Port of Google camera with HDR+

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Anybody trie dit on their snapdragon S8+ (Or S8)?
I doubt it will make an amazing difference, since the S8 is already quite good in that department but that could still be interesting. I suppose that on one hand you have Google's superior algorithms, on the other hand they are not fitted to S8 hardware and you probably lose OIS....
 
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Yes, it works. I'm not sure how "proper" (because I can not say that pictures are masterpieces) it works, but I can enable that feature, take shot, wait a bit ("hdr processing" message) and get slightly different photo. Process is same as on pixel/nexus. App is stable, no crashes.
Btw, on hdr+ photo info it states that photo is made on nexus 6, and on regular shots in same app - galaxy s8+
 
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I have it and it works well. Google's processing has added a tiny bit more noise compared to Samsung but Google's colors are more realistic (which I prefer) while Samsung's are much too bright/vibrant
 
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I have it and it works well. Google's processing has added a tiny bit more noise compared to Samsung but Google's colors are more realistic (which I prefer) while Samsung's are much too bright/vibrant
I noticed a more noisy image. I dont think its preferable.

My own opinion is that the Hdr is not working properly with this google camera.

You who had the Nexus phone could you take a photo and verify the noise?
 

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I noticed a more noisy image. I dont think its preferable.

My own opinion is that the Hdr is not working properly with this google camera.

You who had the Nexus phone could you take a photo and verify the noise?
It's really not that bad. I could attach comparison photos if you want.

Edit: I'm also using the updated mod (noise reduction) that allows 1080p60fps video

Edit 2: Took some more photos. In daylight to medium/dark lighting, Google's camera seems to take better pictures. I noticed that Google is able to add more detail to the clouds when contrasted with ex: large buildings/trees while Samsung's camera seems to overexpose images and leave the sky almost white.

But for nighttime photos, Google's camera definitely has much more noise. I guess it's a trade off.

Edit 3: Took even more photos with many different lighting/contrasts. Not sure which app I like the best. Sometimes Samsung photos are too bright (but can be partially fixed by darkening the photo) and sometimes the colors seem pretty natural. Samsung's camera has consistently sharper photos than Google. Also with higher contrast, the sky using Google camera is an unaturally deep blue, making the image look artifical/fake.
 
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It's really not that bad. I could attach comparison photos if you want.

Edit: I'm also using the updated mod (noise reduction) that allows 1080p60fps video

Edit 2: Took some more photos. In daylight to medium/dark lighting, Google's camera seems to take better pictures. I noticed that Google is able to add more detail to the clouds when contrasted with ex: large buildings/trees while Samsung's camera seems to overexpose images and leave the sky almost white.

But for nighttime photos, Google's camera definitely has much more noise. I guess it's a trade off.

Ok thanks for the comparison. Good to know. Im not sarcastic.


What is more interesting yet is differance betwean Google Camera on nexus vs google camera on the s8+

If anybody could take identical pix on nexus vs s8+ and see if the photo from nexus have the same noisines as our s8+ have.
 
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It's really not that bad. I could attach comparison photos if you want.

Edit: I'm also using the updated mod (noise reduction) that allows 1080p60fps video

Edit 2: Took some more photos. In daylight to medium/dark lighting, Google's camera seems to take better pictures. I noticed that Google is able to add more detail to the clouds when contrasted with ex: large buildings/trees while Samsung's camera seems to overexpose images and leave the sky almost white.

But for nighttime photos, Google's camera definitely has much more noise. I guess it's a trade off.

Edit 3: Took even more photos with many different lighting/contrasts. Not sure which app I like the best. Sometimes Samsung photos are too bright (but can be partially fixed by darkening the photo) and sometimes the colors seem pretty natural. Samsung's camera has consistently sharper photos than Google. Also with higher contrast, the sky using Google camera is an unaturally deep blue, making the image look artifical/fake.
Which version allows for 60fps? I tried to look around for a development thread, but all I found was the XDA article Here. Is that where you got the version you are testing?
 

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Yes, it works. I'm not sure how "proper" (because I can not say that pictures are masterpieces) it works, but I can enable that feature, take shot, wait a bit ("hdr processing" message) and get slightly different photo. Process is same as on pixel/nexus. App is stable, no crashes.
Btw, on hdr+ photo info it states that photo is made on nexus 6, and on regular shots in same app - galaxy s8+
As far as I understand there are several versions, using different versions of the Google algos (Nexus 6, 5X, Pixel have different processing due to different HW)
 

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This version works on my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Exynos version.. can you tell me where to find the follow up for this version in case there is an update .. I tried more than 50 versions of this application this is the first one to be working on my Samsung Galaxy S7 Exynos version thanks a lot

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But version has lots of notice in low light ... I think a better version is out there ..

Most of the version are for Snapdragon . This is the only working version I found for Exynos .. now just we have to find a version which reduces notice and implements the HDR+ property