Does this phone have it?
If yes, is the support enabled by default? Or do we need to root and enable it later by editing the build.prop?
Can someone with this phone post a screenshot of this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.weis.camera2probe
Hi awaaas,
Looking for this phone too? I have created the lounge at kaskus, you might want to check it out. Reminds me of old days.
Unfortunately, no C2A support yet, at least not in the demo unit.
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Hi awaaas,
Looking for this phone too? I have created the lounge at kaskus, you might want to check it out. Reminds me of old days.
Unfortunately, no C2A support yet, at least not in the demo unit.
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Long time no see, bud... :highfive:
One of my relatives wants this phone, just want to make sure some of the phone's capabilities that reviewers often left out. For comparison, Redmi Note 5 Pro, the one that compared to this phone a lot, has Camera2 API support, but only if you edit the build.prop first (according to my friend that have it, I don't actually have that phone).
For me myself, I might will be still using my Mi 5s for foreseable future...
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Long time no see, bud... :highfive:
One of my relatives wants this phone, just want to make sure some of the phone's capabilities that reviewers often left out. For comparison, Redmi Note 5 Pro, the one that compared to this phone a lot, has Camera2 API support, but only if you edit the build.prop first (according to my friend that have it, I don't actually have that phone).
For me myself, I might will be still using my Mi 5s for foreseable future...
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:highfive: Yeah, probably several years.
If me, it is me myself who are looking for this phone. RN5P still disabled the C2A, need (temporary) root to enable it. Same with this phone, if no C2A support out of box, at least we can enable it using the same method. But there is a rumour about major OTA update at 30 April. We expect to see a lot of improvement compared to the somewhat "beta" ROM from the media review unit. Let's hope to see the C2A has been enabled in this major update.
Desmanto said:
Hi awaaas,
Looking for this phone too? I have created the lounge at kaskus, you might want to check it out. Reminds me of old days.
Unfortunately, no C2A support yet, at least not in the demo unit.
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what about slowmotion and 1080p 60fps ?
mohtaprashantrocks said:
what about slowmotion and 1080p 60fps ?
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Haven't seen it anywhere yet. Only the 4K DCI/UHD and the 1080p has EIS already in the retail unit. The camera app seems will be updated tomorrow to support it. Hopefully, we can see the C2A support too in the next update.
Gcam will not work without camera api2 ! Let's wait and see...
Hope they will update to add support soon. Don't let the stock camera app be the limiting factor of image quality!
I hope someone comes with a GCam port for this phone. As far as what I tested, the phone's rear cam is quite good (except for very low light scenarios).
Also, the front cam desperately needs better balance in colors, dynamic range. Currently, selfie quality is quite decent, the colors are not accurate/natural even under good light (skin has a red tinge). And overall, brightness, noise level etc., could be tweaked a bit too.
Any suggestions for a different app that can bring out better photos out of the front cam??
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I hope someone comes with a GCam port for this phone. As far as what I tested, the phone's rear cam is quite good (except for very low light scenarios).
Also, the front cam desperately needs better balance in colors, dynamic range. Currently, selfie quality is quite decent, the colors are not accurate/natural even under good light (skin has a red tinge). And overall, brightness, noise level etc., could be tweaked a bit too.
Any suggestions for a different app that can bring out better photos out of the front cam??
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Oneplus or MiUi camera
can anybody install thishttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.weis.camera2probe app into their ASUS Zanfone Max pro m1 & post the result here to show whether the camera h/w has the support for the Camera2Api
Here -
aniket.lamba said:
Here -
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Thanks!
Is this the default settings? or do you need to edit the build.prop?
awaaas said:
Thanks!
Is this the default settings? or do you need to edit the build.prop?
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You need to edit the build.prop.
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Hey Aniket, thanks for the SS, can you install this Camera2 API Probe https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airbeat.device.inspector app, actually, in this app its gives the individual camera parameters for both front & back camera & earlier the app link that I gave, that shows the overall result so basically it was my bad so I'm requesting you to install this app instead now this time & ost the SS once again as I want to know all the parameters for both of the cam of this hone individually.
