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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exameden:
Bacon camera on Meizu M6 Note

Thanks for you great app. As I noticed, Meizu M6 Note didn't appear on your site at the list of reportedly supported devices, but your program of the few that support shutter speed and other options on this device lacking camera2 api (the other advanced confirmed is freedcam). The Meizu brand is very popular budget brand in Russia and this particular model is one of the top here since it sports the infamous Sony IMX362 sensor while having a SnapDragon Soc at the same time. The stock camera app is ok, but non stable with the features from release to release and not so usable in some areas.

The problem is that Bacon is barely usable on this model due to a non camera-related issue. The saving/previewing is very unstable. I will list my symptoms, but I suspect I'm not alone since at least some of them were confirmed at a russian forum dedicated to the camera of this phone. The permission to access SD is on.

Saving/preview just might work sometimes so after the photo is taken, the circle shows a part of the image and the tap leads to the preview.

It might take a picture, but the circle is empty (or overlayed by a "montain" icon) and the preview is black or gray.

Sometimes it doesn't take picture at all. So an animation of the shutter is shown, but no tapping works and no picture exists when viewing the folder from another application.

Deleting a picture from the internal preview never worked for me, the preview closes after the action, but when viewing from external viewer the file still is there.

Changing preview to the external gallery didn't work for me. I see just a black window when I tap at the circle.

I suspected a SD related problems so switched to the internal storage for testing, but some or all of the symptoms above were still present

Probably when some problems explained exist, removing the app from the list of applications and rerunning it returns things to normal but temporarily
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Just pushed a new small update that should solve your problem. It will be available in a few hours.

I apologize for inconvenience.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PowerOfTwo:
Same problem here. I'll wait for the update...

I like the new design, it's much better than the old one. But two things could be better: The darken background areas are too short and aren't behind the top and bottom signs. And signs don't rotate with phone.

edit: Oh yes, forgotten a third one... I would prefer if top signs (manual focus and so on) were a little bit smaller and bottom signs bigger, especially the release button.

edit 2: I've noticed that the photo file names are very long. It would be nice if this would be editable.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ironwick:
Now it works! Thanks a lot :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION], I would like to request one little thing for the Standard version :)

if Continuous Shot is not enabled and I press and hold to take a picture, it focuses and when I release the finger, why it doesn't take the shot? just one, as it is already focused...

can you add this?

thank you

will report on ResurrectionRemix MM if it works and/or what exactly doesn't ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
UPDATE : seems to work quite well on RR-MM even 50MP :D

btw, there should not be a flash option when selecting "special" things like High Resolution or smth like this, as it is useless, the result photo doesn't seem to look like a Flash present one.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
It's a little bug, will be solved in this week update :)

That's not properly exact , the high resolution is an interpolation of about 10 images but only the first one is with the flash so the image is a bit more brighter, anyway I've already pointed out a workaround to keep flash on during every shots, I'm testing

P.S. to see if a ROM is supported or not just see in your ROM thread and see if is based on Cyanogenmod, if the kernel is not a CAF based your ROM is probably supported
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
yeah, I know, and also what interpolation is and how it works (running Computer Science degree ;) ), just forgot to put quotes around "50" MP :p (well technically speaking as a black box case, the output has quite a lot of pixels, so it didn't said that you hardware number of pixels will increase, just the result on 0s and 1s as a picture :D )

I also have some ideas on design (UX wise things and "improvements", at least imho), if you are interested.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
You are more then welcome to suggest everything, this thread is still open just for this reason :D

Next update might come a bit later because I finally understand how enable DNG conversion at driver level, just like CameraNext (but it still require some working). This method is really fast and doesn't require the slow and annoying conversion :o
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gabry70197:
just me the demo version does not crash while the paid as I open it crashes?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PowerOfTwo:
Do you have an OPO?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gabry70197:
sure
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
log?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dadaz007:
I love your app, but I have a serious problem with focus.

Sometimes, I can't take photo, Focus doesn't finish and app doesn't take photo.

And most of time, continuous video focus doesn't work.

I've tried on CM12.1 and CM13. I try to delete app data.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pbergonzi:
Some devs will port their apps if someone donates to them the phone to do all their testing on. Some will not.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ironwick:
I have been my OPO stolen and I bought an OPX. I really love this app, I purchased it and it was my main camera in the OPO. As the OPX has almost the same hardware, is it possible to get this camera work on the X? I always get FC on running it (it just doesn't open).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damiann69:
I would like to see Timed Shots. I need it for night long exposure photos. I want take for example 20 pictures in row with 60s exposure.

