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I searched for camera mods to allow for capturing of RAW data from the sensor on the Charge.
As far as I can tell, nobody has been successful in getting any Android phone to capture the RAW data.
Does anybody know if this is possible? I know others who would love to have the ability. I didn't really want to start a discussion of RAW vs JPEG compression, etc. I know the drawbacks and advantages of RAW.
I think that this would require camera firmware modifications as well as Camera APK modifications. My development knowledge is very limited, hence my name.
Does anybody know if this would require a reasonable about of effort or if its far beyond being worth the trouble?
It looks possible, and the code is in the API to do this, but it has yet to be done as far as I know. It looks to be an issue with the "RAW callback function" always returning NULL. If I have some time I will to look into it.
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My apologies and thanks.
Bumping this, seems like an interesting feature, considering it has API support.
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Bumping this, seems like an interesting feature, considering it has API support.
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I would plus one this
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I don't know if its prohibitively difficult to mod, but I couldn't find any other phone which has been developed to shoot RAW. Perhaps people just haven't shown much interest.
I would love this feature, but I figure most people shooting in RAW already have a "real" camera. I would expect a decent increase in photo quality though. I have 32 GB on my phone waiting to store some RAW data!
I just wish someone would mod the camera APK to use +2 sharpness, which would result in better quality photos. The camera app applies a bad blur/denoise filter on the lower sharpness settings which reduces the quality of the picture. Worse, the camera does not save that setting, so it needs to be set each time I use it.
BeefJerky9 said:
I just wish someone would mod the camera APK to use +2 sharpness, which would result in better quality photos. The camera app applies a bad blur/denoise filter on the lower sharpness settings which reduces the quality of the picture. Worse, the camera does not save that setting, so it needs to be set each time I use it.
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You know u can modify the frame work for the camera, I've done it before, search xda. I doubt remember the form
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xdadevnube said:
I don't know if its prohibitively difficult to mod, but I couldn't find any other phone which has been developed to shoot RAW. Perhaps people just haven't shown much interest.
I would love this feature, but I figure most people shooting in RAW already have a "real" camera. I would expect a decent increase in photo quality though. I have 32 GB on my phone waiting to store some RAW data!
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Shooting raw will make the color correction possible which will significantly boost the image quality to...a 70 dollars' compact camera you can find on ebay, BUT, the best camera is always the one that is with you, so I always support anyone who like to improve android phone's shooting ability.
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The real issue isn't allowing the camera to shoot raw because they can be done but the raw format will not be recognized by any raw processing software on the market. The possible way is to use DNG format which will significantly increase the difficulty of modification because it means the programmer will put in hours to create a brand new application to understand and compress the raw file to the DNG file...unlike Canon, android does not have an official raw format...so everything will need to start from zero. This process could easily take 20 very experienced engineers up to a year to complete, and the result might not be very ideal and will need another year to modify and improve...so we are looking at a potentially five million dollars project here - and it will better be turning in to profitable application - and if so it will have to be the best selling android app ever.
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I don't know if its prohibitively difficult to mod, but I couldn't find any other phone which has been developed to shoot RAW. Perhaps people just haven't shown much interest.
I would love this feature, but I figure most people shooting in RAW already have a "real" camera. I would expect a decent increase in photo quality though. I have 32 GB on my phone waiting to store some RAW data!
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Yes, most (like myself) probably do but since I'm carrying around a high quality 8 megapixel camera in my pocket I'd like to be able to shoot in raw for those times that I don't have my DSLR with me. There is so much more that com be done to a RAW photograph, not to mention not having any data loss form it being converted to a jpeg. Looking forward to seeing if anyone can make this possible.
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Yes, most (like myself) probably do but since I'm carrying around a high quality 8 megapixel camera in my pocket I'd like to be able to shoot in raw for those times that I don't have my DSLR with me. There is so much more that com be done to a RAW photograph, not to mention not having any data loss form it being converted to a jpeg. Looking forward to seeing if anyone can make this possible.
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Just a reminder....this is a cell phone, not a camera!
