So I flashed CM10 so I could have the latest Android release. I like the new features and I love the camera controls. The HDR feature though is weak, pretty much unusable unless you have a tripod. The stock TW camera was nearly perfect when I did HDR. Ive tried other HDR apps in the Play Store and none of them are any good.
Does Samsung have something special in its camera app? Better algorithms that nobody else has figure out yet for HDR? I know this is probably not possible, but could the TW camera be used in CM10?
Agreed and no, and Samsung camera has all the code it needs to function, CM/aosp and other roms alike use what they can and crack their own hacks to make things function. If they had the proprietary drivers and coding and such their camera would be superb. No go on the TouchJizz camera on CM though, I wish it was possible to have Touchwiz camera and AOSP gallery but they just had to tie them into one app lol.
androidmonkey said:
So I flashed CM10 so I could have the latest Android release. I like the new features and I love the camera controls. The HDR feature though is weak, pretty much unusable unless you have a tripod. The stock TW camera was nearly perfect when I did HDR. Ive tried other HDR apps in the Play Store and none of them are any good.
Does Samsung have something special in its camera app? Better algorithms that nobody else has figure out yet for HDR? I know this is probably not possible, but could the TW camera be used in CM10?
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cm uses software hdr, touchwiz uses hardware hdr.
hardware hdr is unknown samsung magic. they're not doing it the standard qualcomm way like sony or htc do.
#blamesamsung
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codeworkx said:
cm uses software hdr, touchwiz uses hardware hdr.
hardware hdr is unknown samsung magic. they're not doing it the standard qualcomm way like sony or htc do.
#blamesamsung
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There ya go lol, one of the top devs on the forum haha.
I will blame apple though haha
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hardware hdr is unknown samsung magic. they're not doing it the standard qualcomm way like sony or htc do.
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Thanks for the reply. Whatever they are doing, it works very well.
Sorry for the ignorance, but what is HDR?
mdco said:
Sorry for the ignorance, but what is HDR?
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It's a setting you can use to take pictures. Like low light, burst mode, etc.
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High Dynamic Range
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god room than ex
androidmonkey said:
Thanks for the reply. Whatever they are doing, it works very well.
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Search for app 'Hdr Camera' in play store.
Works better than stock CM HDR - takes photos *much* faster, combines them more accurate.
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Search for app 'Hdr Camera' in play store.
Works better than stock CM HDR - takes photos *much* faster, combines them more accurate.
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Tried that app, found it slow compared to Samsungs camera.
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It seems like most custom ROMs don't offer the instant camera shutter, which I think is one of the best features on our phones.
Since the camera bits are proprietary Google bits and are not part of AOSP, I'm guessing only ROMs that are mods of OTA's will have this included.
Does anyone know of any of the 4.0.3 ROMs that include the proprietary camera bits like instant shutter?
EDIT: I TAKE IT BACK!!!
It works after all. I think camera was just slow momentarily because of low light environment. I'm happy now
I don't know what roms you've been running but I've had the same camera functions as stock!
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I don't know what roms you've been running but I've had the same camera functions as stock!
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Ok so maybe you can share with me an example?
No issues over here.
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No issues over here.
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Your sig says you are using AOKP. There is no instant shutter in AOKP. Are you sure? Because I just tested AOKP amongst others.
Maybe people forget how instant shutter works on stock ROM?
No issue with slim 2.5
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Your sig says you are using AOKP. There is no instant shutter in AOKP. Are you sure? Because I just tested AOKP amongst others.
Maybe people forget how instant shutter works on stock ROM?
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AOKP's shutter speed is the exact same as stocks
You're probably talking about the camera auto focusing before taking the picture. If it stays focused you can take a boatload of pictures no problem.
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Ok so maybe you can share with me an example?
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I've ran Gummy and Milestone 3...no problems with camera
AOKP M3 works fine.
Re-focusing obviously slows things down a little but that is to be expected.
It is still lightening quick!
I run Manhattan (Mainly for the ability to change the navigation buttons... I wanted yellow to suit my case) ==
The camera you mentioned is slower than stock. Having said that its still faster than many phones out there. Once it focuses, you can use it like stock, but this one has the tendency to auto focus a lot
I didn't yet moved to any custom rom because of that, but it seems that most of the users don't care about it.
Is it that hard to port this from the 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 ?
MIUI ipone theme, the camera works the same way as stock.
I'm not that completely bothered about effects, I just want an app that is better than stock, does anyone know of one?
Thanks.
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Ucam is my favorite, I've been using it for months and pro version is awesome! :beer:
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Ucam has lot of options, it's a really underrated app...
