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Z5 camera sensor?
Anyone knows what kind of image sensor are being used on Xperia Z5? Since I have searched on the web but nothing was found? IMX what?

We don't know.
They've not announced the full details.
All we know it is a custom, 1/2.3 Exmor RS 25MP sensor.

Jameslwoodward said:
Anyone knows what kind of image sensor are being used on Xperia Z5? Since I have searched on the web but nothing was found? IMX what?
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http://www.gsmarena.com/sonys_new_z5_series_phones_actually_use_a_custom_25mp_camera_sensor-blog-13806.php
Supposedly IMX300

redback_rsa said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/sonys_new_z...se_a_custom_25mp_camera_sensor-blog-13806.php
Supposedly IMX300
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So the articles saying shooting in 20MP 16:9 is higher resolution than 23MP in 4:3 aspect ratio?
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dawen said:
So the articles saying shooting in 20MP 16:9 is higher resolution than 23MP in 4:3 aspect ratio?
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I think they mean only horizontally as you can see in the picture. 16:9 is 5984px vs 4:3 is 5520px.

Xperia xz dual sim, camera noise

Hi All,
I am still experimenting my new xz dual.
I noticed that the pics taken by its camera.. When u zoom in, there is noticable noise in the pictures and not what i expected at all from a phone advertised as a camera with an additional phone ?.
I am coming from samsung galasy s6+ and the pics looked better when it comes to the details with the zoom in to the picture.
So.. What do you think.. Is the problem with my eye? And what is the best settings for the xperia xz camera?
It is on nougat.
Thanks

Use manual settings.

Rtester said:
Use manual settings.
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Thanks... but can you elaborate more? like camera resolution settings, what to enable what to disable.. extra.

When you use 23 mega pixel sensore and use F2.0 with 24mm lens, you can't catch light very well.
Test this:
When you take picture out-door and middle of the day, XZ shot better than S6,S7,Pixel etc
Because you have bright environment and G-lense can get all light. Little noises and more details.
Set you device on 23mp (or 20mp for landscape shot)
When you shot in-door, better set you device on 8mp!
* NOTE: Google Pixel take amazing photos, why?
Smartphones can't compete with expensive DSLR camera in optical area. Use big pixel+less pixels is the real solution! (or make a giant camera like Nokia 808 and Samsung Galaxy camera).
Sony must learn some thing are more important then number of pixels! (and new flagship, Xperia XZ premium have 19mp and large pixel!!! Good for you sony)

GenomeX said:
When you use 23 mega pixel sensore and use F2.0 with 24mm lens, you can't catch light very well.
Test this:
When you take picture out-door and middle of the day, XZ shot better than S6,S7,Pixel etc
Because you have bright environment and G-lense can get all light. Little noises and more details.
Set you device on 23mp (or 20mp for landscape shot)
When you shot in-door, better set you device on 8mp!
* NOTE: Google Pixel take amazing photos, why?
Smartphones can't compete with expensive DSLR camera in optical area. Use big pixel+less pixels is the real solution! (or make a giant camera like Nokia 808 and Samsung Galaxy camera).
Sony must learn some thing are more important then number of pixels! (and new flagship, Xperia XZ premium have 19mp and large pixel!!! Good for you sony)
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Thanks alot!!

In Door shot:
23mp
http://uupload.ir/files/sc1z_23mp.jpg
100% crop
http://uupload.ir/files/g5gg_23mp_crop.jpg
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8mp
http://uupload.ir/files/imww_8mp.jpg
100% crop
http://uupload.ir/files/yp1s_8mp_crop.jpg
Test different mode, iso, shot speed, resolution, etc yourself and finding better model.

i had xperia z,z2,z5 and now xz and i can confirm that its definetly far better then predecesors maybe z5 compete a little bit...ill share u my xperiance xz camera....i always use 20-23mp for landscape pictures because it captures more details but only if there is enough light outside... if there is low light i always use less MP so in my case 8mp and i play a little bit with shutterspeed and iso thats it...but dont expect XZ to have same lowlight shots like sgs7 does(i had one) ...s7 is simply the best in the lowlight area cuz of camera lens and pixel size... u cant have the best from both worlds

Sony update camera app...
You find app inside apkmirror
1-faster launch
2-slow motion mode inside maine UI
3-fix little lags when change between front and back camera
4- a little better focus and little noise when shot in-door mode
Bad thing: you can't install that like normal app install. Device must be rooted and apk inject /system/priv-app
I test updated camera... More test and shoot share soon. Post update soon.

