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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] matodrummer:
Hello everyone, I'm just wondering about resolution of both telephoto and ultrawide lenses. With each of them I'm able to shoot 12Mpx pictures in 4:3 ratio. On every major specs web there are both telephoto lenses 10Mpx in description. Even on Samsung official specs sheet.

So how I'm able to shoot 12Mpx pictures with both telephoto lenses ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
Because Samsung is simply upscaling the image, the native resolution for them is 10 Mpix. But with one correction - both telephotos have 10 Mpix resolution, and ultrawide has 12 Mpix.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's not possible on non pixel devices
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] kevinmtz:
v4 is awesome! I've been comparing

with your latest config version for LMC 8.4 and I prefer this one the only issue I've experienced is with selfies, the front camera looks as if the beauty filter was on in the strongest setting, is there anything I can do to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] beserker15:
Wow, can't believe I'm so late to this at 106 pages lol. I'll throw my config into the mix too for AGC 8.8 v3.

Steps:

- Download and install AGC 8.8v3F https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-BigKaka/f/dl26/3/

- Download attached zip file and extract the config and noise model

- Move config to Internal Storage > Download > AGC.8.8 > configs (create folder if it doesn't already exist)

- Start app and give it permissions

- Swipe down > Load configs and choose the config

- Swipe down > More Settings > Custom File > Noise Model > Import Noise Model > Select the custom4.c file

Samples:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
Just got my S23 Ultra. I immediately started working on my custom configuration, for SGcam 8.8 V14, (which btw is the best port out there).... I will release and post it soon when it's all finished but here are some samples.

STOCK:

SGCAM 8.8 V14 (my xml):

SGCAM 8.8 V14 (my xml):
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I made a lot of testing today (Stock vs AGC soft4 vs LMC)

I still prefer LMC settings because of colors but AGC have sometimes better results...

About GCam apps, they need to improve optic switch speed compared to stock and i miss aim helper for x30+ zoom
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I see that all AGC samples are better with quality than LMC (I see you use a very old LMC config)

I think it will be improved in... never :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
I tried AGC many times, included today.

Everytime I go back to LMC, AGC is too noisy and has some problem with artefacts on 10x lens
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I need to found a recent LMC setting... but i really like this LMC setting because pictures are very colored, contrasted and have an old style i really like. AGC have better definition but not colored and contrasted like LMC ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Which kind of such artifacts?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Did you try LDR mode in AGC?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
I am using LMV16 with v3 sharp with some very, very small adjustments,s and checked AGC. I like what you have done @JavaSabr with AGC here, but still, it is a bit more too aggressive for my taste. I usually take photos with HDR+, I just decreased the number of frames to 8. If I need a quicker snap, then I switch to a normal HDR. I took over 1k photos with this exact setting and well, I just don't see any reason to look for something else. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I will try more tomorrow because night is coming but looks promising :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
oof still quite noisy especially the last photo, the dark areas look really bad... not to bash on you or your config but I think I'll pass.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
Is anyone interested in my config for Shamim SGcam 8.8 V14? I'm just trying to make all lenses consistant, then i will release it. As of now, all lenses except ultrawide work and have the same colors and lib but ultrawide keeps crashing on processing.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] beserker15:
That last photo is more dynamic range than the stock camera app can do. It's not hard to get rid of noise but details goes with it. It's all a personal preference, just mine is stock already does noise reduction well so if I'm going to use GCam, I'm doing it for the details even if it brings in some added noise.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
have you disabled my file name prefix in AGC? because I'm not sure that this is the result of my config
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
I did in both of them. I haven't tried any other configs in LMC or AGC from other people and did not properly one for myself. The only change in LMC between mine and the original one from you is a number of frames in HDR+ mode and some slight sharp adjustments. Nothing else. I took the number of frames down as I wanted to have a bit better DR than in normal HDR while having a bit faster capture time and added a bit of sharpness on top. That is basically it.

As for AGC, it is untouched v2 for s23 ultra. I can snap the same picture tonight having them on. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
I don't understand how a specific port is going to affect color LMAO!!! do you guys not understand that colors are not based o the port, but they are based on which color correction profile you use ?? But some ports use "Arnovas color correction" as default while others use "system color correction " as default. If they use "system color correction " like as SGcam does for default, you will be getting washed out colors. But all you need to do is go into settings and change the color correction to "Arnova fix for color "

Here is what to do on SGCAM 8.8 V14:

Make sure to select arnova fix!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Thanks, I will try. I like SGCam contrast and colours but pictures have to much noise and other problems. AGC with JavaSabr soft settings is much better for this. Today I noticed I'm using HDR Net for nothing and WB doing bad result with colours. Every setting change everything, it's not easy for noobs, like me 😅
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
There's also a setting for pre-made noise models 😄... and with sgcam what I like to do is set my camera gesture to long press on camera switch button and it will open the noise model menu.

