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[Q] About the HDR Camera

I'd like to buy the HDR Camera+ app but I'm wondering something... Does the app make use of the Nexus' fast shutter? A friend told me there are fast and slow modes in the app from which the fast one doesn't work on all phones. Does it work on the Nexus? I don't think HDR on this particular phone would be worth it over stock app if it's as slow as other phones...
Would appreciate it if someone using it could tell me Thanks.

Well HDR essentially takes multiple pictures and then stitches them together. So I'm gonna say its not gonna be as fast. Besides, do you want good pictures or quick pictures?

Dude, HDR are not for taking moving objects, it's more for landscape or things that don't move.
Basically, HDR takes 3 photos and fuse them together, kind of. HDR takes a underexposed, normally exposed and over-exposed shot.

khawarspirit said:
I'd like to buy the HDR Camera+ app but I'm wondering something... Does the app make use of the Nexus' fast shutter? A friend told me there are fast and slow modes in the app from which the fast one doesn't work on all phones. Does it work on the Nexus? I don't think HDR on this particular phone would be worth it over stock app if it's as slow as other phones...
Would appreciate it if someone using it could tell me Thanks.
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Try the free version of HDR first and see for yourself.

khawarspirit said:
I'd like to buy the HDR Camera+ app but I'm wondering something... Does the app make use of the Nexus' fast shutter? A friend told me there are fast and slow modes in the app from which the fast one doesn't work on all phones. Does it work on the Nexus? I don't think HDR on this particular phone would be worth it over stock app if it's as slow as other phones...
Would appreciate it if someone using it could tell me Thanks.
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I purchased HDR+ Camera app. It used to work great. Now, either a recent update or Jelly Bean cause it to force close. It cannot take pictures. Wait, or look elsewhere for a similar app as there are several in the Play Store.

jpinsl said:
I purchased HDR+ Camera app. It used to work great. Now, either a recent update or Jelly Bean cause it to force close. It cannot take pictures. Wait, or look elsewhere for a similar app as there are several in the Play Store.
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Well, it works on JB. I'm using CM10 and it works... :] Maybe you should try clearing cache or fixing permissions!

AmericanCon said:
Well HDR essentially takes multiple pictures and then stitches them together. So I'm gonna say its not gonna be as fast. Besides, do you want good pictures or quick pictures?
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Yes I know what HDR is and how it works. I was simply asking if it's relatively faster on the Nexus than other phones that don't have shutters as fast.

khawarspirit said:
Yes I know what HDR is and how it works. I was simply asking if it's relatively faster on the Nexus than other phones that don't have shutters as fast.
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takes one shot per second roughly

Pro HDR Camera the best HDR camera for android, way better than HDR+
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eyeappsllc.prohdr&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmV5ZWFwcHNsbGMucHJvaGRyIl0.

DynamicRam said:
Pro HDR Camera the best HDR camera for android, way better than HDR+
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eyeappsllc.prohdr&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmV5ZWFwcHNsbGMucHJvaGRyIl0.
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Thank you, I'll have a look at that too.

best N4 camera app?

Just looking for a replacement camera app with better overall performance
- as a bonus, an app that can take advantage of photosphere? Looks like 360panarama doesn't work on the N4. Also, ability to upload to google maps is a nice bonus to handle sharing photosphere without google+?
I'm gonna guess I am at Google's mercy with all things photosphere though.

I'm looking for one with a self timer. Don't care about photosphere...

fx camera.
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galaxys said:
I'm looking for one with a self timer. Don't care about photosphere...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwic2xpZGUuY2FtZXJhWm9vbSJd

ijustzeke said:
fx camera.
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this one seems to be all about filters... does it have good actual camera functions and controls = better than the native cam?

Camera fv5, many manual controls

Motorola stock camera app from this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069139... very great with timer and a lot of options

shahabk818 said:
Motorola stock camera app from this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069139... very great with timer and a lot of options
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Don't need to install that ROM? Just install the APK?

The default camera app struggle way too much with the auto focus and just cant get it right in the first trial. Therefore, I use Camera FX Zoom as mentioned by people above too. Its a great app. Has timer.. Burst mode.. and focuses extremely quick and accurate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwic2xpZGUuY2FtZXJhWm9vbSJd
Its a known bug in N4's camera. N4 Auto focus complaints:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43153
There are 28,660 pages filled with user complaining about auto focus.

