Hi, the Pixel 7 Pro camera app skimps on functionality. Do you know
a Gcam modification (easy to install even for non-nerds)
another camera app
offering more?
Other camera apps perhaps can only address the P7P's main camera, but that would be at least something. A one-off payment for the app would be ok; not ok would be subscriptions and advertising.
The functions mentioned below aren't needed always, and some never need them or find them damaging. But other mobiles like Huawei or Samsung have a "Pro" mode – I like that, and an SLR like camera app would be great. (I want to keep the P7P and not get another phone.)
What I Miss in the P7P Camera App:
manual ISO and shutter speed
manual focussing including enlarged preview
focus peaking (colour overlay in focussed area)
histogram when snapping
permanent light instead of flash (torchlight mode) (ideally permanent light with changeable brightness and colour)
HDR
flash should work when sliders for brightness/contrast have been used (it doesn't on the P7P)
flexible timer (like 5 snaps with 3 seconds interval, adjustable)
The free app Open Camera offerst most of those functions above incl. manual focus, permanent light, focus peaking. But that app is very confusing. Free app Cymera at least offers permanent light.
And they say that Gcam has an especially good image quality. I didn't test that yet. Anyway an enhanced Gcam would be interesting. I know I could snap RAW files, but I prefer JPGs out of the box, and good ones at that.
So, if you can recommend (or warn against) alternative camera apps for the P7P? Thanks!
Hope we can come up with some useful suggestions. I'm interested in this as well.
Open Camera does also offer manual shutter speed and iso control if you use the camera 2 api.
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Open Camera does also offer manual shutter speed and iso control if you use the camera 2 api.
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Yes, as i wrote above, it offers almost all of my requirements. I just find it very confusing and i think it doesn't use the other cameras - it offers a zoom slider, but i think it's only digital zooming from the main cam.
Dunno if this is what you're looking for but I came across this BSG Mod recently.
vurtomatic said:
Dunno if this is what you're looking for but I came across this BSG Mod recently.
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Thanks!
I am not sure if even understand all of that. It seems i need to be in Telegram (groups) to read the proper information.
Hello, these two apps use all 3 rear cameras and offer more than the installed Gcam Standard:
Filmic Firstlight
ProShot
Both are paid apps, but there are free versions.
Free Filmic Firstlight takes only 8 MP pics, and i wonder about other differences (info is scarce or confusing). 3 cameras are used in free version. Supersmooth switching between manual/auto exposure and between manual/auto focussing, with zebras and peaking automatically displayed - better than any other app i've seen.
ProShot before paying gives you an "Evaluator" from which you can start a demo version. It seems quite clear that it uses all 3 cameras. Offers "torchlight mode" and manual shutter speed, IIRC.
Open Camera, as said before, uses only the main cam and is confusing. There is a slight variation of that app called Hedecam, perhaps a tad less confusing, but not a charm either. Great offers for various sizes and styles of histograms.
Henrik2000 said:
Hello, these two apps use all 3 rear cameras and offer more than the installed Gcam Standard:
Filmic Firstlight
ProShot
Both are paid apps, but there are free versions.
Free Filmic Firstlight takes only 8 MP pics, and i wonder about other differences (info is scarce or confusing). 3 cameras are used in free version. Supersmooth switching between manual/auto exposure and between manual/auto focussing, with zebras and peaking automatically displayed - better than any other app i've seen.
ProShot before paying gives you an "Evaluator" from which you can start a demo version. It seems quite clear that it uses all 3 cameras. Offers "torchlight mode" and manual shutter speed, IIRC.
Open Camera, as said before, uses only the main cam and is confusing. There is a slight variation of that app called Hedecam, perhaps a tad less confusing, but not a charm either. Great offers for various sizes and styles of histograms.
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Open Camera can use all of the three cams, I've tested it. You've just configured it wrong
Juar use bsg latest, changed the main setting to raven and it will work fine.
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Open Camera can use all of the three cams, I've tested it. You've just configured it wrong 
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Could you please be so kind and share how you did that ?I tried to get it to work on my P7P but could not find the magic switch
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Could you please be so kind and share how you did that ?I tried to get it to work on my P7P but could not find the magic switch
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Would be very interested too.
s3axel said:
Could you please be so kind and share how you did that ?I tried to get it to work on my P7P but could not find the magic switch
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Henrik2000 said:
Hello, these two apps use all 3 rear cameras and offer more than the installed Gcam Standard:
Filmic Firstlight
ProShot
Both are paid apps, but there are free versions.
