So just in case not everyone follows The Droid Life, I thought I'd post the new Camera App since photography quality seems to be one of biggest aspects of the phone people chase.
Let's see how it stacks against our Generous Dev's Xdabbed's and Jishnu's modified camera apps that they have done wonders with. I don't know if it'll be of any use to us since they've been pushing the stock app to the max, but maybe it's worth giving a try for UI experience.
You need to be on Android 4.4+
Google Cam APK
Here's the DL overview of it. Tour
I myself don't think it will compare with the quality and feature's Xdabbed has packed into his but new stock options are always nice.
Update: Ok so I've done my first comparison. Both at 13MP, Med/Low Lighting, and forced flash with a steady arm.
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Strange, but to me the google cam looks a alot sharper quality as per the rug and cat fur. The colors also look deeper i.e. the pink leopard spots. I'll have to play around more
Update 2: So I believe Google's Cam takes amazing pictures in ideal lighting and photo conditions, but Xdab's really strives at being a more versatile photo taker when it comes to other conditions such as low light.
Yeah, I saw this on D-L also. So far I am very impressed and happy to have Photo-sphere back in the arsenal.
One thing I want to try and do is hack the app to either add a 10Mwide [16:9] option or change the parameters on the 7.7M option to be the 10Mwide format that is available on the stock LG camera. Which is the one i use the most and allows for the full screen view w/ semi-transparent shutter button.
played around for a while. could not get photo sphere to work correctly. blur effect is good. images to me don't appear to be any better than lg stock camera app. certainly not many filters/effects etc. thanks for the download thought.
TruEastSydeBoi said:
So just in case not everyone follows The Droid Life, I thought I'd post the new Camera App since photography quality seems to be one of biggest aspects of the phone people chase.
Let's see how it stacks against our Generous Dev's Xdabbed's and Jishnu's modified camera apps that they have done wonders with. I don't know if it'll be of any use to us since they've been pushing the stock app to the max, but maybe it's worth giving a try for UI experience.
Google Cam APK
Here's the DL overview of it. Tour
I myself don't think it will compare with the quality and feature's Xdabbed has packed into his but new stock options are always nice.
Update: Ok so I've done my first comparison. Both at 13MP, Med/Low Lighting, and forced flash with a steady arm.
Modified Stock:
Google Cam:
Compare Photos Link
Strange, but to me the google cam looks a alot sharper quality as per the rug and cat fur. The colors also look deeper i.e. the pink leopard spots. I'll have to play around more
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this is awesome. i love the blur effect. kinda like the M8 instead of having 2 camersa you raise the camera a bit and it takes another shot to create the depth of field effect.GENIUS!
I'm gonna play around with this a little more, but I actually think this might be a little sharper than X's mod.
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The Google cam does look more contrast-y in the comparison pics.
Photosphere worked fine for me. LG gallery displays 3d panorama ok but Google gallery is better.
Why it says not compatible with my phone ?
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Why it says not compatible with my phone ?
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Are you on 4.4+? You have to be, Can't be installed on 4.2.2
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Are you on 4.4+? You have to be, Can't be installed on 4.2.2
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Yes I am, thanks for the heads up
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In some phones the capture button is transparent. Why in the g2 is not and how can I get it to be transparent? I have cm11 with gapps but the camera app in the play store didn't let me update but install.
This new google cam it is not so good in low light scenes...
Let's try to take some pics in dark scenes, you can notice that it is not able to focus using the flash led while stock/modded lg cam yes.
i dont like how small the pictures come out.
I love it, nice for custom roms!
Its really just meant for being simple and taking quick shots without cumbersome load times for instance like the HDR mode is super quick. I'm sure with more app updates on the way this camera app will have good potential
Low light shot.. first is x's camera, second is Google.
In low light x wins
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Has anyone figured out how to change the settings so that you can use zoom?
Does anyone know how to mute the shutter on the Google cam? Very annoying.
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Has anyone figured out how to change the settings so that you can use zoom?
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Pinch to zoom
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Does anyone know how to mute the shutter on the Google cam? Very annoying.
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I have no shutter sound when my phone is on silent or vibrate.
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Pinch to zoom
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I have no shutter sound when my phone is on silent or vibrate.
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...but you do when your phones volume is on. My stock camera does not make a sound when my volume is on.
