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[Q] Camera Issues: Skewed Images

Is it just me or has anyone noticed that the photos taken with the default camera app is a little skewed at the edges?
The camera is great for macro shots but when shots are taken from a distance, I can't help but notice that the subjects on the edges get distorted or stretched.
It would be nice if we shared our experiences on this. After all, this phone was touted to have the best camera at the time of the launch.
Thanks.

Hubriss said:
Is it just me or has anyone noticed that the photos taken with the default camera app is a little skewed at the edges?
The camera is great for macro shots but when shots are taken from a distance, I can't help but notice that the subjects on the edges get distorted or stretched.
It would be nice if we shared our experiences on this. After all, this phone was touted to have the best camera at the time of the launch.
Thanks.
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yes ur right macro shots are awesome but normal pics clicked are blurred at edges..dont have a solution for it...

Any Alternative???
GTARaja said:
yes ur right macro shots are awesome but normal pics clicked are blurred at edges..dont have a solution for it...
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Any Alternative apps for batter camera results???

Kaushik89 said:
Any Alternative apps for batter camera results???
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ive used Lenovo Snap it and share it

GTARaja said:
ive used Lenovo Snap it and share it
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I feel this may be a hardware issue and not just a software glitch as I have noticed the same distortions with the in-built Charm Cam App. It could possibly have something to do with the lens alignments or maybe it's just an isolated case with my phone. But I have no means to verify my allegations as I don't have another phone to carry out comparisons.
In any case, I request other owners to please share your findings with regards to the image quality on this camera.

Hubriss said:
I feel this may be a hardware issue and not just a software glitch as I have noticed the same distortions with the in-built Charm Cam App. It could possibly have something to do with the lens alignments or maybe it's just an isolated case with my phone. But I have no means to verify my allegations as I don't have another phone to carry out comparisons.
In any case, I request other owners to please share your findings with regards to the image quality on this camera.
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The primary reason i found for noise is that iso gets too high in auto mode.it might just be software issue. But we dont have other phone with same hardware(OV 16825)
Since kernal sources are avilable i hope they provide some light
Also as the camera is capable of [email protected] 60fps i would like if some dev removes this constrain of [email protected]
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I took a 1080p video and found no distortion along edges this in theory proves it is not due to hardware problem i.e. lens alingment

dhirajranger said:
The primary reason i found for noise is that iso gets too high in auto mode.it might just be software issue. But we dont have other phone with same hardware(OV 16825)
Since kernal sources are avilable i hope they provide some light
Also as the camera is capable of [email protected] 60fps i would like if some dev removes this constrain of [email protected]
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I took a 1080p video and found no distortion along edges this in theory proves it is not due to hardware problem i.e. lens alingment
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dont know why peaople want a 4k video mostly dont have 4k tvs. even if you record with 4k it will definatly come shaky and we dont have image stablization in our phone.

DeceptiPrime said:
dont know why peaople want a 4k video mostly dont have 4k tvs. even if you record with 4k it will definatly come shaky and we dont have image stablization in our phone.
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who said we dont have image stabilization...check the ov16825 details on website..it has EIS..i know its not that great compared to OIS or OIS+...and for ur question y ppl want 4k videos...they can record 4k videos which they can preserve as a memory for later on...why we click pics record video for capturing memory only na...i know getting a 4k TV is not easy as it cost too much...but if the system has the functionality why cant we enable it with the powers of devs...

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who said we dont have image stabilization...check the ov16825 details on website..it has EIS..i know its not that great compared to OIS or OIS+...and for ur question y ppl want 4k videos...they can record 4k videos which they can preserve as a memory for later on...why we click pics record video for capturing memory only na...i know getting a 4k TV is not easy as it cost too much...but if the system has the functionality why cant we enable it with the powers of devs...
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lets see wat devs can do

DeceptiPrime said:
lets see wat devs can do
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was trying to compile the kernel using ndk and msm_8974.deconfig file....but no success

GTARaja said:
was trying to compile the kernel using ndk and msm_8974.deconfig file....but no success
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maybe gionee itself give us what we want in kitkat4.4.2 ?