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Just a reminder....this is a cell phone, not a camera!
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Just a reminder, anything is possible in the world of android!
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desmalta said:
Yes, most (like myself) probably do but since I'm carrying around a high quality 8 megapixel camera in my pocket I'd like to be able to shoot in raw for those times that I don't have my DSLR with me. There is so much more that com be done to a RAW photograph, not to mention not having any data loss form it being converted to a jpeg. Looking forward to seeing if anyone can make this possible.
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RAW does not equal improved quality if the camera is not capturing more image information prior to compressing to JPG. You're still working with a tiny fixed lens and dense, compact sensor with tiny photo sites. This is limiting the amount and quality of light. Shooting RAW will not change this. JPG compression is not a limiting factor for image quality. You won't be able to resolve significantly finer detail or shoot in lower light settings just because you're shooting RAW. Open a JPG as RAW with Photoshop, it'll provide a similar experience.
You'll end up with similar photo quality, a bit more flexibility in PP, and huge lag while the camera tries to handle transfering and saving the huge photo file 10x larger than what it was designed to handle.
These are the only mobile phone sensors I've seen that would support or justify shooting in RAW.
Another story on them: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/14/omnivisions-new-12mp-cmos-sensor-shoots-raw-pics-and-1080-60p-v/
In other words, RAW will be here eventually. When it is, it'll be an improvement. To try and force it (if it were even possible) with the sensor and hardware limitations in the DC is pointless.
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RAW does not equal improved quality if the camera is not capturing more image information prior to compressing to JPG.
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true, but shooting raw does preserve more of the image, because its the raw/real image that sensors seems is not a jpg processed image the way camera applications decided the scene should look like.
basically would would be taking your camera off the auto mode.
with raw you would have greated control over white balance, shadows, highlights etc...
There is a question about how many bits of image data you got on mobile sensor. On DSLR there is 12 or 14 bits information that is compressed to 8bit JPG information - that's why there is plenty more information about the image in RAW format. If CMOS in your mobile phone deliver just strait 8bit - your RAW will not have much more data.
As I don't have slightest idea how many bits of data is served by mobile camera sensor I can't say if there is a reason for RAW.
i found this
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14777953/how-to-capture-raw-image-from-android-camera
i am really looking forward for a raw file from android camera this will be a huge move forward to the mobile world and the abilities of android
and since its supported in the api means google wants it to happen
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Create this dir /data/misc/camera/RaW_PiCtUrEs case sensitive btw
Assuming the capture mode used is high-quality and not high-quality-zsl it should produce a raw image everytime you capture a jpeg image
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try this maybe it will work i found it here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1977654&nocache=1
i really love shooting RAW for edit but jpeg is also important
after 5.1.1 update which enables raw capture i get camera fv-5 app but i'm really upset of its jpeg bad quality in-spite of its large size compared to the stock camera app.
any one had noticed this??? the photos are not sharp at all and feels like it's taken by 5 MP camera
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i really love shooting RAW for edit but jpeg is also important
after 5.1.1 update which enables raw capture i get camera fv-5 app but i'm really upset of its jpeg bad quality in-spite of its large size compared to the stock camera app.
any one had noticed this??? the photos are not sharp at all and feels like it's taken by 5 MP camera
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u should report it to App Developers
for JPEG format test this app
Floating CameraW+
>> This is not raw capturing But it just capture the exact view of lens without any extra effect
so on healthy hardware it should take vibrant color and clear view compare to stock app
the full CameraW+ is paid on Google Play Store But If it can help to solve ur problem msg me to send its APK file
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hardyboy_samy said:
i really love shooting RAW for edit but jpeg is also important
after 5.1.1 update which enables raw capture i get camera fv-5 app but i'm really upset of its jpeg bad quality in-spite of its large size compared to the stock camera app.
any one had noticed this??? the photos are not sharp at all and feels like it's taken by 5 MP camera
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i think you're on to something I noticed it as well. let me know what you find. I'll reach out to developers of Camera FV-5 as well.
