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camera zoom fx is just frickin awesome
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So I tried Camera FX yesterday in an effort to test.
- Overall my experience was not great. Using the built in Video option, my Droid force closed a number of times when I tried to select it.
- Low light performance is no different from the stock app
- The app force closed twice on me during picture taking/selection
- I found it slow to take a quick shot. From the time I select the icon on my desktop to the time I can take the shot is too slow.
- It has many effects which if you are someone that enjoys those are great. However if you are looking for raw picture quality, you should look elsewhere.
- Maybe it was just me, but I could not get my flash working well with the app.
In summary, if you like effects, the app is good. I cannot recommend anything else past that. I'm going back to PRO Zoom Camera. I refunded Camera Zoom FX after about about 4 hours testing.
- Overall my experience was not great. Using the built in Video option, my Droid force closed a number of times when I tried to select it.
- Low light performance is no different from the stock app
- The app force closed twice on me during picture taking/selection
- I found it slow to take a quick shot. From the time I select the icon on my desktop to the time I can take the shot is too slow.
- It has many effects which if you are someone that enjoys those are great. However if you are looking for raw picture quality, you should look elsewhere.
- Maybe it was just me, but I could not get my flash working well with the app.
In summary, if you like effects, the app is good. I cannot recommend anything else past that. I'm going back to PRO Zoom Camera. I refunded Camera Zoom FX after about about 4 hours testing.
One other thing I forgot. I tried to use TasKiller to clean out other apps from running on my phone during testing. It did not seem to help much.
I find it disappointing that they recommend to use a third party app like TasKiller to clean up running apps on my phone - shouldn't need to do that.
I find it disappointing that they recommend to use a third party app like TasKiller to clean up running apps on my phone - shouldn't need to do that.
Well last night I downloaded Camera Zoom FX and quickly tested out the low light camera feature.....NO DIFFERENT than the Droid camera, NONE ! I deleted Camera Zoom FX today. Will wait for someone to develop an app for low light....sigh.
astevens54
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Thanks for the post, I will try it.
GadgetRick
Member
Well last night I downloaded Camera Zoom FX and quickly tested out the low light camera feature.....NO DIFFERENT than the Droid camera, NONE ! I deleted Camera Zoom FX today. Will wait for someone to develop an app for low light....sigh.[/QUOTE]
You're not gonna find anything which helps the low-light abilities of the Droid. It's a limitation in hardware and one you see with all cell phone cameras. The sensor can only be so big in a small camera so it's not going to have the same light-gathering capability of a true camera.
I tried out the Camera Zoom app, and I felt there was no real difference in picture quality than any other available apps in the market. I took pictures with the Camera Zoom, Camera magic, and stock camera. Camera magic forced closed on me when I attempted to change the white balance settings. Then my home screen had this ugly black block where I couldn't see anything. Neither one was better than the other. Uninstalled both Camera Magic and Camera Zoom. Oh well.
Kind of agree on the restrictions of low light - no camera app is going to do that for you - its a hardware issue.
But why would you guys refund a camera app that gives you all these features (taken from Androidslide website) :
Camera ZOOM FX | androidslide
40 photo fx! (pencil, fisheye, filmreel, etc.)
circular zoom wheel (6x zoom)
upscale zoomed images
tap screen to snap shot
timer + sound effect
auto focus on / off
burst mode up to 16 shots
photo booth = quad camera!
stable shot including stability meter
sound activate
props, borders and famous ‘buddies’ in your pictures
customizable grid overlays
whitebalance
nightshot
geotag
customize every hardware button
send, share
1-click upload facebook, twitter, myspace
built for Donut
silent mode
antibanding (for TV / computer monitors)
auto save option
digi composites
But why would you guys refund a camera app that gives you all these features (taken from Androidslide website) :
Camera ZOOM FX | androidslide
low light and droid camera
I don't think it's true to say all cell phone cameras are useless in low light. My friend took a photo at night of our campus with his iphone, lit by christmas lights and flood lights. It came out very nicely (I am sure it was grainy as anything but at least you could see something). I have also taken quite ok photos with my sony 810i in low light.
I tried the same with my droid and all I got was black with a few pin pricks of light. It was like it was exposing for the brightest areas rather than the darkest or even the average. I know it can get more information if it was to expose correctly because sometimes I can trick it and get it to expose correctly albeit briefly. How there is not brightness/exposure control in the standard app I just don't know.
How hard is it really to make an app that is at least as good as the iphone. How about tap to focus that would be great, maybe tap to expose too...
I don't think it's true to say all cell phone cameras are useless in low light. My friend took a photo at night of our campus with his iphone, lit by christmas lights and flood lights. It came out very nicely (I am sure it was grainy as anything but at least you could see something). I have also taken quite ok photos with my sony 810i in low light.
I tried the same with my droid and all I got was black with a few pin pricks of light. It was like it was exposing for the brightest areas rather than the darkest or even the average. I know it can get more information if it was to expose correctly because sometimes I can trick it and get it to expose correctly albeit briefly. How there is not brightness/exposure control in the standard app I just don't know.
How hard is it really to make an app that is at least as good as the iphone. How about tap to focus that would be great, maybe tap to expose too...
My LG Dare had this. It was the best camera feature to have in my opinion. Camera Zoom features are all great but when the pictures all come out the same, it's no point to carry them.
primarily app crashing / lockup. actually looking for a decent replacement app. for camera/video functionality. Built-in is clunky and has an awful skin. Effects I save for photoshop as I don't like to mess with master shots so that isn't really a draw.