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[Q] Best way to tweak the camera for best picture quality

Hey guys,
Are there any tweaks to the camera settings to have it take better quality photos? I know this topic has been killed to death about it's crap image quality, but I'd like to know what I can do to improve the images. I've noticed that the lower light photos are especially horrible and throws a yellow tinge in there for some reason.

Been using the Camera Zoom FX app to replace the stock camera app and I honestly do not see the fuss about the camera issues. It literally snaps the photo instantly as soon as you tap the screen. It focuses and takes a perfect clear high quality photo in less than a second even with flash on. Try it for yourself. The Galaxy Nexus has quite a quick little camera and looks quite nice for only 5MP. Combine that with that large vibrant 720p screen... ohhh yeah!
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If you tap on the screen on the subject of your photo, say if you're taking a picture of your cat, the camera will auto-focus on that spot, giving you a sharper, clearer picture.
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Here's an example (don't worry too much about the yellowish tint in my picture, as the ambient lighting from my lamps was already yellowish).
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Just make sure to always focus properly and try using longer exposure time for low light pictures. Don't worry about the colour balance too much cause you can always adjust the colours later.
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I've noticed holding the camera button down for a second then releasing takes a better picture than just tapping the button.
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Ok cool thanks guys, I'll try those suggestions to see if it'll help.

i found out if you focus the camera properly, the quality turned out better.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
I've noticed holding the camera button down for a second then releasing takes a better picture than just tapping the button.
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yes correct.
i noticed it too.

skynet99 said:
Ok cool thanks guys, I'll try those suggestions to see if it'll help.
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StrifeSoldierVII said:
Been using the Camera Zoom FX app to replace the stock camera app and I honestly do not see the fuss about the camera issues. It literally snaps the photo instantly as soon as you tap the screen. It focuses and takes a perfect clear high quality photo in less than a second even with flash on. Try it for yourself. The Galaxy Nexus has quite a quick little camera and looks quite nice for only 5MP. Combine that with that large vibrant 720p screen... ohhh yeah!
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Camera Zoom FX with flash in torch mode, taken in low ambient light. For comparison, Torch mode in Camera Zoom FX prevents the picture from being overly bright as can be the case with the traditional flash.
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Camera Zoom FX vs Stock Cam | 3rd party camera apps' picture quality bad, a myth?

So I looked into all the buzz about the Camera Zoom FX app and the app is quite nice. (For those who think its ****, it was, it looked ugly but a recent update revamped it.)
I played around with stock and camera zoom fx apps and compared pics. The quality seems to be the same and Camera Zoom FX also has hardware support.
I have attached test shots at the end but heres what I concluded.
Use the Stock cam if you wanna take pictures quickly and dont have time. It starts up instantly and the UI is simple.
Use Camera Zoom FX if you have time to mess with the photo after taking it. The app opens slowly. Takes like 3 secs to open. And shooting pics takes around 4 secs cause it zooms after you hit the shutter. Its instant in the stock app.
What do you guys think? What apps do you use. I personally have never used 3rd part cam apps other than stock apps. Camera is a huge deal and thats the only reason why I havent switched to CM10. (If anyone can post comparison via a CM10 rom it'd be nice. I know I can always flash the ROM to check it.)
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Those who use Camera Zoom FX for filters. Get Vignette, its wayyy better.
If you use any other app and think its better, list it below too!
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Direct links to shots: [Just in case cause the forum shows the image full size and it looks weird.]
Stock
Camera Zoom FX
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Camera Zoom FX shot:

hmm no one?

I'm also using Camera Zoom FX and it's very nice
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I´m using stock camera.
I think its easier to compare these pictures with : http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/156694

I can´t see any difference between those 2 pics.

I use this app a lot, u have to say it produces the highest quality time lapse files of any app that iv tried and iv tried many! The burst feature works great, really like this app, worth the money for sure. I cant tell between the two above photos either.

I use camera360 for instant effects.
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[APP] Wondershare PowerCam [1.6+]

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Interface
When you launch the app, you get a menu system that lets you choose
one of four options: capture, gallery, collage and share. Diving into each,
the UI is generally what you'd expect. The buttons are self-explanatory,
and you get a regular phone camera-style viewfinder.
Filters
PowerCam offers a decent set of filters, most of which are a bit too over-the-top
for my own taste. You get a standard set of minor filters to lightly tweak the coloring
of the scene that are quite nice, but the rest are a bit out there and I really don't
see many people using them. For the ones that I liked, it seemed to work well enough.
It should also be noted that there is a "no filter" mode for when you have the app open
and want a "regular" shot.
Tilt-Shift
The tilt-shift method, if you're not familiar, is something usually accomplished with
a special camera lens to produce interestingly focused images. The main subject
is sharply in focus, and everything else is quickly out of focus right next to it.
On a smartphone, its all done in post-processing. PowerCam seems to do a pretty
good job, and you can really get some good shots if you spend some time with it.
Panorama
I was surprised by the panorama quality. Using the app on my Galaxy Nexus,
it captured them more consistently and much quicker than the built-in panorama
feature of the Android 4.x camera.
Collages
Something that's going to be very user-dependent is the collage feature.
You can select several pictures you've taken and form them into framed multi-shot pictures.
The UI is friendly enough, just select from your picture list which ones you want,
and it'll arrange them randomly with a frame. You can shuffle the pictures around
and select the frame style, but I was hard-pressed to find frames that I actually enjoyed.
Sharing
PowerCam has built-in sharing functionality to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
Wish that it would use a regular sharing menu and let you use other apps (like Google+),
but it doesn't really matter, as you can share from your Gallery app to anything installed
on your phone after the fact.
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Why does the shutter button look like the one on iPhone? In fact, why bother making an Android camera app that completely rips off the iphone camera app's interface?

holyevilcow said:
Why does the shutter button look like the one on iPhone? In fact, why bother making an Android camera app that completely rips off the iphone camera app's interface?
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I did not make the app i am simply sharing it
im what Willis was talking about

thanks for share.

