So, the Pixel 2s camera is amazing! How does Lightroom camera app keep up? - Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers

Hi
The camera on Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL is the best imo, and been working great for me.
- Ive been using Lightroom to edit my photos taken by the stock camera app. Never really used the camera app from Lightroom, but I tried it yesterday and it is absolutly amazing when shooting in DNG (RAW) and Professionel mode, where you are able to use manuel control.
Anyone else who has experience with the proffesionel mode in Lightroom with success?
The main question is; in Lightroom you are able to choose HDR photos , and sincs the stock camera app on Pixel 2 use HDR+ as default, I am wondering if anyone has some experience with whether there is a difference between these?
And does any know how it works with Camera HAL HDR+ turned on and using HDR in Lightroom?
Johnny

I got my pixel 2 after the new years holiday. I did some testings with both default camera's normal/ hdr+ / hdr+ enhanced and Adobe Lightroom app raw format, in different lighting conditions. So far I would say without post production and editing, Pixel's default camera app gives everything you need. However there's some raw/dng shots I took with Adobe Lightroom look nicer than google's camera app after editing work done in Camera Raw. I can post some samples if you are interested.

I've been using Lightroom extensively on my iPhone X and the quality of the images (even in JPG) is leaps and bounds ahead of the stock app.
For my recently bought Pixel 2, the experience has been very bad so far. It's five times slower, the quality seems to lack a little and several options are not present or implemented in a worse way than on iOS.
I did not find a way to use the new HDR API (you can activate it in the developer options) with Lightroom yet. The build-in HDR function looks like crap imho.
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ocean_drive said:
I can post some samples if you are interested.
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I am interested in that

Yes please.
Thanks.. Im my self is kinda splitted. Sometimes the app seems to work better in some areas, but not all..

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Yes, Please!

I can post some samples if you are interested.
Please do

]Hey guys,
I have been quite busy lately, so this is a brief comparison.
My Pixel 2 took a couple of shots with default camera app in regular, hdr+ and hdr+enhanced modes. If you look at the metadata screenshots, you will find it in the application field, it says:
"walleye-user 8.1.0 OPM1.171019.013 4474084 release-keys" - regular mode
"HDR+ 1.0.177471000z" - HDR+
"HDR+ 1.0.177471000n" - HDR+enhanced
Apprently HDR+enhanced mode merges multiple exposures and create a final result contains the best dynamic range and exposure with good amount of high lights and shadows.
see the back lit tree for reference.
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For Adobe lightroom, I took both regular dng (raw) and hdr dng(multiple exposures raw data merged, similar to "merge hdr" feature in the new desktop Camera Raw plugin) In this case the lighting is quite dramatic and tricky, for the same example you will see that the data captured in regular dng isn't big enough to restore the over exposed sky, but the hdr dng which doubles in file size is able to. ( I will upload full res images later to google photos if you want to compare lightroom hdr raw vs. google camera hdr+enhanced)
but most cases lighroom's regular raw dng is able to give you the same results as google's hdr+ enhanced. see this ocean view. The overexposed sky and under exposed trees are fully restored
when i compared photos from lightroom and default camera app, there's not much difference between processed dng files and HDR+enhanced mode. See screenshots of the ocean - dngs are better in a way that they bring up more details in some shadow areas
more examples will be posted soon. I'm having a problem - I forgot which dng files are untouched straight out of pixel 2, without manual adjustment applied.

Great threat/post, thanks so much! LR on Pixel 2 hdr dng is such a hog, it's unbelievably slow, but I think its the only way to shoot hdr+ dng on the Pixel 2, am I right? I've tried camera nx but while it makes dng files and the previews looks hdr I can't ever get them looking hdr-y, they just look like standard one-shot raw files and no app on windows seems to display tue hdr data, even LR classic cc. Would love some more info / posting on this, and any sample files named with what they are, as I can't tell from a couple of your screenshots.
Thanks so much for this! Have you tried camera nx (7.2 ver works on pixel 2 from december 17, anything more recent crashes on ppening. Also, Manual cam dngs?

