Why XPlay camera sucks ? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

That's the question, camera app sucks (Xperia S camera app could be ported?).
If you take a photo and you zoom it quality really sucks, HTC Chachacha and LG OB takes better photos, and both have 5 mpx, I think the app compress photos so much, any solution ?

Dark_AJ9 said:
That's the question, camera app sucks (Xperia S camera app could be ported?).
If you take a photo and you zoom it quality really sucks, HTC Chachacha and LG OB takes better photos, and both have 5 mpx, I think the app compress photos so much, any solution ?
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My brother has a HTC Chacha and its camera sucks, But I think the main reason the Camera is **** is because this device is mainly for gaming and not Camera, I wish it had a decent camera though.

TheCraig said:
My brother has a HTC Chacha and its camera sucks, But I think the main reason the Camera is **** is because this device is mainly for gaming and not Camera, I wish it had a decent camera though.
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Ya, but it takes better photos, compare, 5 mpx MUST HAVE better quality, another example, my iPod Touch 4 takes better photos and it has 0,3 mpx.

Dark_AJ9 said:
That's the question, camera app sucks (Xperia S camera app could be ported?).
If you take a photo and you zoom it quality really sucks, HTC Chachacha and LG OB takes better photos, and both have 5 mpx, I think the app compress photos so much, any solution ?
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Build.prop edits will make your camera take higher res photos which look great
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=10000000
First attach is an abandoned bridge, Second is my nephew (dont worry He's not worried his face is on XDa ) They are 2592 x 1944 and look pretty good for a 5mp if you ask me

216Monster said:
Build.prop edits will make your camera take higher res photos which look great
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=10000000
First attach is an abandoned bridge, Second is my nephew (dont worry He's not worried his face is on XDa ) They are 2592 x 1944 and look pretty good for a 5mp if you ask me
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Will try, thanks in advance.
They dont appear using build.prop Edito.r

I take mine in 1024x768 but I never had the feeling that the pictures look bad /crappy.
But I also have both of those lines in my build.prop that 216monster postet. Removed the stock cam and am using 360cam. Its all good for me
// you have to use Root explorer or a programm like that, make the path r/w and then you can add lines to build.pro

I'll make this easy. The camera doesn't suck. First, the play is NOT meant to zoom, and when it does it's a DIGITAL zoom meaning it has to pixelate the images along with cropping down the image due the non adjustment of the camera's optics. The pictures that monster took as you can tell aren't zoomed and to be frank look pretty freakin sweet for being from a phone and not an actual camera which obviously is solely made for taking pictures. It's like saying why are the graphics on the play not as good as a ps3..

sashake said:
I take mine in 1024x768 but I never had the feeling that the pictures look bad /crappy.
But I also have both of those lines in my build.prop that 216monster postet. Removed the stock cam and am using 360cam. Its all good for me
// you have to use Root explorer or a programm like that, make the path r/w and then you can add lines to build.pro
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can't see these lines...

agraceful said:
I'll make this easy. The camera doesn't suck. First, the play is NOT meant to zoom, and when it does it's a DIGITAL zoom meaning it has to pixelate the images along with cropping down the image due the non adjustment of the camera's optics. The pictures that monster took as you can tell aren't zoomed and to be frank look pretty freakin sweet for being from a phone and not an actual camera which obviously is solely made for taking pictures. It's like saying why are the graphics on the play not as good as a ps3..
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Yes, you're right but my photos sucks, without zoom !! they re very pixelated !

