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[MOD][CM7] Camera Hack => Set ISO values + Metering Modes

I've noticed that Camera app in CM7 doesn't show any values for ISO settings, but in the official ROM it's a supported feature.
So, I've modified a bit the Camera app source code, to show the ISO settings for the I9000 model.
Also, ISO 50 and ISO 1600 are supported, that were not listed in the offical rom. I think ISO50 = ISO100 because of hardware or driver limitations.
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Instalation methods:
I have attached the modified Camera.apk that you can install by doing:
# adb install -r Camera.apk
or
by simply copying the apk to the device and installing it like any other application.
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Modified Sources:
I don't know really if this hack should be in the CM7 repository, so I've forked the module in github and anyone is free to checkout the code and my mods.
https://github.com/mauro235/android_packages_apps_Camera
It's merely an easy hack, but I hope you can find it quite interesting and useful.
I've added support for metering modes while we wait for official support.
Touch focus didn't work.
It's all Cyanogenmod magic code, thanks to the devs who are working on it.

Here some logcat logs that show the effective settings:
D/CameraSettings( 2476): Parameters: [antibanding-values=auto,50hz,60hz,off, antibanding=auto, effect-values=none,mono,negative,sepia, effect=none, exposure-compensation-step=0.5, exposure-compensation=0, focal-length=3.79, focus-distances=0.10,0.20,Infinity, focus-mode-values=auto,infinity,macro, focus-mode=auto, horizontal-view-angle=51.2, iso=400, jpeg-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-height=120, jpeg-thumbnail-quality=100, jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=160x120,0x0, jpeg-thumbnail-width=160, max-exposure-compensation=4, max-zoom=30, min-exposure-compensation=-4, picture-format-values=jpeg, picture-format=jpeg, picture-size-values=2560x1920,2560x1536,2048x1536,2048x1232,1600x1200,1600x960,800x480,640x480, picture-size=2560x1920, preview-format-values=yuv420sp, preview-format=yuv420sp, preview-fps-range-values=(7000,30000), preview-fps-range=7000,30000, preview-frame-rate-values=30,20,15,10,7, preview-frame-rate=30, preview-size-values=1280x720,800x480,720x480,640x480,592x480,352x288, preview-size=640x480, rotation=0, scene-mode-values=auto,portrait,landscape,night,beach,snow,sunset,fireworks,sports,party,candlelight, scene-mode=auto, vertical-view-angle=39.4, video-frame-format=yuv420sp, whitebalance-values=auto,incandescent,fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight, whitebalance=auto, zoom-ratios=100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360,370,380,390,400, zoom-supported=true, zoom=0]
D/CameraSettings( 2476): Parameters: [antibanding-values=auto,50hz,60hz,off, antibanding=auto, effect-values=none,mono,negative,sepia, effect=none, exposure-compensation-step=0.5, exposure-compensation=0, focal-length=3.79, focus-distances=0.10,1.20,Infinity, focus-mode-values=auto,infinity,macro, focus-mode=auto, horizontal-view-angle=51.2, iso=50, jpeg-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-height=120, jpeg-thumbnail-quality=100, jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=160x120,0x0, jpeg-thumbnail-width=160, max-exposure-compensation=4, max-zoom=30, min-exposure-compensation=-4, picture-format-values=jpeg, picture-format=jpeg, picture-size-values=2560x1920,2560x1536,2048x1536,2048x1232,1600x1200,1600x960,800x480,640x480, picture-size=2560x1920, preview-format-values=yuv420sp, preview-format=yuv420sp, preview-fps-range-values=(7000,30000), preview-fps-range=7000,30000, preview-frame-rate-values=30,20,15,10,7, preview-frame-rate=30, preview-size-values=1280x720,800x480,720x480,640x480,592x480,352x288, preview-size=640x480, rotation=0, scene-mode-values=auto,portrait,landscape,night,beach,snow,sunset,fireworks,sports,party,candlelight, scene-mode=auto, vertical-view-angle=39.4, video-frame-format=yuv420sp, whitebalance-values=auto,incandescent,fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight, whitebalance=auto, zoom-ratios=100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360,370,380,390,400, zoom-supported=true, zoom=0]

Thank you! I'll try it (even if I think that iso increase could bring too much digital noise, on such a camera)

Thanks!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

sweet! thanks m8

°Dexter° said:
Thank you! I'll try it (even if I think that iso increase could bring too much digital noise, on such a camera)
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You could set it to ISO 100 instead of auto and get great pictures without too much noise, at least with natural / artificial light

