You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Google Pixel 2 XL performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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I'm trying to figure out how to enable portrait mode on the front facing camera. Soon as I select portrait mode it switches to the camera in the back and there's no way to switch it. Anyone know how?
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You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Google Pixel 2 XL performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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ludeboy said:
I'm trying to figure out how to enable portrait mode on the front facing camera. Soon as I select portrait mode it switches to the camera in the back and there's no way to switch it. Anyone know how?
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Yeah same here..dunno how to do the selfie portrait.
I think it automatically does it. When I played with it at Verizon I took a selfie & it was in portrait style. Try that & see. Hope this helps
I think an update came through, because I had a similar problem but now it's working. Try again after checking the Play Store for an update and/or rebooting?
Yes, camera definitely needs to be updated in the Store for this.
Yeah mine is working now too. Guess something updated overnight.
What's a "Selfie?"
Update helped. Thanks for the heads up, guys! God the cameras are ridiculously fantastic!
Sometimes the selfie cam causes the screen to flash white and it's very laggy taking a picture. What's up with this. Is this supposed to be a flash or something?
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Sometimes the selfie cam causes the screen to flash white and it's very laggy taking a picture. What's up with this. Is this supposed to be a flash or something?
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Yeah check the right most option if you have flash set to auto/on.
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You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Xiaomi Mi 6 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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can someone tell me when using instagram stories if the selfie camera crops the pic compared to using the camera app?
To take selfies I prefer the Google camera app.
Turn on HDR and shot.
Can anyone confirm me if the front camera has auto focus?
RisingNoob said:
Can anyone confirm me if the front camera has auto focus?
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The front camera don't have autofocus.
Rick_BR said:
The front camera don't have autofocus.
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That's unfortunate, the Mi 5s has and I think it plays a great rule in the selfie department.
Camera is the worst part of mi 6 (my opinion). With natural light you can achieve great results, but not even close a mi 9se quality (newer, same price).
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the OnePlus 5's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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Probably requires a little work on the SW, as I've noticed it takes great pictures at times, and then bad pictures in the same conditions at times. Misses one star for low light pictures.
I deduct 3 star for low light, EIS doesn't work in still image & there is no OIS in OP5 (OP5 downgraded from op3 in stabilization) so, in pro mode it's impossible to use 30s long shot without tripod or stands(who the hell like to use tripod in smartphone).
And the normal shots has lots of visible noises compared to advertised, portrait mode doesn't work in low light with flash, (missing on background lights bokeh), telephoto lens which is only 1.5x optical doesn't work in low light.
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It's great to my untrained eyes. XD
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I deduct 3 star for low light, EIS doesn't work in still image & there is no OIS in OP5 (OP5 downgraded from op3 in stabilization) so, in pro mode it's impossible to use 30s long shot without tripod or stands(who the hell like to use tripod in smartphone).
And the normal shots has lots of visible noises compared to advertised, portrait mode doesn't work in low light with flash, (missing on background lights bokeh), telephoto lens which is only 1.5x optical doesn't work in low light.
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What lol, who would use 30sec shutter time without tripod?
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What lol, who would use 30sec shutter time without tripod?
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Isn't that possible with Stabilization?
bullooka said:
Isn't that possible with Stabilization?
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No the photo would come out terrible. Tripod is a must on any phone with a long shutter time.
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No the photo would come out terrible. Tripod is a must on any phone with a long shutter time.
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Now I ordered a tripod from Amazon, and a separate smartphone holder. I already got a Bluetooth remote that can be used as remote shutter.
If you are experienced photographer or using OP5. can you tell me what setup would be the best to take photos of half moon with lots of patterned light clouds, I tried to take photo of that and the Moon is all blured out to a round bright circle, I tried on different iso and shutter speed, with focus on that landscape sign ...
I'm very impressed with the low light quality of this camera.
http://i.imgur.com/b2OQGcZ.jpg
It even got the stars from the night sky.
I putted an auto picture for comparison.
Also Consider the loss of quality from the collage app.
If you are interested in the originals or the shutter speed/ISO settings, just tell me.
how is low light photos after 4.5.8 update ? is it still blurry ?
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I'm very impressed with the low light quality of this camera.
http://i.imgur.com/b2OQGcZ.jpg
It even got the stars from the night sky.