They should have seriously fixed the camera auto focus and WiFi screen off in the Latest update. Who knows what went wrong with Google ...........
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camera zoom fx

Seems you can't do HDR with front facing camera and all photos that save from front camera are upside down. Anyone else have those two issues?
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Hi,
I currently use this, Camera JB+: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JseW54LmNhbWVyYWpicGx1cyJd
Simple, easy, looks like the stock camera app (with her own gallery), standard settings plus a bit more, perfect for my use...

2 reasons this thread has made my day
1. I'm not the only one with a focus bug using the stock camera pp
2. It introduced me to Camera Zoom FX, it's brilliant! (if you won't miss photosphere)

filthykid said:
The default camera app struggle way too much with the auto focus and just cant get it right in the first trial. Therefore, I use Camera FX Zoom as mentioned by people above too. Its a great app. Has timer.. Burst mode.. and focuses extremely quick and accurate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwic2xpZGUuY2FtZXJhWm9vbSJd
Its a known bug in N4's camera. N4 Auto focus complaints:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43153
There are 28,660 pages filled with user complaining about auto focus.
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Here is the million dollar question though. Does it focus well with FLASH? Google really messed up with this damn camera. I swear up and down that the Nexus One had a better camera than this garbage they put in here. It's absolutely useless with flash. I can't use it at all!! Damn you Google!!?
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nexicon said:
Here is the million dollar question though. Does it focus well with FLASH? Google really messed up with this damn camera. I swear up and down that the Nexus One had a better camera than this garbage they put in here. It's absolutely useless with flash. I can't use it at all!! Damn you Google!!?
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My problem, in addition to the worst focusing ever, is that the camera software totally blows out anything I take a picture of with flash. Pictures of my friends make them look like highlighters!

nexicon said:
I swear up and down that the Nexus One had a better camera than this garbage they put in here.
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I am still keeping the nexus one and I can confirm that the nexus 4 is "slightly" better than the nexus one in terms of camera performance.

filthykid said:
The default camera app struggle way too much with the auto focus and just cant get it right in the first trial. Therefore, I use Camera FX Zoom as mentioned by people above too. Its a great app. Has timer.. Burst mode.. and focuses extremely quick and accurate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwic2xpZGUuY2FtZXJhWm9vbSJd
Its a known bug in N4's camera. N4 Auto focus complaints:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43153
There are 28,660 pages filled with user complaining about auto focus.
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That 28,700+ (now) number is the amount of open issues with Android in general, not the auto-focus.

ghalalb said:
2 reasons this thread has made my day
1. I'm not the only one with a focus bug using the stock camera pp
2. It introduced me to Camera Zoom FX, it's brilliant! (if you won't miss photosphere)
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Well, I love photosphere and I have got into the habit of taking them almost everywhere I go and then uploading to the google maps streetview project (which makes them easy to share in photosphere mode without google+).
But, I have to assume there isn't any camera app out there that can share to google maps other than Google's own. So, I still will be stuck with the stock app for at least that.

viking37 said:
Hi,
I currently use this, Camera JB+: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JseW54LmNhbWVyYWpicGx1cyJd
Simple, easy, looks like the stock camera app (with her own gallery), standard settings plus a bit more, perfect for my use...
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Installed, tried for a few days but didn't work for me. Same stock app's auto-focus issue.
nexicon said:
Here is the million dollar question though. Does it focus well with FLASH? Google really messed up with this damn camera. I swear up and down that the Nexus One had a better camera than this garbage they put in here. It's absolutely useless with flash. I can't use it at all!! Damn you Google!!?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Emmm I guess it does. Leme attach the pic.