+1
is it even related to videos?

hostilevader said:
+1
is it even related to videos?
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Thanks!
It's a setting for pictures. I don't know if there is another missing feature.
Now I'm doing some experimental research on video improvements and the myth of 1080p recording.

mauro235 said:
Thanks!
It's a setting for pictures. I don't know if there is another missing feature.
Now I'm doing some experimental research on video improvements and the myth of 1080p recording.
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[ot] ma sei italiano? [/ot]
We were discussing about 720p problems in low light situations in another 3d. Did you notice that on your phone? I've the same problem on MIUI/CM7/CM Insanity (all CM based releases).

hostilevader said:
[ot] ma sei italiano? [/ot]
We were discussing about 720p problems in low light situations in another 3d. Did you notice that on your phone? I've the same problem on MIUI/CM7/CM Insanity (all CM based releases).
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Can you please post the link to the thread?
As far as I know, the current libcamera.so doesn't have an api to set the light sensivity on video recording. It may be hardcoded deep in hardware, I'll check again the Kernel driver.
Another issue is the continuous auto-focus on video recording. Apparently not supported, I'll try that also.

Here you can find some good links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/itagem?feature=mhsn
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15154828#post15154828
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15154595#post15154595

mauro235 said:
I think ISO50 = ISO100 because of hardware or driver limitations.
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I taken pictures with miui rom at daylight and in this pictures propietes show me 50 iso

P$T said:
I taken pictures with miui rom at daylight and in this pictures propietes show me 50 iso
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Yes and it's an accepted value by the driver. But deep in the kernel driver I remember seeing something like ISO_50 = ISO_100.
Anyways, the hability of setting a custom ISO in the range from 100 to 1600 it's a good thing. At least for me.

well done nyc job

Added more experimental stuff, seems to work.

Tested ISO 100 and Touch focus - works like a charm Thanks!
PS: add metering mode to that

Hi,
realy realy good.
But please, could you implement, that we can save the videos to sdcard???
This would realy realy realy raly NICE AND GOOD!!!!
Big big thanks
Bye

Маuro youare the MAn
port is awesome m8 especially on camera
camacoder have some litle issue ,freezing,breаcking down
but your job is great
10ks again

ashwinds said:
Tested ISO 100 and Touch focus - works like a charm Thanks!
PS: add metering mode to that
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Thanks for the feedback
djsven said:
Hi,
realy realy good.
But please, could you implement, that we can save the videos to sdcard???
This would realy realy realy raly NICE AND GOOD!!!!
Big big thanks
Bye
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I'll try.
hensk said:
Маuro youare the MAn
port is awesome m8 especially on camera
camacoder have some litle issue ,freezing,breаcking down
but your job is great
10ks again
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I haven't touched the Video interface yet. It's working ok for me on lastest CM7 nightly and stock kernel.
BTW: It's all Cyanogenmod magic code, thanks to the devs who are working on it.

Hi, I'm a happy user of your app on cm7 and i saw that a lot of features are added in last nightlies.
Is it possible that you include them (power button shutter, zoom in camcorder with volume buttons...)?
Thank you for your great work.
Sent from a CM7 Galaxy

Google Camera port with HDR+ and V30

Better use this one port
Probably you all may try and find out how to get best shots
Remember to set HDR+ mote to enhanced

Where's the original thread this came from? I'd like to do some more reading up on it.

CHH2 said:
Where's the original thread this came from? I'd like to do some more reading up on it.
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I installed this version as of yesterday. Not sure if the OP's post is newer but this is a good start on info.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-customization-raw-support/

qualitymove13 said:
I installed this version as of yesterday. Not sure if the OP's post is newer but this is a good start on info.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-customization-raw-support/
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Ok, I've seen that stuff before. So this is still the same line of that port where we have to dig through menus in hopes of finding the magic combo to make HDR stuff work? I had zero luck with that in a previous version. And did you use the same download link?

CHH2 said:
Ok, I've seen that stuff before. So this is still the same line of that port where we have to dig through menus in hopes of finding the magic combo to make HDR stuff work? I had zero luck with that in a previous version. And did you use the same download link?
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I used the download at the bottom of the link I sent you. Seems to be the same port you mention but to be honest, I havent even played with it yet.

Yeah, I'm definitely going to need to find the original link to this from a reputable source. Just tried clicking into the link in the OP from work and the safeguard software that usually comes up yellow/gold for sites that are not allowed came up red. That's a first for me and enough for me to not download from that site.

