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026 Improved camera quality?

Greetings everyone,
I am running now the 026 Generic firmware and i noticed that my photo quality improved a lot from 020.
Also during night my photos are actually pretty nice.
Here are some photos with the 026.
If anyone can share opinions or facts .. thanks.
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You just wanna show off your house don't you.
Lighting is very important though.

They really have to fix this. My k850i makes better shots than this. I hope they fixed the zoom and focus in the update. When I try to make a shot if a document, I can't read it. When it focuses the letters become readable for a second but when you shoot its vague.
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Try using the Vignette app for this. In my experience, the problem is less about focus and more about compression: the built-in camera app compresses the images way too much and there's no way to change it. If you use Vignette you can set the images to superfine and things get ALOT better - I can capture small typeface at some distance and still find it legible.
Of course, I would prefer it if the SE camera app worked better itself to prevent users having to invest in a separate app...

Wow... +1 for the Vignette app....
Just done a little experiment...
(Its a picture of my screen, which i thought would show the quality difference more obviously)
I have cropped the same part of the screen in each.
Jon

Left is vignette, right?
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Gentimp said:
Left is vignette, right?
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Yep! When you click the images, it says "Vignette" at the bottom.
It's not a bad little app. The interface could really use some work, but, it does its job.

But it is SLOOOW, I have tried that app today and from shutter pressing to saved photo it takes like 5 seconds ! I have puted it on 8 mpix.

damirbusic said:
But it is SLOOOW, I have tried that app today and from shutter pressing to saved photo it takes like 5 seconds ! I have puted it on 8 mpix.
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Doesn't take that long for me..if you include the time it takes to process the image(which it does in the background) then yeah, it is something like 5 seconds per image

Vignette is super slow here too, that's why I stopped using it. If I try and take a few pics in fairly quick succession it practically grinds to a halt for atleast 30 seconds. Also had a nasty habit of losing images for me.
The se camera does not do this, but, as already stated, it is lower quality. Really need both apps and use whichever is suitable for the task at hand, but this is not a very good compromise.
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[Q] Snapchat 2.0.0

Alright with the new snapchat update, we are able to log-in. The only problem is that instead of automatically using the front camera, it tries to use the non-existent back camera, and there is no option to switch cameras. Any way to force it to use front camera?

Making some progress...
At least snapchat halfway works. I have contacted the snapchat support but they told me to reinstall the app. I will try to get another response today.

I really wish snap chat was working for the nexus 7 ( I really don't like using my p500 for snap chat) I will talk to the devs about it today, maybe even providing them with a log etc..
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Well I tried, I guess what we have to do is just be patient and wait. I'd like to say that the support for snap chat emailed me back within 45 mins.
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What I'm guessing is that since they are still introducing a lot of new features in snap chat, more device support will be coming (soon I bet) be patient, our device will get there eventually.
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Actually today after viewing a snap i had gotten from my friend, i went to the camera to see if it would magically work and i saw the switch to front camera icon. I pressed it, then it crashed.

It Works!
Just sideloaded snapchat 2.1 and the camera works now!!!
Only problem that the picture is flipped the wrong way.

Just sideloaded snapchat 2.1 and the camera works now!!!
Only problem that the picture is flipped the wrong way.
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Lol i was just about to come here and say that!!! It's no big deal, we just have to take upside-down pictures!
Edit: Actually it looks like the app FC's when you want to send videos, but camera i good enough for me!

dragid10 said:
Lol i was just about to come here and say that!!! It's no big deal, we just have to take upside-down pictures!
Edit: Actually it looks like the app FC's when you want to send videos, but camera i good enough for me!
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You can also just flip the nexus 7 upside down or sideways to take pictures.

Sony Xperia Album apk

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223478
this .APK i got the from nexus 4 forum. installed it on my oppo and works great! really like this gallery alot better than the stock oppo and stock jelly bean gallery
swipe left and right to make the photo's in the gallery smaller or larger!
taken from the Nexus 4 thread posted bye _Sparks
_Sparks said:
UPDATE (31/05/2013): Updated to latest version of Album. v3.2.A.0.30 DOWNLOAD NOW!
Fixed sharing - You can now share pictures!
All the latest and greatest features and UI changes by Sony
Welcome again guys,
This time I would like to present you with the Sony Xperia Album!
This is one of the best gallery apps out there. I recommend all Nexus 4 users to try this out, because installation is very easy.
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Instructions
This is very easy to install. Just install the apk using a file explorer.
Bugs
As far as bugs the only problem is the sharing functionality - which doesn't seem to work for the time being.
None so far ​
Download Latest Update!
Dev-Host Link
This has been tried and tested on the Nexus 4
PLEASE ALWAYS LINK TO THIS THREAD WHEN SHARING
This app has great animations when viewing pictures and it is also a very great tool for GeoTagging pictures (much better than the ones in the Play Store).
Show some appreciation and click that "Thanks" button!
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Any bugs?

brakke97 said:
Any bugs?
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Just that as i can tell, it's fullscreen fulltime.