By the way I don't think there is an app which will give you better quality results than the stock one.
You just have to compare the image quality of the preview (i mean before taking a photo/video) of the stock camera with any other thirdy app. Except the stock one, all of them are showing some kind of granulated image
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I'm not that completely bothered about effects, I just want an app that is better than stock, does anyone know of one?
Thanks.
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Try Camera FX.. it is very good! 31x zoom
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I've tried them all, but none of then have a touch-to-focus. I have seen one called Camera FV-5, which is more professional, but I'm wondering if anyone here would be so kind to test it to see if it's worth the price tag.
Thank you.
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Procapture gives you the capability to shot with volume rocker (only pro version)
And another good app is fast burst camera
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Better stick with the stock camera. It's the best afaik.
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aRc. said:
I've tried them all, but none of then have a touch-to-focus. I have seen one called Camera FV-5, which is more professional, but I'm wondering if anyone here would be so kind to test it to see if it's worth the price tag.
Thank you.
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I'm using it right now and you get so many options! Totally worth it, i've wasted so much money trying out good camera apps and the best ones are HDR Camera+, Afterfocus and Camera FV-5 being the best one.
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I'm using it right now and you get so many options! Totally worth it, i've wasted so much money trying out good camera apps and the best ones are HDR Camera+, Afterfocus and Camera FV-5 being the best one.
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I've settled on this one. I'm no professional but this should have been the stock app in my opinion.
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Better stick with the stock camera. It's the best afaik.
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Try Vignette , it have few nice Features
Try LG Camera I've always found that one pretty good
JB stock camera
Question always should be:
What types of images do you want to take. For just party-shots you wont need a paid app...
Try using camera zoom FX. it has touch to focus and pinch to zoom. I am using it on my 4.1.1 ROM
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Try Camera360, it free with many effect and custom
+1 for LGCamera (lot of options, fix for bad chip recording for S2) and default JB stock camera (nice GUI and features)...
I find the Jelly Bean stock camera to be excellent, as if you fix the focus it captures pretty much instantly.
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Try Vignette , it have few nice Features
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vignette is just amazing, lots of features and photos looks a lot better when snapped from it.
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I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
eortizr said:
Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
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For the majority of people, myself included, the stock Camera is just fine for PointAndShoot. I've even purchased CameraZoom when it was on sale, but prefer the simplicity of the default camera. "Best Shot", "Smile Shot", and the other TouchWiz gimmicks are almost never used.
Well I actually don't use any of the gimmick features of the stock touch with camera app, the thing that I liked about it was how it handled low light situations and getting the true color. I will try LG camera.
* I also purchased camera zoom on sale and am currently trying it out.
Any more suggestions? I don't need gimmicks and I don't need photo editing, I just need a very good basic photo taking ability
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ccole22653 said:
I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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The best one I've used (and I've tried a bunch!) is the camera app that was included with the Serenity rom....which i think is just the ported Note II app. If you can get your hands on that, try it!
When I was on CM10 I used ProCapture. It lacks HDR which is a big deal for me, but it's pretty good apart from that. The TouchWiz camera is one of the main reasons I switched back.
i have cm10 and i use camera zoom fx it work just fine for me
Yeah...back to touchwiz myself... I am sorry but cyanogen mod just can't equal the picture quality of stock camera... I love aosp...but I have found a good compromise... use a touchwiz rom, use a good aosp launcher and keyboard, and messaging and gallery.... and you get to keep your good camera! Though on another note I am somewhat disappointed with the aosp keyboard now....the Swype is cool but just isn't add accurate as I would like... actual Swype I never have to correct... stock 4.2 keyboard is always getting my words wrong...
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Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
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wow.
I find the AOSP camera interface great.
are you suggesting the tw camera app is more modern and less ugly interface, because it doesnt look that way here.
For the past week I had aokp on my phone, I was trying to make it work, and had used the camera a dozen or so times to take photos of the weather. I was pretty happy with it initially.
But then yesterday the camera started crashing and not working, a reboot made it work for exactly one photo so not good enough, so I switched back to neatrom (TW). Now by comparison this camera seems a lot worse in functionality. Is probably 70% configurable options missing, seems slower, so the menu responds slower and the focus is pretty bad in comparison it takes a while to focus and then doesnt stay in focus. On top of this I see can only have limited shortcuts at once meaning all the options are never accessible at same time, have to choose which shortcuts. I think the s3 TW camera app is poor, and am currently looking for AOSP camera to put on TW (but seems noone has bothered except chaos?) but would AOSP camera app still be unstable on a TW rom.