Also burst shots would be nice - same as in CameraNext. You choose how many shots you want and after shutter it make photos as fast as OPO can.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION], and an option to chose where to save files, just like Original (and even Cyanogenmod.Snap) Snap has. On Internal Storage, or OTG. (quite handy for Video :) )
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Timed Shot already implemented, in standard version ;)

I'll add it on to do list :)

I already know that, OPX support manual focus manual wb manual exposure time (up to 16sec) and raw, BUT there is something different form the One and I can't point out how fix this because I haven't an OPX to test.. I'm working right now to fully port Bacon Camera to android 6.0 , already changed many things but there are still some features that doesn't work, anyway maybe it might works

I'm sorry that I cannot help you more
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PowerOfTwo:
What happened to [MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION]?

No update, no news or reaction here...

Edit:

Oh, I should have refresh my browser... :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Don't worry I'm still here, I should release a new update in this month.. M took me a lot of time, and I think that we have to give up the Power Shutter function, since CyanogenMod changed their API, I suppose to prevent a bad use of this feature, so actually without modify some system files, on M 3rd party apps cannot change Power Button behaviour..

BTW I'm preparing my first exam too, so be patient a bit more, thank you! :p
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] waleedkhairy:
Good thread
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kodzi:
Hi fgnm,

So RAW capturing does work with sultanxda 5.1.1 ROM (with CAF)? . IIRC this feature isn't implemented in Snapdragon camera due to undecodable RAW file from the Snapdragon library as mentioned somewhere by sultanxda on reddit. If Bacon Camera can ouput a real decodable RAW (DNG) file by say Photoshop, it would kind of help me to stick with this ROM (which I like more than COS).

Thanks for your time and this app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Yes it has a funcion to convert .raw (Bayer format) to a readable DNG, anyway the conversion is not always accurate, you might have to adjust temperature or exposure in post processing... Next update will bring also to CM based ROM the ability to use stock DNG conversion that it's more accurate.

Remember that CAF based ROM cannot use ClearImage or 50Mpx or 64sec exposure time , anything else including manual focus and white balance should work fine :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kodzi:
Thank you, I think it would be great if these can be listed into a table and uploaded to Google Play as a screenshot for everyone to see. Do I understand it correctly that you are working on this temperature/exposure problem or it is what it is? I tried the DEMO out and saw that you have mapped the hw volume btns for exposures, perhaps this should be able to alter later on as quite often they are used for capturing by remotes and selfie sticks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Yes I'm working on it, the main problem for now is color temperature, anyway can be easily tuned in post processing so..

Regarding volume buttons there is an option to disable brightness to be compatible with remote and selfie sticks :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Just pushed a new big update today! 0.5.0 should be available in few hours

This new update brings Manual Controls also to LG G3

running Android 6.0 Marshmallow

(Manual Focus, EV, ISO, Shutter Speed, RAW), Bacon Camera can use Laser Autofocus too and will unlock Advanced DSLR Features: UbiFocus, ChromaFlash, OptiZoom. (Amazing Results!)

[MENTION=5701002]tennu123[/MENTION] It should work also Manual Focus for Nubia Z7 Mini (need testing)

Regarding our dear OnePlus One this new update brings support to native DNG (only on CM based)(choose what do you prefer) and of course many bug fixes and a better support to Android 6.0 M

enjoy ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] motoralbi:
Wow!! How did you manage to get it working with manual controls on G3? Amazing :) ;)

So...my answer is...can i control exposure time to make brighter pictures at night by increasing it?

If i wanted to take a picture to stars in the sky for example,is there an exposure time that lets me get a clear image in which i can see stars?(obviously,in the limits of Lg G3 camera)

Also...is RAW completely supported?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Thank you! Of course no camera 2 api has be implemented on G3, as well as on OPO, but G3 camera driver is quite awesome, enough to get manual controls (just manual WB is broken) and DSLR advanced features :)

As you can read in description G3 driver has Manual Exposure Time but limited to 2sec, honestly I think that is not enough to get pictures of a night sky (on OPO I usually set exp time between 30-60sec to do this). You might try to set ISO3200 and max exp time and see if some results appear, maybe in a very clear night you could get something. I'm sorry for this but it's a limitation of G3 driver so only LG can increase that value.