Free Filmic Firstlight takes only 8 MP pics, and i wonder about other differences (info is scarce or confusing). 3 cameras are used in free version. Supersmooth switching between manual/auto exposure and between manual/auto focussing, with zebras and peaking automatically displayed - better than any other app i've seen.
ProShot before paying gives you an "Evaluator" from which you can start a demo version. It seems quite clear that it uses all 3 cameras. Offers "torchlight mode" and manual shutter speed, IIRC.
Open Camera, as said before, uses only the main cam and is confusing. There is a slight variation of that app called Hedecam, perhaps a tad less confusing, but not a charm either. Great offers for various sizes and styles of histograms.
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I tried these and Filmic First light limits me to a maximum exposure time of 1 second, did you face any issue like that?
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Google Camera App - Released to the Public on April 16th.
I tested it with CM11 on Note 2 and works like the champ with only a issues.
Have you faced any issues with this camera yet?
Code:
Google Camera snaps quick and easy photos and videos, and has creative picture modes like Photo Sphere, Lens Blur and Panorama.
Features
• Photo Spheres for immersive 360º views
• Lens Blur mode for SLR-like photos with shallow depth of field
• Panorama mode with high resolution
• 100% viewfinder for getting the maximum resolution from the sensor (no dropped pixels)
• Updated UI that gets out of your way and is centered on an extra large capture button
• Works on phones and tablets running Android 4.4+ KitKat
Download Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
Is it only me or the Camera UI is really ugly/simple/Looks like First Android Camera APK made by kid?
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Is it only me or the Camera UI is really ugly/simple/Looks like First Android Camera APK made by kid?
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Actually I completely agree with you. It is fairly childish but honestly Note 2 on CM11 this app works better than the currently alternative. Hence my excitement
Missing options
i do have an issue, there's no panorama, and no photo sphere, even tho i have this options on my cm11 camera
Apparently Google is leaning towards "dumbing things down" by removing the more complex capabilities in some of their native apps by making them so simplistic as to literally become "point and shoot," especially with respect to this particular camera app. But when you think about it, the overwhelming majority of smartphone owners want just that: a device that works, that's simple to use, and doesn't require a huge set of menu options to just "point and shoot" and get good/useful results so, I suppose it's a winner in that manner for sure.
Tried it a few times, doesn't seem particularly special or useful over some other camera apps like Focal or others. Doesn't seem to do HDR natively and there's no option to enable it so that relegates this app to "ok, I tried it and then I uninstalled it" status for me.
For me its not better than LG G2 modded cam app.
The issue with me is that the CM11 Camera app gets stuck too often hence this is a great alternative
It is good, the only problem for me is when the flash is on and I tap to focus and than to take a picture theres a lag of about 5 seconds. Anyone have this problem? Also no HDR mod, and my camera have that option.
I'm having FC on settings option, on carbon kitkat in Samsung i9070.
love the lens blur mode. Any more cam apps that have this option?
I like it.
Yes the settings option does FC the app but honestly at this current moment, its better than the default camera app.
actually, the only setting i would change is 16:9 ratio, nothing else.
if some1 knows a shortcut for this...?
Good to know, may need to try this out, with custom roms i found a few the camera app always frooze or crashed
jazzh said:
actually, the only setting i would change is 16:9 ratio, nothing else.
if some1 knows a shortcut for this...?
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I've tried to change the settings thru the preferences files saved in \\data\data\com.googleCamera\shared_prefs\, but I couldn't change the resolution to the max, only the grid, flash, etc.
I want to change the "photosphere" and the "lens blur" to max resolution.
Any Idea?
let me try
Going to download it now and give a try in my grand i9082
I'll be trying it out on my Galaxy S2 with PACROM 4.4.2
Someone minds uploading it somewhere and sharing the link, I can find it on play store but it says its not available in my country I find that weird as its just a camara application...
Thanks in advance...
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Really loving the recommendations to turn the phone sideways when recording video, to push people away from filming the horrors of portrait video.
tested in my droid x. somehow force close when i hit the setup menu.
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Hey,
Time has come to change my z1compact. In few days I'll be changing it for either g4 or s6.
Now, I don't use my phones to watch YT or play games so the differences between cpu are not as important to me. The game changes with camera, I like g4's stock camera settings (shutter speed, iso). I know s6's 5.1 camera, with help of third party app, should provide all the g4's features (with better results?) Could someone provide me with info from ' manual camera ' and 'fv5 camera' apps on shutter speed, iso? With some light trail snaps if possible.
