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Would love to know what you guys think is the best camera app. (I would also like it to work with the front facing camera)
The only app I know of that can use the front facing camera is Tango. Tango is for video calling, works like Qik.
Fx camera is free and really nice IMHO
tominater12 said:
Would love to know what you guys think is the best camera app. (I would also like it to work with the front facing camera)
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vinnette seems to be the best at the moment
but i'm pretty happy with the Stock camera app, it does what i need, abeit not has HQ as vinnette, but is good enough for a quick snap shot
AllGamer said:
vinnette seems to be the best at the moment
but i'm pretty happy with the Stock camera app, it does what i need, abeit not has HQ as vinnette, but is good enough for a quick snap shot
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can't find an app on the market by that name?
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can't find an app on the market by that name?
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it's vignette
http://www.appbrain.com/app/vignette-(demo-version)/uk.co.neilandtheresa.VignetteDemo
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/vignette/uk.co.neilandtheresa.Vignette for the paid full version
I'm trying Camera 360 at the moment, seems quite good -
http://www.appbrain.com/app/camera-360/vStudio.Android.GPhoto
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I'm trying Camera 360 at the moment, seems quite good -
http://www.appbrain.com/app/camera-360/vStudio.Android.GPhoto
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That app turned my crappy Milestone 2 camera into a quite decent one. So much I paid for it and I don't even use the effects you get when you buy the app.
Om my friend's SGS he didn't think it made much of a difference tho.
I really can't spot any difference between the stock camera app and the 3rd party ones. The only app that has made a difference for me was HDR camera, but you have to keep the phone steady (absolutely steady, not in your hands, it has to be on a support or something) for like 7 seconds. Its not very practical but if you're looking for the best qualitty it is for you.
While I love CM7 or many other stock android based roms out there, two things on stock android that keeps me going back to Sense-based rom. Rubbish camera app, and so so dialer/contact app.
So this week I have discovered "Go Contact", which is a really decent dialer+contact app that can make me forget about the Sense dialer/contact. But what about camera app?
Stock Android camera app really sucks. Ugly UI with extremely limited control settings, I'm not talking about "vintage looking" filters and all those stuff, but things like ISO settings. As much as I hate Blur or TouchWiz, but almost every phone that I have tried with custom manufacturer UI has camera app that is much better than stock Android's one.
I see that some people have extracted the camera app from Sony Ericsson phones and it seems like it can be installed and used on stock Android framework. I haven't tried that though. My question is, is there any decent camera app on the Market that is comparable to Sense's camera app? That is non-proprietary and not made by manufacturer like Samsung/HTC/Motorola/LG/Sony?
There's a market app called lgcamera that has been recommended to me. Going to try it out today. It also has a camcorder that supports higher bitrate video and in mp4 format instead of 3gp.
Thanks, just tried it out. The UI is a bit rough and needs some work, but it does seem promising. I'll try to do some serious testing with it tomorrow. BTW, does it have anything to do with LG?
No idea, maybe it's based on an lg camera or something..
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Camera360 Ultimate has been my standby on my Desire running CM7. i threw it on my Sensation (running Leedroid) and for some reason, it doesn't go full screen. hopefully when i get CM7 on it, this will be fixed up...
Camera 360 works fullscreen. You will just have to change the picture resolution. It's a great replacement for the sense camera.
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You might check out Vignette it is a paid app but has fantastic reviews. I use it and love it.
Vignette, or FxCamera for that matter, is definitely NOT the type of camera application that I'm looking for. I'm looking for camera apps that give various camera controls like ISO, white balance, exposure, contrast, sharpness, and preferably compression ratio. It would be great if there were apps that provides shutter speed and aperture settings, but I suppose these two settings are harder to implement die to hardware differences.
So far lgCamera seems to be the most promising... Camera 360 has much better UI, but does not offer as many camera controls as lgCamera.
tsekh501 said:
Vignette, or FxCamera for that matter, is definitely NOT the type of camera application that I'm looking for. I'm looking for camera apps that give various camera controls like ISO, white balance, exposure, contrast, sharpness, and preferably compression ratio. It would be great if there were apps that provides shutter speed and aperture settings, but I suppose these two settings are harder to implement die to hardware differences.