& is it possible to install Gcam in this hone without rooting or is there any tools available like this MI A1's AIO Toolhttps://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/tool-xiaomi-mi-a1-tool-drivers-unlock-t3742857 so that it can be rooted & unlocked automatically & that can be used by all the novice users, & whether all future OTA updates will be available if bootloader is unlocked & rooted & warranty will be voided or not
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ola,
just upgraded to last ftf, and oh surprise (actually i was sure that it would happend) no raw mode in the camera.
so what s the point to do the so called "best camera phone" and not have raw mode enable with lolypop?
if you have any tips trick for enable that, please share!
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here is the sony z3 camera compatibility running android 5.0
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z3 is my last device from Sony, I'm tired of being constantly disappointed by them.
progosu said:
z3 is my last device from Sony, I'm tired of being constantly disappointed by them.
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Samsung S5 and HTC One M8 don't support RAW so what do you expect ?
Who gives a **** about RAW, is the manual control available?
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Who gives a **** about RAW, is the manual control available?
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From Sony application as before. Nothing more. It was a given: implementing the Camera2 API is not a small job... And is a commercial argument for the Z4 or Z5.
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Who gives a **** about RAW, is the manual control available?
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Some users report no manual mode and some say yes..can't understand how can Sony remove the manual mode
Sony didn't remove the manual mode, they just didn't apply it. And by manual I mean ofcourse manual ISO, shutter speed etc.
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Sony didn't remove the manual mode, they just didn't apply it. And by manual I mean ofcourse manual ISO, shutter speed etc.
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What do u mean they didn't remove and they didn't apply it?? More specific??
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What do u mean they didn't remove and they didn't apply it?? More specific??
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I mean that we had and have a thing called "manual" but available options to choose are very limited. Android 5.0 brings new feature that allows a true manual camera mode, like ability to set shutter speed. But for some reason (I think that kernald is right, commercial reasons to upgrade to Z4 etc. apply) they didn't implement it, and we are left will old "manual" mode.
I wonder how many people crying for RAW really know what that will give them.
Stock Sony camera app has some of the most extensive manual controls of any phone app.
so is there a flagship phone which offers RAW on Lollipop and can compete with our Z3 feature wise?
otherwise stop winning
admad said:
I mean that we had and have a thing called "manual" but available options to choose are very limited. Android 5.0 brings new feature that allows a true manual camera mode, like ability to set shutter speed. But for some reason (I think that kernald is right, commercial reasons to upgrade to Z4 etc. apply) they didn't implement it, and we are left will old "manual" mode.
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Well I don't think it's just for commercial reasons. Implementing the full Camera2 API from scratch is a lot more work than just backporting the old camera firmware to the new kernel. It's not just a question of flipping a switch or not.
Why RAW? The sensor of a smartphone is too small to make a serious professional camera anyway and it always requires post-processing with professional software that most users do not have
Cryssie said:
Why RAW? The sensor of a smartphone is too small to make a serious professional camera anyway and it always requires post-processing with professional software that most users do not have
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Yup exactly. I'd say almost everyone crying for RAW has no idea what it means or what it will give them.
As for the guy that wanted manual shutter speed controls, the Z3 is one of the few phones that you can manipulate ISO and exposure compensation. All modern cameraphones have fixed apertures. I hope you can do the rest of the math to answer your own question.
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Yup exactly. I'd say almost everyone crying for RAW has no idea what it means or what it will give them.
As for the guy that wanted manual shutter speed controls, the Z3 is one of the few phones that you can manipulate ISO and exposure compensation. All modern cameraphones have fixed apertures. I hope you can do the rest of the math to answer your own question.
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Yep with you on each
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Why RAW? The sensor of a smartphone is too small to make a serious professional camera anyway and it always requires post-processing with professional software that most users do not have
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Thats because Sony jpeg compression is garage and most people want RAW to see full potential of the camera.
Gitaroo said:
Thats because Sony jpeg compression is garage and most people want RAW to see full potential of the camera.
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You know what's really funny about this argument? People have accused the Sony JPEG engine of underprocessing (under sharpening, less contrast, ligher NR) than other algorithms, which I kind of agree with. You know what that sounds a lot like?
Gitaroo said:
Thats because Sony jpeg compression is garage and most people want RAW to see full potential of the camera.
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No argument there, the camera can perform a lot better.
But that does not change the fact that no common user wants to import their casual selfies and vacation snapshots into a 1000 dollar piece of software for post processing before posting them to facebook.
I would much rather see Sony improve the camera software instead of enabling RAW.