I recently made the jump to 5.1.1 (XXU2BOGG) to be able to use the new Camera2 API and play around with RAW files (.dng’s here).
Thing is, when I shoot pics with a Camera2-enabled app (Camera FV-5 or Snap Camera HDR (which can even toggle API modes), the JPG’s it makes (besides the DNG’s) are unsharp. It’s very visible compared to when you shoot the same thing with a non-Camera2 API camera app. I wonder if it’s the same for others.
Here’s how you can check.
Shoot a pic with a Camera2 API enabled app such as Camera FV-5, with RAW/DNG support enabled.
Shoot a pic with a non-Camera2 API enabled app, such as Google Camera.
Compare the resulting JPG files (not the .dng)
For me, the latter is way sharper.
My theories of the cause:
Bad Camera2 API implementation by Samsung.
XXU2BOGG firmware is in XtreStoLite ROM (2.2.1 RC3), that makes my S6 say it's an S6 Edge. Maybe a driver issue. It's properly recognised as an SM-G920F, so I guess this is not a possible issue.
Complication of 5.0.2 ENG bootloader with 5.1.1 ROM. It's caused the fingerprint sensor to be broken, maybe it also breaks camera stuff.
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I recently made the jump to 5.1.1 (XXU2BOGG) to be able to use the new Camera2 API and play around with RAW files (.dng’s here).
Thing is, when I shoot pics with a Camera2-enabled app (Camera FV-5 or Snap Camera HDR (which can even toggle API modes), the JPG’s it makes (besides the DNG’s) are unsharp. It’s very visible compared to when you shoot the same thing with a non-Camera2 API camera app. I wonder if it’s the same for others.
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It's normal but I know some guys have been asked why in that S6 Camera thread in the general section. I've played around with Snap and FV5 after up to 5.1.1 too. When you enabled API2, their JPG/PNG output will set the sharpen level to zero and indeed it is the original quality from your tiny sensor(we finally know how crap of 1/2.6" without post-processing).
I use Photoshop CS6 plus Adobe DNG Converter 9.1(I think Lightroom plus Adobe DNG Converter 9.1 does the same thing), they can read out the S6 RAW correctly though S6 isn't on the supported device list. After I turned the Sharpening amount to around 100 and denoise set to like 30, the photo quality is very similar to stock S6 camera now with good sharpness and no noise.
The stock camera(or other 3rd apps) default does a heavy job on sharp/denoise but if you ask for API2 and decided to shoot RAW, it's your turn now to do the adjustment by yourself.
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It's normal but I know some guys have been asked why in that S6 Camera thread in the general section. I've played around with Snap and FV5 after up to 5.1.1 too. When you enabled API2, their JPG/PNG output will set the sharpen level to zero and indeed it is the original quality from your tiny sensor(we finally know how crap of 1/2.6" without post-processing).
I use Photoshop CS6 plus Adobe DNG Converter 9.1(I think Lightroom plus Adobe DNG Converter 9.1 does the same thing), they can read out the S6 RAW correctly though S6 isn't on the supported device list. After I turned the Sharpening amount to around 100 and denoise set to like 30, the photo quality is very similar to stock S6 camera now with good sharpness and no noise.
The stock camera(or other 3rd apps) default does a heavy job on sharp/denoise but if you ask for API2 and decided to shoot RAW, it's your turn now to do the adjustment by yourself.
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This makes sense, thank you, very good reply. So that basically means you have to choose between RAW and JPG, because the JPG won't be processed properly and thus be worse than the non-Camera2 API JPG.
Do you also see constant over-exposure 'flashes' when the light meter does it's thing? It happens with Snap Camera HDR and Open Camera (free Camera2 API app (that doesn't save photos when in that mode here)) as well.
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This makes sense, thank you, very good reply. So that basically means you have to choose between RAW and JPG, because the JPG won't be processed properly and thus be worse than the non-Camera2 API JPG.
Do you also see constant over-exposure 'flashes' when the light meter does it's thing? It happens with Snap Camera HDR and Open Camera (free Camera2 API app (that doesn't save photos when in that mode here)) as well.