Shutter sound does not go away no matter what volume level. LS980 Sprint variant
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Am I the only one that thinks pictures taken with the ATRIX 2 are a little blurry? Close ups are OK but average distance away pictures come out not that great
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Motorola is infamous for sub-par cameras
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Most of my pictures come out crystal clear if i wait for the focus box to turn green which means it's "focused" as far as the the app is concerned. Although, I've had plenty of times where it thinks its focused, but the preview looks like barf. Maybe there's a different focus option for long distance pictures... I don't know. xD
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Most of my pictures come out crystal clear if i wait for the focus box to turn green which means it's "focused" as far as the the app is concerned. Although, I've had plenty of times where it thinks its focused, but the preview looks like barf. Maybe there's a different focus option for long distance pictures... I don't know. xD
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i found that if you tap the screen, it will refocus to where you tapped the screen
Ahh that's a nice tip. I'll have to try that.
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Am I the only one that thinks pictures taken with the ATRIX 2 are a little blurry? Close ups are OK but average distance away pictures come out not that great
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Does this look blurry?
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Doesn't look that sharp to me, but this seems to be the trend with all the photos I've seen in reviews (don't have my atrix 2 yet). The macro shots can look good, especially the ones that showcase rocks for some reason, but further distance its pretty blurry looking compared to other high-end phones. The colors are kind of drab and probably the most annoying to me is that the image comes up much darker than it should, at least in comparison to other phones (there's several blogs that pit the atrix 2 against the gs2, amaze, etc.), so images shot at noon in a clear sky look like they are shot in a cloud covered day. These are probably automatic settings. Dunno about adjusting it and all that. Wish it would autofocus in video too.
Drag the focus box instead of tapping.
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The camera is on par with most of the devices out there, sure there are some better but this phone is just fine. If your taking a picture that you need to scrutinize that much then use a camera not your phone. Personally I bought my phone to be used as a phone with the benefit of having a camera. I don't understand why people buy a device an then scrutinize it to hell. Would you buy a car without test driving it?
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If your taking a picture that you need to scrutinize that much then use a camera not your phone.
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Agreed. I think the camera is fine as is, takes nice pictures all things considered.
Camera zoom fx fixed a ton of my issues, try it out On aptoide.
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Camera zoom fx fixed a ton of my issues, try it out On aptoide.
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I didn't have any qualms about the oem app but I compared Camera Zoom FX to the stock app and I gotta admit, I like the results i'm getting with CZFX! It's now my camera app of choice.
Download picsay pro also, it can be used to touch them up before you post on facebok
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Download picsay pro also, it can be used to touch them up before you post on facebok
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Is it better than Adobe Photoshop Express?
Not bashing the camera at all here I was just getting opinions from others about the picture quality from a supposed 8mp camera
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The A2 has a ton of potential but there's too much time after you press the photo. Press the button and it takes so long the pics blurred from movement. The oem cam app is lame and it doesn't do good at night. I used cam zoom and it does torch mode for night. Also during the day colors were washed out even in indirect sun light. I really like the camera but the SGS II oem camera app destroys it. The pics regardless of the light are sharp, clean, and overall great. I did however really love the HD recording. Did some really good recordings with zero complaints.
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Not bashing the camera at all here I was just getting opinions from others about the picture quality from a supposed 8mp camera
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You do realize that picture quality has very little to do with the megapixel rating (size of the picture the camera can take), right?
please tell me more about camera quality !?
i have atrix 4g and i want buy atrix 2 is it good change or no !??!
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You do realize that picture quality has very little to do with the megapixel rating (size of the picture the camera can take), right?
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Yeah I do realize but in most cases higher MP do result in a better picture. 8mp cameras usually shoot better than a 5mp. But the quality issue probably is because of shutter lag
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Yeah I do realize but in most cases higher MP do result in a better picture. 8mp cameras usually shoot better than a 5mp. But the quality issue probably is because of shutter lag
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No, no, no, you got it all wrong. The megapixel rating just tells you how large of a picture the camera can take, the sensor is what determines the quality of said picture. Read this article to get a better understanding.
www.geek.com/digital-camera-buyers-guide/megapixels/
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been looking into trying either AOKP or Paranoid Android.. could you fine folks please tell me how the AOSP camera compares to the TouchWiz cam? i've heard that the AOSP cam is nowhere near as good as the TW cam software. what features aren't in the AOSP one? thanks!
My dad and I took side by side pictures of that exact same thing and the pictures looked exactly the same.
Neverendingxsin said:
My dad and I took side by side pictures of that exact same thing and the pictures looked exactly the same.
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good to know. as far as features though.. like burst shot, panorama, take a photo while in video, save to external SD... are all those in AOSP as well? thanks!
This is the only time I will EVER say something from touchwiz is better. AOSP camera does not have near as many features as the touchwiz counterpart. Don't get me wrong it can still take normal shots just fine but everything else touchwiz has the edge.