Regarding RAW is of course not supported natively, so Bacon Camera has to get Bayer RAW data and then convert in a readable DNG. It works well, you'll get a ~25MB DNG. The main problem is that this conversion is not always accurate so in post processing you have to adjust temperature and tint, anyway is always a RAW data so with a bit tuning you'll get same results of others smartphone that support DNG natively :) (to shot in RAW you've to change picture format in any Bayer and then enable 'Convert RAW to DNG' option)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] motoralbi:
Great job [emoji3]

P.S: DEMO version crashes on G3 Marshmallow 6.0 but i could think about buying the full app. I am really interested in this [emoji4] .

Inviato dal mio LG-D855 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Oh yes, next week I should update DEMO version to Material and also bring support to G3 :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] galazy.salvo:
Hi, I'm trying it on G3 MM but it seems that the manual time exposure doesn't work on manual mode
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
there is a problem with the UI if there is a different DPI set.

as for example, I use 400 dpi and there is a minor problem in "quick settings" for the app.

will post a screenshot later today if needed (it's easy to reproduce).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Please could you be more precise? Manual Exposure time should work in range between 200ms - 2sec, you can also check the exposure time in in-build gallery, in details of any picture you shot with this camera

That's right, will be fixed in the upcoming update :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] galazy.salvo:
Yeah, I've tried several times to shot with different exposure and every time I check in the photo details it's always different, and anyway when I set the time at 2 seconds, it shots immediatly...

Anyway if you're italian and you need testing and more easy way to explain you, feel free to contact me! :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Jadelor:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION] – I'm a little confused: what benefits are there to using this camera on a Oneplus One when using stock ROM, or OxygenOS, or SultanXDA CAF? The original post is a confusing read.

Would it be possible for you improve the original post with something like a feature grid picture for device/ROM combinations for the most popular configurations, with a column of ROM types in the and row of features? Like this:

..OPO sto oxy caf
feat1 [x] [ ] [x]
feat2 [ ] [x] [ ]
feat9 [x] [x] [x]

...G3 sto dis dat
feat1 [x] [x] [ ]
feat2 [ ] [ ] [x]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Totally agree with you , indeed I'm building right now an official web site with all compatibility tables , especially on OPO that has so many different configurations , and some tips to better use this Camera
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dadaz007:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION]

I bought this great app for my OPO. No I sold it and bought a Oneplus X. And I want to use bacon camera on it.

The app launch. Photo works great (very good quality for me) , Panorama too.

But when I try to switch to video mode, it instantly FC. Can you fix it ? Can I help you with a log and how ?

I try on CM12.1 and CM13. I have no issue with stock snap camera (but the quality is really not good with snap)

It could be great because I love your app
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Maybe I've found the issue, If you want send me a PM with your e-mail and I'll insert you in beta testers group :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dadaz007:
Pm sent

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dadaz007:
I have reported some bugs by pm, don't know if I should do like that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
I'm working on a new algorithm that I would implement in the further releases of Bacon Camera.. I noticed that almost every time you shot a picture with flash the background become, for some light reasons, almost or completely black. So I thought about it a bit and I've made the first draft of what I call ClearFlash :)

I just want share with you some results to have some feedbacks about this new function that I would implement soon.

This is a pic taken with standard flash:

As you can see the paper is flashed but background is very dark...

Now this is the same shot but with ClearFlash image manipulation:

The paper is still flashed but the background is now visible

As I said it's still a draft but I think that results are quite good. Actually the main problems are that it lacks in a good image alignment (it's difficult take a steady ClearFlash without tripod) and there is too much noise in background.

BTW what do you think about? Should I continue working on?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
seems quite interesting actually,

but I think it will be one hell of a challenge to make it worth using (not everyone uses a tripod to take picture, and the lack of details is quite a problem)

so far as a draft looks promising ;)

Good Luck :fingers-crossed:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kodzi:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION] your ClearFlash draft just made me decide to buy the app as I think I will see more cool stuffs from you. Thumbs up.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
Anyone getting slow shutterspeed to work on lg g3? Bought the app yesterday and have been trying different shutterspeeds but it dont work
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Snoob25:
I don't think it's possible with g3 drivers, even xcam can't modify that! xcam settings modify only minimum shutter speed available for each shooting mode, but shutter speed is still choosen automatically between available range.