So far lgCamera seems to be the most promising... Camera 360 has much better UI, but does not offer as many camera controls as lgCamera.
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lgCamera is promising, but it has it's problems with freezing videos - never quite sure if when you stop recording it will be able to save the video :-( - plus it cannot record in stereo :-(
let´s starting a petition ro getting hipstamativ on android.
it´s nothing than the most awesome camera.app out there.
http://hipstamatic.com/the_app.html
Glotzeulor said:
Camera 360 works fullscreen. You will just have to change the picture resolution. It's a great replacement for the sense camera.
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But with Camer 360 Ultimate this will not work. I changed the resolution and nothing happened. It was still not fitting the screen (no fullscreen).
rogermiet said:
But with Camer 360 Ultimate this will not work. I changed the resolution and nothing happened. It was still not fitting the screen (no fullscreen).
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Same problem here with atrix
The lgcamera app def takes better pictures imo. I was taking pictures back to back and can def see the difference.
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rogermiet said:
But with Camer 360 Ultimate this will not work. I changed the resolution and nothing happened. It was still not fitting the screen (no fullscreen).
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Are you using a downloaded apk? If so then turn compatibility off within spare parts, reboot your phone and try the app again.
The thing i'm looking for is a camera with manual focus not the ****ty touch to focus crap which htc seem to deem acceptable or for that matter, 360, zoom, vignette or any of the others i've tried, no camera seems to offer manual zoom, like a slider or a dial.
Pretty bad when you want to take a pic up close, using macro doesn't always work.
lokhor said:
There's a market app called lgcamera that has been recommended to me. Going to try it out today. It also has a camcorder that supports higher bitrate video and in mp4 format instead of 3gp.
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Great app, thx for the tip!
Glotzeulor said:
Camera 360 works fullscreen. You will just have to change the picture resolution. It's a great replacement for the sense camera.
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I tried to do so, changed resolution to 3264x2448, restarted app, but can't get it to work full screen :/
Same problem here with my Sensation.
With the new roms based on ICS seems that the problem is solved (Camera360 runs full screen).
Two months ago, or more, I sent an email to the developers but they have not done anything.
I'm testing CameraPro that has enough advanced options.
Use MIUI rom... it has a decent camera. Here are a few pics taken with it... the one pic is the same but in night and day.
Hello there. I wasent sure if this went here or in the Apps department or in the general . But anyway. I really like the samsung camera app. But I also really like cm10. But im keeping touchwiz just for the camera. So my question is this. What camera would you recommend that has all the same features as the stock one?
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Hello there. I wasent sure if this went here or in the Apps department or in the general . But anyway. I really like the samsung camera app. But I also really like cm10. But im keeping touchwiz just for the camera. So my question is this. What camera would you recommend that has all the same features as the stock one?
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I haven't found one that has the instant shutter but overall I like ProCapture the best, which takes good pictures and also has a panoramic mode, touch to focus etc. Camera Zoom FX is also another popular one, but I don't think it has panoramic but it does have burst. Neither are exactly like the TW camera but both are pretty good apps IMO.
The title pretty much says what I'm looking for.
The AOSP camera has the simple time lapse video recording. I know there are other apps that can do this, but the overall better experience I have had with the AOSP version is what I want.
The only way you can have the touch wiz camera is if you use a touch wiz Rom. I'm not entirely sure if the aosp camera will work on touch wiz but I don't see why it wouldn't.
well, Im on a touchwiz rom. Im thinking if I try to either flash or install it in the system apps, its going to replace, or try to replace the touchwiz camera. Other then doing a nandroid and just trying it, any other thoughts?
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well, Im on a touchwiz rom. Im thinking if I try to either flash or install it in the system apps, its going to replace, or try to replace the touchwiz camera. Other then doing a nandroid and just trying it, any other thoughts?