Then you will get options like this:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Thanks, I will check this too 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
So here is SGCAM 8.8 V14 showing standard verse arnova color transmission.. (gcam base version 8.9 is being decrypted btw)

Sgcam 8.8 Color correction; "System Default"

Sgcam 8.8 color correction; "Arnova fix for color"
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Looks much better 😍
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
Which one would be true to life?

Second one bumped up the saturation which can be perceived as more pleasing.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
The second one looks exactly as it does in real life. The first one is very washed out compared to what is seen in real life.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Omarmd425:
Anyone know how to apply external noise module(the .c )file in lmc 8.4
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Personally, I don't want something realistic. I prefer dynamic pictures (colored and contrasted)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
Then you can try different color transmissions!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Thanks, I'm testing Arnova and already looks good for me 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
I have always used IMX682 color correction in my phone (not samsung phone). You should try that also.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CruiserCZ:
I would like to try it. Looks great. Where can I download Sgcam 8.8v14?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MilgeS:
All of these with V4 Sharp for S23 Ultra using LDR, no edits, such a fantastic job you've done with this config 😊

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
Yeah you can try it, just search in telegram for Shamim gcam group or add me and ill send the config there (my username is same as it is on here)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Where do I find the colour transmission in AGC?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] gr3uh:
I dont understand whats so special about agc.. its not very optimized, its large application size, the settings are hard to find, and its outdated. try something newer like MGC (well mgc is like half a gigabye) or my personal recommendation SGCam 8.8 V14.. where the settings menu was just recently completely revamped so everything is very easy to find.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CruiserCZ:
Sent you a text on Telegram. Can't find the group.

EDIT: found it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Have uploaded a new config and updated the interface description:

Working GCAM for S23 Ultra

EDIT: I RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THIS POST TO INSTALL WORKING GCAM LMC version (remind to enable HDR++) Post in thread 'Working GCAM for S23 Ultra' https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193 AGC 9.1 Post in thread...

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
My worst experience with GCam always was sgcam, the best is LMC and AGC, BSG doesn't have lib patcher 🤷
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Go by Quick settings on the top right > Color settings > Color Transform
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I haven't tested v5 yet but v4 soft + Arnova is almost perfect for me. What I would like is more contrast because the images remain too washed out for my taste. I used Photoshop's Levels and Sharpen functions to show the result I would like to have. After the contrast correction by Photoshop, photos are just perfect for me but I don't know if it's adjustable directly in GCam ? Thanks for your very good job JavaSabr !
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Which one is most recommended for base S23?

Java LMC or AGC?

Thanks. Actually I'm quite happy with your last LMC version.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Are you using his ldr profile? That one is the more contrasty one. The general one is less contrasty (which more people usually like).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Yes, i'm using LDR one but contrast is not sufficient for me
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
You can always edit the profile (per lens) and go to light and shadows and increase the 2 contrast settings... And possibly increase saturation in the main settings
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I already tested some changes by my self... These GCams have so many settings, it's more for people knowing what they are doing. JavaSabr already made one of my favourite settings for LMC, i'm sure he can make something better with AGC. I already enjoying this V4 soft+Arnova and it's really not far from what i like
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Maxazarov19:
I welcome everyone! I decided to release a config for AGC 8.8 V3(samsung) - Mazar Reborn V2 for S23ultra ( Config to use only with the third version of AGC 8.8 - 2 version do not use due to different order of lenses!)

Changes and improvements:

1) completely redesigned noise reduction for all lenses

2) changed the work of white balance and shadows

3) there are two shooting modes in the camera - main mode and night mode. How to use - instructions below

4) various fixes affecting the quality of photo processing.

How to use shooting modes:

1) there are two modes available in the camera - main mode and night mode. The camera starts in main mode - in it you take pictures mainly

2) in case of lack of light, use night mode. To turn it on, you need to swipe the viewfinder shutter down, and there switch to noght mode

3) once you switch to night mode don't forget to activate auto night mode! (It will appear in the corner, you need to turn it on). And take a photo

4) when you return to main mode - do not forget to turn off auto night mode. That's all )

To make it clearer - provided screenshots below. All successful use! Test, write opinions))

I have been releasing configs for a long time, but now I decided to post my work on xda. Hope you enjoy it. Started doing configs thanks to JavaSabr. Thanks to him!