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Working GCam Port for Galaxy S9/S9+ Exynos ONLY!!!

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Since the neighboring topic is confusing, open this section and share the working modes of Google Camera, ONLY FOR EXYNOS !!!
Update from iDan (14.10.2018) - 5.1.018.177470874.41362666_IDan_N6_3.5
3.5 Features:
- added lock frame. This will lock the number if frames taken by Gcam and will not vary depending on light condition. So for exmple if HDR+ config is set to very high (24 burst) will take 24 burst photos in every condition
-fixed OIS in video mode
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WclCzCnl6KhvtbFK8-fHb_Jq3ovNXSSj
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Front camera RAW support for Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ and Note 9
https://www.change.org/p/samsung-front-camera-raw-support-for-samsung-galaxy-s9-s9-and-note-9
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GCam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_IDan_N6_3.5.apk - this is the last and latest version from IDan for non-root (without front hdr+)
GCam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_IDan_N6_4.1.apk - this is the last and latest version from IDan for rooted (root or twrp required for put patched library)
GCam from iDan for Android 9 (ONE UI) NOT EXIST!!!!!
No Portrait Mode...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pYOlshav-NFySGtYopvzpkpa9Oc6bT8D
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850494895 this is old though but hdr works flawlessly
For S9 Plus Exynos with Lineageos 15.1, this one works for me.
celsoazevedo.com
MGC_5.1.016_7.0+C2API_v.1.3d_AllinOne.apk
Tried a lot of builds, but this is the most stable version so far.
Settings:
Model: Pixel 2XL
Config camera HDR+: Nexus 6 Hdr+Auto
HDR+ parameters: Super High
Final jpg quality HDR+: 100%
Developer settings, checked camera.faceboxes
Anything with potrait mode ???
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Anything with potrait mode ???
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Lens Blur effect only...
@Arnova8G2 @cstark27 @idan @miniuser123 @SKULSHADY @saneklic @ldan please anybody develope a working google camera with pixel 2 as configration for exynos version of s9 and s9+. It has such a powerful harware but it is way inferior just due to lacking software. Please developers help us. Google camera works on s8 not on s9. We now have a working google camera just with
nexus 6 algorithm. It produces just ok photos. Also front camera is not working neither in potrait mode nor in hdr+. Please help
Sorry wrong thread
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@Arnova8G2 @cstark27 @idan @miniuser123 @SKULSHADY @saneklic @ldan please anybody develope a working google camera with pixel 2 as configration for exynos version of s9 and s9+. It has such a powerful harware but it is way inferior just due to lacking software. Please developers help us. Google camera works on s8 not on s9. We now have a working google camera just with
nexus 6 algorithm. It produces just ok photos. Also front camera is not working neither in potrait mode nor in hdr+. Please help
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Maybe we should make a bounty ?
tiliarou said:
Maybe we should make a bounty ?
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Why not if all are ready i am ready i gave 5$
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tiliarou said:
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Why don't you make a bounty thread ? It will be lot easier of all people to contribute there. We want a perfect google camera with pixel 2 as model alsong with pixel 2 algorithm with all things working. Also one more thing can a developer implement the same potrait mode as pixel 2 with dual pixel technology of s9. I am taking about rear camera potrait of pixel 2 which blurs the background way way more than the front camera algorithm