How to hide pictures?
.nomedia doesn't work
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Replacement
Wait... will this replace the stock Gallery app or will it just be an added on app?
Can it be installed on Chinese Color OS?

Added app
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I have a problem because album and showing pictures of different games and igo navigation how to remove

Put a file in called .nomedia for the folders you want hidden
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I do not know how to do it because the album-picture images collected from various programs (igo)

O.K.I managed

Thank you it works!!!!
WhiteSRT69 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223478
this .APK i got the from nexus 4 forum. installed it on my oppo and works great! really like this gallery alot better than the stock oppo and stock jelly bean gallery
swipe left and right to make the photo's in the gallery smaller or larger!
taken from the Nexus 4 thread posted bye _Sparks
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Works flawlessly on my note 3.

Works very slow in stock rom 1.0.5i .
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Bug?
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think I found a bug. On my Xperia E (stock, rooted) everything works except when I'm trying to set the lockscreen picture, album opens but force closes when I pick the photo.
Keep up the good work.

Great!
cool it works from samsung galaxy s2 plus gt-i9105p

[APP] VSCO Cam - Camera app

I now read about this app in a Phonearena article. Does anyone with a Nexus 5 want to try it ?
Just wanted to let you all know about this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam
http://www.phonearena.com/news/One-of-iOS-finest-photography-apps-VSCO-Cam-is-now-on-Android_id49979

Just tried it. It's alright. Not a lot of options in the camera itself. You have to go into the apps gallery to edit the photos, as well as export them into the main gallery of the device. Images look decent and capture seems quicker than stock.

Love it so far. A good amount of filters and plenty of tweaks. Played with it for a couple minutes at the bar last night and was satisfied with what I got: http://imgur.com/ml4deJx

It's a pretty nice app. The design has a slight learning curve as it's not quite holo and the back button behavior needs to be fixed. But the filters are excellent. They are much less destructive than the ones you see in instragram et al. VSCO has a very good reputation making pro level Lightroom presets which emulate specific film types.

Where is the zoom??? I didn't play w/ it much before I uninstalled, but I'll be damned if I could figure out how to zoom. I've tried a few cam apps so far, but still like stock better than this one........JMO.

mad4some said:
Where is the zoom??? I didn't play w/ it much before I uninstalled, but I'll be damned if I could figure out how to zoom. I've tried a few cam apps so far, but still like stock better than this one........JMO.
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Just crop the photo after shooting. That is all digital zoom does anyway.

Anybody else have the problem where after you export an image to the gallery, the gallery crashes until you delete the image via a file browser?

I dont get similar quality as with stock cam. Its worse compared to it. Am i doing something wrong?
Vsco cam
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Stock cam
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
Vsco
Stock
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sadly tapatalk has too much compression in uploading pictures. u cant see the real difference in here
stock is much more sharper with nearly no noise. i have very much noise with this vsco app and cant get rid of it in the options

Different Camera Comparisons

Hey guys I have not seen a post like this so I am creating it. Basically i took the same picture with the same setting with different apps to see comparison I am on CM 12.1 so no stock camera.
Camera Next
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Camera Zoom
Camera FV5
Google Cam

Nice... Could you do the same test but with night shots?
Thanksss!!
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Thanks , can you add XCam too.

woow! Google camera is well optimized, camera fv5 is good too...but to have a better comparison of course need to have the LG Camera of stock firmware, i know you dont have it but for people who are in stock with stock camera app isnt fair to do this comparison!
one last question, im on stock, as everyone know the original camera dont have advanced controls like ISO, brightness, ambient light, so, which of this 4 cameras have those functions? because i didnt install them, and i feel my stock camera is taking photos with so much noise i dont know why!
thanks

copy2050 said:
woow! Google camera is well optimized, camera fv5 is good too...but to have a better comparison of course need to have the LG Camera of stock firmware, i know you dont have it but for people who are in stock with stock camera app isnt fair to do this comparison!
one last question, im on stock, as everyone know the original camera dont have advanced controls like ISO, brightness, ambient light, so, which of this 4 cameras have those functions? because i didnt install them, and i feel my stock camera is taking photos with so much noise i dont know why!
thanks
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Use XCam, it's the stock camera with those controls.

eyeLUVAndroid said:
Thanks , can you add XCam too.
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He's on cm , so no xcam unless he flash stock rom back.
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Hey guys I Just moved back to cloudy 1.2 (Personal favorite) and I have been busy this couple of days, so maybe this weekend I will take the pictures with those cameras stock and xcam again and maybe with an object that has more color so we can check the saturation and low light pictures too.

You should use this mod, V1 to be exact, located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/themes-apps/optimized-lg-g3-camera-mod-lollipop-t3009111 and then install this camera, lenovo super camera, located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665714 and try a comparison image. I am anxious to see, because just from my use and viewing I see a major increase in quality with this mod anc camera. I have been using it from the beginning on LG G3 with CM or AOSP based ROMs.