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Old 16-04-2014, 21:02
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...d.GoogleCamera

Much of a muchness.

I'm glad the viewfinder is now the same adject ratio as the actual camera.
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Old 16-04-2014, 21:52
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It is installable on most 4.4+ devices.

No white balance???
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Old 16-04-2014, 22:22
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Nope. No white balance.
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Old 17-04-2014, 00:00
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Eww, the grey bar with the shutter button takes up far too much room!
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Old 17-04-2014, 07:51
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Nope. No white balance.
if you mean manual exposure then there is setting for it that you have to turn on.
the new GUI for the camera app is a but ugly with the huge wasted space with the capture button.

HDR+ doesn't seem to be persistent any more, you have to keep turning it on as it defaults to off every time to close and re-open the app.
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Old 17-04-2014, 08:38
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Eww, the grey bar with the shutter button takes up far too much room!
It doesn't take up room. if you switch to video you'll notice the shutter button is over the image.

it's because the camera takes 4:3 photos. the last one took 4:3 photos but for some reason the viewfinder was 16:9. meaning you had to guess where the edge was.
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Old 17-04-2014, 08:42
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if you mean manual exposure then there is setting for it that you have to turn on.
the new GUI for the camera app is a but ugly with the huge wasted space with the capture button.

HDR+ doesn't seem to be persistent any more, you have to keep turning it on as it defaults to off every time to close and re-open the app.
i saw the manual exposure button was hidden.

no white balance is not that. typically you would set it for incandescent light, sun light, fluorescent light etc so that things that look white to you come out white. it's normally set to auto and goes on in the back ground. it's how you prevent your white having a colour bias.

in respect of the camera button taking up too much room. come on. it's so that the preview has the same aspect ratio as the camera.
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Old 17-04-2014, 08:48
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in respect of the camera button taking up too much room. come on. it's so that the preview has the same aspect ratio as the camera.
yeah but why so much wasted space, but some other buttons in there for quick access.

time lapse, and timer functions have also been removed.
and taking a photo whilst recording a video is also removed.
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Old 17-04-2014, 09:40
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yeah but why so much wasted space, but some other buttons in there for quick access.

time lapse, and timer functions have also been removed.
and taking a photo whilst recording a video is also removed.
i don't think the last version could take photos whilst recording video. i'm sure there will be an update.

myself coming from nokia i don't like the idiot proof model. i prefer much more control.
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Old 17-04-2014, 09:45
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i don't think the last version could take photos whilst recording video. i'm sure there will be an update.
hmmm.. i'm sure it did, maybe that was another phone.
timer features definitely removed though
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Old 17-04-2014, 12:58
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Installed and tried it on my Nexus 4 yesterday, took a couple of very mediocre test shots, tried to delete them and the app promptly crashed causing the phone to restart.

I'll stick with Camera FX!
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Old 13-05-2014, 13:01
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hmmm.. i'm sure it did, maybe that was another phone.
timer features definitely removed though
i knew i wasn't dreaming about it.
the latest camera update restores the ability to take stills whilst recording video.
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Old 30-05-2014, 10:16
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and that's timer function added as well now.
along with fish-eye pano mode, and 16:9 format.
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