Updated: re-uploaded configs - redownload who has already downloaded. Fixed an important bug. (22:15)

Download link AGC 8.8 V3( signed samsung download !):

BigKaka: AGC8.8.224_V3.0Fix

Download AGC8.8.224_V3.0Fix by BigKaka.

www.celsoazevedo.com

Link to configs with varying degrees of sharpening:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Thanks, why HDR Net is activated on your screenshots ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Maxazarov19:
I completely removed hdr ++ , because it is not needed in Gcam 8.8) If there is a lack of light, use the night mode mode that I highlighted (in the post instructions for use). And do not forget to activate the auto night mode (the button will light up). Do not shoot in this mode during the day - auto night mode is not activated in this case.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] V0latyle:
Moderator Announcement: Large images can be a negative experience for other users, especually if they are browsing on mobile. Please be considerate and either contain the images in a spoiler, or leave them as attachments to your post.

@MilgeS I have edited your post accordingly.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MilgeS:
Apologies, I was trying to work out how to post on mobile, I thought I had them as attachments but realised after posting that only 1 picture was an attachment, sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Not sure by what you mean "use" and then "do not use"
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
With AGC, i sometimes have an annoying problem -> "HDR Processing"

When this happens, i can't chane zoom for a moment... Someone know how to fix this ? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Maxazarov19:
Hello! Yes, there is such a problem. To solve it. - click where the notification "hdr processing" is, then turn off the notification slider and turn it on, and it will sell. To avoid this problem - do not take many shots in a row. We took a picture - wait a bit. And do the next one like the previous one.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Thanks. "do not take many shots in a rows" is impossible for me :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
LMC is much more stable in such usage
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xnakeg:
do we have to select arnova on last v5 config? thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
YES. You can test others but personally, i only tested 2 and preferred Arnova because pictures are very colored with this one. I'm testing AW settings too but i prefer colors without AW for now. V4 soft vs V5 soft is a hard choice for me, i like the two versions...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xnakeg:
yep looks really nice im testing v5sharp looking real good , thanks BTW
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
JavaSabr had the good ideia to make 3 versions for every taste. I tested hard and medium but soft steel my favourite. I prefer add sharpness with Photoshop ;) Result after light level edits and sharpness is just fabulous. Internal cam app get destroyed by AGC JavaSabr settings + Arnova, that's a shame for Samsung because S23U have a huge potential for photography.

Here 2 JavaSabr soft v4 + Arnova before/after Photoshop edits (zoom on it to see details level). I can't reach this level with my old Canon D90 reflex
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] pafnucy701:
Hi Arnova version means BigKaka??? If not can you share link to Arnova version of AGC?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Hi, Arnova is already included in AGC (maybe by JavaSabr settings ?)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I always use only soft version but I understand that many people like more medium or sharp versions 😂
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
I live i a place with sea and green spaces, sharp setting have very bad results with these elements. Soft give me very good results and it's easier to add sharp to soft pictures with Photoshop. I'm really enjoying my S23U pictures now :) I just need a solution for contrast, everything else (colors, noise, def...) are perfect now ! Thanks again for your very good settings. I think i can uninstall LMC because theses setting are better now
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Need more contrast than LDR gives? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] anttaz:
Arnova does not allow loading of .xml files?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
He means arnova color transform in AGC GCam.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Look at the flowers i posted with "contrast" edited by Photoshop (it's not really contrast but i don't have English version to see the name, you can see what i use on screenshots bellow, it's an old version of Photoshop because i have a licence for this version). I just click "auto". It's similar to Samsung remaster function in galery
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Exact ! I posted screenshots to set color transform here -> https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88735347
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
No idea what is it :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
It's similar to curves in lmc where you can change the black and white points etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] anttaz:
My bad. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Davids777:
Do we have this kind of settings on AGC ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
What are these buttons for?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's already described here:

Working GCAM for S23 Ultra

EDIT: I RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THIS POST TO INSTALL WORKING GCAM LMC version (remind to enable HDR++) Post in thread 'Working GCAM for S23 Ultra' https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193 AGC 9.1 Post in thread...