Dark_AJ9 said:
can't see these lines...
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Pm me your gtalk if you'd like I can give you a hand . But using root explorer go into the build.prop and add the lines I posted at the very end. Save and exit and your good to go.
Edit: I'm using stock camera app
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Higher Megapixel doesn't equal a better camera.
I've had a 3.2mp camera that took better pictures than the Play
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CTU_Loscombe said:
Higher Megapixel doesn't equal a better camera.
I've had a 3.2mp camera that took better pictures than the Play
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I can agree to that. People still swear by their Lg Dare cameras which was a 3.2 I believe. Higher MP is mostly for larger sized prints..
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216Monster said:
I can agree to that. People still swear by their Lg Dare cameras which was a 3.2 I believe. Higher MP is mostly for larger sized prints..
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I've always said "If you want a good camera...buy a camera"
Its usually the last thing I check on a phone
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I don't think it's a terrible camera. Here's two I took on my play using the stock camera app on the ICS Beta.
Slightly edited in Adobe Lightroom to add a bit more punch

216Monster said:
I can agree to that. People still swear by their Lg Dare cameras which was a 3.2 I believe. Higher MP is mostly for larger sized prints..
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ya, but more mpx must have more quality if you zomm it

Compare iPod touch 4G(1) vs XPlay (2)
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Dark_AJ9 said:
Compare iPod touch 4G(1) vs XPlay (2)
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...warn people next time you post pictures of a Blackberry. Kids use these forums
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My work device LOL
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The problem I have with the Xperia Play camera is that the camera doesn't auto-focus very well. It always comes out blurry.
Is there a way to fix this ?

sufy1000 said:
The problem I have with the Xperia Play camera is that the camera doesn't auto-focus very well. It always comes out blurry.
Is there a way to fix this ?
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Perhaps set Manual Focus to Infinity and leave it there (unless you are doing a closeup shot)? The depth of field should be very large and keep everything in focus.
At work, distracting myself myself with XDA, so can't test.

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Xperia Play 120 Pics per secons?

Hello i have a question about slow motion recording, is it possible?
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RublJow said:
Hello i have a question about slow motion recording, is it possible?
Doubt it, you'd have better results using a video editor to make it slow motion.
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Doubtful, you'd be better off taking normal 720p video and putting it in a video editor program and adding slow mo like that. Even $300 Point and shoot cameras that have the option of taking slow mo lower the resolution to something like 3-5 MP's and the XP camera isn't really that good.
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RublJow said:
Hello i have a question about slow motion recording, is it possible?
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I doubt it,but even if it was, the video would be extremely dark and blurry
picture or video?
if you mean picture, try fast burst camera https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spritefish.fastburstcameralite&feature=search_result there's also a full version of that..
if you mean video to record them slomo, maybe you need a super power..
I had a LG Viewty at some point and that phone could shoot 120 pics a second and yeah it was dark and blurry unless you shot in sunlight. It was a fun little feature, but not really usefull and i would think it would be the same for the play.
Regards Dousan...
Is there an Editor for android?
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Afaik there aint one for android per se. Samsung made one for some of their devices running android. Someone ripped it and posted the apk and files here on xda. I tried it on my HTC Desire HD when I had that phone. It didn't work as it needed something in the touchwiz framework.
Regards Dousan...

Wich app do you use for take photos?

Ehi Guys, wich application do you use to make photos?
Personally i use stock (Ics, Arconium v3) And Camera360 ( Now free.)
I use couple of them, but my main camera app is MIUI Camera 17, can be found somewhere on xda forums. However, I use stock CM7 camera for recording video.
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sunbriel said:
I use couple of them, but my main camera app is MIUI Camera 17, can be found somewhere on xda forums. However, I use stock CM7 camera for recording video.
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Why the miui camera?
Something special in it?
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The photo quality is better than on stock camera, more details and it's sharper.
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sunbriel said:
The photo quality is better than on stock camera, more details and it's sharper.
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Where can i find it?
Thank you!
Like I said, can be found on xda forums, just google it.
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sunbriel said:
Like I said, can be found on xda forums, just google it.
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Found one, force close when i take a shot
I'm currently using Camera ICS from the market. It's doing an AWESOME job better then the stock so far. I might even consider replacing the stock with this one.
davibs said:
Found one, force close when i take a shot
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Try this http://db.tt/eLNoXMGu . If it force closes, maybe that means it only works on CM7.
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Stock camera app here
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I personally like the stock camera app from the 2.3.4 rom from Sony Ericsson.
Just because it's very fast
Greetz
camera ICS+ faster than stock camera on 2.3.4
Stock Camera app anyday.. Can go upto ISO 4000 at night! And noise reduction is better than others. And for uncompressed JPEG images, I use ProCapture.
soumya_digi said:
Stock Camera app anyday.. Can go upto ISO 4000 at night! And noise reduction is better than others. And for uncompressed JPEG images, I use ProCapture.
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Uncompressed Image?
Can you explain me?

