… in the camera App settings, not in the OS settings.
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thanks a lot !!
Now I can try it a little more, before asking real optimisation of this app: to have a real manual mode (photo and video)
I’ve tested again the video mode in dark conditions with iso set to 100: the photo mode (pro) shows me a dark photo, but the video mode shows me an horrible video with automatic iso and an awful level of noise: the iso 100 parameter isn’t applied at all 
Hi @UlM,
do you have some of your FP2 and FP3 photos in the original resolution?
In my opinion the photo quality of the/my FP2 (with the second camera modul) is comperable bad (and not much better than the FP1), using Open Camera.
Thanks a lot!
webaschtl
Hello all, I was looking to try and edit some RAW photos.
Is there a known or does someone use a custom “input profile” to help process the RAW file?
This would be in Darktable or RawTherapee.
The pictures also have a large, zoomed in, area that’s very purple.
Is this normal in a .dng or is it a program thing?
Hi,
Yes, I sometimes use darktable to process an FP3 raw file. Usually I use a DSLR for taking photos and the FP3 just for quick snapshots (jpgs). I don’t have the with the purple part though.
I will attach my standard preset for darktable as a style. My aim is to have a preset that will work with most pictures and give me nice warm colors. I use quite a lot of modules to achieve that goal. Since you can easily disable the modules in darktable this might still be a good starting point for you.
I will also attach a denoise style that is rather aggressive.
I will attach some pictures out of cam vs my standard preset.
Well, unfortunately I cannot attach dstyle files here. So I’ll only attach the pictures. If your interested in the presets, send me your email address.
Yours Arne
The first picture is always out of cam and the second the one processed with darktable using my preset:
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Re: [Fairphone Community Forum] [Discuss/Fairphone 3] Fairphone 3 Camera
Hi webaschtl,
here are two pictures with my fp3 in original resolution. The IMG_* was made with the build-in Software and the FP3open_* was made with the OpenCamera-Software.
I hope, I can help You.
I don´t have the same pictures with the fp2, but the fp3-camera is much better than the fp2s.
Regaeds, Ulrich
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Hi, Id be interested in using your preset if possible, as the pics through the stock app can look washed out, even after adjusting the developer options. I’m not sure how to send a message on here! sorry JP
Hi all, can somebody of you please share an improved settings file? There is the option to save the settings in the settings manager.
Thank you very much!
I know this is a VERY late response, but… how did you manage to turn off image stabilization?
Never mind the date, it’s just that I cannot find the setting myself anymore 
The way I reported it here makes me quite sure that there has been such a setting at some point, but I really do not remember.
I just had a quick look over at OpenCamera @ SourceForge and found this thread https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/general/thread/e2674f05/
which might not be relevant, as this is about video recordings, not photos? But I might be wrong here, go have a look yourself if you havn’t already.
Sorry, this is probably not super helpful, but I have never really engaged with the camera settings after November when I first used the FP3
Wow, I’ve had my FR3 for some months now and the camera quality is really poor. So poor that it doesn’t even compare to the camera on my old Samsung Galazy S3 which I had many years ago now. The camera on my FP2 was pretty bad but the it seems that the camera is the only thing that didn’t improve from FP2 to FP3. It’s always blurry and I must no matter what be at least half a meter away from something in order to just get a little sharpness og my photo.
Anyone else experiencing the same? Or is my camera simply broken? It is really poor and I wouldn’t say that the camera is functional for all purposes. It can mainly be used for informative photoes to myself (things I see and can photograph as an alternative to write to write et down, take a photo of how I rearranged my living room and stuff like that).
Hi! Maybe it’s your device or the app you use. For example, WhatsApp blurs photos when taking photos through it in the FP3. In this thread you can see and compare some photos taken by different Fairphone 3 users 
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Could you post a few examples? This doesn’t sound normal.
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I feel like I’m in the same boat. I made my elderly mother get a fp3 a few months back as we are trying to transition the whole family eventually and she complained about the camera and I ignorantly thought it was on her but now I have my own I’m really disappointed in the camera. I have only used my phone cameras in a basic capacity so even some of the suggestions here I’m sort of struggling with.
is there a simple go to people would recommend for improving the camera? Do I need an app? I can’t even locate the developer options…
Hi there,
On my FP2, I found the quality of the photos for amateur photos quite impressive. I use OpenCamera, you can get it on Fdroid and the play store, and it is much better than the stock app. It has many options, and many modes, that make my phone a better camera than my mid-quality bridge camera. I don’t think developper options will help you for the camera though.
Example of what I get with OpenCamera (there numerically zoomed, so quality is not very good):
(I’m just posting this as an example for OpenCamera, sorry if I have a FP2
)
I tried open camera and the photos are still really rubbish. trying to resolve this has led me to a number of very poor reviews about the fairphone 3 which is really quite disappointing. I’ve never had the newest most impressive phone but I’ve never had photos this bad before. I use my camera mostly to photo my family including my toddler - you can’t really get them to pose or stay still - all the pictures are dark and blurry.
If anyone has a resolution I’d be so grateful as I am trying to move my whole family to fairphones for the obvious morale reasons but it’s hard to talk it up when the camera is so garbage.
How can I disable the developer options ?
Any idea ?
Have you tried clearing cache and storage of the App in Settings - Apps & notifications - Camera - Storage?
(I don’t have the stock App anymore to try.)
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