CHH2 said:
Yeah, I'm definitely going to need to find the original link to this from a reputable source. Just tried clicking into the link in the OP from work and the safeguard software that usually comes up yellow/gold for sites that are not allowed came up red. That's a first for me and enough for me to not download from that site.
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You may fetch it there https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579488245 and then compare bit-by-bit with file uploaded my me, should be identical

Billy Madison said:
You may fetch it there https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579488245 and then compare bit-by-bit with file uploaded my me, should be identical
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I can tell you a side by side won't happen. That's the first time I've ever seen that severe of a warning pop-up for a site before so I won't be going there. I did load from the this link though and it looks like this still requires some set-up to get HDR working on it. It's dark out now so I won't know until later.

I tried the google camera. However, I find GP camera app sometimes adds more noise but does not over expose as much as LG camera. However, in some cases the LG is better...Guess it just depends on the situation. Here are some sames I took in auto mode using the same focus point (touched area to make sure they both focused on same object). of course the ones with the post it GP on them is the Google Camera app. These are in low light to very low light.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=SVQ0dTNfY2dfSDBObEJKRE9nMEJCc2RkMG9EY3Fn

ya....i have the same opinions. V30 camera app at times produces better photos, where others Pixel 2 Camera does.
Pixel 2 ZERO SHUTTER LAG is no joke though, and i'm not sure if HDR+ is occuring as since if so the HDR+ is done within a split second with no status.

Is this better or the same as Google camera NX 7.1?

I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

Japultra said:
I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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with this version i actually am seeing the HDR+ processing post image capture. There are a lot less options available in this version though.

hachiroku said:
with this version i actually am seeing the HDR+ processing post image capture. There are a lot less options available in this version though.
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Me too. Have to play with it a bit more but it looks like the main banner features are working using the suggested settings.

Japultra said:
I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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I'd been looking for a working recent version for awhile. The other ones I could find were either an older version, or the updated version with all the options, but didn't work. Thank you for this! Going to test in a bit. I know it won't be Pixel 2 quality, but if I could match S8/N8 quality, I'd be super happy.

ok...so last night i was doing a bit of testing with Arnova's 5.1.014_v8.1 (Android 7+): same as BSG's v.4.0, but based on the new GCamera 5.1.x, with settings set as listed below. I do have to say...image quality as well as color reproduction is better than with the V30's camera. the difference is slight, but noticeable when you zoom into hard to focus lock area's. color reproduction is also a touch better. one thing to note though was I did run into a few freeze or hick ups with GCMod 5.1. When I'd press the shutter button, it would grey the screen, or do nothing. Would have to press the shutter button 2-5 times sometimes but it eventually would take the photo. Not always but sometimes this would occur.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74290748&postcount=1016
Settings:
Model: Pixel 2XL (or Nexus 6P if you want more detailed images)
Config camera HDR+: Nexus6 HDR+ Auto Zsl (or Nexus6 HDR+ Auto)
HDR+ parameters: Medium (or higher)
To enable the HDR+ UI button: Settings > Advanced > HDR+ control (img)
The rest (video resolution, camera sounds, etc) is up to you.
Warning: You need to restart the app so the new settings are applied.
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I've tested the front cam with the port at the above settings but LG's own camera comes out better every time. Does anyone have a different experience?

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These settings are for 1+3 which is on 820 snap
The proper for V30 is Settings:
Model: Pixel 2XL
Config camera HDR+: Pixel + Smartburst
HDR+ parameters: Very High
To enable the HDR+ UI button: Settings > Advanced > HDR+ control (img)
And use that port https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74356238&postcount=7

Droid Life today says the V30 Oreo beta is available to a select group of users in Korea. Naturally they cite "speed improvements" and I'm sure the camera software is lumped into that.
http://social.lge.co.kr/newsroom/lg_v30_os_1102/
I'd have to guess that at some point "too soon" in the V30's Nougat development, the team was forced to say "that's good enough -- ship it" and move on to 8.0 (or 8.1 -- fingers crossed) development. No sense in wasting resources perfecting an already out-of-date OS..
It's unfortunate the timing works out the way it does -- surely this results in some of the critiques the phone has received, and those blemishes can't be easily undone, even if they release a *flawless* Oreo in the next couple of months with a fully optimized camera experience.

As usual, simply having this app installed on my device causes a battery drain. Oh well. It works rather well though.
Sent from my LG-H872 using XDA Labs

gcam mod for realme x???