Best Camera app

Since everybody knows that GS3 has quite a few problems with the stock application, i wonder what would you suggest being the best camera app available around?
I have to say that i tried so far quite a few:
Camera ICS+ - not impressed at all. Seems like the photos come out more blurry than they would using the default camera app
lgcamera pro - really buggy, but has a lot of potential in my view
camera360 - pretty good considering it is free, but not without it's issues
camera zoom fx - which i find the best, because it seems to take it's time to focus and the photos do come out a little bit better. Also, nice stabilization feature.
ProCapture - Camera & Panorama - produced a few good shots too
Try this one.. There is a free and paid edition... Worth the money.. Makes great pictures..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.hdr_plus
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Stock
With mod for 1080p 30fps
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I have this same HDR app. Takes really cool pictures, especially for pictures outside in the daylight!
drkaosdk said:
Try this one.. There is a free and paid edition... Worth the money.. Makes great pictures..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.hdr_plus
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Remote Viewfinder is the best camera application for my galaxy s3. By using this app we will be able to control focus, geotagging, focus, timer, flash and photo size all from the app
Try "procapture" coupled with "photo gallery(fish bowl)" .
Buy "procapture" and take some pictures in different environment.then return it within the 15 min window.
Check the pictures u have taken and be amazed.
Photo gallery is free.
Been using "procapture" for 5 month and nothing comes close to this camera.
Fast burst and panorama supported.video not
+1 on ProCapture.....it was my favourite app until recently .....all of a sudden im getting FC's on Omega V31 but when it did work it was freaking Awesome
Blackwatch said:
+1 on ProCapture.....it was my favourite app until recently .....all of a sudden im getting FC's on Omega V31 but when it did work it was freaking Awesome
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Reinstall from Market,or only restore app(without data) from TB.
zodiaxe66 said:
Reinstall from Market,or only restore app(without data) from TB.
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I accidentally deleted my TB back up so i cant install it from there I had bought the old version on my other google account but ive lost the login details lol so im stuffed ...ahh well
Do u have a link for 1080p mod?
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Camera Apps noob question

Do any of the camera apps make the picture quality better? I'm using the stock Camera at the moment
Camera Zoom FX
I'm a huge fan of ProCapture.
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I picked up the DSLR Camera app in the Samsung apps and I really like it, but I seem to recall that someone has said elsewhere that it is no longer available. I'm not sure, but if it is out there it is a great camera app.
Neil Fruit said:
I picked up the DSLR Camera app in the Samsung apps and I really like it, but I seem to recall that someone has said elsewhere that it is no longer available. I'm not sure, but if it is out there it is a great camera app.
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Mind sharing the app? I think it's no longer on the Samsung app list.
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Hdr camera + on sale, what are your thoughts?

This app seems to to take good hdr pictures, slow but takes great shoots.
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I tried this app a couple years back. Never liked it. In term of features I've seen free apps that do more.
Garbage.
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What apps you recomend for HDR shooting?
vibos said:
What apps you recomend for HDR shooting?
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I recommended Camera JB+, stock look with enhancement.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.camerajbplus:good:
motoxxxx said:
I recommended Camera JB+, stock look with enhancement.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.camerajbplus:good:
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lol, dude, how this trash can be better than hdr camera and even stock app?
I don't understand why you would want to do this when the stock HDR is just fine??

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