Second thing, is there anything I should pay attention to while getting the s6?(like checking the camera sensor or scratches on the screen)
Thanks for any help
Some recent Camera FV-5 info in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61544517
I am also looking to find out about longest shutter speed available in the 3rd party apps
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Who has the device and has sideloaded gcam yet ? Really thinking about getting the phone and am coming from a pixel 4xl and really enjoy the point and click of the pixel. Want to see if GCAM is a viable option on the Sony Xperia 5 ii.
Thanks
I am also very close to purchasing this and would also like to know if this is possible.
https://mega.nz/folder/pg5y2CaJ#qH95TX8mieu7pP50DsPI-A/folder/1tR2ACpT
The MGC here works, but you may need to tweak settings for best results, and it only works with the main and selfie cameras.
Surprisingly, the stock app for the camera is very good on 5 II.. The question is, is gcam needed for 5 II, sony did a great job with the camera and the camera software this year.
The stock app is indeed surprisingly capable, but managing highlights is still one of the weak points with Sony. The 5 II is probably the best phone Sony has made in years so it would be great to see GCam support for it. Any chance of this @Arnova8G2 @Urnyx05?
CazeW said:
The stock app is indeed surprisingly capable, but managing highlights is still one of the weak points with Sony. The 5 II is probably the best phone Sony has made in years so it would be great to see GCam support for it. Any chance of this @[email protected]?
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I think you hit it on the head honestly. The testing I have been doing with the camera seems to be that Sony is okay with highlights in photos, similarly to Apple but Apple does still a little better than Sony does.
There are definitely benefits I have seen from the highlights though, portrait photos of a person with good lighting look exceptional on the mark II even with indoor lighting. My first 2 days with this phone have been a pleasure because it almost makes me feel like this phone is built like a Nexus device was back in the good old days, with minor Sony embellishments.
Looking forward to progress here in this!
@Urnyx05
Checked your thread for what you need for a bug report, so I've tried include all that you need incase you are interested in getting your GCam up and running on the Xperia 5 II.
Phone: Xperia 5 II, stock rom, no fixes
APK: GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.3.apk
Camera2 Test and logcat attached of the crash.
The app crashes the moment you start it (after you've given it all the permissions), but you can also hear the camera activating.
Please bring gcam to our device, Urnyx05
Came here from the Xperia 1 II thread. Yes, the Xperia 5 II is one of the Android flagship this year. Stable gcam support will elevate the popularity of this device more, Sony get more sales and they have more money to develop next gen Xperia.
CazeW said:
@Urnyx05
Checked your thread for what you need for a bug report, so I've tried include all that you need incase you are interested in getting your GCam up and running on the Xperia 5 II.
Phone: Xperia 5 II, stock rom, no fixes
APK: GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.3.apk
Camera2 Test and logcat attached of the crash.
Hi, i downloaded and tested it: IMHO Sony Photo Pro app gives better results
unistalled
my 2 cents
Luca
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lucapasto said:
Hi, i downloaded and tested it: IMHO Sony Photo Pro app gives better results
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Luca
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Eh, what? There aren't any properly working GCam versions for the phone yet.
The only ones that work are one older GCam and the Go version. Yes, stock apps give better pictures than those but I'm not counting those as proper GCam ports.
I find a webpage of GCam for Xperia 5 II. https://www.cyanogenmods.org/google-camera-xperia-5-ii/
I tried it but all crashed, maybe because my phone is China Edition. You can try it.
fengmubai said:
I find a webpage of GCam for Xperia 5 II. https://www.cyanogenmods.org/google-camera-xperia-5-ii/
I tried it but all crashed, maybe because my phone is China Edition. You can try it.
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Eh, seems like some autogenerated ****. "Gcam for *automatically insert phone model here*". To be ignored.
This are not Versions for the Xperia. Bad Link.
Android 11 and GCAM
It might actually help when sony releases Android 11 for both the mark 5 ii and the mark 1 ii phone. It's might make the current GCAM apks and config files more compatible.
Are you running this version?
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1234/
On my 5-2 this GCam is semi-working. It takes photo on 16 and 70 mm module. Sometimes you can enter the menu using the button LIB from the tenth time.
(If the image from the camera is visible and falls out, move the slider to the video and choose a different camera).