I putted an auto picture for comparison.
Also Consider the loss of quality from the collage app.
If you are interested in the originals or the shutter speed/ISO settings, just tell me.
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Do you have other low light shots? Can I use them in a video review please?
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Do you have other low light shots? Can I use them in a video review please?
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Yes, I provide here the link for the photos.
These are a set of night pictures, all taken in the same place with a tripod and different settings. This was my first test with a lot of different manual settings.
In every picture taken there's the apperture, the shutter time and the ISO in the details.
You can see for yourself which settings took the best pictures.
Remember this was complete night time with just a few street lights.
The download is pretty big, 427MB but they are the originals with the respective RAW files.
https://mega.nz/#!eMVnBZqC!tWWE7MB-oyWyjjCpLmqtnobW0TC3PMsM81AoqIeBsw0
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I'm very impressed with the low light quality of this camera.
http://i.imgur.com/b2OQGcZ.jpg
It even got the stars from the night sky.
I putted an auto picture for comparison.
Also Consider the loss of quality from the collage app.
If you are interested in the originals or the shutter speed/ISO settings, just tell me.
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How you do that? That's Amazing result
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Yes, I provide here the link for the photos.
These are a set of night pictures, all taken in the same place with a tripod and different settings. This was my first test with a lot of different manual settings.
In every picture taken there's the apperture, the shutter time and the ISO in the details.
You can see for yourself which settings took the best pictures.
Remember this was complete night time with just a few street lights.
The download is pretty big, 427MB but they are the originals with the respective RAW files.
https://mega.nz/#!eMVnBZqC!tWWE7MB-oyWyjjCpLmqtnobW0TC3PMsM81AoqIeBsw0
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Thanks, do you have any low light videos?
How did you manage to take that shot from so dark to do bright? Settings please
Google hacked hdr+ camera makes this camera see in the dark.
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Google hacked hdr+ camera makes this camera see in the dark.
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can you shot some low light photos with that hacked app ?
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How you do that? That's Amazing result
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nsdhillon10 said:
How did you manage to take that shot from so dark to do bright? Settings please
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EXIF: F/1.7 4mm 10 seconds shutter speed, ISO 500, White Balance 2300K.
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Google hacked hdr+ camera makes this camera see in the dark.
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Did you use it? Did you notice some grid from small circles when you crop a picture?
First one was done with stock camera, second one with Gcam HDR+
After hours and hours of testing and depleting my battery twice in a day, I can safely say that I found a google camera which has front facing camera working with HDR+ and also portrait mode working.
On top of that the quality of the pictures taken with the rear camera were also very high quality. So far it's working on latest MIUI 10 Global Beta as well as custom roms like latest AEX.
The gcam I'm talking about is the CameraX-V2.apk from alone_in_dark https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-alone_in_dark/
HDR+Enhanced doesn't work on front camera, so remember to switch back to HDR+ after you use it on rear camera.
Posted my settings bellow.
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After hours and hours of testing and depleting my battery twice in a day, I can safely say that I found a google camera which has front facing camera working with HDR+ and also portrait mode working.
On top of that the quality of the pictures taken with the rear camera were also very high quality. So far it's working on latest MIUI 10 Global Beta as well as custom roms like latest AEX.
The gcam I'm talking about is the CameraX-V2.apk from alone_in_dark https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-alone_in_dark/
HDR+Enhanced doesn't work on front camera, so remember to switch back to HDR+ after you use it on rear camera.
Posted my settings bellow.
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It does not work with low light... ... .... ....
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It does not work with low light... ... .... ....
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Close the camera completely, start it again, switch to front. Then take a selfie in good light, then you can take as many as you want in low light as well. Works for me, try it.
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Close the camera completely, start it again, switch to front. Then take a selfie in good light, then you can take as many as you want in low light as well. Works for me, try it.
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It works only if you take one in good light and don't close the app/change modes/open gallery. That's not a repeatable nor reliable in any lightning condition except in daylight. So it was already known issue which is yet to be fixed.
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Close the camera completely, start it again, switch to front. Then take a selfie in good light, then you can take as many as you want in low light as well. Works for me, try it.
