[Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro (Redmi K30 Pro) Themes, Apps, a] PocoSteve:
Gcam isn’t perfect. It would be great if it got better, and it would be fantastic if a developper chose to work to make it work better specifically on our device. But Gcam is _very_ different from the stock cam. It usually comes out better, except for a couple situations. I took even more pictures to show this :

[IMG="Stock"]https://i.imgur.com/L9GF6ht.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/vVQUQxC.jpg[/IMG]

Here, gcam has visibly better, punchier colors than stock, and is less hazy. Of course it's less bright, and that _makes_ it less hazy. The rock in the wall are more defined.

Now for those who say "but brighter is better so stock is better", here are two scenes :

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/gif63P0.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/5RBCdZi.jpg[/IMG]

Here both are in portrait mode and gcam doesn’t seem to work on objects yet, like on the Pixel 4. But not only does stock have this - very well defined - bokeh, it also has better colors, and less noise. It's also a bit darker ! Which one do you prefer now ?

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/GmXYspk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/p8jMsvJ.jpg[/IMG]

If you tap to set focus and exposure point, stock exposes well the dark areas, but blows out the sky. Earlier comments told me not to set the exposure point in the dark. So that's how it looks :

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/LbJYZbn.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/7oCLYjA.jpg[/IMG]

(Not setting exposure for both)

We see stock completely crushes the blacks in the ramp and in the leaves in the tree on the right.

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/XpZBj7o.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/H9u8o40.jpg[/IMG]

And sometimes both lose : Here gcam correctly exposed the sky, but at the expense of noise in the water. Hopefully this can be fixed in updates.

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/ursFRKP.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/h7qszIf.jpg[/IMG]

The differences are important enough to fix otherwise ugly pictures.

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/nILFAAV.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/ZseX2Z5.jpg[/IMG]

When Gcam handles dynamic range and white balance this much better than stock, the noise you may get isn’t enough to make me go back to stock.

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/9NUd8Th.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/BJR0ERp.jpg[/IMG]

Who's brighter now ?

And when stock stumbles on easy situations like this one :

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/b2VSM5S.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/7cIH7bN.jpg[/IMG]

Or this one :

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/CT1A4s0.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/1xA1bOr.jpg[/IMG]

Plus in ultra wide angle !

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/AeBwVi9.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/M3DeOuc.jpg[/IMG]

Also

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/gMMQMCd.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/hrtyjR1.jpg[/IMG]

Gcam brings incredible improvements to the ultrawide.

This picture seems alright at first glance

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/p5vC6el.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/lgNe7zM.jpg[/IMG]

But start zooming in and you'll se the plants, the wood, have much less texture in stock. They look painted.

[IMG="Stock"]https://i.imgur.com/zZzJ6nE.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/ZLUaW2H.jpg[/IMG]

So funny thing : stock's AI has a statue mode ! Didnt help it in this shot though...

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/NM1cryO.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/8No0uhz.jpg[/IMG]

Both Images don’t look great here. I still prefer gcam because at least it doesn’t look like it was taken on the original iPhone.

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/rVTrinh.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/mqWiFE8.jpg[/IMG]

At this point it's not even funny anymore. After this one and

[IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/EK0ppsv.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/wxLDEXN.jpg[/IMG]

this one I can’t understand how people can _not_ see the difference gcam brings.

and finally [IMG="stock"]https://i.imgur.com/hJGaryZ.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="gcam"]https://i.imgur.com/yiL5QGg.jpg[/IMG]

Here gcam shows a bit more on the sides because it doesn’t have distorsion correction.

but you can check a side by side here :

https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxt...html?uid=ec345b34-dcdb-11ea-bf88-a15b6c7adf9a