[APP][CAMERA][UNIVERSAL] Moto x Camera

Hi,
here is a beautiful fast & unique camera app from Moto x,
Action:
•Press the screen to captures picture
•Holding the screen activates the burst mode for capturing multiple pictures.
•Dragging up and down zooms in and out.
•Swiping fingers from left to right brings camera settings, and from right to left takes to the Gallery.
•Another convenient gesture is twisting your wrist twice (quickly) while holding the camera in hand launches camera anytime. It’s a great feature for a smartphone with no dedicated camera button.
Features:
•Single shots
•Burst shots
•Video recording
•Front-facing camera toggle
•Swipe to open settings
•Swipe to open gallery
•Touch to focus toggle
•Flash mode toggle
•Shutter sound toggle
•Geo-tag toggle
The camera app can be installed as a normal APK file. Installing this camera app does not replace the stock camera of your device and having installed it, you’ll see two different shortcuts in your app drawer.
Original Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380980
Download:
http://d-h.st/LUQ
(Download not working in original thread)

Nice app
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Please post photo samples in indoor light

Awesome camera app!! So has anyone got issue about video mode crashed?
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Parth2187 said:
Awesome camera app!! So has anyone got issue about video mode crashed?
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Nope. I have tried in my SGG both 4.1.2 & 4.2.2 version. it record video fluently. no crash.

Yeah a Decent one it is..
psuedodevil said:
Nope. I have tried in my SGG both 4.1.2 & 4.2.2 version. it record video fluently. no crash.
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Good one, but what does the SLO mode do? It seems locked for me. I can't use it. Anyone has an Idea.?

Few others I've used
Have been using many camera apps currently. All have some or the other feature which I like. I use according to my purpose.
1. Camera Zoom FX: Using it for its Voice Activated feature and its Collage feature. Voice activated mode will click only when you make a noise or say click or cheeze etc. You can use it when you click your own pics or wanna have a group pic.
Use collage mode and click multiple pics and you'll get all of them in single pic. That's way quicker then click normal pics and then use collage.
It also has a stable indicator that indicates when the object or the phone is stable to click the pic.
2. Pro Capture: For providing many various Focus and Scene modes in one touch, especially the Macro mode and the Fibonacci Spiral is also one of the best feature it gives. The golden Spiral does make sense in pictures, I personally believe.
3. Fast Burst Camera: Name says it all. Soon I'm gonna check the Moto X for its continuous shots and if the result is better I might replace. But this app is quick good. It clicks like a machine gun. Some times even if I try to click it ones it quickly response to the second touch and takes another shot . Sorry that might be a negative point as well
4. Camera 2: This app is real fun if you like to take pictures and video like that of Old time (1940s, 1960s, etc), It has Sci-Fi mode similar to Green coloured Matrix like of stuff with number falling down in a line. Comic mode, Artistic mode. Best part of the app is that you cannot just click pictures but also take videos in those modes.
Well I used many others too but removed them for less or more their limited features.
I hope this might help you in any way. :good:

slo mode
mysteryno46 said:
Good one, but what does the SLO mode do? It seems locked for me. I can't use it. Anyone has an Idea.?
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it is a slow motion video recording function. i never find a similar camera app with this function!
can anybody help me getting the slo mode (slow motion) camera app working on sgs3 PLEASE??!

Any 3rd party camera app recommendations?

I'm looking for a good 3rd party app because I want to use RAW files. If only the stock google app had RAW output, I'd be happy. I tried open camera, but I didn't like it. Every pic I took, took 4 copies of it and I couldn't find a way to stop that from happening.

hakaida said:
I'm looking for a good 3rd party app because I want to use RAW files. If only the stock google app had RAW output, I'd be happy. I tried open camera, but I didn't like it. Every pic I took, took 4 copies of it and I couldn't find a way to stop that from happening.
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I have been using Open Camera for ever, just tried the RAW file setting for the first time. Only 1 copy, maybe you have another setting thats conflicting w/one another...? This in on my Pixel 2 XL

I like using ProShot, as it has a nice Light Painting mode which comes in handy while trailrunning in the evenings.
You can also shoot in RAW (=DNG) and set pretty much everything manually.

stetre76 said:
I like using ProShot, as it has a nice Light Painting mode which comes in handy while trailrunning in the evenings.
You can also shoot in RAW (=DNG) and set pretty much everything manually.
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Ok I found the problem. I had save all pictures for HDR setting on. I'll give this app a try.

Do you lose any picture quality or functionality by using a third-party camera app?
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I hope there will be apps that will use the Pixels visual core in the future.

Yes, ProShot is the good one. And, Manual Camera is a nice one also.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2

[APK] Enable Portrait mode on OG Pixel phone

Update to NX Camera enables portrait mode.
Link to article:
https://chromloop.com/2017/12/apk-enable-portrait-mode-nexus-5x6p-og-pixel-phone-google-camera-mod/
Link to apk:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329070406

Awesome, thanks!
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About damn time lol

Wish it wouldn't give me a parsing error ?