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It doesn't work. It's not HDR+, it's the normal picture. Compare with MIUI or Nokia camera :/
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It doesn't work. It's not HDR+, it's the normal picture. Compare with MIUI or Nokia camera :/
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I can assure you it is HDR+
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I can assure you it is HDR+
First picture taken with MIUI camera original was 7.8 MB and the second taken with Gcam was 9.7 MB. The dynamic range and colors are better for sure. Focus doesn't seem to be working on the gcam though, and google photos compressed the gcam photo more.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZZrKLRjtAZd6Jpw76
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Xzrq24EKvgwxXp8p9
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Front cam, not back cam. HDR+ works any Gcam in back cam...
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Front cam, not back cam. HDR+ works any Gcam in back cam...
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pls look at the resolution before posting, ofc it's front cam, back cam is 12 mpx not 13
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pls look at the resolution before posting, ofc it's front cam, back cam is 12 mpx not 13
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Bro, It is still a good light photo and the problem has always been with low light... upload low-light photos
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Bro, It is still a good light photo and the problem has always been with low light... upload low-light photos
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Don't know why I should provide proof lol. I've taken 4 more shots, 2 are with artificial light on and two are very low light photos with lights off, just a bit of light coming in from the window.
MIUI cam with artificial light https://photos.app.goo.gl/5VjDPsap3TkmaFZv6
Gcam with artificial light https://photos.app.goo.gl/UWDxyqSH6wj5fEEw5
MIUI cam very low light https://photos.app.goo.gl/Npdwk3Ng1qZLUypz7
Gcam very low light https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZQFfz1QLM3CF6sQH7
All photos were taken in auto mode no over or under exposure.
If it doesn't work for you I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do. I don't try to make hoaxes here, I just didn't find a Gcam with front camera working like this one, so I thought I'd share it. I guess it's better than nothing.
Another thing, if your photos load after you take them with gcam then it means they are HDR+ photos, if it's instant it's not HDR+. All the photos I take with Gcam front are loading 2 seconds before they show up.
Edit: Best thing would be to wait for someone skilled to mod a gcam for our device.
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Don't know why I should provide proof lol. I've taken 4 more shots, 2 are with artificial light on and two are very low light photos with lights off, just a bit of light coming in from the window.
MIUI cam with artificial light https://photos.app.goo.gl/5VjDPsap3TkmaFZv6
Gcam with artificial light https://photos.app.goo.gl/UWDxyqSH6wj5fEEw5
MIUI cam very low light https://photos.app.goo.gl/Npdwk3Ng1qZLUypz7
Gcam very low light https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZQFfz1QLM3CF6sQH7
All photos were taken in auto mode no over or under exposure.
If it doesn't work for you I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do. I don't try to make hoaxes here, I just didn't find a Gcam with front camera working like this one, so I thought I'd share it. I guess it's better than nothing.
Another thing, if your photos load after you take them with gcam then it means they are HDR+ photos, if it's instant it's not HDR+. All the photos I take with Gcam front are loading 2 seconds before they show up.
Edit: Best thing would be to wait for someone skilled to mod a gcam for our device.
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the album is empty...
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the album is empty...
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Oh man sorry, I deleted around 80 test pictures I had in google photos and cleared the trash as well like a stupid idiot without thinking they'll disappear from here as well.
I'll take them again tomorrow and update the links. Sorry again.
I took some pictures outside and then inside. You don't have to turn it up. Its working. Thank you for your research.
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After hours and hours of testing and depleting my battery twice in a day, I can safely say that I found a google camera which has front facing camera working with HDR+ and also portrait mode working.
On top of that the quality of the pictures taken with the rear camera were also very high quality. So far it's working on latest MIUI 10 Global Beta as well as custom roms like latest AEX.
The gcam I'm talking about is the CameraX-V2.apk from alone_in_dark https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-alone_in_dark/
HDR+Enhanced doesn't work on front camera, so remember to switch back to HDR+ after you use it on rear camera.
Posted my settings bellow.
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Nah, it wont work in lowlight.
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Oh man sorry, I deleted around 80 test pictures I had in google photos and cleared the trash as well like a stupid idiot without thinking they'll disappear from here as well.
I'll take them again tomorrow and update the links. Sorry again.
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Not only that, with Gcam minimal it also works and with HDR+ Enhanced. If you take a picture with the front panel in low light then they work in low light until you close the application or change it. Gcam is to tell the camera that you have taken a very bright picture before.