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This is the only time I will EVER say something from touchwiz is better. AOSP camera does not have near as many features as the touchwiz counterpart. Don't get me wrong it can still take normal shots just fine but everything else touchwiz has the edge.
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what features are missing?
touchwiz camera is by far better....aosp is still good just sayin.
bummer. looks like i'll be sticking with TW for now, since the camera is the most important feature for me. thanks guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874030
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I used to think AOSP cameras weren't all that great, but then i went to hawaii this past summer and used my thunderbolt to take a zillion pictures and it was running Thundershed CM 7.2 i believe and the pictures turned out to be great
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I'll upload a few samples i got from my vacation taken using AOSP. Remember these were all taken using an HTC Thunderbolt running thundershed CM 7.2 using an AOSP camera.
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I used to think AOSP cameras weren't all that great, but then i went to hawaii this past summer and used my thunderbolt to take a zillion pictures and it was running Thundershed CM 7.2 i believe and the pictures turned out to be great
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I'll upload a few samples i got from my vacation taken using AOSP. Remember these were all taken using an HTC Thunderbolt running thundershed CM 7.2 using an AOSP camera.
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You're making me extremely hungry, lol. Landscape pics look good too.
I agree that the TW cam has more features though.
nice photos neverending =)
have you guys tried this AOSP camera mod? looks to have quite a bit of features:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746611
pcdisme said:
You're making me extremely hungry, lol. Landscape pics look good too.
I agree that the TW cam has more features though.
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thanks
Haha I made myself hungry too. And yes touch wiz camera does have more features, but aosp is coming a long nicely.
radiohead14 said:
nice photos neverending =)
have you guys tried this AOSP camera mod? looks to have quite a bit of features:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746611
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Thank you figured I'd give people a sample of some photos from aosp.
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http://postimage.org/image/d7orrt6z3/
http://postimage.org/image/r3x03p37z/
http://postimage.org/image/5zd52iu8f/
http://postimage.org/image/k1z2hhzm7/
http://postimage.org/image/kg0eh3jpr/
A few pictures I just took with the cm10 camera. Nothing special to take pictures of but you guys can get an idea of what it can do.
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Again nothing special, just a few quick pictures.
Since you guys know I love showing you food here's a close up sample with both the back camera and front camera.
Back camera is first then the front
Is there any way to get the TW camera to work on AOSP roms? I tried just copying the apk into /system/app to no avail.
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Is there any way to get the TW camera to work on AOSP roms? I tried just copying the apk into /system/app to no avail.
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no
The AOSP mod adds burst mode, external SD storage, better mp management etc. With that added I've experienced no disadvantage.
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guthrien said:
The AOSP mod adds burst mode, external SD storage, better mp management etc. With that added I've experienced no disadvantage.
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Unless that mod was recently updated the front camera on it freezes after one picture
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The AOSP mod adds burst mode, external SD storage, better mp management etc. With that added I've experienced no disadvantage.
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is there "Night" mode and ability to take photos while in video?
Off the top of my head the only feature I miss is being able to say cheese to take a picture, can't really think of any other notable features.
I can't seem to get any picture to stitch right, any advice or tip? I've tried everything what's the secret
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The secret is not to use it on these phones, it's terrible.
I don't see how the phone has anything to do with it as its just app essentially
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You have to move the camera to the spots without moving the position of the camera... imagine the camera is on a 360 degree tripod... trick is, you're the tripod lol...
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The secret is not to use it on these phones, it's terrible.
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Complete BS response.. i took this earlier today with my ns4g
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And this was adding the tiny planet effect...
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Yeah you would need to have tripod, or only shoot like stock panorama, only horizontaly. Its difficult not to change a position at least for a little which is enough for picture to be misplaced. Nice picture, btw, the 2nd one.
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Check it, JellyBean 4.2 goodies:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964804
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You have to move the camera to the spots without moving the position of the camera... imagine the camera is on a 360 degree tripod... trick is, you're the tripod lol...
Complete BS response.. i took this earlier today with my ns4g
And this was adding the tiny planet effect...
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I'll give it another shot
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You have to move the camera to the spots without moving the position of the camera... imagine the camera is on a 360 degree tripod... trick is, you're the tripod lol...
Complete BS response.. i took this earlier today with my ns4g
And this was adding the tiny planet effect...
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Hi,
Can you post the link of the camera app you installed on your device? ... I'm using a Nexus S and sometimes not all the pictures taken in Photo Sphere are being shown after the render is complete.. like I took a full 360 picture but i could only see half of it in the photo sphere viewer, the rest is black. Also i cannot apply the Tiny Planet effect.. the gallery FCs when i try to apply it.
