I've tried every camera app out there, and none of them allow me to take widescreen shots unless I'm taking a video.
How can I edit the camera to take a widescreen photo?
It's been a long time and no one awnsered this threat, isn't there a way for it or nobody's interested?
I have found, here in XDA, a threat where some guy make his phone (I guess it was Xperia Arc or S) to take 6 MP 16:9 widescreen pictures. He modded the camera app
It would be very good if we could get 16:9 pictures with XPERIA PLAY.
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The phone's camera that was modded it's XPERIA S
Here is the discussion: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637574
If you have ICS, you can crop your pictures to 16:9.
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There is also a paid app called appzilla which has fifty apps and has a full screen camera
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And there isn't any mod for the original camera 'app'?
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Lets put ugly black bars on the sides of all your pictures while giving you gorgeous 1080 video capture.. Okay seriously, any chance the stock camera apk can be modified to allow widescreen photo capture?
Software...limitations....for...NOW...hopefully Google will bump us up.
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Lets put ugly black bars on the sides of all your pictures while giving you gorgeous 1080 video capture.. Okay seriously, any chance the stock camera apk can be modified to allow widescreen photo capture?
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You mean instead of taking full 5mp photos, you want the camera app to crop the top and bottom of the photo and downscale it to 2mp? Because thats what 1080p is.
When viewing a picture on a Widescreen monitor, an HDTV or our phone's screen for that matter, 16:9 just looks better.
Anyone know if this is on the to do list, or if there is a way to do enable this on the stock camera app?
Surprised the camera doesn't default to 16:9. Most phone cameras haven't used 4:3 in a long time.
zoom in on the photo if you're bothered, I'd rather have full resolution and make full use of the 4:3 chip inside than having some cropped off.
It's as bad as the people who moan when DVDs, Blu-rays and film channels (at least here in the UK) show films properly which means there's black bars at the top and the bottom, I'd rather see the whole thing that have some edges chopped off!
Whats also interesting is if you take a picture while recording a video in 1080p or 720p for that matter, then those shots are in widescreen.
Forget which quality is better for a second and think about the fact that this will lead to having different aspect ratios for some of your pictures since theres no way to force is on the Camera shots.
I dont know whether the quality is better with widescreen or not (it sounds like not) but I think we can all agree we'd rather have the option to turn it on or off.
Hopefully it comes in an upgrade or MOD at some point.
Has anyone tried using Vignette?
Yes, Vignette seems to work well on ICS. That said, I haven't found a way to make it shoot 16:9 stills. However, it looks like Camera360 Ultimate might -- and for whatever reason, it is free in the Market as I type this.
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Yes, Vignette seems to work well on ICS. That said, I haven't found a way to make it shoot 16:9 stills. However, it looks like Camera360 Ultimate might -- and for whatever reason, it is free in the Market as I type this.
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Yeah guys, VIGNETTE works well on SGN, you ca adjust aspect ratio to 16:9.
I have just purchased this and need to try how is the quality now...
but at least it works in wide screen mode, even though the effect is more or less a zomed in pictures, but the app can save simultaneously the original 4:3 photo as well. . It would be better to have a native 16:9 camera..
cheers
thomas
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Yeah guys, VIGNETTE works well on SGN, you ca adjust aspect ratio to 16:9.
I have just purchased this and need to try how is the quality now...
but at least it works in wide screen mode, even though the effect is more or less a zomed in pictures, but the app can save simultaneously the original 4:3 photo as well. . It would be better to have a native 16:9 camera..
cheers
thomas
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What ROM are you using and what settings in Vignette to get it working? On my SGN it won't even refocus, it crashes as soon as I touch the screen and I get this message:
VIE encountered an error.
Runtime error: java.lang.
UnsupportedOperationException
I sent the dev an email ages ago but haven't received a response.
I've tried rebooting, un-installing, re-installing, full wipe, turning force GPU rendering both on and off and nothing seems to work :,(
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Most camera-chips and camera's are 4:3, including on high-end DSLRs.