GenomeX said:
Sony update camera app...
You find app inside apkmirror
1-faster launch
2-slow motion mode inside maine UI
3-fix little lags when change between front and back camera
4- a little better focus and little noise when shot in-door mode
Bad thing: you can't install that like normal app install. Device must be rooted and apk inject /system/priv-app
I test updated camera... More test and shoot share soon. Post update soon.
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thanks for the info... and will it be included in a next update for non rooted devices?

secondary camera

guys,dial *#*#1597#*#* and switch to the second camera...click the photo,check the resolution.. isn't it 2592x1940 (5mp) ... it's strange because the secondary camera is of 20mp and I am getting 5mp.

Mine is 3456x4608
Edit: sorry, I did not switch to the second camera, how do I do that?

rmaathuis said:
Mine is 3456x4608
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switch to lens BACK(2). double tap to switch the camera.

Ok, did that and indeed it's 2592x1940
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rmaathuis said:
Ok, did that and indeed it's 2592x1940
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okay... isn't the secondary camera of 20mp..why does it click photos in 5mp???oneplus ?

Yep the same. Pretty weird. But the image doesn't look like 5 MP though

Wow this is some major scoop! You're indeed right, also to support your findings, the OP6 brother, the OPPO R15, has the same primary 16MP IMX519 sensor and a 5MP secondary sensors only for depth informations.
This could be a camera-gate beginning for OP! It needs deeper investigation

zonzo3 said:
Wow this is some major scoop! You're indeed right, also to support your findings, the OP6 brother, the OPPO R15, has the same primary 16MP IMX519 sensor and a 5MP secondary sensors only for depth informations.
This could be a camera-gate beginning for OP! It needs deeper investigation
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that can't be a co-incidence. i am gonna post about this in oneplus forum. let everyone know about this.

For me the primary camera is at 15.9MP and the portrait camera is at 14.2MP.
Correction: The photos made with primary camera are at 15.9 and the portrait mode ones are at 14.2MP.

neohq said:
For me the primary camera is at 15.9MP and the portrait camera is at 14.2MP.
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you mean portrait photos??the resolution is 15.9 mp for portrait photos too.

The portrait photo is also made with the primary camera, helped by the secondary camera.
If I cover the secondary camera I see a message on screen and bokeh effect is gone.
@aneesh12 Yes, I meant the photos.

neohq said:
The portrait photo is also made with the primary camera, helped by the secondary camera.
If I cover the secondary camera I see a message on screen and bokeh effect is gone.
@aneesh12 Yes, I meant the photos.
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yeah... that's how all the process works. but you said the portrait photos are 14.2mp for you which is not the same for me...i am getting 15.9mp photos. i am sorry if i got you wrong again

Another thing, the pictures taken with the secondary camera capture so much more light when shooting in really (really) dark places. Try it and let me know.
I think maybe it's the same secondary sensor used in the OP5T, the Sony IMX 376k, which is a 20MP sensor that via software does a pixel interpolation to "create" bigger pixels and capture more light.
However it's a cheap move to use this sensor only for depth informations

zonzo3 said:
Another thing, the pictures taken with the secondary camera capture so much more light when shooting in really (really) dark places. Try it and let me know.
I think maybe it's the same secondary sensor used in the OP5T, the Sony IMX 376k, which is a 20MP sensor that via software does a pixel interpolation to "create" bigger pixels and capture more light.
However it's a cheap move to use this sensor only for depth informations
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I'll try the second camera on op5t nd will see the resolution.

guys, what's the use of second camera anyways??? I've covered the second lens,still the photos came out as same as when the lens wasn't covered.

@aneesh12
For the depth of field effect/bokeh, portrait photos.

neohq said:
@aneesh12
For the depth of field effect/bokeh, portrait photos.
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they could have gone for 5mp depth sensing camera then. why to waste 20mp for that. oneplus 5's camera was very well implemented. that optical zoom was actually useful and handy.

aneesh12 said:
guys, what's the use of second camera anyways??? I've covered the second lens,still the photos came out as same as when the lens wasn't covered.
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You have to double tap to change camera then you will see camera(2) instead of camera(0)

vitotteng said:
You have to double tap to change camera then you will see camera(2) instead of camera(0)
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that is exactly what i said in the 3rd post. you didn't get what i said.

Could it be due to a software config, like using pixel binning to increase sensitivity in the dark?

How to make camera record video in 4K

Like in the title. I can choose only 1080p, how do I set recording to 4K?
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There is no 4k recording. Try Open Camera app, but why you want to record videoin 4K?
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rumpelst said:
There is no 4k recording. Try Open Camera app, but why you want to record videoin 4K?
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4K looks way better on TV and PC.