Wow. I'm getting the update now in the US. From your comments, it doesn't sound too promising. Are there any good sides to the update? I'll have mine in 6 mins but would like to know
Guys, no other major players other than Motorola are including the Camera2 API so it's hardly fair to blame Sony for not adding it. I'm sure it's a lot of work to implement the API properly for a feature that few people in theory will notice.
Hopefully they will in the future.
I seen the old Moto camera posted before but not the new one. This is the stock Motorola Camera+ from the MotoX with Gallery. This is based of 5.X.X so it should work across most lollipop builds. I have tested this on stock and AOSP ROM's.
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If you want the additional options (settings) to work you must change you're build.prop on the line that says "release-keys" to "tests keys". I will upload the build.prop also, I stripped out the OEM specific junk also. The exact line in the build prop to change is :
ro.build.tags=release-keys (original)
to
ro.build.tags=test-keys (changed)
Of course all the same rules apply. Myself or XDA are NOT responsible for the lack of common sense or stupidity, resulting in bootloops or non functional devices.
**The settings I'm referring to is the little (bug) icon when you slide out the settings wheel from the right.**
- Download
- Flash (TWRP Recommended)
- Profit
- Zip Download -
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzgUrWZ7XZ0rdmxld0RPZkJtNzg/edit?usp=docslist_api
**The build.prop is for the STOCK NEXUS 6 5.1 BUILD ONLY! If you are using a different build other then that adjust the build prop manually.
- Nexus 6 5.1 build.prop Download -
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oh thanks man
but can you tell us what the moto camera app have that make it special
i haven't tried the moto camera before and just wanted to know
thanks again for these work
abogrhen said:
oh thanks man
but can you tell us what the moto camera app have that make it special
i haven't tried the moto camera before and just wanted to know
thanks again for these work
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Personally, I think it takes better quality photos. Especially over the stock Google camera. The video recording is great.
DirtyDroidX said:
Personally, I think it takes better quality photos. Especially over the stock Google camera. The video recording is great.
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Just about anything is better than the Google cam. How do you think this one compares to the m9 cam?
bill3508 said:
Just about anything is better than the Google cam. How do you think this one compares to the m9 cam?
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I actually have the new HTC camera on my N6 right now and I still think this camera gives better images. I went to a instant print machine the other day. I was really impressed of the quality of the pictures when printed.
Both the HTC and the Motorola are missing HDR options. The Motorola Camera has less functionality than the HTC camera, specifically I need to be able to set focus while 4K video recording.
The burst mode is very good on this one. Overall I think ALL camera apps are missing one thing or another, which I think is very frustrating.
LCamera is outdated, has no HDR and latest dev build has issues.
F5-V is slow & buggy atm and I don't like the UI, 4K video is broken, no HDR.
Manual Camera has great UI & Control but no video recording & HDR ?!!!!
Motorola has ****ty UI, but feels polished. Burst mode works great, but no HDR. No focus control while recording video.
HTC Camera has a ****ty UI and no HDR. (But is the best one overall with focus control during 4K Video recording)
Google Camera is a joke but is the only one with working HDR.
Pick your poison.
I would love a fully functioning ColorOS camera port.
Any advice ?
Um, I can look into porting it over. It might just work if you strip the apk out of the ROM.
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Um, I can look into porting it over. It might just work if you strip the apk out of the ROM.
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That would be great but there already has been a port made for the oneplus one CM12 and Ive tried using that one but it just crashes on opening the app. (running CM12 myself here too)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/port-coloros-camera-cm11s-t3030369
Maybe you can contact the guy/girl behind that port and work something out.
I've gotten to the point where I would pay for a decent camera app for the nexus 6.
I just downloaded it. If I have time I will work on it tonight. If not ,after memorial day I will get it done. I will also put it on my github so others can use it.
Just a quick update for anyone following this thread. I gathered up some source stuff and will be starting to dive into the ColorOS camera port along side a few others.
If you have any other camera that's not functional on the N6 post it in this thread and I will look into it.
I don't think HDR+ is even possible unless your on Google camera. It's closed source
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I don't think HDR+ is even possible unless your on Google camera. It's closed source
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Mostly closed. HDR+ is not impossible I think it can be done. Just need the right base and proper kernel. That's in future plans of mine.
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Mostly closed. HDR+ is not impossible I think it can be done. Just need the right base and proper kernel. That's in future plans of mine.
