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4k recording on Lollipop

Hey all, I haven't heard much about camera specs in all the excitement about Lollipop and now PA on the G3, I am on CM12 now and loving it but I miss having 4k recording on the camera... Any way to bring this back? Maybe a camera app port? [emoji1]

That is the only reason I went back to a stock based ROM. Love my camera.

I know this is something we can do... We have some great developers here... WINK WINK!... That is the only only thing it is missing. I'm going to try some build.prop edits to see if it will work, but I doubt it.

scorpiopantera said:
That is the only reason I went back to a stock based ROM. Love my camera.
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Agreed, CloudyG3 is great. It's my go to ROM unless I'm on CM12, I had to flash back today because I'm having WiFi issues on CM.

Aosp ROMs always have bad cameras they use googles **** camera
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antiparadigm said:
I know this is something we can do... We have some great developers here... WINK WINK!... That is the only only thing it is missing. I'm going to try some build.prop edits to see if it will work, but I doubt it.
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I have had many phones...Nexus, Touchwiz, Sense, and now the G3...it cannot be done.

But the ability to record 4k is in the hardware, right? If it were strictly a software up conversion then yes it would be an issue, but if it is native to the camera hardware it seems like the camera app would just need to have the support for that feature of the sensor...

I sorta think its silly to record in 4k without even having a 4k TV to play it against. I honestly can't justify it, so I'll stick with the pros of having cm12 instead. Fwiw the Google camera isn't all that bad really. If I need pro photos, that's what my Sony nex is for.
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But we do all own a phone that plays 4k... And if you down sample to 1080p it retains a lot of sharpness and clarity not possible from strait 1080p recording.

antiparadigm said:
But we do all own a phone that plays 4k... And if you down sample to 1080p it retains a lot of sharpness and clarity not possible from strait 1080p recording.
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This is the thing right here. I want to be able to record in 4k so that I can downsample/crop/frame a 1080p edit of that footage with amazing clarity and control.
I desperately want to be able to do this on AOSP on the G3, but the going, thus far, is slow.

Recently YouTube brought back 4k playback. Check out the GoPro channel. Sweet stuff. They need an LG G3 channel...

I don't think the quality in stock vs Google camera can ever be matched sadly.

xamadeix said:
I don't think the quality in stock vs Google camera can ever be matched sadly.
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Which camera do you think is better? I'm confused.

scorpiopantera said:
Which camera do you think is better? I'm confused.
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Stock camera is ages ahead of the CM Camera (Googles), there is just no comparison, once you look at the photos on a big screen you notice the lower quality on the Google camera photos., also with CM you will loose:
Laser Focus, 4K video recording and Slow Motion

If your recording in 4k only to convert to 1080 because it looks better it's because your editing software isn't doing it's job. I've tried it both ways and get the same results. And yes unless you're filming for a professional job that will use cinema standards or own a 4k TV recording in 4k just takes up too much space for no reason. I also recommend waiting quite a few years before attempting to get a useless UHD TV.

Note 3 , Lollipop and RAW images

Hi guys , in last week I looked for information about the ability of Android 5.0 Lollipop to capture RAW photos. Apparently Android allows us to shoot RAW photos.
And my favorite camera app has ability to take these photos - look here
http://www.camerafv5.com/pages/raw-shooting.php
Here are some samples
http://www.camerafv5.com/pages/raw-samples.php
I look for information about our phones Note 3 but cant found nothing. For the moment only LG Nexus 5 and Motorola Nexus 6 support this cool feature.
Is there some ROM here in Android Development section that supports capturing photos in RAW.
Would be happy if some developer deal with it :highfive:
Cheers !

I'm interested in this as well, there seems to be an app for the Nexus 5 and 6 that can do .raw with Lollipop. The Note 3 should definitely be able to, all all we need is someone with the know how tho make an app that can do it.

Samsung didn't included the needed API on his latest kernel. We will need the source first so devs can create their custom kernels with RAW support.
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Shame Can't wait to see how much better the quality of pics are once we are able to do. raw.
Being able to shoot raw video would be a nice addition as well.

S1eB said:
Shame Can't wait to see how much better the quality of pics are once we are able to do. raw.
Being able to shoot raw video would be a nice addition as well.
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I know! That's why I always keep my Canon DSLR at hand. Can't even compare the quality of a photo taken by my note 3 and my DSLR in RAW

Panaroma shots taken on moto x play

Hi all,
I have attached a few of the shots taken on my Moto x play running Android nougat 7.1.1 on Resurrection Remix 5.8.0. I was always let down by the phone in 2 Dept. Camera -for no camera api2 and panaroma shots. Battery- not good with such a huge battery pack.
Today I took some time out, and tried to explore the camera apps with panaroma shots. And to my surprise, only one app made me rethink abt it.
I used snap camera, Moto z camera, cm camera baked in the ROM and finally HTC camera app.
Please let me know abt it, and share your thoughts.
Hit thanks if helped.
Cheers

Please provide link for htc camera!!!

srinikethan1392 said:
Hi all,
I have attached a few of the shots taken on my Moto x play running Android nougat 7.1.1 on Resurrection Remix 5.8.0. I was always let down by the phone in 2 Dept. Camera -for no camera api2 and panaroma shots. Battery- not good with such a huge battery pack.
Today I took some time out, and tried to explore the camera apps with panaroma shots. And to my surprise, only one app made me rethink abt it.
I used snap camera, Moto z camera, cm camera baked in the ROM and finally HTC camera app.
Please let me know abt it, and share your thoughts.
Hit thanks if helped.
Cheers
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which htc camera version did you use?