Any gcam mod working for realms X???

sameer 100 said:
Any gcam mod working for realms X???
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I found one from Chinese social media weibo .
version : 1.6.190614.0200build-6.1.021
It seems to be Arnova8G2's build.

This one worked for me
gcam-arnova8g2s-google-camera-port-2-2-190716-1800build-6-2-030-release you can find it in apkmirror website.

sameer 100 said:
Any gcam mod working for realms X???
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I found the BSG version for Mi9se worked on my realme X latest chinese rom
hope it helps

MGC_6.1.021_BSG_Arnova-based_v.1.3d_TlnNeun_2 works almost perfeclty with some configs (fixes and saturation adjustment), nonHDR doesn't work, HDR+ and HDR+ Enhanced works, nightsight works as well.

Thanks for answers but no video on YouTube regarding gcam on realme X...... Any specific reason???

GCam-6.2.030_Arnova8G2_Urnyx05-v1.2.apk is also working.

Can anyone please provide a link here? I tried a lot of gcam mods from apk mirror but none of them seem to work.

i_m_sp8 said:
Can anyone please provide a link here? I tried a lot of gcam mods from apk mirror but none of them seem to work.
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This one works for me: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.190716.1800-Final.apk[/url]
After installation, go to settings --> About --> enable 'Enable advanced mode', or you cannot see anything in screen.
Also, you need to set the saturation value manually, or the photo taken will be in low saturation level. Steps: Settings --> ···HDR+ Control --> Saturation adjustments. Set the 'Hightlight Saturation' to 2.0 and 'Shadow Saturation' to 2.2 (This value can be set again according to your own preference).
Then you can use it normally. Hope this helps.

Can confirm with above link gcam is working

Haoran.Chen said:
This one works for me: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.190716.1800-Final.apk[/url]
After installation, go to settings --> About --> enable 'Enable advanced mode', or you cannot see anything in screen.
Also, you need to set the saturation value manually, or the photo taken will be in low saturation level. Steps: Settings --> ···HDR+ Control --> Saturation adjustments. Set the 'Hightlight Saturation' to 2.0 and 'Shadow Saturation' to 2.2 (This value can be set again according to your own preference).
Then you can use it normally. Hope this helps.
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Worked like a charm. Thank for the help.

Worked like a charm. Thanks

Haoran.Chen said:
This one works for me: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.190716.1800-Final.apk[/url]
After installation, go to settings --> About --> enable 'Enable advanced mode', or you cannot see anything in screen.
Also, you need to set the saturation value manually, or the photo taken will be in low saturation level. Steps: Settings --> ···HDR+ Control --> Saturation adjustments. Set the 'Hightlight Saturation' to 2.0 and 'Shadow Saturation' to 2.2 (This value can be set again according to your own preference).
Then you can use it normally. Hope this helps.
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i used this apk suggested by you for quite sometime, but i found it to be color inaccurate, it recognizes pink color as red. let me know if you have the same issue.
anyway the one by the sain1ty is working great for me. colors are represented accurately and night node is also improved a bit.
here's a link to the apk i've tried,
f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/F1v9.4a_6.2.030.apk
after installing go to settings>F1 mod settings>enable "AI awb in hdr+ enhanced".
you can leave the saturation settings as it is.

Jayraj Zala said:
i used this apk suggested by you for quite sometime, but i found it to be color inaccurate, it recognizes pink color as red. let me know if you have the same issue.
anyway the one by the sain1ty is working great for me. colors are represented accurately and night node is also improved a bit.
here's a link to the apk i've tried,
f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/F1v9.4a_6.2.030.apk
after installing go to settings>F1 mod settings>enable "AI awb in hdr+ enhanced".
you can leave the saturation settings as it is.
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This one seems to be more stable and works well, but with AI AWB on, out door shots look too warm, with that turned off, and saturation adjusted, might be a little better for all lighting conditions, will have to test it out more though... I'll post an update in a few days, thanks for sharing this!

Jayraj Zala said:
i used this apk suggested by you for quite sometime, but i found it to be color inaccurate, it recognizes pink color as red. let me know if you have the same issue.
anyway the one by the sain1ty is working great for me. colors are represented accurately and night node is also improved a bit.
here's a link to the apk i've tried,
f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/F1v9.4a_6.2.030.apk
after installing go to settings>F1 mod settings>enable "AI awb in hdr+ enhanced".
you can leave the saturation settings as it is.
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I used this mod but the issue I'm facing is that on regular images, saturation is very high and for portrait images saturation is very low.