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Yes, I'm sure snap/fv5 will ignore the JPG/PNG sharpen filter when you take RAW and it is very weird. Indeed, we should report it to the developer, I think it is a bug. Because of that you have to choose between RAW and JPG/PNG now, not the combination of both.
I didn't test to disable API2 in snap/fv5 because if I don't shoot RAW, I will just use the stock camera. Just import the RAW in CS6/LR + DNG converter, set the sharpen amount to 80 ~ 110 and denosie 30 ~ 60, the result is pretty much same with stock camera now. So, no worry your API2 is normal.
Can you explain it a bit more about over-exposure flashes?
I'll explain the over-exposure later, but here are some samples I just worked on that illustrate your first point. All pics are untouched, losslessly saved crops and zoomed to 200%.
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^Google Camera (non-API2, default settings, lossless JPG crop (saved as .png)
^Camera FV-5 .JPG (non-API2, default settings, lossless JPG crop (saved as .png)
^Camera FV-5 .DNG (API2, default settings, Adobe Camera Raw 8.4 from Photoshop CS6 13.0.1 *no processing* crop (saved as .png)
^Camera FV-5 .DNG (API2, default settings, Adobe Camera Raw 8.4 from Photoshop CS6 13.0.1 *processed* crop (saved as .png)
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I'll explain the over-exposure later, but here are some samples I just worked on that illustrate your first point.
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Yes, RAW isn't easy to deal with, every photo does need different set of parameters and very time consuming to find out best values. In some manner, RAW is only for real photo taker and professional. Stock camera or google camera on the other hands they do a smart job to optimize all photo automatically.
In your example, I don't see it over-exposure. It is just how the stock/google cam tweaked that for you. You can tune the exposure or any color in the DNG converter to achieve the same result but again it is a time wasting work.
And I would like to mention the DNG convertor default set at 25 sharpen(default 0 denoise) so it actually got some kinds of processing, so the ^Camera FV-5 .DNG is much sharper than ^Camera FV-5 .JPG. It looks like you are total new to RAW, I beat you understand how hard of it and time to lesson. Welcome to the Hell. lol
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Yes, I'm sure snap/fv5 will ignore the JPG/PNG sharpen filter when you take RAW and it is very weird. Indeed, we should report it to the developer, I think it is a bug. Because of that you have to choose between RAW and JPG/PNG now, not the combination of both.
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Exactly. I'll contact their support again (but so far they haven't responded to previous e-mails). Made a post on Snap's Google+ page and updated my post in the Snap Camera HDR topic too (because Snap's JPG next to a DNG is the same unprocessed, fuzzy one).
I didn't test to disable API2 in snap/fv5 because if I don't shoot RAW, I will just use the stock camera. Just import the RAW in CS6/LR + DNG converter, set the sharpen amount to 80 ~ 110 and denosie 30 ~ 60, the result is pretty much same with stock camera now.
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Just tested FV-5 with DNG capture set to Disabled, but the JPG's are still unprocessed (fuzzy).
So, no worry your API2 is normal.
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Yeah, I'm convinced of the same now. It's just the Camera2 API apps doing a bad job. Maybe because of API limitations, or its a Samsung issue, who knows.
Can you explain it a bit more about over-exposure flashes?
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Yeah. FV-5 doesn't have it, but Snap Camera HDR and Open Camera have it when using Camera2 API mode. In Auto Focus mode, all is well. But as soon as I manually focus by touching on the screen, you see it overexposing a few seconds after the focus was grabbed (Snap Camera HDR) or on the exact moment of manually focusing by touching (Open Camera). The photo taken is not overexposed.
Curious about three things:
1) is this S6 specific?
2) is this a XXU2BOGG bug? /edit: could be, but it's the same on XXU2COH2.
3) what would Manual Camera do? (Tempted to spend yet another few dollars to test that one out) /edit: bought and refunded: it doesn't 'see' the Camera2 API and it won't shoot in 16:9, just 4:3. o_o
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Yes, RAW isn't easy to deal with, every photo does need different set of parameters and very time consuming to find out best values. In some manner, RAW is only for real photo taker and professional. Stock camera or google camera on the other hands they do a smart job to optimize all photo automatically.
