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video recording and camera zoom rooted g1

anyone know how i can do this with jf1.42 rc33 rooted g1

No video recording yet (except through third party application - namely "Video Recorder" - imagine the creativity), and since the camera lacks a zoom, you will never be able to zoom it. Just crop your pictures.

you should be able to digitally zoom your camera just not optical

zcollins11 said:
you should be able to digitally zoom your camera just not optical
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digital zoom = cropping
no real need to implement a zoom feature that pixel-ates the photo even more than it already is

can u tell me why video recorder force closes when i hit record

zcollins11 said:
can u tell me why video recorder force closes when i hit record
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because it is a not so good program. when i tried it my camera shutter got all screwy. had to reset the phone

easy answer: wait for cupcake or a POST RC33/9(UK) cooked build

i think this cupcake thing is becoming a hoax

LucidREM said:
digital zoom = cropping
no real need to implement a zoom feature that pixel-ates the photo even more than it already is
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I agree. I don't know why so many ppl are wanting camera zoom, cause it will never be optical zoom. Anyone that know anything about cameras knows the only way to go is optical zoom. And like you said, if you want digital zoom, just crop your photo.
Shaggy

Optical zoom is better, but a good software zoom which tries to interlace the picture would work too?

Zerodime said:
Optical zoom is better, but a good software zoom which tries to interlace the picture would work too?
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You're better off "zooming" using a real photo editor, just crop and enlarge and the quality will be much better than what the phone could ever manage. The only thing digital zoom would possibly be good for is for those who don't want the hassle of cropping/enlarging the pics themselves using an external program on the PC.

at least for video recording digital zoom should work. coz u dont use the full resolution of the chip anyways and the frame is always rendered down to a lower resolution.

ollip79 said:
at least for video recording digital zoom should work. coz u dont use the full resolution of the chip anyways and the frame is always rendered down to a lower resolution.
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That's very true.

camera zoom

Anyone know of a decent zoom app that works with the nexus?

Camera Zoom FX works for zoom (paid)
FX Camera (search "ymst" in the market) is a great free camera but no zoom.
Zoom on the device is fake anyways (digital), so you can get the same results with better image quality if you use no zoom and post-crop.
Know-Fear said:
Anyone know of a decent zoom app that works with the nexus?
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It's true about the zooming. If you just use Picasa or Photoshop "zooming" will turn out better.
I have Camera Zoom FX and use it as my default. It's a great little app. Beyond "zooming" there are millions of useful options that the stock app lacks. There are also skins if that's your cup of tea. The only gripe is that there is no video within the app, but then again you buy it for its camera options..

[q] digital zoom

is it true that no matter if you root/change rom/download a different camera app (vignette, 360 etc) there is NO POSSIBLE WAY AT ALL, or DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE to get digital zoom on this thing?
i am aware that:
- you can crop in the gallery/same effect as digital zoom
- digital zoom significantly lowers picture quality

That is correct.

Camera Zoom FX has a digital Zoom.
Not sure why you'd want it though, better to take the whole pic and crop around the point of interest, rather than being forced to commit to the crop early.

Camera zoom in ics nexus s

Hi there youknow that there isnt zoom in gingerbread nexus s and i want to know will there be in ice cream sandwich?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

I don't think there will be.

There should be. Currently sent my Nexus s for repair so cant check but i watched a video demo in youtube and i think i saw there is zoom.

No, camera zoom will not be present in ICS but if you really want it Get Camera Zoom FX from market, it has digital zoom.

Romonster said:
No, camera zoom will not be present in ICS but if you really want it Get Camera Zoom FX from market, it has digital zoom.
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application you mentioned i have tried
i don't know how to say , it's just like you took a picture and then zoom in , it doesn't real zoom in like professional camera , it just zooms in like you looking at picture in the computer by use scroll wheel.
the picure which i took is fuzzy , exactly like you zoom in photo in computer at high rate !
sorry for my poor english , i don't know if i have made myself clear

qtwrk said:
application you mentioned i have tried
i don't know how to say , it's just like you took a picture and then zoom in , it doesn't real zoom in like professional camera , it just zooms in like you looking at picture in the computer by use scroll wheel.
the picure which i took is fuzzy , exactly like you zoom in photo in computer at high rate !
sorry for my poor english , i don't know if i have made myself clear
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That's the only kind of zoom you're going to get on a mobile phone in the near future. It's called digital zoom, and that's what pretty much all mobile phones (including Galaxy Nexus) have.

I think the feature will be available to only capable devices as far as i know our Nexus doesn't support zooming although it might be possible that in ICS they implemented digital zoom which is of less quality

There's no point in a digital zoom, you're simply cropping a section of a picture.
Without a lens that can zoom, there's no point in zooming.

I thought it was confirmed that the base firmware reports to the rest of the system that camera doesn't support any type of zooming, including digital on the Nexus S.
The Galaxy Nexus does though. Sometimes digital zoom is better than no zoom when you want to quickly focus on a particular subject and that you don't want to fiddle with desktop editing software.
deltatux

polobunny said:
There's no point in a digital zoom, you're simply cropping a section of a picture.
Without a lens that can zoom, there's no point in zooming.
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+1
well-said

6x zoom to 10x zoom

Does anyone know how to mod stock camera to change camera zoom. I have 6x zoom but would like to have 10x like the other models?

Why do you need digital zoom? It's the same as if you would zoom into the picture afterwards in the album app

NikiFue said:
Why do you need digital zoom? It's the same as if you would zoom into the picture afterwards in the album app
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Good question!
The only reason I can think of is if you want to frame a picture to post immediately on social media.
Otherwise it's far better to save the whole picture. Then you can cut and zoom to get exactly what you want, either with a phone app or later with Photoshop or similar.