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X10 stock camera is good... REALLY??

I don't know if its just me. But I find the stock camera app on X10 very hard to use...
It is only nice on a bright sunny day. The shutter lag makes the camera almost unusable under low-light condition or while you're at an indoor space.
Its slow to focus on subject, and even slower for the camera to take a pictureou, leaving you a blurry image because the person has moved...etc.
The camera app that comes with CM roms in my opinion is the best.. photo is instantly taken once you press on shutter. wonder if any devs would be able to port it on to roms based on stock GB?

that is about right for X10....
otherwise, go for DSLR camera.

keijames said:
that is about right for X10....
otherwise, go for DSLR camera.
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X10 camera is good enough with the right app.. but definitely not the stock SE one. It has potential to be there.
asking if any devs are able to port cm6 camera on to SE GB rom

In my opinion The GB stock camera it's better than previous CM roms
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xtbk9999 said:
X10 camera is good enough with the right app.. but definitely not the stock SE one. It has potential to be there.
asking if any devs are able to port cm6 camera on to SE GB rom
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Sorry to tell you but the stock app is superior than any app on the market. Show me what app from the market allows you to control EV+/-
Dont think thats a useless feature.....its what seperates stock cam from any other app.
Ive given lots of pointers as a photgrapher within these forums how to properly get a great image regardless if your lighting is poor.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Sorry to tell you but the stock app is superior than any app on the market. Show me what app from the market allows you to control EV+/-
Dont think thats a useless feature.....its what seperates stock cam from any other app.
Ive given lots of pointers as a photgrapher within this thread how to properly get a great image regardless if your lighting is poor.
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What and how do u access ev controls. Where r they?
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xtbk9999 said:
I don't know if its just me. But I find the stock camera app on X10 very hard to use...
It is only nice on a bright sunny day. The shutter lag makes the camera almost unusable under low-light condition or while you're at an indoor space.
Its slow to focus on subject, and even slower for the camera to take a pictureou, leaving you a blurry image because the person has moved...etc.
The camera app that comes with CM roms in my opinion is the best.. photo is instantly taken once you press on shutter. wonder if any devs would be able to port it on to roms based on stock GB?
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-Use touch capture
-Use the modes! If you want to take a quick picture, go to sports mode, so on and so forth
-Use the EV! It makes the pictures come to life
I have not noticed any camera lag between pressing the shutter and getting the shot...are you on Gingebread? The GB update seems to have sped things up a lot.

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What and how do u access ev controls. Where r they?
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Look or the EV+/- on your camera screen. If you want me to explain how to properly use this feature wait til i get home in about 20 mins.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Look or the EV+/- on your camera screen. If you want me to explain how to properly use this feature wait til i get home in about 20 mins.
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I am the first one waiting^-^
cheers,
L
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laill said:
I am the first one waiting^-^
cheers,
L
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I have just completed a LONG writeup on the X10 camera and features.
Im gonna post it right now.
EDIT: GO HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16233820#post16233820

kantk20111 said:
-Use touch capture
-Use the modes! If you want to take a quick picture, go to sports mode, so on and so forth
-Use the EV! It makes the pictures come to life
I have not noticed any camera lag between pressing the shutter and getting the shot...are you on Gingebread? The GB update seems to have sped things up a lot.
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If you use normal mode for interior without decent lighting, you will see the screen does not respond promptly as you move the camera around different subjects, that's the lag I'm talking about.
Thanks for suggesting sport mode tho..its a lot more responsive. Didn't bothered to try it before.
But what it does really is compensating exposure for the less lag as I've figured...sport mode is unusable without daylight, the image is way too dark.
Yes I'm on GB at the moment, not saying X10 camera is that bad, but it wouldve been so much better if its as fast as the camera included in CM roms
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Guys who dont know EV
its that setting by which you can + or - the lighting in the cam. its on the right hand side in a box with +/- sign.

