Hello, I was sort of looking forward to Android 14 as I was under the impression that it would introduce a new camera API which would enable third-party camera apps such as G-CAM to fully take advantage of the 50 megapixel sensor. However, it doesn’t seem to be the case that this has happened. I’m n…

[image] rexendevar: I was under the impression that it would introduce a new camera API which would enable third-party camera apps such as G-CAM to fully take advantage of the 50 megapixel sensor. What lead to that impression? Did you ever contact Fairphone about this?

I don’t remember where I got this impression. I’m sorry if I made it seem like I thought it was an official statement from Fairphone. I just heard it somewhere as one of the features of Android 14 and I assumed it would be implemented.

I think many people would appreciate this, however full res wasnt made available for the FP4 so far, so I’m a bit pessimistic for the FP5, so best is to contact Fairphone directly. Whatever GCam port you use, is wideangle accesible and working? Edit: in case you want to read the FP4 topic …

I can confirm that wide angle is accessible and working on the port I’m using.

Is there actually a 50Mpix output from the camera module? I was under the impression that not and that the camera is logically a 12Mpix system. Which would be (in my scientific view) the preferable option in most cases: 50Mpix is way beyond the optical limits of physics. Even with a system camera…

There is maybe hope… [image] For a Better Camera on deGoogled Operating Systems The Industry Now official, from /e/OS v. 2.2 release notes : iphone Fairphone 4 You’ll now be able to enjoy Fairphone’s default camera app to take pictures if you want to, you just need to …

[image] ThorStone: Is there actually a 50Mpix output from the camera module? Yes if you want you can change to full resolution, normal mode uses pixel binning [Screenshot_20240722-163149] Edit: my opinion is, this was introduced with the FP4 as many people did not understand the pixel binn…

Good to know. Doesn’t really change the fact that pixel binning in hw/fw is likely to be the best solution unless you are an expert in digital image processing. So most likely just introduced as marketing, since the people I know who can make the best out of raw output are definitely not using smar…

Though I haven’t been able to test it properly, I think my personal preference is to have the large resolution photos and to simply take the camera noise, as I feel it appears more natural than many denoising artifacts.

Full resolution photos with third-party camera app?

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There is maybe hope…