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
What is ZSL?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
I didn't know until now, 2 seconds on google: "zsl meaning gcam" => zero shutter lag ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
It means it buffers the frames before you hit the shutter. So when you tap the shutter, it uses all previously buffered shots to take the picture. This allows to remove shutter lag which is great. The downside is a slight loss of dynamic range as zsl stacks only the same exposure (unless shasta is being used... Which it's not supported in 8.8 quite yet)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
None of the cameras gives accurate colors, but the total lack of sharpness of GCAM make it useless
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I have never seen an image that is improved by sharpening it (outside the need to recover some of the lack of detail that occurs when printing), but perhaps this is my preference. However, I don't know what more you could want out of the S23U and GCAM in terms of sharpness. The 3 images below are from the S23U, BCG gcam (100% stock, no tuning), shoot to DNG with the 10x lens, import into Photoshop, tweak up color and lighting but no sharpening applied. As stated in a previous post, please don't point lack of sharpness outside the central area - I have intentionally darkened, cooled, and blurred outside the central area. More than enough sharpness for my needs.

And frankly, GCAM images blow out my wife's FruitPhone 14 Max Pro out of the water. Need to look into her tuning, but what I am seeing so far is notably off in color fidelity and exposure behavior.

image 1

image 2

image 3
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
Here is a PRO RAW with Adobe Landscape profile in Camera RAW 5.2, if you put the phone in front of the image, the PRO RAW colors are a little more accurate.

Stock PRO RAW gives much better sharpness and a little better colors with the correct profile, why anyone should take time in tweaking GCAM when in Photoshop you get a good result with a couple of clicks?.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
The problem I see with GCAM is the lack of access to the 50mpx camera... till now if you see my examples, Stock is much more sharper than GCAM, but the colors of GCAM are pretty accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Absolutely, if you are going to work on raw and post process then in camera colors are the least of your worries. However do you really want to be doing this for every image you capture on your cell phone? That is where color fidelity becomes important. Last but not least, as best as I can tell pro raw does does not apply HDR even to the JPEG image. I can get JPEG color fidelity and tonal mal pretty accurate by messing our with the saturation, highlights and shadows sliders. But try shooting with pro raw against the light and watch your shadows clip almost immediately.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
You can get higher resolution images with some implementations of GCAM.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
I do post for every image I take with my DSLR and I use the phone for pictures that I don't worry too much of the quality of the output, but this is my personal usage.

I didn't test high contrast pictures yet to check how is the dynamic range of this phone. If with GCAM is possible to access to the 50mpx option of the camera, that could be another story...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
What are the implementations that have access to more resolutions of the S23U, I didn't see one yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
LMC can do it, but you need to enable it in preferences. I think it is 24Mpx output though. I am pretty sure the the GCAM from DPR also has access to higher resolutions.

Update - nevermind, the upscale is only for the JPG, not the DNG. If that is critical and you mostly post process then there is no reason to mess with GCAM.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's why I use gcam instead of stock, I don't want to have "sharper" image, I want to have more natural image 😂😂😂

When you start to shot animals, trees, grass and etc, stock cam produces very bad result for my preferences.

About raw... On previous my phone (s21u) I mostly used pro mode + LR, but now I have better result from GCam than I can have from pro mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Stock cam is better because they use pixel binning from 200mp

All gcam used in s23 ultra used the 50mp data from main. So when tried to takes pics in low light the found that the pic is brighter and less details. Best gcam working is https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-shamim/f/dl28/

If you know how to change settings. Lmc is fine but less details
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] citytrader:
It's the first time that someone calls a softer image more natural, its like being myope to be better than having 20/20.

I'm curious to see your soft photography work...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I already posted many examples :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
200Mp produces good details only in very very good conditions, for other cases 200Mp produces garbage :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I found some artifacts with your nose model config for main lense:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Matzinger87:
Thanks, I already changed the noise model to one especially created for the HP2 sensor. I also added one from IMX563 for the UWA lens (see XML attached).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Matzinger87:
BTW if someone has time to do that (I'm busy with work at the moment), there's a guide on how to extract the values for AWB correction on Samsung phones:

AWB Extraction for Samsung devices

How to make an AWB profile for your device.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
My config already includes AWB from s21u, but to extract it from S23 you need to have root I think
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] kevinmtz:
I really liked this xml, are you able to add the portrait mode to the shooting options?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
There is lot of different settings in gcam that improves picture quality if you know how to use them.

So you just can't say gcam is useless.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Buffering frames before I hit the shutter sounds like a terrible idea. I would not want any info in my pic before I hit the shutter