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Replacing it in zip and flashing is the way to do it. My guess is it is going to FC anyway. Could be wrong but will at least probably lose some integration supported by Touchwiz. :laugh:
It won't work.I don't understand why you and this guy: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35342-port-request-touchwiz-cameracamcorder-for-aosp-roms/ are so hellbent on getting the TW camera. Yes, it takes better pictures but if you are really looking for quality maybe you should be using a DSLR or something anyway.
con247 said:
It won't work.I don't understand why you and this guy: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35342-port-request-touchwiz-cameracamcorder-for-aosp-roms/ are so hellbent on getting the TW camera. Yes, it takes better pictures but if you are really looking for quality maybe you should be using a DSLR or something anyway.
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What he said. And also i don't notice a huge in quality of pictures anyways and i've been on AOSP jellybean the past couple weeks. All my pictures turn out to look really nice, or maybe i'm just crazy. The AOSP camera really is not that bad at all. Its missing a few features, but that's about it.
The TW camera just runs smooth already. Other camera apps lag or FC, or missing features. Its not a quality issue. I dont know why Samsung left the time lapse feature out.
And I do have a DSLR for my good pics. but DSLR is not nearly as accessible and ready
There are plenty of camera apps that are from the market that dont replace the TW camera. How can we make the AOSP one like a regular app like those?
blackhemi4x4 said:
The TW camera just runs smooth already. Other camera apps lag or FC, or missing features. Its not a quality issue. I dont know why Samsung left the time lapse feature out.
And I do have a DSLR for my good pics. but DSLR is not nearly as accessible and ready
There are plenty of camera apps that are from the market that dont replace the TW camera. How can we make the AOSP one like a regular app like those?
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Would have to modify framework and other associated files.
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Would have to modify framework and other associated files.
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i guess its time to start learning
I dont know about you guys but I belive the MIUI camera is excellent, it has fast shutter speed and image processing. I have tried a lot of camera apps when I was on CM rom and none of them could match it.
Other members are welcome to donate (I will update the post) and to start of I will be putting $10 in the bounty for anyone who can port the MIUI camera to CM.
@xiaobai112220
@ekkilm
Donations:
Me $10
kar5ten 10€
ermacwins said:
I dont know about you guys but I belive the MIUI camera is excellent, it has fast shutter speed and image processing. I have tried a lot of camera apps when I was on CM rom and none of them could match it.
Other members are welcome to donate (I will update the post) and to start of I will be putting $10 in the bounty for anyone who can port the MIUI camera to CM.
@xiaobai112220
@ekkilm
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Have you tired this?
Snapit Lenovo Super Camera. Just exelent quality. I recommend this camera app for now.
I would put another $10 in
ekkilm said:
Have you tired this?
Snapit Lenovo Super Camera. Just exelent quality. I recommend this camera app for now.
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There are another options, as the OPO cam that has been ported to many devices, or the Cyanogen Camera, that it's which I have been using till now. That last is very good, it has many options to configure, including HDR and Slow-Mo video recording in HD. It's in another thread of xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/themes-apps/apps-cyanogen-camera-gallery-t3187041
Regards.
ekkilm said:
Have you tired this?
Snapit Lenovo Super Camera. Just exelent quality. I recommend this camera app for now.
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I've tried one and its good but sadly shutter speed isnt as fast as miui. There are about 20 different apks which one did you choose?
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I've tried one and its good but sadly shutter speed isnt as fast as miui. There are about 20 different apks which one did you choose?
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For now I've been used Snapit Lenovo super camera.
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I've tried one and its good but sadly shutter speed isnt as fast as miui. There are about 20 different apks which one did you choose?
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ekkilm said:
For now I've been used Snapit Lenovo super camera.
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I flashed the one from here (ver 5.8 ) and its working great, with very good picture quality (i would say its like stock miui camera, only some options dont work). What i find very cool is the "moving people" Option. It realy takes clear pictures, even if someone is moving fast (good when you have a little child, which never stands still ). With this Option i get shuttertimes faster than 1/300 sec.
I only miss the HDR PRO Option from miui camera.
Thanks @ekkilm for the tip and the link in your forum on your Website
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I flashed the one from here (ver 5.8 ) and its working great, with very good picture quality (i would say its like stock miui camera, only some options dont work). What i find very cool is the "moving people" Option. It realy takes clear pictures, even if someone is moving fast (good when you have a little child, which never stands still ). With this Option i get shuttertimes faster than 1/300 sec.