It's v.8.10.. HTC camera, il upload a gdrive link later in the day

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--KUg4rwf27WDZpbFZaa3o1aWM/view?usp=drivesdk
Here is the link to the camera app

I find taking a series of photos and letting Google Photos stitch them together works the best, the in camera panoramas are terrible and very compressed.
Clearly this cant been seen in a resized image but the full size version of this image is nearly 17,000 pixels wide.

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MrBelter said:
I find taking a series of photos and letting Google Photos stitch them together works the best, the in camera panoramas are terrible and very compressed.
Clearly this cant been seen in a resized image but the full size version of this image is nearly 17,000 pixels wide.
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Hi, What setting do you use in Google photos to stitch photos?
Thanks

Google camera mod with portrait mode and hdr+

Hello, we have so great phone, but i want to sell it! one reason is that - word is talking about Google camera, which have amazing Hdr+ and Best portrait mode... Developer @B.S.G ported this camera for Xiaomi and after other develepers made mod versions for other phones (this mods is working almost at all phones), and this two amazing Mode (portrait, Hdr+) is working great and bad cameras with Gcam mod are shooting great pictures! We have so good smartphone, but camera is not so good that it must to be! And we can't use Google camera mod, because our phone have not full support of Camera2api And no one can to Port this great Camera for XZ Premium users But maybe there is someone who can help us to enable camera2 api and make Gcam mod version for us, it will be great and I think it will be work at our device very good....
I'm sorry for my bad English and I hope sony will make better smartphones, with better camera and design!

Shako1993 said:
Hello, we have so great phone, but i want to sell it! one reason is that - word is talking about Google camera, which have amazing Hdr+ and Best portrait mode... Developer @B.S.G ported this camera for Xiaomi and after other develepers made mod versions for other phones (this mods is working almost at all phones), and this two amazing Mode (portrait, Hdr+) is working great and bad cameras with Gcam mod are shooting great pictures! We have so good smartphone, but camera is not so good that it must to be! And we can't use Google camera mod, because our phone have not full support of Camera2api And no one can to Port this great Camera for XZ Premium users But maybe there is someone who can help us to enable camera2 api and make Gcam mod version for us, it will be great and I think it will be work at our device very good....
I'm sorry for my bad English and I hope sony will make better smartphones, with better camera and design!
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Really? Are you kidding or what? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
"this two amazing Mode (portrait, Hdr+) is working great and bad cameras with Gcam mod are shooting great pictures!"
Believe me, sell the Xperia. Buy a 150€ Xiaomi, and I am totally sure that with Google Camera you will have a super camera, better than any smartphone, near to a reflex... :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Come on man!

alexs784 said:
Really? Are you kidding or what? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
"this two amazing Mode (portrait, Hdr+) is working great and bad cameras with Gcam mod are shooting great pictures!"
Believe me, sell the Xperia. Buy a 150€ Xiaomi, and I am totally sure that with Google Camera you will have a super camera, better than any smartphone, near to a reflex... :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Come on man!
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You have seen pictures taken with Google camera at other smartphones?

Shako1993 said:
You have seen pictures taken with Google camera at other smartphones?
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Yes.
Maybe a better question is: Have you ever seen photos taken by this Xperia?

alexs784 said:
Yes.
Maybe a better question is: Have you ever seen photos taken by this Xperia?
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I have XZ Premium, and i took with this phone great pictures.
But if google camera will work at xz premium, we can take amazing and sharp portrait.

Shako1993 said:
I have XZ Premium, and i took with this phone great pictures.
But if google camera will work at xz premium, we can take amazing and sharp portrait.
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I repeat man: if this is your opinion buy a 150€ Xiaomi and good luck
OT: Rome, cool, I am from (south) Italy

alexs784 said:
I repeat man: if this is your opinion buy a 150€ Xiaomi and good luck
OT: Rome, cool, I am from (south) Italy
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No, I don't need xiaomi, now i have second phone Mate 10 pro, I won it At Huawei competition and this smartphone have good camera. I just want to say, that from childhood i'm Sony fan and i want, that sony have better camera and Possibilities, than other smartphones!
I'm from Georgia, i was in Rome this summer and it is very beautiful city!