If you want it to have a widescreen look, either zoom in or just crop it. It's not that hard.
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Most camera-chips and camera's are 4:3, including on high-end DSLRs.
If you want it to have a widescreen look, either zoom in or just crop it. It's not that hard.
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Yeah, and this is limitation for capturing normal widescreen photos. For example, my previous xperia neo has 8M camera and it native sensor has 4:3 (3264*2448) or total ~8 million pixels. But it software camera has 16:9 mode which crop top and bottom lines for 16:9 (3264*1839) or total ~6 million pixels. At the end, our gnex camera has 4:3 (2592*1944) or ~5 million pixels. For cropping this to 16:9 we'll have only 1458 for height. This is totally loss information for such a sensors.
If your such a camera nazi then crop the pics to 16:9. But i agree with the people that say why downgrade quality , im sure if they did you would start a thread on nexus camera not detailed photos
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josteink said:
Most camera-chips and camera's are 4:3, including on high-end DSLRs.
If you want it to have a widescreen look, either zoom in or just crop it. It's not that hard.
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It's actually 3:2. Only Olympus produces 4:3 DSLRs.
Back to the main topic, if you want to capture somewhat widescreen images OP, try Camera ICS.
It doesn't do 16:9 but 3:2, at least. It also offers various improvement.
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It's actually 3:2. Only Olympus produces 4:3 DSLRs.
Back to the main topic, if you want to capture somewhat widescreen images OP, try Camera ICS.
It doesn't do 16:9 but 3:2, at least. It also offers various improvement.
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Is the Nexus's sensor has the aspect ratio 3:2?
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Is the Nexus's sensor has the aspect ratio 3:2?
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No, it's 4:3 but there's a setting in Camera ICS that automatically crops 4:3 images to 3:2.
By doing so, you lost about 0.5mp (from 5.0to 4.5mp) which isn't a big deal.
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And guess what? Camera ICS also supports 16:9 (3.8mp) format.
Camera Mx, 16:9 aspect ratio
Camer JB +
Install Camera JB+ from the app store. It gives the option of Widescreen (16:9) pictures but you have to compromise with MP (3.8MP)
is there any fix for the crap 4:3?
I dont understand why its like this, even the video is 16:9 so I know it is possible
take pictures while snapping video....lol
in all seriousness, i dont know. "widescreen pics" is an option on Camera ICS from the play store...but last time i downloaded it, i couldn't find the setting.
just take photos in 4:3 and crop the top and bottom off. thats all it would do if it supported 16:9 in the camera app.
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Why does our devices doesn't have an HDR option? XS, XAS, and Ion have very nice hardware, especially the camera. I don't know if it supports HDR or Sony just didn't develop the software for our cameras. I'm going to install a port of Xperia Z camera and I remembered that HDR doesn't work on CM10.
I think I remember someone mentioning that the camera module inside of the Xperia S is not capable of HDR. If you want to take a HDR image however you might be able to find a third party app that takes three pictures in quick succession and alters them into one image.
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hi, my xda friend, i have a couple of months my lg optimus g pro from at&t..
the cellphone is really good, but i dont like the camera, has a low dinamic range! the jpegs didnt have a good render colors and the information in the jpegs is horrible.!
i would like know if exist some way to shoot in raw and edit in some apps, or a better way to process the cooked pictures!
some apk use just the processing after inphone camera core processing like camera360, the image render with any filter is the same like the stock camera apk.
i would like to know some information about that!
Try Camera FV-5 on the playstore. It shoots in RAW and has been reported to work on GPro.
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Try Camera FV-5 on the playstore. It shoots in RAW and has been reported to work on GPro.
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Photography is a big hobby of mine. If this app captures in RAW, I will be in heaven!!!
OP, I post process all pics, from my DSLR and my phones, in Adobe Lightroom on PC. You can do some amazing processing / noise reduction even on not-so-good jpgs. Especially if you use plug-ins. Topaz plug-ins are one of my favorites.
