Great app! I am running v1.26 Version Code 30 on a Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 5.0.1). The native camera app allows zoom levels up to 400% but the Open Camera app only allows 200%, is there a workaround or setting to change this?
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I have this same question. When I pull the zoom slider to the far left in Open Camera, Zoom is shown as "4.0x". When I open the native camera app on my S7, and pinch out to max zoom, it says "x8.0" and there is about a two-to-one visual difference in how much zoom I see in the corresponding photos. The only "killer feature" for Open Camera for me is the option to add a date/time stamp. But the lack of 8x zoom is a slight drawback.
I am running the latest OTA version of Android (8.0.0) and have Open Camera v1.46.
Tue, 9 Jul 2019, 4:21 pm EDT (Indiana)
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Following is the App and Debug information from Open Camera on my phone.
Open Camera v1.46
Code: 70
(c) 2013-2019 Mark Harman
Released under the GPL v3 or later (Open Camera also uses additional third party files, see online help for full licences and attributions.)
Package: net.sourceforge.opencamera
Android API version: 26
Device manufacturer: samsung
Device model: SM-G930U
Device code-name: qcom
Device variant: heroqlteue
Language: en
Standard max heap?: 256
Large max heap?: 512
Display size: 1440x2560
Display metrics: 1440x2560
Current camera ID: 0
No. of cameras: 2
Camera API: Camera2 (Android L)
Preview resolutions: 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Preview resolution: 2560x1440
Photo resolutions: 4032x3024, 3984x2988, 4032x2268, 3024x3024, 2976x2976, 3264x2448, 2880x2160, 3264x1836, 2592x1944, 2560x1920, 2160x2160, 1936x1936, 2560x1440, 2048x1536, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Photo resolution: 4032x2268
Video qualities: 1_r2880x2160, 1_r3264x1836, 1_r2592x1944, 1_r2560x1920, 1_r2160x2160, 1_r1936x1936, 1_r2560x1440, 1_r2048x1536, 1_r2560x1080, 1_r2048x1152, 1, 5_r1440x1080, 5_r1280x960, 5, 4_r960x720, 4, 7_r640x480, 7, 2
Video resolutions: 2880x2160, 3264x1836, 2592x1944, 2560x1920, 2160x2160, 1936x1936, 2560x1440, 2048x1536, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Video quality: 5
Video frame width: 1280
Video frame height: 720
Video bit rate: 12000000
Video frame rate: 30
Video capture rate: 30.0
Video high speed: false
Video capture rate factor: 1.0
Auto-stabilise?: Available
Auto-stabilise enabled?: false
Face detection?: Available
RAW?: Available
HDR?: Available
Expo?: Available
Expo compensation?: Available
Exposure compensation range: -12 to 12
Manual ISO?: Available
ISO range: 58 to 3743
Manual exposure?: Available
Exposure range: 83200 to 145600000
Manual WB?: Available
WB temperature: 1000 to 15000
Video stabilization?: Not available
Tonemap max curve points: 512
Can disable shutter sound?: Available
Camera view angle: 67.8022 , 39.528122
Flash modes: flash_off, flash_auto, flash_on, flash_torch, flash_red_eye
Focus modes: focus_mode_auto, focus_mode_macro, focus_mode_locked, focus_mode_infinity, focus_mode_manual2, focus_mode_continuous_picture, focus_mode_continuous_video
Color effects: none, mono, negative, solarize, sepia, posterize, whiteboard, blackboard, aqua
Scene modes: auto, landscape, snow, beach, sunset, night, portrait, sports, steadyphoto, candlelight, fireworks, party, night-portrait, theatre, action
White balances: auto, manual, incandescent, fluorescent, warm-fluorescent, daylight, cloudy-daylight, twilight, shade
Magnetic accuracy?: -1
Using SAF?: true
Save Location: OpenCamera
Save Location SAF: content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/3166-6331%3ADCIM%2FCamera
Parameters: None
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The maximum zoom is whatever the camera driver says it the max, so this suggests the device is limiting what's made available to third party camera applications. Do other third party camera applications have the same limit?
