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[App] HDR Camera+ 1.7.5

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Description
Full featured and fast HDR camera for Android:
- Full resolution
- Real HDR: exposure bracketing and tone mapping
- Simple: take a HDR image in one tap
- HDR images fused and tone mapped on device within seconds
- Hand shake compensation, no need to be rock-solid while shooting
- Correct handling of moving objects, de-ghosting
- You can control tone-mapping parameters: contrast, micro-contrast, color vividness, exposure
- Save original exposure bracketed images
- Location tagging
- Shutter sound can be muted
- Support for Flash on/off/auto
Why HDR
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Real life scenes often have a wide range of light intensity, which cannot be captured by a camera. In a photo of such a scene the bright areas look washed out and everything in shadows is pictured as a black spot with no details. The HDR technique allows you to capture details in bright and dark areas and have them merged in a single photo.
HDR photography is widely adopted by professional photographers. Wouldn't it be nice to have an HDR in mobile phones?
The problem is that HDR requires taking several differently exposed images in series, which must be precisely aligned and then fused. In order to be usable for real life scenes, the HDR feature should include moving object detection and hand shake compensation to avoid or minimize the ghosting in the final image. That requires a lot of computational resources and makes a challenge even for professional desktop HDR software.
Almalence has brought its expertise in professional HDR software to mobile phones. Our HDR fusion algorithms compensate hand shaking and detect moving objects in the scene, suppressing ghosting artifacts. At the same time, the algorithms are quick enough to provide comfortable processing time on mobile devices.
Recent changes:
- Custom 'Save To' folder can be selected
- Trash icon on preview (to delete image)
- Preview is kept for at least 4sec
- Bug-fixed localized versions (some preferences were disappearing)
- Better geo-tagging
- Minor stability fixes Latest version: 1.75 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)
MOD EDIT: No Need for warez

Are you the author of HDR Camera+ giving it for free to XDA readers, or are you just a f*c*k*g pirate?

It looks awesome!!
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Warez is bad.
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[APP] Wondershare PowerCam [1.6+]

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GET THIS AMAZING APP HERE
Interface
When you launch the app, you get a menu system that lets you choose
one of four options: capture, gallery, collage and share. Diving into each,
the UI is generally what you'd expect. The buttons are self-explanatory,
and you get a regular phone camera-style viewfinder.
Filters
PowerCam offers a decent set of filters, most of which are a bit too over-the-top
for my own taste. You get a standard set of minor filters to lightly tweak the coloring
of the scene that are quite nice, but the rest are a bit out there and I really don't
see many people using them. For the ones that I liked, it seemed to work well enough.
It should also be noted that there is a "no filter" mode for when you have the app open
and want a "regular" shot.
Tilt-Shift
The tilt-shift method, if you're not familiar, is something usually accomplished with
a special camera lens to produce interestingly focused images. The main subject
is sharply in focus, and everything else is quickly out of focus right next to it.
On a smartphone, its all done in post-processing. PowerCam seems to do a pretty
good job, and you can really get some good shots if you spend some time with it.
Panorama
I was surprised by the panorama quality. Using the app on my Galaxy Nexus,
it captured them more consistently and much quicker than the built-in panorama
feature of the Android 4.x camera.
Collages
Something that's going to be very user-dependent is the collage feature.
You can select several pictures you've taken and form them into framed multi-shot pictures.
The UI is friendly enough, just select from your picture list which ones you want,
and it'll arrange them randomly with a frame. You can shuffle the pictures around
and select the frame style, but I was hard-pressed to find frames that I actually enjoyed.
Sharing
PowerCam has built-in sharing functionality to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
Wish that it would use a regular sharing menu and let you use other apps (like Google+),
but it doesn't really matter, as you can share from your Gallery app to anything installed
on your phone after the fact.
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Understanding smartphone cameras…

People on social media are constantly looking to click better pictures to upload to their growing online-photo collections. Buying an expensive smart phone may not be enough to up your game in photography, but a little research on camera specifications and nomenclature will go a long way in helping you select that perfect smart phone for your next photographic expedition.
Camera Glossary
Sensor: A sensor captures light and converts what you see into an image. It determines image size, resolution, low-light performance, depth-of-field, dynamic range and basically how good your photos look.
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The quality of the image depends on the size of sensor, the number of pixels on it and the size of those pixels. For example: Samsung’s ISOCELL image sensor technology promises increased light sensitivity and higher colour fidelity in smartphones even in poor lighting conditions.
Aperture: The aperture (sometimes called focal ratio) of a camera is the ratio of the lens' focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil. It is a measure of lens speed, and provides the thrust to produce photos with better sharpness and clarity. The higher the focal ratio and the smaller the opening in the lens, the greater the depth of field and sharper the background of the photograph.
PDAF: Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF) is currently the fastest method of focusing. It uses two sensor points to detect the phase difference in the light path and find the exact distance. It moves the lens to the correct focus point so that the camera produces high quality images. A few smartphones also use VCM ball bearing and closed loop technology in PDAF, which lets the user click a picture in less than 0.09th of a second.
Megapixel: This is a unit for measuring image resolution. The more the pixels in a picture, the more detailed the picture becomes. To put it simply, a single megapixel amounts to one million pixels in an image and is an indication of the camera's image quality or resolution. So photographs taken by a camera with higher megapixels will result in higher resolution images.
Resolution: This refers to the number of pixels in a camera sensor. A higher resolution means more pixels and more pixels provide the ability to display more visual information (resulting in greater clarity and more detail).
Autofocus: The Auto-Focus feature provides a camera with the ability to automatically focus on a subject correctly without the need of manual intervention from the user. This feature allows improved zoom shots and closer macro shots.
So don’t be camera shy, go ahead and research these terms so you have the right smart phone to click that award winning photo!