DeceptiPrime said:
maybe gionee itself give us what we want in kitkat4.4.2 ?
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bt a running cm11 opens the door for many custom roms like PAC, AOKP,Carbon,MIUI etc etc

Camera samples

Now that we have gotten past the rooted camera issue, let see what people can do with 20.7 megapixels of sony goodness.
So I'll start.
Taken using the Google camera App photosphere mode

Lambo at the diner!

Burlingtonrox said:
Now that we have gotten past the rooted camera issue, let see what people can do with 20.7 megapixels of sony goodness.
So I'll start.
Taken using the Google camera App photosphere mode
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What do you mean "gotten past" the issue? My understanding is there is no current solution

Burlingtonrox said:
Now that we have gotten past the rooted camera issue, let see what people can do with 20.7 megapixels of sony goodness.
So I'll start.
Taken using the Google camera App photosphere mode
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Looks quite amazing that:good:

Ray_Banci said:
Lambo at the diner!
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Is this on a bootloader locked phone?

King p1n said:
Looks quite amazing that:good:
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Why are there blurred out spots through out the picture? (Like by the graffiti on the rocks.)

unk3 said:
Why are there blurred out spots through out the picture? (Like by the graffiti on the rocks.)
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Same question, do you have any more samples to share in full resolution? Thanks!

Some samples
Hello all.
I've had the device for around 2 weeks now, so I can't say I have mastered it.
My experience says that It is definitely not as easy as an iPhone that you just point and shoot and 9 out of 10 you will get a good photo.
This phone/sensor has great capabilities BUT you need to work on the settings.
Here are some samples from these 2 weeks I have been using it.
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SAMPLES HERE
More will be added in time.

Did you use the default camera app, or maybe some alternatives? I like ProCapture, but the focus speed and overall snappiness is better with stock camera app.
Nice pictures thou, the manual mode selection and exposure compenstaion is really visible.

bengadget said:
Is this on a bootloader locked phone?
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Yes, I don't need root as one doesn't need battery improving tweaks on this phone.
unk3 said:
Why are there blurred out spots through out the picture? (Like by the graffiti on the rocks.)
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What you see is a not focused picture stitched into the pano. Third party cameras like google camera sometimes doesn't focus correctly, they don't wait long enough for the focus on this phone.
payaxy said:
Same question, do you have any more samples to share in full resolution? Thanks!
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None that are good.

Burlingtonrox said:
Yes, I don't need root as one doesn't need battery improving tweaks on this phone.
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Since this is on a locked bootloader, I would like to point out that I've created such a topic already in the Themes and Apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/themes-apps/post-pictures-xperia-z3-compact-t2889119

There already is a thread for this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/themes-apps/post-pictures-xperia-z3-compact-t2889119
Thread closed.

#shotonz2plus..

Hey guys. Can u share ur best snaps taken from zuk z2.. Just to analyse its capability.

#shotonz2plus

Sareen279 said:
#shotonz2plus
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Wow! is that using GCAM? This has given a new camera definition to our dear Z2

Shinichi Kudo said:
Wow! is that using GCAM? This has given a new camera definition to our dear Z2
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Yes... That has been shot using GCam... Also the portraits via front cam are excellent... I can vouch for that... If u want I can put up a portrait here as well...
The 2nd photo here has been shot in artificial lighting

Sareen279 said:
Yes... That has been shot using GCam... Also the portraits via front cam are excellent... I can vouch for that... If u want I can put up a portrait here as well...
The 2nd photo here has been shot in artificial lighting
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Really marvellous. GCAM is really the gamechanger for the Z2 Photography at least. thankfully all the features are native supported. A big thanks to Zuk too for their sources

I am no good photographer and really casual at such sort. Here are a few recent pics I got on my zuk.
#shotonz2plus
Pixel Experience 9 8/11 build
Gcam Arnova's v8.3b1.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/GCam-5.1.018-Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-V8.3b1.apk

Sareen279 said:
Yes... That has been shot using GCam... Also the portraits via front cam are excellent... I can vouch for that... If u want I can put up a portrait here as well...
The 2nd photo here has been shot in artificial lighting
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what version of gcam are you using if possible plz provide link for the same
also specify the settings like input model ,hdr parameters,etc

mendax99 said:
what version of gcam are you using if possible plz provide link for the same
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Arnova's Pixel3Mod 1.4 https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/GCam_5.3.015-Pixel3Mod-Arnova8G2-1.4.apk
This one... But now I've shifted to latest Arnova's Pixel3Mod 6.1.013 1.1 version