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Can you check into this one I think that this would be the best cam port
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665714
young0ne said:
Can you check into this one I think that this would be the best cam port
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665714
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Yep, will see what I can do.
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Yep, will see what I can do.
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thanks
Can you put in the 1st post what Version number is in your zip file? For both the Moto Camera and Moto Gallery?
Does flashing zip replaces stock google camera & Gallery
DirtyDroidX said:
Just a quick update for anyone following this thread. I gathered up some source stuff and will be starting to dive into the ColorOS camera port along side a few others.
If you have any other camera that's not functional on the N6 post it in this thread and I will look into it.
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I think I'd love you forever if this became a reality.
hockeyplayr said:
I think I'd love you forever if this became a reality.
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Lol I got sidetracked with developer preview. However, I do have the ColorOS camera running on the N6, but it won't take a picture when you press the button or force closes. I pinned it down to some kernel tweaks that need to be made. So no ETA's but I'm getting there.
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No,leaves it all in tact.
I just bought the Lenovo Z1
The phone is perfect for my needs, but I'm not so happy with the camera.
I find the images not crisp enough, like if they were interpolated.
Anyone knows if there is a way to turn off interpolation?
Here is a sample.
i.imgur.com/lK3qnU7.jpg
Thanks in advance
Do you have HDR enabled?
Swipe up and down in the camera app to change the mode and report back!
(the UX/UI of the camera app really makes no sense...no sense...).
karramarrez said:
I just bought the Lenovo Z1
The phone is perfect for my needs, but I'm not so happy with the camera.
I find the images not crisp enough, like if they were interpolated.
Anyone knows if there is a way to turn off interpolation?
Here is a sample.
i.imgur.com/lK3qnU7.jpg
Thanks in advance
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Doesn't look too bad.
Although, im not happy with the camera either, it is the only thing that i dont like about it. The rest is perfect
My best camera results are with Lenovo Supercamera.
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othe01 said:
Do you have HDR enabled?
Swipe up and down in the camera app to change the mode and report back!
(the UX/UI of the camera app really makes no sense...no sense...).
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Thanks !I checked the camera mode, and there were 3 o 4 effects checked (I've never touched thar section)
Disabled all and it looks much better.
After and before
i.imgur.com/kU9VJFC.jpg
Would be great if someone who knows about this stuff could recommend a better camera app than the default one.
I dont like the layout and the picture quality.
I prefer CameraZOOM.
Hanswurst02 said:
Would be great if someone who knows about this stuff could recommend a better camera app than the default one.
I dont like the layout and the picture quality.
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This has been the biggest thing stopping me from ordering one. On paper, the camera should be pretty damned good. Reviews have been extremely mixed, but it seems that reviewers only use the CM camera app, which has always been somewhere between 'meh' and terrible.
How does this phone do with the Google camera or F-V5, or any of the other common third party apps. One would think that since the Z1 is one of the only lower priced phones with OIS, someone would actually care about the camera beyond CMs crappy software.
How do you see the quality of the camera in general?
Tema cámara. Cómo la ves de calidad?
mmugatti said:
How do you see the quality of the camera in general?
Tema cámara. Cómo la ves de calidad?
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As I said, I see the pictures not enough crispy and interpollated looking.
I also missed the Ice Cream Sandwich camera look.
I tried this camera.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraicsplus
This is the free version, there is another one without ads.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraicsplus
I made this comparison with the same picture, same time and both cameras.
I find the ICS camera one much more crispier, so I bought the pro version.
Here is the picture.
i.imgur.com/GNBWVfO.jpg
I'll try to make more tests in worst light conditions.
(Sorry for the non clickcable links. I'm new here and can't still post links
Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.
MUG3NHC said:
Doesn't look too bad.
Although, im not happy with the camera either, it is the only thing that i dont like about it. The rest is perfect
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I too feel bad, and I am missing badly Color OS camera which I have used in One plus one, Any possible to develop or get it like taht camera effect, plugging in Zuk Z1..?
Sblast said:
Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.
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Well it's relative as my friend Einstein says!
Comparing it to my note 4, this camera is really weak!
Comparing it to my old nexus 4 it's fine!
It performs currently like an old 8mpx camera! I'm sure it can be improved with software!