[Discussion] Honor View20 front camera and its placement.

Hi all this thread is about the front camera of Honor View 20.
We have been seeing various articles and reviews about 48MP back camera but there isn't much info regarding front camera.
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After various leaks Honor View 20 got released in China. It is yet to be released world wide which is going to take place on January 22nd.
From the renders and reviews and various hands-on we got to know that Front camera is a 25MP camera with AI feature and f/2.0 aperture.
On paper specs look like one of the cameras from the recent mobiles.But its placement makes it different from other cameras.
Honor considers Hole-punch Screen Technology is the replacement for the Notches in order to have high STB ratio and for utilizing maximum screen real-estate and is one of the key selling point for Honor View20.
The Honor View20 has a big “All-View” display with the in-display hole, which is only 4.5mm wide. According to available data it is to be considered as the smallest hole when compared with other models which have similar camera placement.
From the available data it is to be noted that it is assembled with 0.1mm precision with 5-axis Ring Dispensing.
You might have heard that due to camera punching through each layer of the display it has a greater chance of light leaking through. This design could result in poor quality selfies. There’s also the problem of the display’s durability being compromised by the design.This could cause a display be be easily broken.
But Honor mentions that it has overcome all the issues through its special technique called pixel transition technology, which controls the flow of liquid crystals, enabling light to go through and reach the camera along the liquid-crystal layer .
I think it is better than the Notches and is nice to look .
Do come and share your opinion regarding this.

I like the placement of the camera. I did not find it very noticeable when holding the View 20. Plus its location in the upper left corner means it will be under my left thumb when gaming and the phone is held in landscape orientation. I did not get a chance to try watching anything on the View 20, but I do not believe its location will be a distraction for me personally.

[Snap & Share] HONOR 9A Camera Test - Check the Photos

I recently received the new HONOR 9A and wanted to share some of the photos I've been able to take with it.
The Main camera is 13MP with a 5MP ultra-wide camera so it's a little difficult to compare with say the HONOR 20 or 9x Pro but that doesn't mean that it doesn't capture decent photos. All the photos in this post are unedited with the exception of some cropping which doesn't interfere with or alter the photo quality!!
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So to start you can see above the 9A Camera performs well taking a variety of photos. Views, Pets and Flowers all captured beautifully in bright and crisp detail. I was pleasantly surprised at the clarity of some of the Snaps I've managed to get so far.
I found outdoors in the sun was the place to be with this camera. The blue sky and light reflection in the lake is a perfect example of the colour and detail it can capture. It doesn't always fair so well dealing with lower lit conditions but there are plenty of more expensive phone cameras out there that the same can be said for
I see this phone and camera as ideal for someone looking to snap a few memories on family walks and days out or a youngster just starting their tech adventure and taking photos of all the random everyday objects that I now regularly find in my daughters gallery.
Simple and no nonsense is how I would best describe the HONOR 9A camera. There are few extra features although there is a cool Panorama mode and a whole range of editing tools in the gallery including the brilliant colour "Splash" tool. There is actually one edited photo in this post. Below is an untouched and a lightly edited version of the same herb garden done using the 9As editing tools. Brightness and Shadows can easily be tweaked and adjusted if you feel you need a little more warmth and colour to a photo
Finally I wanted to show you a comparison between the Main 13MP Camera and the Ultra wide 5MP Camera. As you can see below with both shots taken from the exact same spot, there is quite a difference in the width.
Again I was hugely impressed with the quality of both shots and you have to look quite hard to spot any real difference in photo detail. Overall I am very impressed with what I've seen from the HONOR 9A camera so far. It does everything you need for an "on the go" phone camera and will be absolutely perfect for a lot of people. For a phone that is currently available at the ridiculous price of £129.99 the camera was never expected to compete with the more expensive models but you are definitely getting more than what you pay for. Speaking of which I saw this little bargain earlier..
I am looking forward to testing out the camera further by taking a much wider range of shots and also comparing the photos with other HONOR Cameras. So what do you think of the HONOR 9A? For me it is definitely a bargain and comes with a camera that has far exceeded my expectations. Cheers for Reading!!
Note: this post is from the HONOR Community, the author is DeanRocks