Perhaps someone can make this version work and run the main photo module (it works in the video).
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Are you running this version?
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1234/
On my 5-2 this GCam is semi-working. It takes photo on 16 and 70 mm module. Sometimes you can enter the menu using the button LIB from the tenth time.
(If the image from the camera is visible and falls out, move the slider to the video and choose a different camera).
Perhaps someone can make this version work and run the main photo module (it works in the video).
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I cant Open it.... Force Close everytime
@Subbb I've managed to snap a photo with the ultra wide and tele yes, the photos are very grainy though.
It's weird because Google Camera Go works only with the 24mm lens.
@chilled_orange13 my trick was to open the app, quickly swipe to video then change the lens using the upper settings menu. Pressing the setting icon or lib icon makes the app crash. Changing lens crashes the app but when you open it again it launches on the selected lens.
tarkan-t29
I still have this version running: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1214/
Similar result...
Guys joyn this group from BSG
t.me/BSG_googlecamera
Pleased also try to Help ?
Hey everyone,
Just curious to know if it's possible to change the default camera an app is using? For example, on my Xiaomi Mi 9T, it uses the zoom lense in Google Meet, which sucks as I do present stuff via Camera and actually would prefer to use the ultra-wide lense. Sadly, Google Meet does not allow to switch the camera used (besides from front-camera and first back camera)
Is there any app / Magisk module / setting to change the order of the different cameras so that apps first use the ultra-wide lense?
Thanks
Try to add USB camera. Or connect web camera to computer or mobile. Now you will see two option. You can change default camera.
For that you need to root mobile.
Try Gcam mode software which are used on Google pixel.
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Hey everyone,
Just curious to know if it's possible to change the default camera an app is using? For example, on my Xiaomi Mi 9T, it uses the zoom lense in Google Meet, which sucks as I do present stuff via Camera and actually would prefer to use the ultra-wide lense. Sadly, Google Meet does not allow to switch the camera used (besides from front-camera and first back camera)
Is there any app / Magisk module / setting to change the order of the different cameras so that apps first use the ultra-wide lense?
Thanks
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Did you ever figure this out? Trying to find a solution now.
I plan on testing out the various Google Camera ports out there when I get this phone, but I was wondering which one anybody else had the most success with and whether there are any existing configs that should be used with it. Thanks in advance.
I'm using (MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG), works great and is stable.
Tried many of the other 8.x camera ports but had trouble with green tint pictures.
Have not had time to mess around with configs yet, happy with default settings.
Download from here:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-suggested/
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I'm using (MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG), works great and is stable.
Tried many of the other 8.x camera ports but had trouble with green tint pictures.
Have not had time to mess around with configs yet, happy with default settings.
Download from here:
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Thanks for this info..
Google camera mgc.8.1.101_a9....ENG. .
Working perfect on GSI android 12 pixel experience...
I was already fairly impressed with the stock moto camera quality (Moto G Stylus 5G 2021 / Android 12) but I installed Gcam and it's consistently taking better photos when comparing stock app vs gcam, even indoors.
Very nice and it was simple to install, using default settings so far, version is MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV2a_ENG
EDIT: Ok when testing further out focus outdoors it seems the stock app is a little better focused in the distance but so far that's the only negative i'm seeing. I'll have to mess with it, also not using any config files (yet).
You should try the Greatness 8.2 and I still think I get better results with the latest Butchercam. I think it's a GCam 7.x but I think it looks better.
Bumping thread, with some "new" info. I've had good luck using
SGCAM_8.8.224.10_STABLE_V8Fix_googlecamera.apk from the link below
Shamim: SGCAM_8.8.224.10_STABLE_V8Fix
Download SGCAM_8.8.224.10_STABLE_V8Fix by Shamim.
www.celsoazevedo.com
The settings I had to change to get it to work was turning on auto white balance (pics were green without it turned on), then I went to the advanced->ancillary camera settings to turn on the ID2 and ID4 cameras so the buttons would show on screen. Renamed ID2 to wide lens, and ID4 to Macro lens. I don't know if I used correct terms for names, the ID2 is the 0.5 camera and the ID4 is the flower icon camera from original camera. ID1, ID,3, ID5 options seems to crash app so I couldn't figure out which one goes to the physical 4th camera on back, so no clue how to access that particular camera plus I don't know what it's for.
Video and everything else appears to work without crashing. It does crash as I play with setting to get it to work better, but