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Thank you for the quick reply, Mark. I installed Camera FV-5 and it seems to be capable of 8x zoom, based on comparison to the 4x I got with Open Camera and with 8x from the native Samsung app. I am putting the exported information from FV-5 in the next post.
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About Camera FV-5, Show camera information
- On Samsung Galaxy S7
- Note, in particular, "zoom-ratios" = 100 through 800, which I am guessing corresponds with 8x zoom
I see that this also fixes an issue that I had with recording video via Open Camera. With Camera2 API enabled, I could hear the audio portion of a video, but it only displayed the initial video frame of the video when I played it. With Camera2 API disabled, the video recording and playback works successfully.
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I have also been having trouble regularly with getting a solid green photo maybe once out of every dozen shots or so. It seemed to happen more regularly when I tried to take HDR photos. It will be interesting to see whether disabling Camera2 API affects this behavior as well or not.
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I turned off the Camera2 API last July and left it off until today. Now I realize why my HDR photos took so long to take. But the solid-green photos are backnow sometimes when I try to take a HDR too.
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Great app! I am running v1.26 Version Code 30 on a Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 5.0.1). The native camera app allows zoom levels up to 400% but the Open Camera app only allows 200%, is there a workaround or setting to change this?
I have this same question. When I pull the zoom slider to the far left in Open Camera, Zoom is shown as "4.0x". When I open the native camera app on my S7, and pinch out to max zoom, it says "x8.0" and there is about a two-to-one visual difference in how much zoom I see in the corresponding photos. The only "killer feature" for Open Camera for me is the option to add a date/time stamp. But the lack of 8x zoom is a slight drawback.
I am running the latest OTA version of Android (8.0.0) and have Open Camera v1.46.
Tue, 9 Jul 2019, 4:21 pm EDT (Indiana)
Following is the App and Debug information from Open Camera on my phone.
Open Camera v1.46
Code: 70
(c) 2013-2019 Mark Harman
Released under the GPL v3 or later (Open Camera also uses additional third party files, see online help for full licences and attributions.)
Package: net.sourceforge.opencamera
Android API version: 26
Device manufacturer: samsung
Device model: SM-G930U
Device code-name: qcom
Device variant: heroqlteue
Language: en
Standard max heap?: 256
Large max heap?: 512
Display size: 1440x2560
Display metrics: 1440x2560
Current camera ID: 0
No. of cameras: 2
Camera API: Camera2 (Android L)
Preview resolutions: 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Preview resolution: 2560x1440
Photo resolutions: 4032x3024, 3984x2988, 4032x2268, 3024x3024, 2976x2976, 3264x2448, 2880x2160, 3264x1836, 2592x1944, 2560x1920, 2160x2160, 1936x1936, 2560x1440, 2048x1536, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Photo resolution: 4032x2268
Video qualities: 1_r2880x2160, 1_r3264x1836, 1_r2592x1944, 1_r2560x1920, 1_r2160x2160, 1_r1936x1936, 1_r2560x1440, 1_r2048x1536, 1_r2560x1080, 1_r2048x1152, 1, 5_r1440x1080, 5_r1280x960, 5, 4_r960x720, 4, 7_r640x480, 7, 2
Video resolutions: 2880x2160, 3264x1836, 2592x1944, 2560x1920, 2160x2160, 1936x1936, 2560x1440, 2048x1536, 2560x1080, 2048x1152, 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x960, 1280x720, 960x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144
Video quality: 5
Video frame width: 1280
Video frame height: 720
Video bit rate: 12000000
Video frame rate: 30
Video capture rate: 30.0
Video high speed: false
Video capture rate factor: 1.0
Auto-stabilise?: Available
Auto-stabilise enabled?: false
Face detection?: Available
RAW?: Available
HDR?: Available
Expo?: Available
Expo compensation?: Available
Exposure compensation range: -12 to 12
Manual ISO?: Available
ISO range: 58 to 3743
Manual exposure?: Available
Exposure range: 83200 to 145600000
Manual WB?: Available
WB temperature: 1000 to 15000
Video stabilization?: Not available
Tonemap max curve points: 512
Can disable shutter sound?: Available
Camera view angle: 67.8022 , 39.528122
Flash modes: flash_off, flash_auto, flash_on, flash_torch, flash_red_eye
Focus modes: focus_mode_auto, focus_mode_macro, focus_mode_locked, focus_mode_infinity, focus_mode_manual2, focus_mode_continuous_picture, focus_mode_continuous_video
Color effects: none, mono, negative, solarize, sepia, posterize, whiteboard, blackboard, aqua
Scene modes: auto, landscape, snow, beach, sunset, night, portrait, sports, steadyphoto, candlelight, fireworks, party, night-portrait, theatre, action
White balances: auto, manual, incandescent, fluorescent, warm-fluorescent, daylight, cloudy-daylight, twilight, shade
Magnetic accuracy?: -1
Using SAF?: true
Save Location: OpenCamera
Save Location SAF: content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/3166-6331%3ADCIM%2FCamera
Parameters: None
The maximum zoom is whatever the camera driver says it the max, so this suggests the device is limiting what's made available to third party camera applications. Do other third party camera applications have the same limit?