@Charles_l Thanks for the mod. Always used your ZSL mod on my 5X. Thanks.
Happy new year !!
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suku_patel_22 said:
@Charles_l Thanks for the mod. Always used your ZSL mod on my 5X. Thanks.
Could you please also look at bringing motion images to the OG Pixel's?
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Motion? It's in NX camera. ?

I turn this off to save space but it works.

ChongoDroid said:
I turn this off to save space but it works.
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Yes. Junked the gun without actually installing the APK.
Saw that it's there once I installed it. Thanks!!
The default camera app can now be disabled[emoji3]
And happy new year to you!!
ChongoDroid said:
I turn this off to save space but it works.
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Dont care much about storage, thanks to Google photos.
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suku_patel_22 said:
Yes. Junked the gun without actually installing the APK.
Saw that it's there once I installed it. Thanks!!
The default camera app can now be disabled[emoji3]
And happy new year to you!!
Dont care much about storage, thanks to Google photos.
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Yeah unlimited storage for life will keep on this device for a while. Happy new year to you as well.
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Jrmiller said:
Wish it wouldn't give me a parsing error
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Do you know what this means and how to fix it? I get the same thing. I'm still on 7.1.1 if that means anything.

Only works on 8.0+

Taken at least a dozen photos of my idiotic face just to test it, and it works exceptionally well really. Thanks to whoever modified it, great job.
The caveats though, it will only work as long as a HUMAN FACE is detected, for nothing else, and HDR+ or HDR Enhanced etc. modes won't have any effect while using this portrait mode. Also I really wish the images didn't come in the burst mode format, but I am sure a future update will polish up these things, kindly update the topic if an update is made to the app.

ithehappy said:
Taken at least a dozen photos of my idiotic face just to test it, and it works exceptionally well really. Thanks to whoever modified it, great job.
The caveats though, it will only work as long as a HUMAN FACE is detected, for nothing else, and HDR+ or HDR Enhanced etc. modes won't have any effect while using this portrait mode. Also I really wish the images didn't come in the burst mode format, but I am sure a future update will polish up these things, kindly update the topic if an update is made to the app.
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If you check out the post I linked to in the op, he details how this sorcery works. I don't think portrait mode is designed to work with hdr+ as it is kind of counterintuitive. Face retouch works however and works well with portrait mode. I think the burst mode is a side effect of the work around he is using (using the software version that's implemented in the pixel 2's ffc on our cameras rear facing camera). Anyways I'm just happy to see our device is still getting improvements from these newer devices. ?

Has anyone tested normal photos with HDR and HDR+ to see if it performs the same as the normal google camera? If it's the same then it makes sense to disable the google camera and rely totally on this one.

Sab3elbromba said:
Has anyone tested normal photos with HDR and HDR+ to see if it performs the same as the normal google camera? If it's the same then it makes sense to disable the google camera and rely totally on this one.
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Been meaning to but really didn't get time to inspect the photos on my monitor, however I think this one has some video recording feature missing or whatever, someone mentioned EFS not working on 1080p. Pardon me if I've read wrong.

So if we can get portrait mode se should be able to get now playing too right?

ithehappy said:
Been meaning to but really didn't get time to inspect the photos on my monitor, however I think this one has some video recording feature missing or whatever, someone mentioned EFS not working on 1080p. Pardon me if I've read wrong.
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Yes, EIS does not work with 1080p ( which I use the most for the 60fps) and to be honest, HDR+ enhanced seems to be a bit over processed compared to the stock camera in my opinion.

Do you have the newer APK, which I told adds some 4k features?
Edit: looks like it adds 4k to phones that support it but didn't come with it.

bigsnack said:
Do you have the newer APK, which I told adds some 4k features?
Edit: looks like it adds 4k to phones that support it but didn't come with it.
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Google GCAM MOD5. That contains the 4k ZSL... I just feel like I don't have so much blur when taking daily pictures. Built by Arnova...
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329071722

Mikkey81 said:
Google GCAM MOD5. That contains the 4k ZSL... I just feel like I don't have so much blur when taking daily pictures. Built by Arnova...
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329071722
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Thanks for posting this, been using it for a while now. Works brilliantly.