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Just tried Camera FV-5. Excellent app with lots of SLR type features and settings! Doesn't look like pure RAW capture, but saves in PNG. I shoot in 10mp on my e980 in order to get 16x9 framing. Looks like this app saves uncompressed PNG, a 10mp PNG is a little over 10mb in size. This app is well worth purchasing! Thanks stfly!
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Photography is a big hobby of mine. If this app captures in RAW, I will be in heaven!!!
OP, I post process all pics, from my DSLR and my phones, in Adobe Lightroom on PC. You can do some amazing processing / noise reduction even on not-so-good jpgs. Especially if you use plug-ins. Topaz plug-ins are one of my favorites.
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Just tried Camera FV-5. Excellent app with lots of SLR type features and settings! Doesn't look like pure RAW capture, but saves in PNG. I shoot in 10mp on my e980 in order to get 16x9 framing. Looks like this app saves uncompressed PNG, a 10mp PNG is a little over 10mb in size. This app is well worth purchasing! Thanks stfly!
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Zagnutty, you're very welcome.
The problem with the GPro camera, imo, is that you need very specific lighting conditions for acceptable results. Video is mostly great even indoors but the photo results vary greatly. I use the stock camera. I tried lenovo and another camera, I think 360, but the results were slightly worse than stock.
I believe that the hardware is good but very poorly optimized.
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Zagnutty, you're very welcome.
The problem with the GPro camera, imo, is that you need very specific lighting conditions for acceptable results. Video is mostly great even indoors but the photo results vary greatly. I use the stock camera. I tried lenovo and another camera, I think 360, but the results were slightly worse than stock.
I believe that the hardware is good but very poorly optimized.
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Being able to shoot a lossless pic allows for much better post processing to increase the quality.
This looks interesting, but we have to wait for KK update to try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695447
Now if only I could capture RAW uncompressed RGB video, I'd be very very happy! But I know that will never happen.
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Being able to shoot a lossless pic allows for much better post processing to increase the quality.
This looks interesting, but we have to wait for KK update to try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695447
Now if only I could capture RAW uncompressed RGB video, I'd be very very happy! But I know that will never happen.
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yes, i must to wait, but.. what the review of the app that you added to this thread..! i installed FV 5 but i cant tested it!
what happens with the o g pro image processing! its a hardware problem or hardware?
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yes, i must to wait, but.. what the review of the app that you added to this thread..! i installed FV 5 but i cant tested it!
what happens with the o g pro image processing! its a hardware problem or hardware?
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What problem do u have? In my case, i found to accept iso change, i must change iso, exit app, and restart app for iso change to take effect. Not sure why tho....something is a little buggy, but still great app. I will have to leave comment for dev about this.
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Just to add, i too have e980 from at&t here in the US. Running 4.1 10P.
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The photos that I take with my Sony Z1 Compact are consistently worst than those taken with my Moto X and Galaxy SIII. There is usually too much noise, too much post processing, too few details and even some strange things as objects that form diagonal lines become pixelated.
I've tried to use other apps like Camera 5 Fv and Google Camera, but the results are still bad.
My phone is using uprooted stock rom, kit Kat.
Is there a way to improve it's camera? Will installing the ported Z2 camera do any difference?
I find that the original gallery sucks, makes pictures look worst than they are. I'm using QuickPic now. Showcases the pictures in all its full glory. Give it a shot?
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jiayit said:
I find that the original gallery sucks, makes pictures look worst than they are. I'm using QuickPic now. Showcases the pictures in all its full glory. Give it a shot?
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Unfortunately, KK meant that QuickPic can't delete photos from the SD card, so I have quite reluctantly removed it... Sticking with the original gallery for now.
I've been very impressed with the Z1 Compact camera. I think you just need the right settings.
I take pictures on:
Manual Mode
8MP
White Balance auto
Exposure value 0
Single autofocus
ISO auto
Metering centre
Image stabiliser off.
This give me less detail but very little noise as well.
Just fiddle with the manual settings. I find the auto one very bad. Besides i prefer the 20.7mp to 8mp hdr. it may seem to have more noise but overall quality is much better.