If you need portrait mode, maybe this apk will work on s9+ too.
On my S9 I'm using the apk from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w__75KsBFJlqjziH1UFABelnRdGhI49Y/view
coming from this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/themes/google-camera-mod-galaxy-s9-sm-g960f-ds-t3772791
Working portrait mode and photo sphere for main camera. quite stable with the mentioned settings: model to nexus 6 and enable portrait mode all models, other settings on default.
I tried some different apks, but kept this one for stable portrait or photo sphere shots
filou76 said:
If you need portrait mode, maybe this apk will work on s9+ too.
On my S9 I'm using the apk from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w__75KsBFJlqjziH1UFABelnRdGhI49Y/view
coming from this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/themes/google-camera-mod-galaxy-s9-sm-g960f-ds-t3772791
Working portrait mode and photo sphere for main camera. quite stable with the mentioned settings: model to nexus 6 and enable portrait mode all models, other settings on default.
I tried some different apks, but kept this one for stable portrait or photo sphere shots
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Brother i am familiar with this one but it has flaws as no front potrait and no front hdr+ or hdr+ enhanced
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I would contribute to a bounty.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...iple-bounty-thread-s9-exynos-version-t3822104 i made a bounty thread please join
Adobe Lightroom CC Mobile camera with HDR support on S9+
Hi there,
Is anyone else using Adobe Ligthroom CC mobile app on Exynos S9+ as an alternative to GCAM for HDR photos?
It's free and supports HDR capture on S9/S9+ as part of tech preview.
All you need to do is enable HDR capture mode in options.
Results are stunning both GCAM and LR camera and they both make far better HDR photos compared to Samsung stock app.
I have stable version of GCAM 5.1.018.177470874 but color tinting is ruining the low light photos. This is not a problem with LR cam.
zog24 said:
Hi there,
Is anyone else using Adobe Ligthroom CC mobile app on Exynos S9+ as an alternative to GCAM for HDR photos?
It's free and supports HDR capture on S9/S9+ as part of tech preview.
All you need to do is enable HDR capture mode in options.
Results are stunning both GCAM and LR camera and they both make far better HDR photos compared to Samsung stock app.
I have stable version of GCAM 5.1.018.177470874 but color tinting is ruining the low light photos. This is not a problem with LR cam.
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Thanks! You can enable HDR Support under Technology Previews and within the camera view you can make the switch. I will try this today. It looks good so far
drexxie1962 said:
Thanks! You can enable HDR Support under Technology Previews and within the camera view you can make the switch. I will try this today. It looks good so far
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The only issue I found so far is that it always uses the camera primary rear camera with f/1.5 regardless of the lightning conditions. Same issue as with GCAM.
Which settings should be used for "non portrait" version mentioned in OP? Camera opens but shows a blank screen. Any changes to settings makes app close
Nexus 6 as model and nexus 6 processing
zog24 said:
Hi there,
Is anyone else using Adobe Ligthroom CC mobile app on Exynos S9+ as an alternative to GCAM for HDR photos?
It's free and supports HDR capture on S9/S9+ as part of tech preview.
All you need to do is enable HDR capture mode in options.
Results are stunning both GCAM and LR camera and they both make far better HDR photos compared to Samsung stock app.
I have stable version of GCAM 5.1.018.177470874 but color tinting is ruining the low light photos. This is not a problem with LR cam.
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Can you please share a link of the Lightroom app you mentioned?