First of all we should hope for some developers to create a camera mod that will allow use to record in 4k and in 1080p 60fps.
Samsung at the moment doesn't allow the a7 to record nothing other than 1080/30fps, maybe in the future we will see something(april 2019, android pie release).
The camera sensor shouldn't have any problem to record in 4k cause you only need a 9mpx sensor to record in 4k, as specs said we have a 24 mpx camera behind our phone, even more we have already slow-mo(720/120fps) and super slow-mo(should be 960fps?) features. Those features let us know that the camera is able to record at high framerate.
A user reported that our main camera is a SCAM, to him the camera is a 8mpx interpolated to 24mpx, THAT IS THE WORST THING EVER.
So first of all we should find out which camera sensors we have onboard.

@maury121
That's Sony_IMX576 propably. I checked that with Phone INFO app.
Look: https://www.deviceranking.pl/camera-sensor/158/sony-imx576-exmor-rs
I don't know if thats exactly the same sensor, but guess Samsung would not lie us like that.

So it looks like we have a sensor that other manufacturer used as a selfie camera.
Still, it's able to shoot 120fps and very high fps(880fps, in real for only 400ms for a total of 385fps, tested it myself), so if only some glorious developer put his work on a camera mod to enable all those amazing features it would be an amazing phone.
I really don't understand how samsung won't allow users to record in 4k with a 24mpx sensor, my old oneplus could record in 4k, that's really bad.

I hope they will add 4K support in the march update.

They will not, if they do that you woldn't need to buy the A9, that has the same sensor of the A7 and it can record in 4k30fps.

You can 3K in 30fps and 1080/60fps on Galaxy A7
I am using this device for a long time. And I am looking for and app that can record 4k and 1080 in 60fps.
BUT I FOUND SOMETHING INTERESTING!!!
If you use GCam, you can record in 60fps in 1080p.
And if you download filmic pro app then you can shoot in 3K 30fps. But I want 60fps somehow in filmic pro app. But the GCam can 60fps record in 1080p is quite good but sometime its do lag.

SAFI_MUHAMMAD said:
You can 3K in 30fps and 1080/60fps on Galaxy A7
I am using this device for a long time. And I am looking for and app that can record 4k and 1080 in 60fps.
BUT I FOUND SOMETHING INTERESTING!!!
If you use GCam, you can record in 60fps in 1080p.
And if you download filmic pro app then you can shoot in 3K 30fps. But I want 60fps somehow in filmic pro app. But the GCam can 60fps record in 1080p is quite good but sometime its do lag.
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could you provide the link for that gcam version
also tell if there is root required for that gcam

[WiP] [CAMERA MOD] 32s mod for Redmi Note 5 Pro

Hey guys,
I'm currently working on a mod to enable longer shutter speeds than 1/4.
So far I've been able to enable the options till 16s, but when i capture the photo, it just has a max shutter speed of 1s in stock camera.
I'm using the files from this thread as a reference.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....ong-exposure-redmi-note-4-redmi-t3657343/amp/
If anyone has any prior knowledge in this topic, please do guide me. As I'm still new to this stuff.
Thank you
Update :
Tried a few changes, broke the camera, but manual mode worked and 16s exposure started, but crashed after 5s.
Trying again.

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On which camera sensor module are you working ? Because the Indian RN5P variant has Sony IMX486 Sensor, which (supposedly) supports slower Shutter speeds, while the global/chinese RN5 AI variant has Samsung S5K2L7 Sensor, which has some limitations for slower shutter speeds.

Shaurya117 said:
On which camera sensor module are you working ? Because the Indian RN5P variant has Sony IMX486 Sensor, which (supposedly) supports slower Shutter speeds, while the global/chinese RN5 AI variant has Samsung S5K2L7 Sensor, which has some limitations for slower shutter speeds.
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I have the Indian Variant, So IMX486..
more specifically the libmmcamera_whyred_imx486_ofilm_global_i.so file from /vendor/lib/
but I noticed that there is another file libmmcamera_whyred_imx486_ofilm_global_i_eeprom.so, which is really weird.
and Apparently Mi A2 also has IMX 486 which has support upto 32s

Any update on the progress so far ?

Shaurya117 said:
Any update on the progress so far ?
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Really hard to learn and do this on my own.
So far,I've enabled the options upto 16s, but max shutterspeed is now 1s instead of 1/4s haha. So there's some progress, i guess

piyush95 said:
Really hard to learn and do this on my own.
So far,I've enabled the options upto 16s, but max shutterspeed is now 1s instead of 1/4s haha. So there's some progress, i guess
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If possible, you may try experimenting by using camera libs from MI A2, because it has the same IMX486 sensor which is used in our Indian RN5 Pro. You may also contact me for testing purpose. I'll be happy to help you.