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And I would like to mention the DNG convertor default set at 25 sharpen(default 0 denoise) so it actually got some kinds of processing, so the ^Camera FV-5 .DNG is much sharper than ^Camera FV-5 .JPG. It looks like you are total new to RAW, I beat you understand how hard of it and time to lesson. Welcome to the Hell. lol[/QUOTE]
I'm not new to RAW, I shoot RAW on my dSLR (Nikon had .NEF's) and I love getting the most out of my photos. It can be very complex yeah, and I agree that every photo ideally needs his own post processing settings.
Nice that you know quite a bit about it as well and have done tests. Let's hope we'll find the ultimate culprit and things will be fixed.
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Just tested FV-5 with DNG capture set to Disabled, but the JPG's are still unprocessed (fuzzy).
Yeah. FV-5 doesn't have it, but Snap Camera HDR and Open Camera have it when using Camera2 API mode. In Auto Focus mode, all is well. But as soon as I manually focus by touching on the screen, you see it overexposing a few seconds after the focus was grabbed (Snap Camera HDR) or on the exact moment of manually focusing by touching (Open Camera). The photo taken is not overexposed.
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In FV5 you can't real disable API2(I can't find the option) but just tested to disable API2 in SnapCamera and after that the JPG sharpness comes back. Yup, it will over exposure a sec when you touch the manual focus bcoz it will bump up the iso to real high(you can notice the real-time iso info getting high) but it is just a minor bug.
It is interesting to see what will happen on Note5/S6e+, they comes with the ability to shoot RAW+JPG in stock camera.
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In FV5 you can't real disable API2(I can't find the option) but just tested to disable API2 in SnapCamera and after that the JPG sharpness comes back. Yup, it will over exposure a sec when you touch the manual focus bcoz it will bump up the iso to real high(you can notice the real-time iso info getting high) but it is just a minor bug.
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Yeah, but as I got more or less the same in Open Camera, to me it feels like it's not app related but driver/device's API implementation.
It is interesting to see what will happen on Note5/S6e+, they comes with the ability to shoot RAW+JPG in stock camera.
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There's a Note5 ROM port in the Android Dev subforum
jelbo said:
Yeah, but as I got more or less the same in Open Camera, to me it feels like it's not app related but driver/device's API implementation.
There's a Note5 ROM port in the Android Dev subforum
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I know that but I'm on dual sims and not supported, so a no go to me and I'm still with my warranty didn't trip the knox yet because my camera got little weird sound, guess time to travel Samsung service center later.
Camera2 api app's always freeze
Hello, I had not seen any complaint at all, so i really wonder if no one cares or it really only happens on my phone. The problem is no matter which app I use, the screen always freezes on the s6 after taking about 8 to 9 raw pictures in a row. Does anyone experience it as well? Thanks.
I have had similar issues. Raw images are big. I think it's bogging down while writing to the SD card. Probably, it's the reason Samsung hasn't integrated raw into the stock camera.
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I have had similar issues. Raw images are big. I think it's bogging down while writing to the SD card. Probably, it's the reason Samsung hasn't integrated raw into the stock camera.
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Ok... So it's not just me... Thank you for confirming.
I know the note 5 can handle the raw pictures well. Even the LG G4 has much slower internal storage. I do not own a G4 but I'm assuming the G4's stock camera is handling it well too. I believe it's bad implementation by Samsung, as it happens to all camera apps. And it's always the 9th raw picture screwing it. If Samsung is not trying to make this raw feature exclusive on the note 5, I'm sure they know how to make it work flawlessly on the s6 but they just don't want to.
In fairness, it really is a niche feature. Probably an extremely small percentage of S6 owners even know what raw is and an even smaller percentage would ever really use it. They probably figured they were fine not prepping for it. Now the external sd card and removal battery...
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In fairness, it really is a niche feature. Probably an extremely small percentage of S6 owners even know what raw is and an even smaller percentage would ever really use it. They probably figured they were fine not prepping for it. Now the external sd card and removal battery...