It's still not working in low light. It's not a repeatable pattern to make it work.
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It's still not working in low light. It's not a repeatable pattern to make it work.
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agree, it works once for first time after rebooting device, other than that no pattern makes it work again unless reboot device again.
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It's still not working in low light. It's not a repeatable pattern to make it work.
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No, my pattern works with enhanced HDR+. We already know how to make it work, now we just need a dev to take an interest
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uQpXbBiG6pSBqtvL6
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No, it is a pattern. With enhanced HDR+, Make yourself a selfie with good light, it works. Without closing the application and without entering the gallery, enter an interior, it will work until you close or change the application.
Therefore, if you could get the front camera to believe that you had taken a picture in good light when you entered it would work.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/...leCamera_5.2.025-Minimal-Beta-Final_test2.apk
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uQpXbBiG6pSBqtvL6
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I was doing that before the OP found out about it, I know the trick, but that's not the point, it still doesn't trigger in conditions other than bright daylight, do you understand that?
You can't go out every time just to make the camera work, and what about conditions worse than that, where are you going to find bright enough light to trick the camera, for example when you are going out in the evening? Even indoors during the day you have a hard time triggering it.
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I was doing that before the OP found out about it, I know the trick, but that's not the point, it still doesn't trigger in conditions other than bright daylight, do you understand that?
Ok, but there is a pattern. Until now there was nothing. It's probably something to do with the default aperture value of the lens or something similar. For some reason, after taking a photo with good light conditions those values change. It would be enough to modify the initial values by the new ones.... But they need some interested developers.
No need to be angry, I'm just trying to help.
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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the OnePlus 6T come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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I'm mostly satisfied withe the camera quality, but I don'get it how it's possible after few updates to still have one of the weakest AF on the market and most of the time it totally misses the subject that you choose to focus. OnePlus should definitely do something about this.
Photo quality is average. I find myself reaching for my phone over my real camera only if I'm feeling lazy or hesitant to pull the real camera out in extreme weather just for a quick snap.
With gcam photos are looking very nice!
Average with stock camera app but quite good with gcam.
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Average with stock camera app but quite good with gcam.
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Gcam need flash?
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Gcam need flash?
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As far as I know yes
Under my kids' bed, full auto sees nothing, night mode gets a lil supm-supm and manual with extended shutter sees it best. But I've never tried a shot like this on any device on purpose. Maybe I had beginner's luck with that manual shot, I just expected night mode to crush it, and it didn't - and it made the shutter open for 10 seconds which was hard to be still for.
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Took this at dusk the other night.
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Took this at dusk the other night.
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Very nice picture. Stock or Gcam? Nightshot?
Thanks that's stock
Quality is always greater than anything.
I am not very much impressed by the front camera
I prefer Gcam ... especially it's 'night sight' mode works very well for night time shots.
Still not fully convinced - the quality of dusk/night pictures is not very impressive. I was really looking forward to buying it but feels like I got hyped too much and my expectations are through the roof...
Could you post a few more (especially bad lightning) and try to "convince me"?
I use gcam and with this app the photos are good.
Stock camera app is useless for photos because it produce oil paintings not crisp images.
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I use gcam and with this app the photos are good.
Stock camera app is useless for photos because it produce oil paintings not crisp images.
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Which gcam are you guys using?
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Which gcam are you guys using?
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Newest one from arnova
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-arnova8G2/
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Took this at dusk the other night.
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Looks good
Do you have vignette on the RAW images at stock camera app?
I noticed, especially in low light at iso 100.
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the OnePlus 6T performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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Two photos. One from stock cam 16mpix and second one from gcam 4mpix (the blue tint is from tv)
I dont know what oneplus is doing with their app but its so poor in quality. 4 times smaller image has more details. Good we have te gcam port
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Two photos. One from stock cam 16mpix and second one from gcam 4mpix (the blue tint is from tv)
I dont know what oneplus is doing with their app but its so poor in quality. 4 times smaller image has more details. Good we have te gcam port
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Are you sure that any beauty mode options in the stock cam are turned off? That kind of de-sharpening usually happens because it's trying to remove blemishes, maybe I'm wrong...
Selfie cam is mediocre. About the same as my LG V30.