Now that the GCam ports are generally working I played around a little bit.
I don’t have this detailed eye for colors and sharpness etc. that’s why I mostly use Open Camera (OC) and it feels totally ok for my needs.
The UI of GCam (ports - don’t know the original GCam, but I think it is more or less similar) feels much more modern than OC.
What I discovered apart from taking photos…
I like that iPhones can easily record SloMo videos and now realized that it is also available under video mode for the more feature rich Android camera apps (with options to 0,5x; 0,25x, 0,125x speed).
Unfortunately I get:
- with OC: “Serious camera error” (have to use the back button or put OC in background … coming back it seems to still record something → hitting stop another error occurs: “Error, video file may be corrupted …” and nothing will be saved in the Gallary) - as you may ask: yes normal speed videos work
- with GCam Wichaya (options 1/4; 1/8 speed): Screen stays black when switching to SlowMo Mode; normal video can be started and stopped but nothing is saved.
- with GCam Nikita (same options as Wichaya): works more or less (SloMo [but only with 1/4 speed] and normal videos as expected)
- with GCam BSG … basically the same behavior as Wichaya.
There are also other ports which work and I cannot really see differences
- Sahmim’s Port: Shamim: SGCAM_8.4.400.42.XX_V29
- MTSLCam: MTSL: MTSLCam_V7.2
Both work more or less like the Nikita port (also in regards of SloMo videos).
Edit again: Just saw that the SloMo 1/8x speed doesn’t work (but 1/4x speed does) issue is already mentioned here. Even though for me (with Calyx OS) it does not work with Open Camera at all.