Shaurya117 said:
If possible, you may try experimenting by using camera libs from MI A2, because it has the same IMX486 sensor which is used in our Indian RN5 Pro. You may also contact me for testing purpose. I'll be happy to help you.
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Thanks! Will do! Right now I'm using libs from Redmi Note 7, as that uses the same sensor.
Will do so ! Thanks

Good luck dude! I wish I could be of some help to you

piyush95 said:
Thanks! Will do! Right now I'm using libs from Redmi Note 7, as that uses the same sensor.
Will do so ! Thanks
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Whoops, I believe RN7 uses different sensor. The image quality of RN5 Pro is way better than RN7. So most probably the sensor is different. You may try experimenting with libs from MI A2

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piyush95 said:
Thanks! Will do! Right now I'm using libs from Redmi Note 7, as that uses the same sensor.
Will do so ! Thanks
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Mate, RN7 uses Samsung ISOCELL GM1 sensor and the RN7P uses the IMX 586 sensor.

coolakshansh said:
Mate, RN7 uses Samsung ISOCELL GM1 sensor and the RN7P uses the IMX 586 sensor.
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Shaurya117 said:
Whoops, I believe RN7 uses different sensor. The image quality of RN5 Pro is way better than RN7. So most probably the sensor is different. You may try experimenting with libs from MI A2
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Umm, my mom has the Redmi Note 7 and as you can see in the screen shot, it uses imx 486... And I'm also trying with Mi A2..so chill guys haha.

piyush95 said:
Umm, my mom has the Redmi Note 7 and as you can see in the screen shot, it uses imx 486... And I'm also trying with Mi A2..so chill guys haha.
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Sorry bro, apparently, Indian Redmi Note 7 has the IMX486 in it.
Also, OP, can't we just use any other pro camera app like Camera FV-5 or Open Camera to capture long exposures?

coolakshansh said:
Sorry bro, apparently, Indian Redmi Note 7 has the IMX486 in it.
Also, OP, can't we just use any other pro camera app like Camera FV-5 or Open Camera to capture long exposures?
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I'm the OP haha ..
And no we cant, Because those are just gimmicks and not the real deal..
What (I think )it does is ... It captures a 1080p video in 30 fps and stacks those 30 frames with each other to create a "long exposure"
Thats why when you check the picture resolution afterwards, its only 2MP ie 1920x1080.
More capable hardware can shoot 4k videos and do this, giving you 8MP shots ( This is what Slow Shutter App does for older iPhones)
But why stop at 2 or 8MP when you can get more light and more resolution by enabling actual long exposures

piyush95 said:
I'm the OP haha ..
And no we cant, Because those are just gimmicks and not the real deal..
What (I think )it does is ... It captures a 1080p video in 30 fps and stacks those 30 frames with each other to create a "long exposure"
Thats why when you check the picture resolution afterwards, its only 2MP ie 1920x1080.
More capable hardware can shoot 4k videos and do this, giving you 8MP shots ( This is what Slow Shutter App does for older iPhones)
But why stop at 2 or 8MP when you can get more light and more resolution by enabling actual long exposures
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You know it's frustrating when Xiaomi uses really capable hardware but limits it with ****ty software and blobs.

coolakshansh said:
You know it's frustrating when Xiaomi uses really capable hardware but limits it with ****ty software and blobs.
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I know!! Have experienced it with Sony and now Redmi. This is so sad!

Hi, I know the only way to improve max exposure time is modify i2c regs which in camera lib. But I don't know how to modify, there are all hex. But someone did it before, the bug is, exposure time fixed at about 8s

Developer. said:
Hi, I know the only way to improve max exposure time is modify i2c regs which in camera lib. But I don't know how to modify, there are all hex. But someone did it before, the bug is, exposure time fixed at about 8s
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As these libs are c++ shared objects, I've used the ndk toolchains to disassemble the files. Now I've got a bunch of arm assembly codes. The link I've mentioned in the OP. That guy has made 3 mods 8,16 and 32s.
So I was comparing the changes he made.
Do you have any experience with assembly programming?

piyush95 said:
As these libs are c++ shared objects, I've used the ndk toolchains to disassemble the files. Now I've got a bunch of arm assembly codes. The link I've mentioned in the OP. That guy has made 3 mods 8,16 and 32s.
So I was comparing the changes he made.
Do you have any experience with assembly programming?
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These subs are used for calculate gains and not the registers. We can only edit registers in hex way to modify exposure time.

Developer. said:
These subs are used for calculate gains and not the registers. We can only edit registers in hex way to modify exposure time.
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No no , I meant I tried to disassemble them to make sense of what it does/means . I edit and modify them in hex view only though.