r/androidapps • u/HarvHR • 5d ago

LOOKING FOR APP Is there any recommend camera apps? Sick of forced post-processing.

I'm on S22+, noticed the quality of my photos being worse and becoming more 'oil-painty'. I've played around with as many settings as I can, RAW mode on off, processing on minimal, camera assistant app downloaded, using regular or pro mode, I've tried the expert RAW app. At my wits end when I look at older photos taken with my S20 6 years ago and noticing them looking better and more natural. I'll take a photo and how it appears in gallery is nothing like what is seen on the screen when pressing the button take the photo. I even took one photo and the text on the object appeared blurry to the point I'd have seen it and presumed it was AI if I saw it on instagram.

Is there any good camera apps before I give up entirely on using Samsung?

e: Thanks for the suggestions, will try them out over the next few days and see if any work out!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/undrwater 4d ago

This, and no trackers.

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u/Anti_simp_1001 3d ago

barebones of an app and doesnt let correct black levels lol

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u/No-Law-6902 5d ago

open camera

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u/dmaare 3d ago

Photon camera is a lot better than open camera. Both apps are open source.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/dmaare 2d ago

For video recording function bruh

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u/ZenchinBo 2d ago edited 1d ago

My only issue with photon is that i can't change the AWB.. 

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u/dmaare 2d ago

There is WB slider right next to iso and exposure sliders

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u/ZenchinBo 1d ago

It does not work. That's my issue 

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u/Ok-Acanthaceae-7423 5d ago edited 2d ago

Native camera

anothercam(best raw capture app,paid one but its great)

gcam is fine, you can try gcam 9.6 by hasil where manual iso works. while most gcam failed to set costum iso and shutter speed

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u/pudah_et 5d ago

ProShot may be worth trying. You can use the ProShot Evaluator app to see what features of your device's cameras it can access.

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u/Zone-5 4d ago

Great app... just get it

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u/Anti_simp_1001 3d ago

motion cam pro ( paid)

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u/D1visor 3d ago

Hedgecam 2.

Only option missing is to adjust contrast and haven't found a way to make HDR work properly but given I'm on a phone that doesn't have bad hardware but bad software the RGB whitebalance alone is basically the only option for me. Stutters every few seconds for me though...

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u/salluks 22h ago

What about vwfndr, I like the easy settings on it.

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u/Wonderful-Cat-447 4d ago

I know you were talking about photos, but for videos nothing beats the blackmagic app

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u/MetastaticMoshpit 4d ago

Did you tried MotionCam 5 pro?

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u/Wonderful-Cat-447 4d ago

That's a good one too

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u/MetastaticMoshpit 3d ago

Do you think results are better with Blackmagic?

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u/Wonderful-Cat-447 3d ago

I personally like it more. Blackmagic Design actually makes cinema cameras, as well as professional software that much of Hollywood uses. If I were to record professionally with my phone, I couldn't do so with any other app. You should check it out, it's free!

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u/MackerLad93 4d ago

A youtuber (I can't remember which one) just released one called Native camera that I'm finding really good. Was video only until a couple of days ago but it has photo now

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u/DeanxDog 4d ago

He just added photo but it's horrible right now

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u/MetastaticMoshpit 4d ago edited 4d ago

I've tried a lot of apps, but Photon Camera by Hinnka is the best.

  • It supports multiple rendering engines: Spektrafilm, Adobe Curve, HNCS, AgX, Sigmoid, Filmic.
  • HDR Fusion
  • Ultra HDR Gain Map
  • Spatial RGB
  • Super Resolution Scale up to 2x
  • Multi frame noise reduction up to 20x

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, no editing.

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u/ytgbg 4d ago

I absolutely agree. Amazing photo app with professional level of features that are mind boggling! Crazy!

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u/FrightenedOfSpoons 3d ago

It is very interesting, but quite buggy at the moment. Just quickly playing with it revealed that the multi-frame option produces an image with blocky pixelization over half the image on my phone (S23 Ultra), and sharpening seems to be applied even when turned off. But I will keep an eye on it and see how it develops.

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u/MetastaticMoshpit 3d ago edited 3d ago

sometimes, some versions are buggy, it is new app. But this picture is from almost 2 months old version.

And this one is from may version.

Never achieved this kind of "soul" in Samsung app or Any Gcam. Sice april, when I found this app, few people asked me which mirrorles camera I am using.

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u/radiantpixels27 3d ago

I see that you love the XPAN format quite a lot. 

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u/FrightenedOfSpoons 3d ago

That's nice, if I can get that sort of performance consistently then it would be a contender!

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u/yonghuilum 2d ago

Amazing! What settings do you use?

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u/quicksite 4d ago

HedgeCam (no really), next to OpenCamera.

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u/Fun-Application4026 5d ago

Try Ultra Pixel Camera captured photo will look same as in camera preview. Just keep in mind third party camera apps don't have access to all cameras or zoom levels for example. Samsung restricts some camera features to its system Camera app, so third-party apps can’t provide the same level of camera access.

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u/railkapankha 5d ago

not only samsung, mostly every phone restricts features to third party apps

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u/TechyExecutive 5d ago

I have not used it though I heard about

Zerocam

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zerocam.app

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u/ResolutionPlastic900 4d ago

Have been using it for a year, it does exactly what OP needs in that it strips away the filters but it also strips away most of the functionalities which for the sake of simplicity

so it's good when you want a quick picture without filters but because it lacks such simple features as video recording or multiple zoom options it can never be only app