If you learn the camera correctly, you can take some awesome shots. I still have pictures till this day that people are amazed by the quality and clarity of the photos. The X10 can take the shots you want with patience and practice.
It takes better pics than my ATRIX.
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Voelker45 said:
If you learn the camera correctly, you can take some awesome shots. I still have pictures till this day that people are amazed by the quality and clarity of the photos. The X10 can take the shots you want with patience and practice.
It takes better pics than my ATRIX.
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+100
Its more the photographer than it is the camera.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
+100
Its more the photographer than it is the camera.
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Exactly.
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no problems here, snapped photos and tokk video, no problems.

xtbk9999 said:
I don't know if its just me. But I find the stock camera app on X10 very hard to use...
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Sorry, couldn't resist, but I am just kidding!

My_Immortal said:
Sorry, couldn't resist, but I am just kidding!
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LOL!!!! Nice one
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[Q] question Android 4.2 Nexus 4 360° panoramas

The new model of google smartphone.
they wirte on the selling page"Amazing Photo Sphere camera you’ll have to see to believe.
The first phone with 360° panoramas.
It’s like no camera you’ve ever seen. Up down and all around you, with Nexus 4 it’s more than panoramic, it’s like you’re actually there."
and can anyone show more about the : 360° panoramas about this phone

Check out some examples on Google+: https://plus.google.com/photos/110023707389740934545/albums/5808606988734372865
The images are only a 360°C sphere when uploaded onto Google+, on all other occasions they're just flat huge panorama-like photo's, made of 20+ photo's stitched together.

Has anyone actually managed a perfect picture using this 360 camera app?
If you check those examples. https://plus.google.com/photos/110023707389740934545/albums/5808606988734372865/5815232959605498370
This one ^ This is the similar to the result I get though mine are much worse. The bits where the parts don't match or doubled up....

When I shot a photoshere, it worked in my mobile but when I shared it to Google+, it was like just a photo, without sphere button on it. How did you do it? , sorry for the dumb question.

restlessrob said:
Has anyone actually managed a perfect picture using this 360 camera app?
If you check those examples. https://plus.google.com/photos/110023707389740934545/albums/5808606988734372865/5815232959605498370
This one ^ This is the similar to the result I get though mine are much worse. The bits where the parts don't match or doubled up....
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It's easy to get perfect if you shoot landscapes. I've got some great ones while hiking/snowshoeing. Close up objects are difficult to get right. There is a thread around here somewhere with tips on how to improve your shots. The tip I remember is to keep the phone in the same place in space and rotate it rather than you to get the shot.
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This app right here. Has a bunch of awesome shots.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.kinst.jakub.sphereshare
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since asking the question I have taken quite a few of these Even on Googles how to take them decribes the camera as not being able to do close objects or people. Then I realised it wasn't me messing up
https://plus.google.com/photos/106282274881724123490/albums/5865125087883940049
Here is a load of pics I have taken
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nqk said:
When I shot a photoshere, it worked in my mobile but when I shared it to Google+, it was like just a photo, without sphere button on it. How did you do it? , sorry for the dumb question.
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Has to be an entire globe shot right??

restlessrob said:
Has to be an entire globe shot right??
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Yes, I completed the shot. It works in Gallery and if I copy it to PC and upload to G+ it works too. Dunno what went wrong with either Gallery or G+ in my mobile that prevented me from doing just that.

nqk said:
Yes, I completed the shot. It works in Gallery and if I copy it to PC and upload to G+ it works too. Dunno what went wrong with either Gallery or G+ in my mobile that prevented me from doing just that.
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Ah i dunno. I have share location checked on camera and just use the add to google maps option to share them online
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To get a perfect shot you need to rotate the phone about the lens, and not your body. Now do you see the problem? It's pretty much impossible to achieve without external devices.

snapper.fishes said:
To get a perfect shot you need to rotate the phone about the lens, and not your body. Now do you see the problem? It's pretty much impossible to achieve without external devices.
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And along comes another random user wit useless nonsene
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restlessrob said:
Has anyone actually managed a perfect picture using this 360 camera app?
If you check those examples. https://plus.google.com/photos/110023707389740934545/albums/5808606988734372865/5815232959605498370
This one ^ This is the similar to the result I get though mine are much worse. The bits where the parts don't match or doubled up....
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gazhead said:
And along comes another random user wit useless nonsene
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I was replying to that post about shooting panoramas.
But that was a good comeback I admit.