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Thanks, I was on 3.6 and thought I'll try 5.8 and I can confirm the shutter speed is definitely faster than 3.6 so I'm happy with that. Which rom you on now?
After a few tests, indoor at lowlight, miui takes clearer photos I.e. better focused.
I'll try this when I try cm at some point but I'm still hoping for a miui camera port.
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Thanks, I was on 3.6 and thought I'll try 5.8 and I can confirm the shutter speed is definitely faster than 3.6 so I'm happy with that. Which rom you on now?
After a few tests, indoor at lowlight, miui takes clearer photos I.e. better focused.
I'll try this when I try cm at some point but I'm still hoping for a miui camera port.
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I'm on TS Cm12.1, but I'm going to flash their CM13 now
Can somebody port Xperia Z4 camera?
I would also donate 20$ via Paypal for the port.
It's not about the handling/design of the MIUI camera app. It's more about the (probably closed-source) libraries to use all features of the Sony camera/lense and to get the best picture quality.
Try the oppo camera: it is the best. Dont forget install plugins. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/port-coloros-camera-cm11s-t3030369
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Try the oppo camera: it is the best. Dont forget install plugins. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/port-coloros-camera-cm11s-t3030369
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thanks for recommendation
for me it's far better than MIUI or lenovo super camera, as it doesn't use so aggressive noise reduction which is especially visible at higher ISO levels - for me, MIUI camera smears away way too much detail.
also, the shutter speed seems very good
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EDIT: a bug found!
after you run oppo camera, all camera apps use only warmer flash, the colder one stays off, some camera apps don't enable the flashlight at all (even if you force the flash) - like CameraMX. only the system torch works properly
can't tell what's the reason, but as soon as you uninstall the oppo camera app, both leds return to normal work
kevinkvothe said:
There are another options, as the OPO cam that has been ported to many devices, or the Cyanogen Camera, that it's which I have been using till now. That last is very good, it has many options to configure, including HDR and Slow-Mo video recording in HD. It's in another thread of xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/themes-apps/apps-cyanogen-camera-gallery-t3187041
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The Cyanogen Camera does seem to work very well. Thank you for pointing me there. Shutter sound can not be disabled, but that can be fixed.
How did you manage to get slow-motion working?
Will try Opo Cam as well.
bezke said:
Try the oppo camera: it is the best. Dont forget install plugins. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/port-coloros-camera-cm11s-t3030369
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Maybe you could point us in a direction where we can get the plugins? They have been taken down due to DMCA claim.
Opo cam is not that good. some plugins crash the app, overall it is not as good as Cyanogen Camera imo. Are there any other good alternatives?
And yes, would be nice if miui cam got ported.
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I was looking through some files from the EU weekly ROM and found some interesting files. As you can see in the image there is files in system/vendor/lib such as imx258_HFR_120. HFR stands for high frame rate and 120 suggests 120fps recording while the stock camera app for me seems to record at about 49 fps at 720p. The specifications of the camera sensor found here: http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/IS/sensor1/img/products/ProductBrief_IMX258_20151015.pdf say the sensor is capable of 1080p at 60fps. Can someone please try unlock the full potential of our camera?
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I was looking through some files from the EU weekly ROM and found some interesting files. As you can see in the image there is files in system/vendor/lib such as imx258_HFR_120. HFR stands for high frame rate and 120 suggests 120fps recording while the stock camera app for me seems to record at about 49 fps at 720p. The specifications of the camera sensor found here: http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/IS/sensor1/img/products/ProductBrief_IMX258_20151015.pdf say the sensor is capable of 1080p at 60fps. Can someone please try unlock the full potential of our camera?
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Isn't it used for the slow motion? The full HD is indeed consistent at 29-30 fps and 4K videos are nearly half of it, not sure about 720p though.
That's what I mean, I only get 49fps at slow motion and other camera apps can't record at higher than 30fps.
i'm using cm and i miss a feature from my previous smiui.
in smiui i could take pics while pressing volume down.
i like to take a quick photo without wasting time.
i looked around and just found those spy stuff things but nothing like the miui feature.
would it be possible to port this with the original camera ?
i would also donate some money (10€ or more) for a port of these features.