alexs784 said:
I repeat man: if this is your opinion buy a 150€ Xiaomi and good luck
OT: Rome, cool, I am from (south) Italy
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Yo dude google camera is indeed improving the picture you took with your smartphone, in fact it's a lot. Take a look at this video comparing <€150 Xiaomi phones with stock camera, Ported google camera, and Google pixel 2, and you can see that the result is night and day compared to the stock camera app, and even matching the photos taken with the Google pixel 2! So don't underestimate this app, it's ported and wanted by many community for a reason, it's not just a ****ty apps in play store, this is the app that makes the google pixel known for its camera.
https://youtu.be/Ds8AJFo0GC4
https://youtu.be/_LClIl7Gh90

I don't know why but google camera works fine on my xz premium ._.

nendraharyo said:
I don't know why but google camera works fine on my xz premium ._.
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If this is so, what version are you using? And does HDR+ and Portrait work?
Is your bootloader unlocked or your phone modded?

Artyomska said:
If this is so, what version are you using? And does HDR+ and Portrait work?
Is your bootloader unlocked or your phone modded?
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The google cam version is 5.1.018.177470874.
HDR+ thing doesn't work, in fact the app is detecting my phone's rom as custom ( my phone is NOT unlocked or modded... Yet)
There's no "Portrait mode" but instead the "Lens blur" mode which is actually the same? Correct me if im wrong
The app itself runs smoothly, no crashes. Just like the stock camera app. Just tell me if you want the link though. And i'll try to make comparisons between the stock camera app and google cam app soon. (My connection is so bad rn i can't upload images)

nendraharyo said:
The google cam version is 5.1.018.177470874.
HDR+ thing doesn't work, in fact the app is detecting my phone's rom as custom ( my phone is NOT unlocked or modded... Yet)
There's no "Portrait mode" but instead the "Lens blur" mode which is actually the same? Correct me if im wrong
The app itself runs smoothly, no crashes. Just like the stock camera app. Just tell me if you want the link though. And i'll try to make comparisons between the stock camera app and google cam app soon. (My connection is so bad rn i can't upload images)
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8mp max no 19 mp

karrouma said:
8mp max no 19 mp
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Yeah i forgot about that. It is funny that the primary cameras max is only 8mp but the secondary cam is 13mp max

There is standard google camera, but hdr+ and portrait mode is not there just lens blur and it's take time to take portrait or something. I found thread about unlock camera2api, anyone tried unlock it?

Shako1993 said:
I found thread about unlock camera2api, anyone tried unlock it?
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Link?

failax said:
Link?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...google-camera-camera-api2-fix-t3655211/page80

Sadly you need root for that , which is not attainable right now without unlocking the bootloader.

Lack of RAW mode is a real turn off on this Phone, my old Lumia 950XL took amazing photos and had an insanely powerful flash. If I'm completely honest, the camera and flash are the weakest part of this device so I can easily see why folk want to try and mod it. Actually, in an ironic twist, the screen delivers a brighter flash then the actual flash, to bad its the wrong way around to help the camera.

It is very sad that such a good smartphone would turn into this huge disappointment. Most of the camera apps that I've used are Laggy and use only 8mp

Maybe there is someone, who can active full camera2api? And make gcam mod for sony?

Which Version of Gcam is the best G8 Plus? And Which Settings do you guys use on it?

Hello,
I'm diving now into the Google Camera world and with the G8 Plus, I'm not really sure which version of Gcam is the best for this phone model, and also i dont know exactly which settings we should tweak to take good pictures, any guidance would be super appreciated.
Thank you.

-MOTO-G8-Plus-PMGC_7.0.009_FinalBuild_v14.apk
-Camera_MX_4.7.200.apk
-My favourite is Open Camera.apk by Mark Harman -free on Play Store
You must know that you cannot store photos on SD with GCamera on unrooted Moto G8 Plus.
The next two allow you to store on SD.
Choice is yours
All the best !

Petrica said:
-MOTO-G8-Plus-PMGC_7.0.009_FinalBuild_v14.apk
-Camera_MX_4.7.200.apk
-My favourite is Open Camera.apk by Mark Harman -free on Play Store
You must know that you cannot store photos on SD with GCamera on unrooted Moto G8 Plus.
The next two allow you to store on SD.
Choice is yours
All the best !
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Thank you very much, works great!

Did the wide angle camera work on this version of GCam? Thanks.

andymore said:
Did the wide angle camera work on this version of GCam? Thanks.
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Hypercam strike is the one that works.

jasonhelene said:
Hypercam strike is the one that works.
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Thank you very much for the suggestion. Hypercam works nicely, but I'm not able to use the wide angle lens.
Otherwise I've found that you con choose the lens you want with Urnyx05 GCam port.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-urnyx05/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/google-camera-mods/google-camera-urnyx05-t3937515
Works nicely, and apart from the distorsion of the preview, you can use the wide angle lens: any suggestion to correct this??