Thank you for the quick reply, Mark. I installed Camera FV-5 and it seems to be capable of 8x zoom, based on comparison to the 4x I got with Open Camera and with 8x from the native Samsung app. I am putting the exported information from FV-5 in the next post.
About Camera FV-5, Show camera information
- On Samsung Galaxy S7
- Note, in particular, "zoom-ratios" = 100 through 800, which I am guessing corresponds with 8x zoom
Supported settings for samsung SM-G930U:
White balance:
auto
incandescent
fluorescent
warm-fluorescent
daylight
cloudy-daylight
twilight
shade
temperature
manual
Supported antibanding modes:
off
60hz
50hz
auto
Supported flash modes:
off
auto
on
torch
Supported focus modes:
auto
infinity
fixed
macro
continuous-video
continuous-picture
manual
object-tracking-video
object-tracking-picture
Supported scene modes:
auto
sports
AR
hdr
Camera parameters:
effect-available-fps-values=(10000,24000)
exif_exptime=24
preview-fps-range=7000,30000
rt-hdr-values=
focallength-35mm-value=26
snapshot-picture-flip=off
dis-values=enable,disable
max-zoom=799
brightness-step=1
max-saturation=10
touch-af-aec-values=touch-off,touch-on
burstshot-fps-values=(10,20)
video-size-values=1920x1080,1440x1440,1440x1080,1280x720,960x720,800x450,800x480,720x480,640x480,352x288,320x240,176x144
horizontal-view-angle=65
num-snaps-per-shutter=1
video-stabilization-supported=false
exposure-compensation-step=0.100000
capture-burst-retroactive=2
min-exposure-time=0.000000
picture-size=4032x2268
preview-format=yuv420sp
sharpness=12
dual_mode=0
smooth-zoom-supported=false
vertical-view-angle=39.3675
jpeg-quality=100
preview-format-values=yuv420sp,yuv420p,nv12-venus
max-num-detected-faces-hw=10
secure-mode-values=enable,disable
min-contrast=0
jpeg-thumbnail-quality=96
supported-shot-modes=normal-shot,panorama-burst
picture-format-values=jpeg,nv21
capture-burst-interval=1
rdi-mode=disable
contrast=5
shot-mode=34
maxaperture-value-numerator=153
imageuniqueid-value=C12QSJK01SM
redeye-reduction-values=enable,disable
fnumber-value-denominator=100
phase-af-values=
vrmode-supported=true
focus-areas=(0,0,0,0,0)
video-batch-size=0
rdi-mode-values=enable,disable
jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=496x280,480x288,256x154,432x288,376x376,504x376,352x288,320x240,176x144,0x0
preview-flip=off
zsl=on
antibanding-values=off,60hz,50hz,auto
luma-adaptation=3
face-detection-values=off,on
skinToneEnhancement-values=enable,disable
auto-exposure-lock-supported=true
rear-lens-distortion-correction=off
scene-detect=off
focus-mode=auto
preview-fps-range-values=(7000,7000),(15000,15000),(24000,24000),(7000,30000),(10000,30000),(15000,30000),(30000,30000)
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redeye-reduction=disable
scene-mode-values=auto,sports,AR,hdr
flash-mode=off
sharpness-step=6
constant-growth-rate-zoom-supported=true
ae-bracket-hdr=Off
sce-factor-step=10
min-sce-factor=-100
exif_iso=200
flip-mode-values=off,flip-h,flip-v,flip-vh
max-limit-recording-time-wqhd=600
jpeg-thumbnail-width=496
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max-brightness=6
max-exposure-compensation=20
picture-format=raw+jpeg
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maxaperture-value-denominator=100
motion-speed=-1
scene-mode=auto
lensshade-values=enable,disable
max-limit-recording-time-uhd=600
focus-distances=0.10,1.20,Infinity
video-hfr=off
iso=auto
focal-length=4.2
histogram-values=enable,disable
video-frame-format=yuv420sp