How to Get the Best Gcam Settings - Mastering Gcam Advanced Settings

Well, if you are on xda you probably have heard about Google Camera App A.K.A Gcam and if you have there are two major struggles - how to find the most stable/latest Gcam mod the next, how do I tweak it to get the best pictures. There is already a General Gcam hub on xda here which is very well organised if that won't satisfy you, head over to your device forum and check the App and themes section. You should find one there and if you're not still satisfied check put my YouTube Gcam Playlist for All Android and choose the particular today that serves your need. But I am not here today basically for how to find the best Gcam for your device, if you have found the perfect Gcam for your device, how well do you know the Advanced Settings.
Here I will cover the most important Advanced settings, there are few things in the Advanced Settings that may not result in any significant improvement or change on the picture you take but may still be important. It will be a long read so I'd you are as lazy as me and still want to see all the details, watch the videos or scroll down to continue reading.
#1 Best Gcam 7+Settings for All Android (Mastering Gcam Advanced Settings Pt 1)
This was based on Gcam 7.2 by Urnyx05 a very good and versatile Gcam port
#2 Gcam Best Settings for All Android (Mastering Gcam Advanced Settings Pt. 2)
In this one, we cut accross Gcam 6.2, 6.3, 7.2 and 7.3 advanced settings
#3 Gcam 7.3 Best Settings For All Android (Mastering Gcam Advanced Settings Pt. 3)
In this one we focused only on Gcam 7.3 using Parrot043 Gcam 7.3 v1 one of the most advanced Gcam 7.3
The main problem here is that your own Gcam Advanced Settings may look different from the one in the video so you might want to stick around for a little bit and learn what these advanced settings do.
We kick things off with HDR - High Dynamic Range settings.
This will include Advanced Settings for:
HDR+
HDR+ Enhanced
EV - Exposure Value
Exposure Compensation
The HDR settings (icon) to turn on and off HDR+ for Gcam is the same no matter the Gcam port you are using.
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While it is easy to just turn it on or off, the main action is in the Advanced Settings.
There quite some handful of settings under HDR+ Advanced Settings but we are going look at the most important ones.
JPEG Quality - 90 - 100% but there is no much difference in size so I'll recommend 100%
HDR+ Enhanced Frames - this is a big game changer and a setting to take note of if you install Gcam and your HDR+ or HDR+ Enhanced pictures looks raw or pale. Just bump the numbers up. The numbering of the frames differs from Gcam to Gcam so I 3rd or 2nd to the highest number
EV/Exposure Compensation - if your Gcam Advanced Settings have this for Night sight, tuned it to the highest (2.0) for daylight pictures it could be a little tricky. Higher EV can over-brighten day light images so you should. Exposure compensation brings in light generally to the image being taken while HDR ensures that the bright parts of of the pictures maintains its brightness while brightening the darker parts. Combining HDR+ and EV can help create amazing pictures in low light.
Auto Exposure Correction - if you haven't handled DSLR Cameras before now and very comfortable with its manual settings leave this one on Auto.
If you can't tell which type of picture that will require 1/30 secs of shutter speed or 1/300 or 1/2 secs then use Auto. General rule of thumb faster movement requires bigger fraction of seconds eg 1/1000 sec will capture more details and less blur for a moving object ot person more than 1/10 secs.
Binary (customs) library - this very important especially if the Gcam you are using wasn't ported directly for your device. The default library settings is Google but if your default pictures are not top notch even after tweaking the HDR+ and EV settings then you can try different custom libraries.
There could be ISO limit for HDR+
This setting controls the amount of light that goes into HDR+ from here you could choose to let in more light into HDR+. The default is usually OK but you can tweak it to your taste.
Color settings
Under this we are going to consider Saturation, Brightness, Sharpness, chroma denoise, luma, even tone curve.
If you have done any kind of post picture editing, you will conversant with all the words above.
Saturation adds more color to the picture, you won't see much difference with sharpness.
The tweaks for Astrophotography and night sight are better off seeing in the video up.
Thanks I was looking for this.
Settings for GCum mod
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Best settings!
i cant use at all Gcam on Moto G9 plus on android 11, when HDR is set to pixel phones photos r nice but litle blurry out of focus? when i set HDR to Nexus or pixel 2 photos r sharp more details buto color r ****eed up and colours form objectw swim acroos the photo, ffs what bullsit
