Yeah, this is on stock android.
I already tried to find developer flags related to audio but was unsuccessful and in the config, nothing immediately jumpsout at me…
Hey,
Thanks for the tip on the Gcam! Are you still on SGcam or did you find a better one?
I also tried to find a proper cam app that is capable of slomo video. So far I have no success. Any suggestions?
Good news !!!
I’m using test version of e/OS 3.2 beta, which include fairphone cam app ! Working very well so far.
Hi guy,
Is there any new in that? I am not on eOS but Lineage. Is there any good working GCam or the stock fpos app?
Will the OS matter when there is a good working e.g. gcam mod for fp6 in general?
After some experimenting, my recommendation for video is clearly Blackmagic. No other app gives you that level of professional control. And Blackmagic cures the abysmal sound quality of the FP6, which is due to a ludicrously high levelled pre-amp, which results in overloading the analog to digital converter. The heavily clipped output of which even gets worse with post-processsing. On some apps, not only Blackmagic (Open Camera as well and also the OC fork of Fairphone/e/OS) you can switch the input stream to “unprocessed/raw”, but the main culprit is the utmost extreme setting of the pre-amp. In Blackmagic, simply tap on the VU meter to get a gain control slider, turn the amplification down until audio peaks only seldomly hit at -5 dB (you can also turn the VU meter into a peak meter to ease that levelling) and you get clear audio…
For camera, I would like to hear recommendations. Normally, on the net, and in reviews, Pro Shot wins most competitions. Pro Shot has an Evaluator package that will tell you what Pro Shot detects in your hardware, and it does not see the full resolution (50 Mpix) of the Lytia 700C sensor, and not the 32 MPix of the Selfie camera as well.
I had very good (!) e-mail exchange with the developer of Pro Shot. And he tells me that it is not by chance that his app does not see 50 MPix: Since Android 11, device manufacturers (here: Fairphone) may declare one camera app to be stock (“whitelisting”), and so that installs in specially protected storage, and only from there will it see the entire hardware.
So basically this is something intentionally done by Fairphone to block out other camera apps. They can only see 13.1 MPix on the main camera and 7.1 on the selfie cam and are thus unable to compete with the not-so-professional standard apps that Fairphone (or /e/) ship.
So this is basically an instrument by Google to block out competition and I wonder why Fairphone takes such a measure which is basically unfair to it’s own customers?
Very good question!
@Fairphone_CM Can you explain this?
Hi everyone.
I’m a new Fairphone user who will be receiving a recently purchased Fairphone 6+ in the next few days. I hope I’ll be happy with it and would like to know if there’s a suitable Gcam port for this phone.
Thanks everyone for your help.
I am on e/OS. I used to use BSG port but still get back to Fairphone Camera app because no other app can have access to optical image stabilization during videos. Also the sound is much better compared to Gcam because you cannot change the audio source in Gcam (FP camera uses the correct audio source). So Gcam is nice but only for pictures (slightly better colors) but for video it is not good. I know prefer having a single app so I use FP camera app exclusively.
I’ve noted that MGC apparently works flawlessly and I’m still use it, like in my old Moto G200 with LineageOS.
To sum up this entire discussion and your experience: which version of GCam should be used on the FP6+ running /e/OS 4.3 to achieve the best photos and the widest range of capabilities (resolution, HDR, frame rate)? Is it necessary to install a Camera Port?
What’s the best gcam port people have tried? I seem to have best success with the BigKaka version myself, although I am on a FP4. I am wondering about upgrading to the FP6 but wanted to know if the gcam port actually takes good photos in bad lighting too, like for example the Pixel 11 Pro would just take good photos basically all the time, it’s very consistent. Is it possible with Fairphone via a gcam port?