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True it's a niche feature. But I would think that smaller percentage of s6 users who want to shoot raw is actually more people than the total number of note 5, edge+ and G4 users who can currently shoot stable raw. Given that the hardware of the s6 and note 5 should be very similar. It should not really be a hard implementation from Samsung. I will probably go back to nexus when the next one is out and never return to Samsung again.
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True it's a niche feature. But I would think that smaller percentage of s6 users who want to shoot raw is actually more people than the total number of note 5, edge+ and G4 users who can currently shoot stable raw. Given that the hardware of the s6 and note 5 should be very similar. It should not really be a hard implementation from Samsung. I will probably go back to nexus when the next one is out and never return to Samsung again.
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Well, I guess if ya feel that strongly about it, it's the thing to do! Personally, I have never used a camera on a phone that performed this well, so I have no need to mess with raw and don't miss it. I was curious mostly, but Raw files are a lot of work to edit, so I won't bother.
Same here with Snap Camera or FV-5. Shooting passed 5 times may starting to have problem(need to kill the app to make it works again) while sometimes no problem up to 7 ~ 9 RAW. Not sure bad API2 implementation or 3rd apps not working good. Wish Samsung gives us stock RAW later or someone port it from Note5/S6e+.
I don't know what be can use at 5.1.1 (But I know that's can be use at Camera2 API at 10s - 1/8000s) but I will be does known' that's 6.0.1 as Marshmallow it's will be have in "OOTB" (On-Out-The-Box): Full-Pro Mode (as Shutter Speed/RAW - Pretty same options as 5.1.1 will have of Note 5/S6 Edge Plus Models)
Hi, the S7/S7Edge camera is good but the images are entirely over sharpened and generally lifeless. Just overdone.
Any way to tone down the sharpness, and use the old post processing of the S6?
Or is this not possible given it's a different sensor, etc?
I would love such a fix too. Any other camera app probably? RAW is one way to fix it but you can only edit RAW files stored on internal storage along with their jpegs in the same folder in Snapspeed. Otherwise Lightroom(which isn't available in my playstore) or photoshop is required.
RAW are also too big for general purpose photography at 23Mb per file
Right now only solution is to use PRO mod and RAW =( ....
Maybe camera app or port from S6 ?
and what about the video? Sometimes I have to shoot on the S7 because I just have it with me. The video really sucks in postprocessing because the oversharpening creates a whole lot of artifacts. Pro mode isn´t really an option and there is is no setting to turn down sharpness in any way.
If there is a mod for the bitrate, why isnt´t it possible to patch the sharpen value?
I found that using HDR on reduces sharpen in AUTO mode .... Also HDR on Auto gives diferent results...
I think that MOD is possible ... only to find right person
It is boring to always use the auto mode in camera so let's try the manual mode and have greater quality pictures, which is better than auto mode.
What is manual mode ?
Manual mode is one of the main settings on your camera, and it lets you manually control shutter speed, white balance, manual focus, and ISO in most. These three settings work together to control the how bright or dark your photo is (known as exposure), as well as change the overall look of the image.
What is ISO ?
In photography ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor. The same principles apply as in film photography – the lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain. Higher ISO settings are generally used in darker situations to get faster shutter speeds.
What is Shutter Speed ?
In photography, shutter speed or exposure time is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light, also when a camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. The amount of light that reaches the film or image sensor is proportional to the exposure time.
What is White balancing ?
White balancing is a process in which a camera will attempt to detect the type of white light largely visible in different environments. This is typically utilized to account for different light sources (fluorescent, incandescent, etc.), as well as different weather types and times of day (overcast, sunny, sunset, etc.). White balance generally focuses on collecting the proper temperature of white light in a scene, which ranges from cold (blue-tinted) to warm (orange or gold-tinted).
This is one setting that is often best left on automatic settings, unless the viewfinder suggests that the automatic white balance is obviously wrong. Of note, RAW images will have to be manually white balanced in post-processing, as RAW shooting will not modify the white balance in-camera.