You get what you pay for. As the guy above says it's relative. For the money it's super. A better camera app helps alot. Open Camera is good
this is one of the reason also that im not buying yet this device because of the camera quality though im not a selfie or camera guy. but im still considering a phone with good camera. hope Cyanogen improves the camera performance on this device.
I don't have any problem with camera it's ok not really good, If you are using Cynogen camera 10 i believe you will get much better clarity for the pictures...
That's true CameraNext Mod doing the job better quality but still not as we all want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...eranextmod-t3086513/post60202401#post60202401
Sblast said:
Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.
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It's not bad. To have a reference, it's very similar to the OnePlus One.
javirenart said:
It's not bad. To have a reference, it's very similar to the OnePlus One.
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Yes. Very similar.
Only different in video. No 2K video, but yes it has 60fps normal speed video
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Yes. Very similar.
Only different in video. No 2K video, but yes it has 60fps normal speed video
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Alex from Exodus says he may be able to implement 4k recording as the hardware supports it, but he hasn't got enough donations to buy the device.
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Does anyone know how we might add camera RAW format capability to this phone?
Does anyone know exactly which camera sensor the phone uses?
It's an excellent camera and I'm really happy with it, but even though it's advertised as 20 megapixels, at 100% there are clear signs of upsize resampling, so I'd guess the true resolution is about 16mp. Maybe that's the reason why we don't have camera RAW out of the box — because the images wouldn't be 20mp. Personally I wouldn't care about that — I would just like to have the flexibility that RAW offers.
I agree with you. I think the A7 camera sensor is capable of capturing good enough photos, but the JPEG processing ruins it. RAW support is a major upgrade to just about any phone, but ours would benefit hugely. Might it be possible in the future?
Probably ZTE won't do it, because they would have to admit it's not a true 20mp sensor.
So the community will have to do it ourselves.
I believe the first step would be to identify the exact model camera sensor.
Can anyone suggest how to do that?
All I know is that sensor is made by Samsung - I spoke that info somewhere on the web and I gonna to check that.
edt.
Got it ! Thats an Samsung ISOCELL 20MP 1.8/f - i can not found any production no. or any of codes so i do not know what exacly model it is.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/3224558612/zte-axon-7-features-20mp-samsung-isocell-sensor
I believe you can shoot RAW photos with the Nougat ROM
Controllerboy said:
I agree with you. I think the A7 camera sensor is capable of capturing good enough photos, but the JPEG processing ruins it. RAW support is a major upgrade to just about any phone, but ours would benefit hugely. Might it be possible in the future?
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nuserame said:
Probably ZTE won't do it, because they would have to admit it's not a true 20mp sensor.
So the community will have to do it ourselves.
I believe the first step would be to identify the exact model camera sensor.
Can anyone suggest how to do that?
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All I know is that sensor is made by Samsung - I spoke that info somewhere on the web and I gonna to check that.
edt.
Got it ! Thats an Samsung ISOCELL 20MP 1.8/f - i can not found any production no. or any of codes so i do not know what exacly model it is.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/3224558612/zte-axon-7-features-20mp-samsung-isocell-sensor
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This has been long discussed by ZTE and it seems they probably address the issue in future updates:
https://community.zteusa.com/message/37679
:fingers-crossed:
You can't just "add in" RAW support. The driver for the camera sensor has to be built to support it, and then it has to be integrated into the kernel.
Early reports seemed to be saying that the camera sensor was a planned on for the S7 family, but then Samsung choose a different model for it. Which is probably how ZTE got their hands on it (as in, Samsung would want to recoup any R&D costs they could).
Short answer: unless Samsung or ZTE provides for our model, it's not going to happen.
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You can't just "add in" RAW support. The driver for the camera sensor has to be built to support it, and then it has to be integrated into the kernel.
Early reports seemed to be saying that the camera sensor was a planned on for the S7 family, but then Samsung choose a different model for it. Which is probably how ZTE got their hands on it (as in, Samsung would want to recoup any R&D costs they could).
Short answer: unless Samsung or ZTE provides for our model, it's not going to happen.
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Hmm. Those early reports you mention suggested Samsung was going to offer RAW… But it hasn't been released for whatever reason. Anyway, I left a comment on the discussion on the ZTEUSA site and encourage everyone interested to do the same.
Can anyone try adding this to build.prop
"persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1"
And tell if RAW capture in Open Camera works?
Manual Camera compatibility test thingy shows that Camera2 works.