fnumber-value-numerator=170
max-sharpness=36
lensshade=enable
smart-screen-exposure-values=vision-ae-normal,vision-ac-backlight
saturation-step=1
mce=enable
dis=disable
saturation=5
vtmode=0
antibanding=auto
hfr-size-values=3840x2160,1920x1080,1920x1080
zoom-supported=true
ois-supported=true
secure-mode=disable
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dynamic-range-control-values=
phase-af=on
skinToneEnhancement=0
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focallength-value-numerator=420
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min-sharpness=0
whitebalance=auto
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histogram=disable
effect-values=none
whitebalance-values=auto,incandescent,fluorescent,warm-fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight,twilight,shade,temperature,manual
dualrecording-hint=0
camera-mode=0
denoise=denoise-on
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scene-selection=disable
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effect=none
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exposure-compensation=0
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exposure-time=auto
zsl-values=off,on
ae-bracket-hdr-values=Off,AE-Bracket
smart-screen-exposure=0
dng-picture-size-values=4032x3024,4032x2268,3024x3024
mce-values=enable,disable
auto-whitebalance-lock-supported=true
picture-size-values=4032x3024,4032x2268,3984x2988,3264x2448,3264x1836,3024x3024,2976x2976,2880x2160,2560x1920,2560x1440,2160x2160,2048x1152,1920x1080,1280x960,1280x720,960x720,640x480
qc-max-num-requested-faces=10
denoise-values=denoise-off,denoise-on
preview-frame-rate=30
face-detection=off
metering=matrix
capture-burst-queue-depth=2
focus-distance=-1
anti-shake=1
min-saturation=0
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preview-size=1920x1080
selectable-zone-af-values=auto,spot-metering,center-weighted,frame-average
rt-hdr=off
video-hfr-values=60,120,240,off
zoom=0
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preview-frame-rate-values=7,15,24,30
max-limit-recording-time-fhd60=600
max-num-detected-faces-sw=10
max-sce-factor=100
qc-camera-features=335678719
auto-exposure-values=matrix,center,spot
max-num-focus-areas=1
preview-size-values=1920x1080,1280x720,1440x1080,1088x1088,1056x864,960x720,720x480,640x480,352x288,320x240,176x144
selectable-zone-af=auto
min-exposure-compensation=-20
min-brightness=0
scene-detect-values=off,on
intelligent-mode=0
a-fnumber=1.700000
What is the max zoom in Open Camera if Settings/"Use Camera2 API" is disabled?
Then it switches to 8x zoom. Do I give up anything important switching that off to get the 8x zoom?
I see that this also fixes an issue that I had with recording video via Open Camera. With Camera2 API enabled, I could hear the audio portion of a video, but it only displayed the initial video frame of the video when I played it. With Camera2 API disabled, the video recording and playback works successfully.
I have also been having trouble regularly with getting a solid green photo maybe once out of every dozen shots or so. It seemed to happen more regularly when I tried to take HDR photos. It will be interesting to see whether disabling Camera2 API affects this behavior as well or not.
I turned off the Camera2 API last July and left it off until today. Now I realize why my HDR photos took so long to take. But the solid-green photos are backnow sometimes when I try to take a HDR too.