[Waiting for the all please help me out with link]

Satishsandy007 said:
[Waiting for the all please help me out with link]
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Just copy the link and paste it to the browser like you would normally do with a text

FahimAdib11 said:
This one seems to be more stable and works well, but with AI AWB on, out door shots look too warm, with that turned off, and saturation adjusted, might be a little better for all lighting conditions, will have to test it out more though... I'll post an update in a few days, thanks for sharing this!
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Can you please share the settings you are using?

Question Pixel 6 Pro gcam mod?

Whilst this may initially seem pointless, given we have the Pixel gcam of course, has anyone found/tried any gcam mods for our device? The reason I ask is I'd maybe be interested in adjusting some of the saturation/sharpness levels saved as a profile, to suit my personal preferences

I haven't seen any yet. I'm sure there will be in time.

I'm very keen on seeing this as well. Especially the ability to turn down sharpening and noise reduction (so that it can be done more elegantly in post).

Gnaius said:
I'm very keen on seeing this as well. Especially the ability to turn down sharpening and noise reduction (so that it can be done more elegantly in post).
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If you are planning to go post, why not use the DNGs in the first place? They offer way more room for adjustment.
The main use I peronally got from the modded GCAM on my Pixel 3, was to get better JPEGs out of the box that retain the level of detail and natural sharpness off the DNGs. I so hope to be able to do this for my 6 soon. The DNGs are AWESOME, but the JPEGs are just weak.

cd993 said:
Whilst this may initially seem pointless, given we have the Pixel gcam of course, has anyone found/tried any gcam mods for our device? The reason I ask is I'd maybe be interested in adjusting some of the saturation/sharpness levels saved as a profile, to suit my personal preferences
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I experimented a bit (since the new P6 GCam is oversaturating/HDR-ing the s*it out of every picture), and people had some discussion about this in the P6 Dev group - summary: Nope, previous mods/versions don't work properly, just sideloading them doesn't give good results.
We'll have to wait for "decent" custom GCam mods that are tuned for the P6. As far as I know, there are none (yet).

Morgrain said:
I experimented a bit (since the new P6 GCam is oversaturating/HDR-ing the s*it out of every picture), and people had some discussion about this in the P6 Dev group - summary: Nope, previous mods/versions don't work properly, just sideloading them doesn't give good results.
We'll have to wait for "decent" custom GCam mods that are tuned for the P6. As far as I know, there are none (yet).
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I'd like to adjust some levels too so yeah looking forward to seeing what can be done!

ThoroSOE said:
If you are planning to go post, why not use the DNGs in the first place? They offer way more room for adjustment.
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Can you explain/link to what are these DNGs please?
EDIT: nevermind, found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative

ThoroSOE said:
If you are planning to go post, why not use the DNGs in the first place? They offer way more room for adjustment.
The main use I peronally got from the modded GCAM on my Pixel 3, was to get better JPEGs out of the box that retain the level of detail and natural sharpness off the DNGs. I so hope to be able to do this for my 6 soon. The DNGs are AWESOME, but the JPEGs are just weak.
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Well, by "post" I sometimes just mean sharpening a bit in Snapseed or Instagram; and adjusting levels. I like to set the jpegs to be slightly soft, with a bit more noise than most find acceptable, and with lower contrast. Frankly, once I had the modded GCam set up correctly, the 3XL did a great job with the rest of the parameters. You have to do a *lot* of work on a DNG just to bring it up to the level of Pixel's computational processing (once you've dialled down the overprocessing). After which, yeah, you have a 16-bit image with much more latitude, but that's not generally how I use my phone.
I try to do critical work with larger cameras. And on anything larger than a phone, I never shoot jpegs — only raw. Although even that may change if the big camera makers start getting serious about computational photography; Olympus is making noises in that direction. I'm old school, when it comes to working with unprocessed files, but there's a lot to be said for relying on the latest cameras' computational wizardry.
Anyway, I sense that we basically agree here.

Hmm ... I find, that mostly dialing down lighting and highlights as well as pushing saturation and vibrancy by about 10-20 in Lightroom mostly brings Pixel DNGs to a reasonable base, where editing them is not more work than touching up the JPEGs - albeit with much more latitude for edits. But I get, that everyone has their own workflow and baselines.
I just am glad, that we have these possibilities at all

Sine. said:
Can you explain/link to what are these DNGs please?
EDIT: nevermind, found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative
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Glad you found it. If you set your camera app to also take the RAW files, you can find them in the pictures -> RAW folder on your phone. Try it, it really is worth it. They look not that nice at the beginning. But turn down lighting and highlights a bit, push up saturation and vibrancy a notch and you will see, that the details are WAY better.
Free tools to do that on your device are Snapseed and Lightroom.