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I tried adding that line to my build.prop. I can confirm that the Camera2 API option shows up in Open Camera, but it does not work properly. The app crashes whenever settings are exited and the camera is loaded whether I have it set to capture only JPEG or JPEG and DNG. I also tried in A Better Camera, and while it didn't crash, it also did not save a RAW image.
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I believe you can shoot RAW photos with the Nougat ROM
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I've heard RAW may be included in Nougate too, but have not received direct confirmation due to the NDA's.
I'm hopeful that RAW will be included soon!
I threw in a post over on the ZTE forums for RAW as well, if they're still on the fence about that.
TeutonJon78 said:
You can't just "add in" RAW support. The driver for the camera sensor has to be built to support it, and then it has to be integrated into the kernel. […] Short answer: unless Samsung or ZTE provides for our model, it's not going to happen.
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Yes, unfortunately it appears that kernel-level support is needed. So either 1) ZTE or Samsung must enable this feature, or 2) we can identify another phone out there with the same sensor and RAW enabled in order to use that code. So far, I can't find anything like that
mario972 said:
Can anyone try adding this to build.prop
"persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1"
And tell if RAW capture in Open Camera works?
Manual Camera compatibility test thingy shows that Camera2 works.
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According to this thread, that enables the OS features to make them ready to receive camera RAW data, but it doesn't make the RAW data available from the sensor.
So it seems the course of action most likely to succeed right now is to add your voice to the ZTEUSA thread requesting camera RAW.
I had my essential but returned it due to numerous issues. Have software updates done anything major to the camera? Is it anywhere close to the pixel now?
Nope nor will ever be anything like Pixel camera. It's more like 2015 ish camera quality.
km8j said:
I had my essential but returned it due to numerous issues. Have software updates done anything major to the camera? Is it anywhere close to the pixel now?
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Camera is great with gcam. Stock app is still bad and compresses the pics. They just pushed another update today. I just took a pic using both came and gcam file size was 4.47 mbs while stock app was 1.4 mbs. Not sure why they can fix that but it's never going to be good compressing pics like that.
Gcam. 4.0., 3.8c settings.
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bill3508 said:
Gcam. 4.0., 3.8c settings.
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Where'd you get that gcam port from??
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Where'd you get that gcam port from??
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/themes/google-camera-port-t3665197
How about low light?
Bump
Has the quality drastically improved after the update? Any side by side comparisons of gcam and stock as I'm looking to buy this today
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Has the quality drastically improved after the update? Any side by side comparisons of gcam and stock as I'm looking to buy this today
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I had an LG v30 and took multiple pics and showed them to my wife on my laptop. Out of 20 or so comparisons there were only 1 or 2 that she felt looked different and they weren't even that bad.
Is it going to beat the Pixel 2 no. Is it a more than capable phone that takes great pics most of the time, yeah!!
After the recent update it's WAY better than when it launched and I'm actually liking it.
Performance, both visually and functionally, has improved greatly from when I first bought the phone earlier this month after the drop to $499. Pictures are still compressed, would be great if they'd get rid of that, but to my/my wife's eyes, *that* is the difference between GCam and Essential Camera. It's like the pictures it takes are good quality, and then it compresses them down to less-than-good quality. GCam doesn't compress, and is visually nicer, but can be a bit of a pain to get the settings right. For quick/social media pictures, the camera is just fine, and hopefully soon they'll either give an option for disabling compression or just disable it altogether, which would (I believe) drastically increase picture quality. Until then, almost any other camera app that doesn't compress will be better.
Also, I've found the quality of the B&W pictures to be considerably better than they were, and that has also increased the quality of the low-light photos (though they still suffer from the same compression artifacting).
Short answer - if you're able to get it from Amazon for the $400 with the 360 Camera, it's well worth the price. It is an amazing phone for the current price.
Did they add EIS for video recording? If so does it also work I'm google camera?
The issue isn't the lens or optics. The camera hardware is legit.
The problem was the dodgy camera app which Essential has been ACTIVELY fixing and releasing speedy updates for.
I have an Essential; hell I'm writing this post from it right now; and I can tell you that with all the updates that Essential had pushed out, the native camera so had gotten MUCH better.
The stock camera is still about 1-2 updates from being perfect so in the meantime I alterenate between the stock camera app and the Google HDR+ app depending on what I'm doing and the effect I'm going for.
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