Camera is not taking pictures when in small resolution just some lines. I read reviews on Play Store and most of S3 users have this problem. Not worted to download for our devices antill they fix this

yup this is no good on the s3

all im getting is blurry lines as pictures. crap

doesnt work for me either. nothing but lines..

Dont know why you guys are getting that it seems fine here
im what Willis was talking about

sharingan92 said:
Dont know why you guys are getting that it seems fine here
im what Willis was talking about
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I see that you have an international S3 ...the difference may come from here as i dont have the international version and i have some lines at small resolution !

Camera app Info

what is this setting for???
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That is probably your version of my dual camera mode. Simultaneous picture taking using both cameras. Out places a picture of the taker on the picture taken.

Retarded Timing said:
That is probably your version of my dual camera mode. Simultaneous picture taking using both cameras. Out places a picture of the taker on the picture taken.
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No dual camera mode is under Mode(Modo)
Just looked at my camera, and the location where that option is, on my D850 is the grid option
Also OP - why is your camera setting W2M? lowest I get is 3M and my Wide(w is 10M)

that is when you are using the front facing camera to take a selfie. it selects whether the picture is a normal camera shot or flipped like a mirror image.
when the 13mp camera is active that icon place shows the grid.
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Good thread.
So which one is the default / common / better option to use with mirroring or not? And which one means mirroring, opposite facing heads?
Not to hijack this, but what's the slide on the bottom do when in front facing camera mode?

lexluthor said:
Good thread.
So which one is the default / common / better option to use with mirroring or not? And which one means mirroring, opposite facing heads?
Not to hijack this, but what's the slide on the bottom do when in front facing camera mode?
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The slider softens the image for more "beautiful" face on the selfies...
BTW this is the front facing camera, and not the main one...
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dex. said:
that is when you are using the front facing camera to take a selfie. it selects whether the picture is a normal camera shot or flipped like a mirror image.
when the 13mp camera is active that icon place shows the grid.
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Thank you so much, i don't take often selfies, so i wasn't aware of this option...
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EpicChineseTime said:
The slider softens the image for more "beautiful" face on the selfies...
BTW this is the front facing camera, and not the main one...
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No way to figure that out without knowing. Is that in the "manual" somewhere?

lexluthor said:
No way to figure that out without knowing. Is that in the "manual" somewhere?
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Just test it, try first with the slider all the way to the left, and then to the right...
You will notice the difference immediatly...
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nest75068 said:
No dual camera mode is under Mode(Modo)
Just looked at my camera, and the location where that option is, on my D850 is the grid option
Also OP - why is your camera setting W2M? lowest I get is 3M and my Wide(w is 10M)
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Front facing camera!
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[LOS/AOSP BASE] TEMPORAL FIX CAMERA (HtcCamera)

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Fix Reemplace Camera Stock (Camera2) for HTC Camera and Libs.
(BUGS HDR and saving to external SD)
Tested LOS 14/Slim/RR
Download and Install Zip-TWRP
Fix-HTCCamera
Thks: FevaX​
Stock Slim/RR/Lineage Camera
HTC Camera Fix

what does this do...?
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will try

Uploading picture compare Stock AOSP vs HTC Camera

htc camera for s7?

What is improved in comparison to HTC Camera App (8.50.xx) from apkmirror?

badbosspt said:
htc camera for s7?
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Yes

if i flash this.. it will replace the stock camera? or i'll still can use both?=

Yes, flash reemplace stock camera

Can you be more specific on what this does? the difference in your pics is that you use flash (as far as i can see)

All pic flash on, camera stock vs camera htc app

work well, thankyou

seems to freeze on HDR and saving to external SD card not working properly, but pics are good

Whenever I take a photo with the rear camera, all I get is a green picture and nothing else. But taking videos and the front camera work without a problem.

TheSproker said:
Whenever I take a photo with the rear camera, all I get is a green picture and nothing else. But taking videos and the front camera work without a problem.
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When you zoom (just a little), you get same green photos?

proxxy said:
When you zoom (just a little), you get same green photos?
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Quite interesting, but after messing around with the zoom the problem seems to be gone

TheSproker said:
Quite interesting, but after messing around with the zoom the problem seems to be gone
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That was a known issue with using an older ROM. I haven't used this .zip, but with just the .apk, since the camera has been updated, the green photos issue was gone for me. Are you using latest RR or LineageOS on @jesec build server? Maybe it's just official LineageOS as I know not every camera update has been merged.

Andrw0830 said:
That was a known issue with using an older ROM. I haven't used this .zip, but with just the .apk, since the camera has been updated, the green photos issue was gone for me. Are you using latest RR or LineageOS on @jesec build server? Maybe it's just official LineageOS as I know not every camera update has been merged.
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This bug (with green photos on HTC camera) is not present on latest builds of RR.

Will this work on different devices also? In particular on a 32 bit Snapdragon. Also, does it add a pro mode for non -htc devices without editing the entire build.Prop? I have the APK, but it's pretty limited in functionality

would be interesting stock touchwiz camera vs htc aosp camera