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And along comes another random user wit useless nonsene
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It may have been more clear what he was replying to if he quoted the post but the point is far from nonsense seeing as it's completely true. The only way to achieve a perfect photosphere is to use the camera lens as the centre of the panorama and rotate the device around that point.

I have quite a few perfect 360° shots by rotating myself not the phone.
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illgodson said:
I have quite a few perfect 360° shots by rotating myself not the phone.
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You can take some very good photo sphere by rotating your body, but they won't be "perfect" because you are using your body as the axis instead of the camera lens. When you view a photo sphere, you are viewing it from the center point of the sphere. If you used your body as the axis, there is going to be small amount of stretching because the photos are taken at a distance from the center point of the sphere.
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snapper.fishes said:
You can take some very good photo sphere by rotating your body, but they won't be "perfect" because you are using your body as the axis instead of the camera lens. When you view a photo sphere, you are viewing it from the center point of the sphere. If you used your body as the axis, there is going to be small amount of stretching because the photos are taken at a distance from the center point of the sphere.
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Are you talking about the mini planet ones or the 360° ones?
Here's one I did rotating my body ad the axis, seems pretty close to perfect I can get.
http://sphereshare.net/#!/s/e963abea88440505f79592eacf82f176
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Rate these photos I took using our belived SP

I am not a pro... But still has capable.pair of hands and these were taken using honami camera and include all kind of scenes, normal, Time shift and superior auto mode, in dark as well.... Do put a comment on quality of these photos :-o
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pchetan2 said:
I am not a pro... But still has capable.pair of hands and these were taken using honami camera and include all kind of scenes, normal, Time shift and superior auto mode, in dark as well.... Do put a comment on quality of these photos :-o
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i belive the camera of xsp is very decent.. and she does a nice job..

Which camera settings did you use?

sephirothmk said:
Which camera settings did you use?
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Almost all ...different shots using different settings ......night shots are all in NORMAL MODE ( incandascent light mode)...and day shots are using normal mode and some taken using TIME SHIFT mode ///
Z1 camera from existenz rom

All images are very nice one... Cool... Yesterday only return back from TTD to Chennai... But forget to take my SP with me. Other wise i also will post some image too... Any way nice images bro... SP camera is not bad at all

Camera no 60FPS? Stock camera sucks, 3rd party camera better?

So I've noticed that the stock camera app does not have settings to configure how the camera works. There is only 4k, 1080P, and 720P for recording. Is there anyway to enable the 60fps of the camera?

anyone?

Just choose slow motion

HewettBR said:
Just choose slow motion
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Yeah, but the specs says that it supports 60FPS 1080p recording. is there any app that can utilize the 60FPS feature?

HewettBR said:
Just choose slow motion
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thats different

Soo much noise in the pictures in low light.. What to do about this
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Soo much noise in the pictures in low light.. What to do about this
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bartjeh1991 said:
Soo much noise in the pictures in low light.. What to do about this
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Hmmm, maybe use the flash? Or use a flashlight. Or stop shaking when taking pictures. You can use a tripod.
There is always noice in the pictures taken in low light. You need a real camera with a tripod to be able to keep the shutter open longer.
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HewettBR said:
Just choose slow motion
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Kfdjrk said:
Hmmm, maybe use the flash? Or use a flashlight. Or stop shaking when taking pictures. You can use a tripod.
There is always noice in the pictures taken in low light. You need a real camera with a tripod to be able to keep the shutter open longer.
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As of now, Im using CamNextMod, and it's quite good in capturing both Photos and video. best I've used so far, and only few bugs

Kfdjrk said:
Hmmm, maybe use the flash? Or use a flashlight. Or stop shaking when taking pictures. You can use a tripod.
There is always noice in the pictures taken in low light. You need a real camera with a tripod to be able to keep the shutter open longer.
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Iphone 6 did not have this problem. Very nice detailed pictures in low light.
Now you can almost count the pixels.

shigi1231 said:
As of now, Im using CamNextMod, and it's quite good in capturing both Photos and video. best I've used so far, and only few bugs
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What bug exactly?