I think you can but only hardware guy can recover this
Hi everyone, I have a problem. When I change the "ISO/Exposure Time HDR+" setting under Advanced settings it does nothing not matter what setting i choose. I wanted to raise minimum shutterspeed to 1/100 to avoid camera shake as the camera by default chooses around 1/50 even outdoors if the sun is not shining. How do i change to a default higher shutterspeed?
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Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite 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).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Sometimes the Autofocus doesn´t work. The Picture isn´t sharp at all. It´s a bug? Did anyone encounter the same problem?
Tikil said:
Sometimes the Autofocus doesn´t work. The Picture isn´t sharp at all. It´s a bug? Did anyone encounter the same problem?
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Yeah I have the same problem. It's like there's always a filter on the photos
Mi Note 10 Lite Astrophotography photo+raw samples
Hello guys, as a photography and astronomy enthusiast, i want to share my amasing experiences with my new Mi Note 10 Lite. Here is the link to most of my original samples.
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How i made these photos:
Most photos have been done with the stock camera in a non-light polluted remote place.
I chose the standard quality for the photos, as "high quality" doesn't increase quality that much, but it takes considerably more space on the phone.
I mostly used ISO6400. (ISO6400 is a bit too noisy, because denoising filter is removing detail in the stars. i would suggest a value between 3200 and 5000, making the photos a bit dimmer)
A exposure time of 30s, and focus set to infinity is mandatory for this kind of photos.
Use a very stable support, use a good tripod on a solid base. I used a car as a support (i placed the phone face down on the roof of the car), but a car is not stable enough because we leaned on it, making the car rock back and forth, and that minor rocking made a lot of photos blurry.[You can't do 30s exposure photos hand-held lol. (anything above 1/4s exposure is blurry)]
Use a bluetooth shutter button (or wireless bluetooth mouse/keyboard, or something else),or use wired headphones with button (carefully, so that you don't pull the phone), or use a timer (5 seconds should be sufficient). [pressing the shutter button, or volume button really shakes up the phone, resulting in a blurry image]
Eliminate any stray light sources (car lights, other phone's light, other lights) because any light that can shine directly or indirectly on the lens of the camera, does affect the final image a lot.
Raw or not raw:
I can say that in the stock camera the raw toggle is done poorly, as it does not save a jpg when shooting raw.
It's easier to edit a non raw photo, and with a bit of talent, excellent photos can be done with non raw (with editing, of course).
I use snapseed to edit the non raw photos on my phone, as it's great, and easy to use.
I use photoshop to edit the raw photos, the whole process takes a lot of time, luma and chroma denoising, color grading, saturation, temperature, are all a nightmare and a half.
Yes, you can get better looking photos with better quality if you use raw, but only if you know what are you doing. (usually raw astronomy photos require lots of tweaking that auto modes don't cover)
I would suggest everybody to not use raw, use the 64mp mode, way less hassle, better experience, great detail.
Google camera astrophotography experience:
I've not tried many google camera ports on this phone (PixelCam_Plus_V2.0, and PX Mod v4.0), but i've had problems with both. (when it comes to astrophotography)
PixelCam does save them after a while, but it takes an unknown amount of time, the results are ok, but i'd like to see what i captured as soon as possible, and it doesn't want to turn on astrophotography mode sometimes.
PX Mod doesn't save astrophotography photos unfortunately.
If someone knows a decent astrophotography gcam (with more than 30s of exposure), please write a reply.
Comparison with Oneplus 5
The oneplus 5 had basically the same settings, but it mostly used ISO3200, i don't know which photos are done with what iso, but assume they all were done with 3200.
Even at ISO3200, the oneplus has lots more noise, but it captures the natural yellow light of the milky way.
I think the Mi Note 10 Lite does a better job at everything, except yellow color.
You can compare side by side the shots, as they were done roughly in the same place.
Tell me your experience.
JoraForever said:
Hello guys, as a photography and astronomy enthusiast, i want to share my amasing experiences with my new Mi Note 10 Lite. Here is the link to most of my original samples.
Tell me your experience.
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DUDE!! Your work is super amazing and I'm quite impressed! Love all of them!

