them in an HDR program or app.
scook94 said:
I know, but it's no where near as good as taking, say, 7 images at -3eV through +3eV and combining them in an HDR program or app.
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True,so he need to take them manually one by one
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True,so he need to take them manually one by one
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Yup. He'll need a tripod though...
Thanks for answering
I need it for photos spheres in HDR as I wrote in an other thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-plus/how-to/photo-sphere-focus-t3611563
I use tripod and nodal adapter and shoot single images and stitch it in ptgui.
I would love to do it all on Huawei p10 plus but somehow the results are blurry when I use streetview app camera.
https://goo.gl/photos/Xmdi4FpsTwi22wbt7
So bracketing is not possible on Huawei p10 plus. So I tried to stitch fotos in raw but they don't have exif data. Ptgui needs this information. Huawei makes it not easy to make photo-spheres.
Hello.
Could you post two identical photos to see the difference between a photo taken with gcam in 12 mpx and one with the magisk module of 48 mpx activated?
I ask you this because it is the only reason why I could unlock my mi9t firmware.
Thank you.
alessa said:
Hello.
Could you post two identical photos to see the difference between a photo taken with gcam in 12 mpx and one with the magisk module of 48 mpx activated?
I ask you this because it is the only reason why I could unlock my mi9t firmware.
Thank you.
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In 48px mode, the camera wass lagger, auto focus was slower and hard to focus. The different was only when you zoom.
alessa said:
Hello.
Could you post two identical photos to see the difference between a photo taken with gcam in 12 mpx and one with the magisk module of 48 mpx activated?
I ask you this because it is the only reason why I could unlock my mi9t firmware.
Thank you.
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Both are 12mp, but the 48mp is a fake mode to render the pics in a higher resolution. But it will lose definition
So you advised me not to unlock my mi9t for that because it is not worth it is it?
Thank you for your advice, but I would still like to give me my opinion so, I will still wait for a comparative photo ?
alessa said:
So you advised me not to unlock my mi9t for that because it is not worth it is it?
Thank you for your advice, but I would still like to give me my opinion so, I will still wait for a comparative photo
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/vc25nlpx4lr1e4n/IMG_20200216_102919.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/view/hy3vt6x8tm1hc5g/IMG_20200216_102741.jpg
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/vc25nlpx4lr1e4n/IMG_20200216_102919.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/view/hy3vt6x8tm1hc5g/IMG_20200216_102741.jpg
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Thanks, and what is the 48mpx?
EDITk i saw ? one last little request, can you take a picture of a close object like a flower or a statue etc ...
I hope I don't ask too much ...
alessa said:
Thanks, and what is the 48mpx?
EDITk i saw one last little request, can you take a picture of a close object like a flower or a statue etc ...
I hope I don't ask too much ...
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/aa9uv1tv2691rn1/IMG_20200326_080108.jpg#
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Thankyou so mutch?
The difference is really minimal, it is especially at the time of the zoom but otherwise the image as a whole is practically identical in quality..
In my tests, using raw files, there was a decent amount of difference. but again, the "need" for the extra detail is very rare. 12mp raw is good enough. I enable the 48mp only in special occasions.
will post a few tests tomorrow
malowz said:
In my tests, using raw files, there was a decent amount of difference. but again, the "need" for the extra detail is very rare. 12mp raw is good enough. I enable the 48mp only in special occasions.
will post a few tests tomorrow
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What about night mode photos? Is there a difference?
12mp resized 2x bicubic and cropped 100% to make them the same size for comparison. ignore contrast/color/adjustments between raw and jpeg, as it is more about detail then raw processing settings.
raw taken with latest Urnyx05 GCam, jpeg taken with ANXcamera (basically the same as stock camera)
jpeg 12mp:
https://i.imgur.com/1nq8yHw.jpg
jpeg 48mp:
https://i.imgur.com/m3VmSE1.jpg
raw 12mp:
https://i.imgur.com/ASRvvYa.jpg
raw 48:
https://i.imgur.com/LpHl5ip.jpg
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What about night mode photos? Is there a difference?
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will test tonight.
malowz said:
12mp resized 2x bicubic and cropped 100% to make them the same size for comparison. ignore contrast/color/adjustments between raw and jpeg, as it is more about detail then raw processing settings.
raw taken with latest Urnyx05 GCam, jpeg taken with ANXcamera (basically the same as stock camera)
jpeg 12mp:
https://i.imgur.com/1nq8yHw.jpg
jpeg 48mp:
https://i.imgur.com/m3VmSE1.jpg
raw 12mp:
https://i.imgur.com/ASRvvYa.jpg
raw 48:
https://i.imgur.com/LpHl5ip.jpg
will test tonight.
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kevineddu sei tu?
alessa said:
kevineddu sei tu?
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????
i only speak portuguese and "half english".
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i only speak portuguese and "half english".
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Sorry i thought it was someone else ?
in my tests, night shot does not benefit from using raw nor 48mp raw, as the raw does not have the result of the night shot processing, so the jpeg result is wayyy better and cleaner than the raw.
you need a lot of cleaning and filtering to the raw to make it look good.
also, with the 48mp module enable you get artifacts on the image and preview if the ISO gets to high.
so, in summary, no, 48mp is not useful for low light.
if your scene is "stationary", and you have a tripod, a photo with long shutter time is miles better, as you can get a super clean image from a night scene. But gcam does not have manual options, so another app is necessary, like hedgecam2. also, the 48mp module allow doubling the shutter time (60s from 30s original) so you can take very slow and super clean night images, for stationary scenes and tripod use.
but i don't know if there is an app to allow 48mp raw and manual adjustments, to have a 48mp raw night image. hedgecam can do manual with 48mp jpeg + 12mp raw only, but if you enable the magisk 48mp module and shoot raw, it crashes hedgecam
hedgecam2 + gcam + ANXCamera + 48mp module, are the "almost complete" package to take the best you can from mi 9t
Is it possible to take raw photos with 108MP if rooted?
Hamzah0101 said:
Is it possible to take raw photos with 108MP if rooted?
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Raw uses 108mp sensor anyway
*Detection* said:
Raw uses 108mp sensor anyway
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When cropped, isn't the 108MP photo looks better?
Hamzah0101 said:
When cropped, isn't the 108MP photo looks better?
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in ideal situation (day....), sometimes yes because samsung not use the correct software for the 108mp (compared to xiaomi )
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in ideal situation (day....), sometimes yes because samsung not use the correct software for the 108mp (compared to xiaomi )
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The resolution is different. If with rooting you can control almost every aspect of your device, can we take a raw photo and still keep the same resolution as 108MP photo?