Shyciii said:
What bug exactly?
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I'm not a camera app tinkerer but Ive noticed when doin camera recording, the app freezes when you try to capture a photo. Other than that, I have yet to found any.

Camera app has been updated!

The Camera app has just been updated on my Z5 .. unfortunately, I forgot to take a screenshot of the changelog (but mostly it seemed to be about the UI and Superior Auto seems to be improved). EDIT: see @schecter7's post directly below mine for the changelog!
Looking at it, the UI was changed the same as how it was supposed to look like based on the promo videos and demo units from before. Sadly, there is no manual shutter speed yet as far as I can see, manual focus, and still cannot change ISO when shooting at 20MP/23MP mode.
We all know thought that Sony tends to have 'hidden' changes to their algorithm whenever they have these kinds of updates as evidenced from updates before. I'm still waiting for the complete changelog from XperiaBlog but so haven't time yet to do any extensive testing.
Did you notice any significant changes in yours apart from the UI changes?

Changelog attached
Edit: Now we could swipe to change modes, added another (third) screenshot.

schecter7 said:
Changelog attached
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is it just aesthetic changes or quality/improvement in terms of image processing?

schecter7 said:
Changelog attached
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Huge help! Thanks!

CAn someone upload the APK file. Many thanks
OK I found !

jjwrongjj said:
CAn someone upload the APK file. Many thanks
OK I found !
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Limitet manual , no iso at 20-23 mp
Low light photo blure decreased
Left blure rest with no change

I installed the update and I've noticed that the problem with noise in low-light... in fact ingeneral is a bit better. It's still not as good as the galaxy line as far as crispness / saturation, but I don't think that's Sony's goal. For real, if I could install the Samsung camera app and libraries on this phone, I'd be all over that. Anyway it does seem to have improved, noticeably.

Where can I change the GPS tag and save folder location in this new app? Can't find it. Thanks.
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cklow01 said:
Where can I change the GPS tag and save folder location in this new app? Can't find it. Thanks.
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Trying not to speak too soon as I've not done anything near a comprehensive test but there do seem to be improvements in processing, though not as marked as I had expected. The one biggie is the zoom: to my eyes, the processing on the zoom is much better now; the sharpening fringing on edges is much smaller, which means that it's less of an oil painting mess when you crop the zoomed image. And that's in low indoor light.
8MP generally seems sharper.
More to follow.
On the interface, I note that they've hidden the exposure and colour adjustments on SA in a menu (boo!) but given a button to switch them off when you want to return to auto (yay!) swings and roundabouts but generally pleased.
EDIT: Yep, definitely better digital zoom. Good enough to piece together small text (Just about legibly) at 5x. Trust me: it was not doing that before!

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Interesting. Mine is like this... I have even cleared the camera data.
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So still no manual shutter speed in this update?
I thought that this would be a given since the Z5 supports manual features now, or don't they?
Is it possible to control the shutter speed with 3rd party apps? What's the resolution and the shutter speed range? Is it actually working or does the system override the manual settings?

cklow01 said:
Interesting. Mine is like this... I have even cleared the camera data.
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Is it because mine is set on manual?
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Ben36 said:
Is it because mine is set on manual?
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Same problem even on manual.
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cklow01 said:
Same problem even on manual.
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You seem to be missing the "More" option. That's where the rest of the settings in the screenshots posted here are.

cklow01 said:
Same problem even on manual.
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Did yours update over your phone or by the linked app file?
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The fisheye effect at long focal lengths at the edges of pictures appears to have been corrected. Definite colour balance tweaks, spot on now for me.

Ben36 said:
Did yours update over your phone or by the linked app file?
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Through auto update. Tried uninstalled and reinstalled but no luck. Don't really want to format the phone just because of the camera.
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cklow01 said:
Through auto update. Tried uninstalled and reinstalled but no luck. Don't really want to format the phone just because of the camera.
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Have you tried the ultimate fix for all problems ever? Turn it off and back on again. Lol
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Ben36 said:
Have you tried the ultimate fix for all problems ever? Turn it off and back on again. Lol
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No help...
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