Any guesses on how i can fix this?
Thanks
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Hi,
Can you post the link of the camera app you installed on your device? ... I'm using a Nexus S and sometimes not all the pictures taken in Photo Sphere are being shown after the render is complete.. like I took a full 360 picture but i could only see half of it in the photo sphere viewer, the rest is black. Also i cannot apply the Tiny Planet effect.. the gallery FCs when i try to apply it.
Any guesses on how i can fix this?
Thanks
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The black is when the pictures taken aren't good enough to stitch together... even on the image i posted in here, i took shots of the sky as well but it turned black because of lighting or bad pictures... not sure exactly but that's my best guess...
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Does anyone have the *newest* version (ie after November 14th) of the camera and gallery app? The one that allows sharing to Google maps, and has the arrows for photosphere to show you where the closest blue dot is?
I too noticed that when i shot fully 360° shot, up-down, left-right, photosphere just doesnt include all photos. Like it says, "hey, thats too much photos, i will remove top row pictures and stitch the others". I dont have anything black etc, sphere just doesnt include images in stitching. It might be our phone is weak or something so it cant handle.
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alen1901 said:
I too noticed that when i shot fully 360° shot, up-down, left-right, photosphere just doesnt include all photos. Like it says, "hey, thats too much photos, i will remove top row pictures and stitch the others". I dont have anything black etc, sphere just doesnt include images in stitching. It might be our phone is weak or something so it cant handle.
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Yea that's what I meant. I meant black as in the pictures are not included in the photosphere viewer.
Well I don't think our phone is weak for that. Because it can take panorama pics very easily, and it probably captures more photos than photosphere before stitching them all together.
I think it could simply be a compatibility issue, since the rendering bugs sometimes.
Also, did you guys manage to fix the Tiny Planet effect FC?
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Yea that's what I meant. I meant black as in the pictures are not included in the photosphere viewer.
Well I don't think our phone is weak for that. Because it can take panorama pics very easily, and it probably captures more photos than photosphere before stitching them all together.
I think it could simply be a compatibility issue, since the rendering bugs sometimes.
Also, did you guys manage to fix the Tiny Planet effect FC?
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You can try to edit build.prop and change nexus s name to galaxy nexus, reboot, and see if its working.
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You can try to follow the tutorial over at http://photosphereviewer.net/. Should help to get better results.
Update Today, apparently it works on other devices also. I don't have an M8 so cannot check but it may work on custom ROMs, maybe even Sense and it should work on GPE, some niceness added.
Try it and have fun.
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Update Today, apparently it works on other devices also. I don't have an M8 so cannot check but it may work on custom ROMs, maybe even Sense and it should work on GPE, some niceness added.
Try it and have fun.
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i downloaded from the play store and it works great.
running android revolution rom
Do you guys have a fully black or semi-transparent box around the shutter button on the new camera?
CitizenLee said:
Do you guys have a fully black or semi-transparent box around the shutter button on the new camera?
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Yeah it's part of the design, it's the same on the Nexus also.
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Yeah it's part of the design, it's the same on the Nexus also.
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I have the N5 mate, and it's fully black too, but someone on another forum posted a pick of their camera from a GPE M8 and it's semi-transparent
See here: http://imgur.com/YBxhk7q
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I have the N5 mate, and it's fully black too, but someone on another forum posted a pick of their camera from a GPE M8 and it's semi-transparent
See here: http://imgur.com/YBxhk7q
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Yeah just seen your post over on the N5 forum. Not sure why it's different, possible the GPE m8 changes it slightly for whatever reason ?
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Yeah just seen your post over on the N5 forum. Not sure why it's different, possible the GPE m8 changes it slightly for whatever reason ?
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Strange isn't it! You'd assume it's the same apk coming from Google Play, so must be something to do with the phone itself.
The GPE M8 is still HTC framework underneath right... just missing Sense and a few other HTC bells and whistles?
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I have the N5 mate, and it's fully black too, but someone on another forum posted a pick of their camera from a GPE M8 and it's semi-transparent
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It is transparent like that on the Nexus 5 while in Video mode too.
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It is transparent like that on the Nexus 5 while in Video mode too.
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Ahh that solves it then, rarely if ever use video camera.. Even the camera itself haha. Thanks for clearing that up tho!
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I have the N5 mate, and it's fully black too, but someone on another forum posted a pick of their camera from a GPE M8 and it's semi-transparent
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That's me, it's semi transparent in camera mode. Also, when I take a photo, the photo is the size of the whole viewfinder including the semi transparent part.
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That's me, it's semi transparent in camera mode. Also, when I take a photo, the photo is the size of the whole viewfinder including the semi transparent part.