This mod works pretty good with p6p:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-MWP/
in Mod Settings -> Developer Settings : untick "segmenter_use_darwinn_tpu_delegate" to avoid app crash whenever you shoot a face.
out of this small but fixable bug, with this mods default settings, there are a lot more details vs the stock google camera app.
As always, more details = a bit more noise.
But noise is not a big problem when it's controlled, especially if you make prints.
The xhdr processing in settings increase the dynamic range further too.
Everything can be adjusted in the settings, this mod deserve to be known.

All of you concerned about the over-processing issue, please weigh in here, so that Google can see our complaints: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/208860802
The more people who post, the more likely the complaint will be noticed. (I posted this on similar threads. Apologies if this looks like spam — it's strategic.)

Question Newest/best gcam version for the a52s?

Is there a recommended source for gcam 8.4 that is stable and safe to use? We have both A52 5g and a52s 5g-s.

Hi,
on my A52s 5G (SM-A528B) most recent version of gcam that works is 8.1, anything higher force closes immediately.
I got the best results with this mod: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-bsg/

LNQ said:
Hi,
on my A52s 5G (SM-A528B) most recent version of gcam that works is 8.1, anything higher force closes immediately.
I got the best results with this mod: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-bsg/
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Thank you! Can you do raw/dng bracketing with this version? (-3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3 EV series)

tamas970 said:
Thank you! Can you do raw/dng bracketing with this version? (-3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3 EV series)
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Yeah you can configure really a lot of stuff, though I didn't test the raw mode.
But I created a config with some moderate changes to image quality and general configuration for the different lenses of the device since the provided ones didn't work properly for me.
Could share, if you like.

LNQ said:
Yeah you can configure really a lot of stuff, though I didn't test the raw mode.
But I created a config with some moderate changes to image quality and general configuration for the different lenses of the device since the provided ones didn't work properly for me.
Could share, if you like.
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Sure, many thx! I'll try to dig in the raw story, because this sensor definitely has more potential then the 8bit jpegs.

Here it is!
A few notes: The most relevant options I changed are in Settings -> Modules.
For the lenses to properly work I had to set the option "Session of photo modes" for each lens to 61448 OR 61444 (both work).
You can tune every lens individually there, which is a pretty nice option to have. Most changes are really subtle. I spent a lot of time with the night mode and the HDR/Image Processing settings. Its really just a base config on which you can build up.
Easiest way imho is to only change one option at a time and take test photos. You really can get lost in there but I rather enjoyed it!
Enjoy!

LNQ said:
Here it is!
A few notes: The most relevant options I changed are in Settings -> Modules.
For the lenses to properly work I had to set the option "Session of photo modes" for each lens to 61448 OR 61444 (both work).
You can tune every lens individually there, which is a pretty nice option to have. Most changes are really subtle. I spent a lot of time with the night mode and the HDR/Image Processing settings. Its really just a base config on which you can build up.
Easiest way imho is to only change one option at a time and take test photos. You really can get lost in there but I rather enjoyed it!
Enjoy!
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Thank you!

You're very welcome, I'm happy to be useful.

I have a problem with the latest version (now) the viewfinder just freezes after few seconds of opening the camera.
Tried MGC_8.4.500_A10_V6 and MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
And I'm on the latest one ui 4.1

Lil Geeky said:
I have a problem with the latest version (now) the viewfinder just freezes after few seconds of opening the camera.
Tried MGC_8.4.500_A10_V6 and MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
And I'm on the latest one ui 4.1
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You're footer mentions Xiaomi Mi 9, but since you are asking here I am assuming you are using an A52s?
MGC 8.4 is not so interesting because it lacks many image quality features that the 8.1 series has. So MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix is the way to go with MGC.
For the A52s viewfinder freezing is a known issue that you have to work around. And in later 8.1 series they slightly changed the way it is fixed, which means older config files don't apply the fix correctly.
I think the config file shared in this thread earlier was very similar to the common luke config file, so I attached a version of the luke config file that also fixed the freeze on the GV1zfix version. You can load it by double tapping next to the shutterbutton (or from Settings|Configs|Load in the app).
(and there is endlessly more discussion about gcam on A52s in this thread).

Thread closed. Please continue your discussion here.
-Regards: Badger50