I like camera JB+... It does have a similar UI to the aosp camera though (I think I'm one of the few people who love the aosp camera UI).
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I know that since the Galaxy S4 runs 4.2.2 and Note 2 runs 4.1.2 (for some reason -.-) that the actual apk is not going to work, but does anyone have a different camera app that can do the same features, in particular i like the sound and shot feature, but I am looking for an app that can do most if not all the same features the s4 can do. Any suggestions?
I'm using this and it works beautifully
Just put this in your browser...
//galaxy-note2.wonderhowto.com/how-to/get-new-jelly-bean-4-3-camera-gallery-apps-your-samsung-galaxy-note-2-no-root-required-0147690/
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I'm using this and it works beautifully
Just put this in your browser...
//galaxy-note2.wonderhowto.com/how-to/get-new-jelly-bean-4-3-camera-gallery-apps-your-samsung-galaxy-note-2-no-root-required-0147690/
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I think he is talking about the TW camera from the GS4 not the AOSP one.
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I think he is talking about the TW camera from the GS4 not the AOSP one.
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As far as I can tell, this does everything but the sound and shot, otherwise the same camera and it is an .apk so very easy to install even for a noob like me
bigg fella said:
As far as I can tell, this does everything but the sound and shot, otherwise the same camera and it is an .apk so very easy to install even for a noob like me
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The problem with the 4.3 camera is my note 2 stock camera can do everything it does. The gs4 camera does even more than my stock camera. That is what im looking for
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Multicm said:
The problem with the 4.3 camera is my note 2 stock camera can do everything it does. The gs4 camera does even more than my stock camera. That is what im looking for
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Just curious but, what other features are you looking for? The only other things I see that are lacking are sound and shot, dual shot, and eraser shot, of which none interest me personally. Truthfully, the only extra I was looking for was the 360 shot. I do like the gallery better but it's missing a thing or two I like from the stock gallery
Okay so I started using the stock ROM but then I moved over to cyanogen for a little while only to find out that the camera in cyanogen was really bad so I move back to stock and I'm not saying I regret the decision but I really would love to go back to cyanogen so I was wondering if anyone might know of a camera app that is comparable to the stock app for this device any help would be appreciated!
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UCam pro is one I like.
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I'm using Focal (Beta) at the moment and i realy like it
It's buggy but hey that's ok its just a beta.
This app is gonna be great when it's released !!
Just my opinion.
Cymera has been good to me:
http://cymera.m.en.softonic.com/android
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MaxiDOME said:
I'm using Focal (Beta) at the moment and i realy like it
It's buggy but hey that's ok its just a beta.
This app is gonna be great when it's released !!
Just my opinion.
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yes I was using focal but i cannot have a buggy camera. im a photographer and I use my phone a lot for scouting for shoots rather than carrying around my main gear. need something that will replace the cm10 sh*t camera with good features and functionality as the stock camera on the s4.
ProCapture!
There's an .apk for the Google Edition camera over in the Themes/Apps section. I use it alongside the stock camera and it's every bit as good I think.
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DigitalHeretic said:
There's an .apk for the Google Edition camera over in the Themes/Apps section. I use it alongside the stock camera and it's every bit as good I think.
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got a link by any chance my brother?
Indeed I do. Also check out the boot animation and live wallpaper.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43007400
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sdmark said:
ProCapture!
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looks awesome thank you so much!!!
Ucam in play store is very nice as stated by elesbb
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I disagree with the assessment that AOSP camera is sh*t. Kudos to the developers - it's pretty fast and very, very usable, and the swipe to gallery is great (haven't seen that in any other party camera app). I'm picky about the camera.
That said, if you're set to find a 3rd party camera, then look at Camera FV-5.
Compared to all the other apps listed on this thread, it's superior with basic camera features missing in the other apps, such as focus mode, manual ISO, exposure compensation, exposure bracketing, grid layovers, etc. No gimmicky filters or effects like the others listed here. It makes a decent 'manual' camera out of the limited capability that the phone comes to begin with. It shows the 'life' shutter speed. Its auto ISO has a bias to go higher ISO than AOSP camera - up to 2000, so it may guard against shake but at the expense of grainier pics in the darker settings, but these phones aren't meant for that anyway. ProCapture is the closest to FV-5, but not as good for manual settings (i.e., after you set the exposure compensation on ProCapture, you won't see the value explicitly shown, so that could trip you). The one thing about FV-5 is it has a tad slower startup than the stock AOSP camera.
Updating my recommendation to either "A Better Camera" or Lenovo Super Camera.