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Haha, nice to see you here
What ROM are you using, and what's the build number on your camera app?
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Haha, nice to see you here
What ROM are you using, and what's the build number on your camera app?
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Running this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441
Here's the build number
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Running this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441
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Same build number here.
Strange, must just be something to do with our different phones rather than the app in that case.
I have a black bar around the edges of the Viewfinder. Anyone noticed the same?
This is how it looks.im running sense rom
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This is how it looks.im running sense rom
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Yep and the black edges are very bothering
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Installed on an M7 running an M8 Sense 6 port (InsertCoin) and there's no black edges - the viewfinder is the full screen and the shutter area is semi transparent. I like the fact that when you switch to video mode and you're in portrait view there's a constant icon telling you to rotate the camera (which does go away if you start recording). Google finally trying to kill off portrait videos - good for them! haha
IMO, the Google Camera App does produce a greenish tint on the M8, at least in the refocus mode after you refocused a little and let it render.
Already set the quality to high quality, but well, tinting is still there. Its not really heavy tinting, but enough to annoy me.
Normal photo mode seems fine so far, even tho it doesnt produce as good colors as the htc camera app.
Nevertheless, the new refocus tech is pretty logical and on still elements pretty powerful. I cant see it really useful for quick snaps or faster moving objects since it requires careful and steady movements.
Really hope that HTC improves the stock HTC camera app to let us adjust blur levels with increased accuracy on the captured image itself. the fail rate on ufocus sadly is pretty high still.
EDIT: I attached 2 images to show the green tint. First one is the shot right after i took it. second one is after refocusing. as you can see, there is a significant tint after processing. I even have the impression the processed image is now lower quality than before.
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Hey, M8 owners. I'm a note 3 owner looking at the M8. I came from the M7 but sold it mostly due to the camera performance and lack of expandable storage. The latter has been addressed and from I've read the camera has improved as well. However, I wanted to get the opinions of actual owners about the quality of photos taken with the M8. I'm especially interested in hearing opinions from those that frequently photograph their kids. So, please chime in with your experience.
TIA!
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mlin said:
Hey, M8 owners. I'm a note 3 owner looking at the M8. I came from the M7 but sold it mostly due to the camera performance and lack of expandable storage. The latter has been addressed and from I've read the camera has improved as well. However, I wanted to get the opinions of actual owners about the quality of photos taken with the M8. I'm especially interested in hearing opinions from those that frequently photograph their kids. So, please chime in with your experience.
TIA!
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I came from the Note 3 and really the only thing that I miss is the camera. While the M8 camera has some cool gimmicks, the note 3 really took great photos. That said, the build quality and everything else about the phone I love - even with a smaller screen. I haven't looked back and the camera is sufficient enough for everyday use.
hope this helps.
logie said:
I came from the Note 3 and really the only thing that I miss is the camera. While the M8 camera has some cool gimmicks, the note 3 really took great photos. That said, the build quality and everything else about the phone I love - even with a smaller screen. I haven't looked back and the camera is sufficient enough for everyday use.
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Thanks for the response. It's a little discouraging, but I think I'll hit up a Verizon store with my daughter tomorrow and do some thorough testing of the camera. It sounds like some of the auto settings are less than ideal but that a few manual adjustments can really improve performance.
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Taken in mid air. Did I spam the shutter button.... Yes. Got some blurry ones too. But for kids and everyday photography, its excellent
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I own both devices and have to say that the Note 3 takes better pictures as far as I am concerned. What I will say is that I have a main line and a business line and the M8 is the phone I choose to be on the main line. Here is an example of pictures from both:
N3:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
M8:
Sorry for the High-res I wanted to show the pics unchanged.
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Taken in mid air. Did I spam the shutter button.... Yes. Got some blurry ones too. But for kids and everyday photography, its excellent
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Did you mean to attach an image?
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Did you mean to attach an image?
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Whoops. Sorry about that
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Whoops. Sorry about that
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Cool, thanks. Looks good. I played with the M8 today. My daughter wasn't up to going to Verizon with me, but I think I got a good feel for the camera. Shutter speeds are fast and shot to shot tines were impressive. By no means am I a highly skilled photographer, I just want to be able to capture decent shots of my kids. I think I'll try to pick one up and give it a go. Thanks everyone for the feedback.
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Here's two I took over the weekend. If someone wouldn't mind sharing their manual settings I would appreciate that. I just used HDR. These images on my desktop PC background are blurry and pixelated but look good enough for mobile viewing.
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has anyone compared the Google camera to the stock camera
can the Google camera access the same functions ?