#shot on z2plus
Shot this now after seeing this blog

dknsb said:
#shot on z2plus
Shot this now after seeing this blog
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wow what g cam version you use and which rom please?
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Shinichi Kudo said:
I am no good photographer and really casual at such sort. Here are a few recent pics I got on my zuk.
#shotonz2plus[/QUOTE
please anyone share pics put the gcam version and the rom he/she use
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dknsb said:
#shot on z2plus
Shot this now after seeing this blog
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Incredible shot.

mouadh97 said:
wow what g cam version you use and which rom please?
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Shinichi Kudo said:
I am no good photographer and really casual at such sort. Here are a few recent pics I got on my zuk.
#shotonz2plus[/QUOTE
please anyone share pics put the gcam version and the rom he/she use
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It is gcam 5.1.018 pixel 2 mod
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mendax99 said:
what version of gcam are you using if possible plz provide link for the same
also specify the settings like input model ,hdr parameters,etc
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Updated. Parameters were mixed...whatever looked better on screen.
The pics look better as original. These are Google's compressed versions as I am a flashaholic and clean everything. ?

I know it's not that good but I didn't see any night shots so I shared this one ....
BTW it's without night sight

samartht said:
I know it's not that good but I didn't see any night shots so I shared this one ....
BTW it's without night sight
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The one which I have posted in post no. 2 is also shot at night??

Sareen279 said:
The one which I have posted in post no. 2 is also shot at night??
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Yeah I noticed

Check these out!

I made soms pretty pictures to. Ik used gcam mod
Edit: sorry i can't upload Any pictures

Night Sight mode is working like magic on this phone ??... Below is the example of photo shot in night Sight with another one in normal mode!!
#shotonz2plus

Sareen279 said:
Night Sight mode is working like magic on this phone ??... Below is the example of photo shot in night Sight with another one in normal mode!!
#shotonz2plus
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Yeah it's pretty impressive

Redmi Note 7 Global Version - Camera light issue

Hello,
I would like to ask if anyone has encountered the following issue:
When I try to make night photos with light gathering in Pro mode, the camera gathers too much light. Now I try the following settings: WB - Auto; Focus Auto/100; Shutter 4/8/16 seconds; ISO 100 in 48 MP mode. Now what I get with this configuration is too much light absorption. Pictures get really yellow and bright around any light sources. This makes taking pictures of car taillight trail for example impossible.
Now before you say to try different settings - I have. I also have the PRO version of the phone, and pictures are being way way better with the exact same settings. I will upload some examples as soon as I have them on my PC.
Has anyone encountered such an issue with the stock cam app?? Any way to fix it?? Any better cam app that might help out?? Can this be a faulty camera all together and should I contact the seller? (phone bought from China so you can figure how that will go).
Thank you very much in advance

surfistche said:
Hello,
I would like to ask if anyone has encountered the following issue:
When I try to make night photos with light gathering in Pro mode, the camera gathers too much light. Now I try the following settings: WB - Auto; Focus Auto/100; Shutter 4/8/16 seconds; ISO 100 in 48 MP mode. Now what I get with this configuration is too much light absorption. Pictures get really yellow and bright around any light sources. This makes taking pictures of car taillight trail for example impossible.
Now before you say to try different settings - I have. I also have the PRO version of the phone, and pictures are being way way better with the exact same settings. I will upload some examples as soon as I have them on my PC.
Has anyone encountered such an issue with the stock cam app?? Any way to fix it?? Any better cam app that might help out?? Can this be a faulty camera all together and should I contact the seller? (phone bought from China so you can figure how that will go).
Thank you very much in advance
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i had exposure problems!
but i used gcam and the camera of lightroom for normal usage and its been good so far
the images of stock camera felt lil bit unnatural to me
yeah! gcam and camera of lightroom would be good
the video recording was too much annoying for me mainly for the crop and noise in the video
and ive been using open camera for video recording which is producin 100 times better result than stock one
even gcam had problem with video recording

sthabi129 said:
i had exposure problems!
but i used gcam and the camera of lightroom for normal usage and its been good so far
the images of stock camera felt lil bit unnatural to me
yeah! gcam and camera of lightroom would be good
the video recording was too much annoying for me mainly for the crop and noise in the video
and ive been using open camera for video recording which is producin 100 times better result than stock one
even gcam had problem with video recording
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Thank you very much. Do I need the phone rooted to use those??Also can you provide links for the gcam / opencamera video recording apps, as well as any configuration you find good?
It just seems strange that 2 phones with presumably same sensor, can make such different photos with the same settings. Yes one is RN7 and the other is RN7P, but still they should have identical cameras.
Thank you in advance!