What is Manual Focus ?
Manual focus controls are a more recent and much-appreciated addition to the control suite of manual smartphone photographers. Most camera apps features a simple and intuitive circular slider which can be used to accurately set focus manually in lieu of the jumpier and imperfect auto-focus, something which is often exaggerated when trying to take photos of close subjects. If you want to take a closer pic of something very near try macro focus.
What is Manual exposure ?
manual exposure is a small supplement to ISO and shutter speed settings, and it is one of the rarer manual settings one will find in smartphone camera applications. If a combination of shutter speed and ISO produce an unsatisfying image, manual exposure is often offered as a way of tweaking the brightness of an image in-camera. It can quite easily be replaced by simply modifying brightness after taking the photo, but it can sometimes be more efficient to get the image right the first time.
What do we have in our Lenovo P2 :
I had Camera api2 activated and snap camera hdr+ and oneplus 5 camera apps.
Shutter speed
Minimum 0.68s maximum 1/96423s
ISO
Minimum 100 Maximum 19200
Verdict approximate values
In low light condition
Higher ISO [ 500 ~ 19200 aprx] + Higher shutter speed [0.68 ~ 1/200 aprx]
In heavy light condition
Lower ISO [below 500 aprx] + Lower shutter speed [1/200s ~ 1/96423s aprx]
Camera Api2 advantages
Raw image capture support
In depth manual mode control
Enable camera api2
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/themes/flashable-zip-activating-camera-api2-t3724207
Which app is best for manual mode?
? Snap camera HDR
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Snap+camera+HDR+paid+apk&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=bXs-WuDaI4HEvQSYyLWQDQ [Google search result page, Cuz many getting confused about this app]
? Oneplus 5 camera
Download link https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/themes/stable-oneplus-5-camera-t3709983
? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC
? Camera FV 5
Reserved [for samples]
I can't use the RAW format, the scrren get mad and the camera crash, am i the only one with this problem?
Liacon said:
I can't use the RAW format, the scrren get mad and the camera crash, am i the only one with this problem?
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It's like this with all the camera apps that have avaible the raw format
At first I was thinking that the problem it's present because I usa a micro sd, but the image gets mad even without it.
I'm on the last lineage build by Higway Star
Liacon said:
It's like this with all the camera apps that have avaible the raw format
At first I was thinking that the problem it's present because I usa a micro sd, but the image gets mad even without it.
I'm on the last lineage build by Higway Star
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Only the bug in camera driver can make mess like this.
Wonder Wicked Witch said:
Only the bug in camera driver can make mess like this.
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So it's a rom's related problem?
Liacon said:
So it's a rom's related problem?
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Same issue on stock s244, with every app.
Also, I've seen many others
Liacon said:
So it's a rom's related problem?
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icsdia said:
Same issue on stock s244, with every app.
Also, I've seen many others
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Maybe due to changing roms in mobiles the camera driver can get into buggy, not confirmed yet.
If you want Camera with Raw capture try "snap camera HDR" with force HAL1 enabled in-app setting.
If you looking for completely manual configuration try camera api2 ON in-app setting.
[camera api2 HAL3 vs HAL1 screenshots]
I can't find force hal1, sucks.
At least the manual controls it's a very sweet thing
Liacon said:
I can't find force hal1, sucks.
At least the manual controls it's a very sweet thing
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Did you check it out properly? It is in-built in app itself.
Wonder Wicked Witch said:
Did you check it out properly? It is in-built in app itself.
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I have check the same option that you show in your screen shot, but maybe it's because I have the trial version
Liacon said:
I can't use the RAW format, the scrren get mad and the camera crash, am i the only one with this problem?
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Same problem here.
Liacon said:
I have check the same option that you show in your screen shot, but maybe it's because I have the trial version
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Maybe you can get it for free if you Google it.
YoYoRishi said:
Same problem here.
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With camera api2 raw fails as it is not supported in P2 right now. But without camera api2 or with Hal1 enabled you can capture raw image in DNG format.