[APP] GCam for Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra [updated on 13/12/2020)

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What is Google Camera (AKA GCam)?
Google Camera is the camera app for the Google Nexus and Google Pixel phones. It is not designed or intended to be run on other phones.
Installation instructions
1 - Click the GCam Finder Link and type /start
2 - Browse the bot by selecting your brand and model.
3 - Download the APK and XML
4 - Load the XML
DOWNLOADS
Moderator strngst doesn't allow telegram links. Probably only from Ad-free (paid) members.
ALTERNATIVE LINKS
Nikita v2.0 APK
XML by Dennis
(READ EVERYTHING BELOW BEFORE ASKING SOMETHING)
How to Load XML's?
(XML's are config files that include all the settings tweaked for a device.
Therefore all the configs are based on personal taste which may suit you or not, that's why it's important for you to try them and use whatever you like most.)
Copy the XML file and paste it into:
(GCam 7) Internal Storage > GCam/Configs7
(IF THOSE FOLDERS DON'T EXIST, CREATE THEM)
To Load a XML open GCam, Double Click on a black area around the shutter button, select the XML Downloaded
and then click on "Restore".)
Your Photos come too dark?
Tap the screen when taking a photo and slide up and down the finger to increase/decrease the exposure of your photo.
This applies to Front and Back Camera(s).
CHOOSE BETWEEN HDR+ AND HDR+ENHANCED
HDR aka (High Dynamic Range) increases the Dynamic Range, the difference between details in the darkest parts of the picture and not washing out in the brightest parts.
HDR+ is just a larger range on this and HDR+ Enhanced even larger again. Basically the phone takes a range of pictures and it combines the underexposed bright parts and the overexposed dark parts into one picture.
If you leave it set to Enhanced, it will almost always give you the best effects and image quality as it gives itself a little longer time to bring together the image.
The only times usually to use HDR+ is when your needing quick snaps of a moving object or if you want a faster shutter image.
SWITCH BETWEEN CAMERAS
Load the XML below and click the small dots on the Viewfinder.​
Attention that this is only a recommendation
THANKS TO @Urnyx05 @Arnova8G2 @S4turno​
Thx for sharing!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing. I will try
Thx a lot
Thanks for sharing sir
I'm on the fence choosing between mi 10 ultra and the pixel 5. Would be great to see some day and low light pics here. I wonder how the Mi10 ultra handles Gcam as in shutter lag after pressing the button, ability to "tap to focus", how fast it processes pictures, and if there is some photo quality drawbacks as purple grain for instance. The stock mi 10 ultra has too much "butification" and skin smoothening for my liking.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btwTeD7dulo
Funny guy this strngst.
Can anyone confirm that all features of this Gcam works on all four cameras on the Mi 10 Ultra?
fuzzybabybunny said:
Can anyone confirm that all features of this Gcam works on all four cameras on the Mi 10 Ultra?
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Yep. There are 4 "zooms" to choose from, and each are using the specific lenses (verified by covering the camera with fingers).
Unfortunately the tele lens doesn't go to 120x zoom.
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Yep. There are 4 "zooms" to choose from, and each are using the specific lenses (verified by covering the camera with fingers).
Unfortunately the tele lens doesn't go to 120x zoom.
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if you really want to zoom that far with gcam, try the Wichaya port; you can use the 5x lens and then set the digital zoom up to 100x more -- recommend not going past 30x digital zoom since the viewfinder doesn't show it, but still that's 150x total
Dennis XML file is pretty good, but sadly extremely buggy :/ hope there will be other XML files in the future
3 Questions:
- Does this mean that the default camera will be replaced with GCam?
- What if I want to delete GCam completely. Can all this be undone?
- Is it better than the Stock Camera?
caiclo said:
3 Questions:
- Does this mean that the default camera will be replaced with GCam?
- What if I want to delete GCam completely. Can all this be undone?
- Is it better than the Stock Camera?
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It's simply a standalone app, it will not replace your system camera app.
You can use one or the other as you see fit and uninstall GCam normally at any point.
From my testing, I can't see it as a direct upgrade over the stock camera app, it may just be that Google's post-processing can produce better results in certain situations.
However, it becomes apparent that GCam doesn't natively support this phone, some features of the stock camera are outright missing, such as: 8k or 960fps video, 120x zoom and more
Personally, I prefer the original stock camera app (from the original chinese ROM).
New Nikita GCam update is released with few fixes, when tested with this Dennie's Config XML its giving pinkish overlay for all photos.
Fixed the issue by using the latest Config xml
Just to provide a clear update to available GCam ports and their respective configurations, saving you the need to search through the Telegram GCam group for Mi 10 / Pro / Ultra.
Available ports for the Mi 10 Ultra:
1. Nikita GCam
2. Wichaya GCam
Available configs for the Mi 10 Ultra: see attachments
Both port versions are the latest at the time of writing and they work well with the respective config files (made by Dennis) - tested them out myself.
fw85 said:
Just to provide a clear update to available GCam ports and their respective configurations, saving you the need to search through the Telegram GCam group for Mi 10 / Pro / Ultra.
Available ports for the Mi 10 Ultra:
1. Nikita GCam
2. Wichaya GCam
Available configs for the Mi 10 Ultra: see attachments
Both port versions are the latest at the time of writing and they work well with the respective config files (made by Dennis) - tested them out myself.
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Thanks.. Do you have a preference to which version is best?
sootyvrs said:
Thanks.. Do you have a preference to which version is best?
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It's really a matter of personal taste. I liked the Nikita port a bit better.
Give both a shot and you'll see for yourself.
Thanks for sharing. The quality is very good on closer objects but if I take pictures and focus on a specific object in the distance,I just get blurry image and it takes really long to focus. Other than this, it's working really good
The updated Nikita 1.9 Gcam with XML by Dennis is really awesome: Downloaded both from: https://www.miscw.com/download-and-...-mi-10-ultra-updated-15th-nov-2020-32394.html