I saw once a lib mod that enabled longer shutter speeds for night preset (if i remember correctly), but I don't know if it's still a xcam-like behaviour.

Of course this is just for information, fgnm, you are welcome to try some magic :fingers-crossed:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
Hmm but he says that you can change shutter speed value by 200ms - 2sec so atleast he did make it work?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
I think that in next release I'll disable shutter speed on G3 because I get it working just one time (the first test I've done) , something goes wrong with driver, lg has made some mistakes , I hope that with the final release of M LG will solve that bugs ..

I'm very sorry for that , I'm trying to find what's goes wrong in the driver but I think that they just miss to call some functions when settings parameters.. The same thing they done with manual WB ..:(

So for this reason I start working on a multi-exposure image blending so reach similar results of long shutter speed
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ziv321:
Is it work in oppo R7plus also?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
you can always install and try the DEMO to see for yourself ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damiann69:
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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PowerOfTwo:
I used the "timed-shots" function yesterday. I set 50000ms, 50 shots. I got 3 shots, because it made no photos when the display switched off.

OPO / CM13
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damiann69:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION] Hi. What plans do you have with development on CM13? I tried your app on jgcaap CM13 ROM and surprisingly manual settings works very good, but I had FC when I had changed scenes.

BTW I noticed that interface it is mix ICS and LP... Do you consider remake UI for clean LP look? You could use icons from Snapseed...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Actually timed shots is not designed to works with screen off, I don't know if is possible to use the camera while screen is off (at android level) but I'll try anyway :)

I'm now on your same ROM and yes almost everything that works on COS12.1 works well on any other ROM that use stock Cyanogen camera driver (CM12/13). The roadmap now is to implement ClearFlash , a Multi-Exposure system, and then remake almost the whole UI (I'm considering to implement also a GIF mode, but later) .

Also the official website is almost ready it will be public with next release :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damiann69:
I'm waiting for update, and I going to buy it. This app will be really big thing, but needs improvements.

BTW How about constant flash on, when taking photos with Clear Image or HDR mode (or any other mode)? ColorOS has this feature (but not with HDR, Ultra HD etc). I'm curious about results in low light. It would be interesting feature.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rcherif38:
Hi i just purchased this perfect app for my g3 but the only thing that is not working for me in the manual exposure time ... It remains auto no matter what i set it ... Is there any solution for that please ??

Btw I am using a rom (fulmics) that is based on stock mm
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
it dont work for me either... Only reason why i bought the app
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] netqer:
I wonder whether the camera supports G3 on Lollipop.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
[MENTION=6215602]fgnm[/MENTION] i think you should edit the information on first page and google play that g3 has manual expose support with this app because it dont work at all
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Just done, I was sure I did a long ago, but it seems that something went wrong, thank you for report
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
No worries. Do you know if its possible to make manual focus to work with video mode? It fc when i tap the icon
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Yes, it's possible, but I've to explain the status of the project:

I've realised that the whole base is not much stable as I need (your bug derive from a wrong device recognition). I've discovered that so much devices can use Manual functions but no one knows.. In these weeks I've rewrite the whole camera, with a brand new and more intuitive UI.. I really working so much on this, and so here is a little preview of v1.0, let me know what do you think about :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] steso90:
Thanks for your work :) yes! It looks good :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damiann69:
I was expecting pure material experience :), but nevertheless it is very, very nice. I really like manual slider. I hope behind those three horizontal lines will be quick menu on header and bottom of screen, as it is on current version of Bacon Camera. It is very convenient.

I'm waiting for update. And I'll buy it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Sure, there is , I haven't done a screenshot just because icons are not the final ones :p

Thank you! Hope to finish soon
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] funCrash93:
it would be awesome if the swype from right to left will bring the gallery (with the ability to swype up or down to delete photos, like the original CameraNext i guess, or just like the old Google Camera)

and a swype from left to right would bring some settings or like that. (and maybe swyping up or down to change styles or something)

just to eliminate some buttons for the UI to be more minimalistic more clean...

just imho ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fgnm:
Uhm maybe too many swypes :p actually left and right to switch between video/photo/pano and when tap on gallery thumbnail open the classic gallery just like old Google Camera, BTW compared to v0.5 now everything should be organized in a more efficient way so it should be much clean and faster, or at least I hope so :)