surfistche said:
Thank you very much. Do I need the phone rooted to use those??Also can you provide links for the gcam / opencamera video recording apps, as well as any configuration you find good?
It just seems strange that 2 phones with presumably same sensor, can make such different photos with the same settings. Yes one is RN7 and the other is RN7P, but still they should have identical cameras.
Thank you in advance!
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well you can find open camera and lightroom in play store which will work completely fine
for the gcam im using i'll surely again reply with the link in it.
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sthabi129 said:
well you can find open camera and lightroom in play store which will work completely fine
for the gcam im using i'll surely again reply with the link in it.
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https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_6.1.021_N7P_test2.6.apk
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giigigii

sthabi129 said:
well you can find open camera and lightroom in play store which will work completely fine
for the gcam im using i'll surely again reply with the link in it.
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giigigii
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Thank you very much! I will test it out and post some results!

sthabi129 said:
well you can find open camera and lightroom in play store which will work completely fine
for the gcam im using i'll surely again reply with the link in it.
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giigigii
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surfistche said:
Thank you very much! I will test it out and post some results!
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will be looking forward to it
did you get the gcam link?

surfistche said:
It just seems strange that 2 phones with presumably same sensor, can make such different photos with the same settings. Yes one is RN7 and the other is RN7P, but still they should have identical cameras.
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that is fundamentally incorrect. it's almost as if saying all 12mp sensors on every mainstream phone out there should be same as they output the same 12mp images.
rn7 has samsung isocell gm-1 sensor, which is unproven compared to the sony imx586 on the rn7p. there will be differences for sure.

NightRaven49 said:
that is fundamentally incorrect. it's almost as if saying all 12mp sensors on every mainstream phone out there should be same as they output the same 12mp images.
rn7 has samsung isocell gm-1 sensor, which is unproven compared to the sony imx586 on the rn7p. there will be differences for sure.
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Hmmm I thought both versions of the phones use the same Sony sensor. Was I wrong in assuming that? I'm pretty sure that's what I've red in the review of the phone.

surfistche said:
Was I wrong in assuming that?
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yes.
https://www.quora.com/Can-you-speci...e-7-have-pixel-binning/answer/Soham-Hudnurkar
china rn7, global rn7 and indian rn7s are the same.

About camera quality

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well.
I've been wondering if there is any way to switch from MIUI to another room but retaining the same camera quality, I've tried with LOS 16, Pixel experience and xiaomi.eu with the anx camera mod, they're all really awesome ROMs but I've noticed that the camera quality is a little bit worse in detail and color than the stock rom one at best.
I'll be thankful if anyone could guide me in this subject.
Thank you for your time. Cheers.

Why don't you try a camera app with full manual controls?
Like Snap Camera HDR, it's awesome & takes great pics.

Mohamedkam000 said:
Why don't you try a camera app with full manual controls?
Like Snap Camera HDR, it's awesome & takes great pics.
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I've tried but can't get any more detail/quality than it has, most of them don't even let me use the 48mp camera. I've heard that it has to do with the camera libraries that aren't open source or something like that. But I would like to know if there's any custom ROM that has the same quality as stock or if there's any way or something to be installed to get that. Or if I'm stuck with MIUI if I want camera performance.
Thank you for your patience, I don't really understand these matters but I'm looking forward to learn by asking.

https://camera.aeonax.com/#predownloads
Test this

joke19 said:
https://camera.aeonax.com/#predownloads
Test this
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Yes, as I said in the first post, I already tried using anx camera but the detail in pictures somehow is not the same, I tested it side by side with a stock RN7 and a LOS16 RN7 both at the same time and there was a lot of detail lost. Maybe I did a bad flashing or something, I don't know, but this loss in detail is normal?
On a side note, is there a module or a zip or something that I can flash in order to make MIUI look more like stock? I don't like the inbuilt theming that it has, as it only reskins the system.
Thank you guys