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Hello
Here a new GCAM version with pixel binning
Shamim: GCAM_8.4.400.42.XX_SHAMIM_V21
Download GCAM_8.4.400.42.XX_SHAMIM_V21 by Shamim.
www.celsoazevedo.com
Gcam SHAMIM
In this version, you will have several shooting modes, including one with Pixel Binning, to be able to do crops, or cuts without losing an iota of quality!
My first xml for this new Gcam is attached
THIS XML GOES IN THE "GCAM/CONFIGS8.4" DIRECTORY
In this version, you will be able to find a very high definition, thanks to the implementation of Pixel Binning to be able to make crops, without losing absolutely any quality!
This xml also has several types of shooting modes:
: In this shot, the sharpness is increased by 1.50 more than the normal shot, for shots where you need an extra definition!
: Macro mode, worked for this 2Mp sensor.
: Main mode, shot with real quality and color representation, with very good definition.
: Ultrawide mode, also worked great
: Shot prepared for when there is little light.
To the left of the viewfinder you will also find some modes to combine the types of shooting:
LDR: Low dynamic range shooting.
SHADE: Adds a vignette effect to the shot.
HiRes: I love this mode Here you have Pixel Binning, activated on all lenses.
In this mode, you can take full advantage of your optics.
When shooting with the Main lens, you will take photos in 105Mp.
In macro, 14.5Mp.
In selfie, 71.9Mp.
In Ultrawide, 60.4Mp.
This mode is absolutely compatible and combinable WITH ALL SHOOTING MODES AND STYLES!
This is not pixel binning. The camera scales the images up. He adds pixels to it.
upscaling is this.
morpheus620 said:
This is not pixel binning. The camera scales the images up. He adds pixels to it.
upscaling is this.
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thank you very much, i did not know the difference
Whare is xml bro
Kaito7666 said:
Whare is xml bro
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I have attached the file in the post and must be placed in directory GCAM/CONFIGS8.4
Ty
yannickoczkowski said:
Hello
Here a new GCAM version with pixel binning
Shamim: GCAM_8.4.400.42.XX_SHAMIM_V21
Download GCAM_8.4.400.42.XX_SHAMIM_V21 by Shamim.
www.celsoazevedo.com
Gcam SHAMIM XHT
In this version, you will have several shooting modes, including one with Pixel Binning, to be able to do crops, or cuts without losing an iota of quality!
My first xml for this new Gcam is attached
THIS XML GOES IN THE "GCAM/CONFIGS8.4" DIRECTORY
In this version, you will be able to find a very high definition, thanks to the implementation of Pixel Binning to be able to make crops, without losing absolutely any quality!
This xml also has several types of shooting modes:
: In this shot, the sharpness is increased by 1.50 more than the normal shot, for shots where you need an extra definition!
: Macro mode, worked for this 2Mp sensor.
: Main mode, shot with real quality and color representation, with very good definition.
: Ultrawide mode, also worked great
: Shot prepared for when there is little light.
To the left of the viewfinder you will also find some modes to combine the types of shooting:
LDR: Low dynamic range shooting.
SHADE: Adds a vignette effect to the shot.
HiRes: I love this mode Here you have Pixel Binning, activated on all lenses.
In this mode, you can take full advantage of your optics.
When shooting with the Main lens, you will take photos in 105Mp.
In macro, 14.5Mp.
In selfie, 71.9Mp.
In Ultrawide, 60.4Mp.
This mode is absolutely compatible and combinable WITH ALL SHOOTING MODES AND STYLES!
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So for works great.
yannickoczkowski said:
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I have attached the file in the post and must be placed in directory GCAM/CONFIGS8.4
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For some reason I cannot find that directory to place the xml file. Can you provide the location where to find GCAM/CONFIGS8.4?
lordboo03 said:
For some reason I cannot find that directory to place the xml file. Can you provide the location where to find GCAM/CONFIGS8.4?
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You can create the folder.
/storage/emulated/0/Gcam/Configs8.4
hmm can 1080 60fps actually works?
i checked and it's selectable but doesn't actually capture @ 60
yannickoczkowski said:
You can create the folder.
/storage/emulated/0/Gcam/Configs8.4
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Thank you much appreciated!! So far everything seems to be working fine except for pictures are coming out green. I wonder if it's due to my phone being the redmi note 11 pro 5g?
lordboo03 said:
Thank you much appreciated!! So far everything seems to be working fine except for pictures are coming out green. I wonder if it's due to my phone being the redmi note 11 pro 5g?
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To correct green picture, you must activate AWB in the settings --> additionnal settings --> auto white balance --> ON
yannickoczkowski said:
To correct green picture, you must activate AWB in the settings --> additionnal settings --> auto white balance --> ON
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Thanks again everything works now
Does anyone know how to remove this on the viewfinder? Thanks
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morkyxda said:
Does anyone know how to remove this on the viewfinder? ThanksView attachment 5604679
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setting-> additional settings -> viewfinder buttons
yash10103 said:
setting-> additional settings -> viewfinder buttons
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Found it, thank you!
If you want Gcam which can perform pixel binning on Main camera to 12MP, try LMC gcam. I'll add my config here (Copy it to Internal Storage/LMC8.4/ ).
yash10103 said:
If you want Gcam which can perform pixel binning on Main camera to 12MP, try LMC gcam. I'll add my config here (Copy it to Internal Storage/LMC8.4/ ).
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Will try this too, thanks!
How is this camera's performance after Gcam? I'm tossing up getting a Poco X4 Pro 5G. Also quite surprised it can't do 4K video, is anyone able to explain why this is? I've had 4K video on my super old Galaxy Note 3, not sure why a new 2022 phone can't handle it... artificial limitation perhaps?
stephendt0 said:
How is this camera's performance after Gcam? I'm tossing up getting a Poco X4 Pro 5G. Also quite surprised it can't do 4K video, is anyone able to explain why this is? I've had 4K video on my super old Galaxy Note 3, not sure why a new 2022 phone can't handle it... artificial limitation perhaps?
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I think it is the chipset limitation.

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