Psicovirus said:
Yes, as I said in the first post, I already tried using anx camera but the detail in pictures somehow is not the same, I tested it side by side with a stock RN7 and a LOS16 RN7 both at the same time and there was a lot of detail lost. Maybe I did a bad flashing or something, I don't know, but this loss in detail is normal?
On a side note, is there a module or a zip or something that I can flash in order to make MIUI look more like stock? I don't like the inbuilt theming that it has, as it only reskins the system.
Thank you guys
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They say google camera has more details than stock.
ichundwir said:
Hello, first ... The gcam versions are great and much better than the stock cam because much more details in the pic. Big thanks to the developer.
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I tested nearly all..from 6.1 to now 7, from all modders
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But i only see a different in the awb and sharpness up to the lib.
So ..for me.. there is no great different. 7. looks for me like the 6.3 versions (picquality)
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I miss really a pro mode with manual iso and shuttertime.
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That together works for me in no versions from all modders. Is there a chance to get it. Like in the stockcam?
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What you think?
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Best greetings
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Thread link:
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Psicovirus said:
they're all really awesome ROMs but I've noticed that the camera quality is a little bit worse in detail and color than the stock rom one at best..
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GCAM way better. Huge difference to Stock or ANX...
IMHO the trCam 7.2 Mod is the absolute best right now https://t.me/RedmiNote7Photography
Better than Parrot's or Arnova

Don't install modded gcam. They make the phone run slow, takes up memory even when it's not used. Mi camera isn't bad anymore, after all these updates.

Mohamedkam000 said:
They say google camera has more details than stock.
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But the loss of quality is because the camera app or the ROM? That's what I don't understand.
jamespmi said:
GCAM way better. Huge difference to Stock or ANX...
IMHO the trCam 7.2 Mod is the absolute best right now https://t.me/RedmiNote7Photography
Better than Parrot's or Arnova
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I did not know about trCam, can you use the 48MP there?
kennyk09 said:
Don't install modded gcam. They make the phone run slow, takes up memory even when it's not used. Mi camera isn't bad anymore, after all these updates.
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which camera are you using?

I had BSG version on my phone until 2 days ago. I'm not really a camera guy, I don't need 2 cameras on my phone. So I uninstalled. Then I noticed increase in overall snappiness, more free memory, and less storage cache. Also, as I wrote, stock camera was poor in the beginning but now it's not that bad after all these updates.

jamespmi said:
GCAM way better. Huge difference to Stock or ANX...
IMHO the trCam 7.2 Mod is the absolute best right now https://t.me/RedmiNote7Photography
Better than Parrot's or Arnova
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Don't work properly on stock miui 11

vagelis74 said:
Don't work properly on stock miui 11
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So mine is an exception then? Sorry, simply not true your statement
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Psicovirus said:
But the loss of quality is because the camera app or the ROM? That's what I don't understand.
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The loss is because of the camera app
Psicovirus said:
I did not know about trCam, can you use the 48MP there?.
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Some mods have 48MP in manual mode, but the image quality is not appreciable.
Psicovirus said:
which camera are you using?.
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Obviously the wrong one.
Try these kind of photos with the Stock Camera. Good luck.
Since they fixed the depth sensor issue on lavender GCAM mods are dramatically better

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So mine is an exception then? Sorry, simply not true your statement
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The loss is because of the camera app
Some mods have 48MP in manual mode, but the image quality is not appreciable.
Obviously the wrong one.
Try these kind of photos with the Stock Camera. Good luck.
Since they fixed the depth sensor issue on lavender GCAM mods are dramatically better
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I can't create and load xml and there isn't active all the settings on miui 11,this is the same behaviour for me and other guys with stock rom, are you on stock rom?
For me it's the best gcam for lavender but now I am using tr v5

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So mine is an exception then? Sorry, simply not true your statement
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The loss is because of the camera app
Some mods have 48MP in manual mode, but the image quality is not appreciable.
Obviously the wrong one.
Try these kind of photos with the Stock Camera. Good luck.
Since they fixed the depth sensor issue on lavender GCAM mods are dramatically better
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So to summarize, I could be having a custom rom with the same image quality than stock MIUI?

Psicovirus said:
So to summarize, I could be having a custom rom with the same image quality than stock MIUI?
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Or better if you use GCam

Thanks man and to everyone, really appreciated