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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Hi, it would be nice to have working photo sphere, is it possible?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
@JavaSabr i finally figured out how to enable face detection (Focus on faces) on LMC!

You have to go to dev settings and :

1. Disable face_detect_mode_use_extended

2. Enable camera.enable_hound
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] oVeRdOsE.:
I was using gcam on my previous devices because of this feature.

On client site visit it was super useful when showing my finds at the team on MSteams.

We have a 360° cam, but I tend to forget it at work, or dead battery and it got a pretty poor quality for a 500$ gadget.

Pretty sure the S23U will do a better job.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
If you search this thread you will find two options - one for LMC the other for MCG. Both kinda work but are clunky. @JavaSabr since LMC is the most actively maintained XML here and this is a recurring request it may be useful to edit your OP to include the instructions. Also, is it possible to do the switch and back via district config loadings, which will be easier to execute?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Benoe:
Sounds to be a good alternative reaching this feature
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Hi, it is possible, but a real pain to implement because of the 'ID lens logic' used for this specific mode. It would also be quite clunky and would make the app instantly crash if this special lens ID (used by Photosphere) is activated in normal photo mode. I also never use Photosphere, so I have more than limited interest adding it...

Anyway, here is a custom profile ONLY to be used for Photosphere mode. As soon as you will load it, app will crash, so you will have to long-press the app icon and start it in video mode, then load this custom photosphere profile, then start Photosphere mode. Clunky, but at least it seems Photosphere can start normally. Not sure about the results though.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Some sample from my recent trip.

Probably is not the best photo quality on the market, but using the Gcam overall I'm very satisfied of the incredibile versatility.

Plus the device is all around the best you can find.

I did many test gcam 12mpx vs stock 50mpx and 200mpx, and i can say that most of the time high res stock is useless. Details are similar or even better with gcam at 12mpx.

10x

3x

Main Camera
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Nice pics! Were these shot with sabr xml without further tweaks? And hdr+ or hdr+e?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Thanks!

No further tweaks on image processing (just i often increase the frames number to 20 or even 27 if I'm steady)

All in HDR+e except the first with the bee, I switched to normal HDR+ because I needed a zero shutter lag
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
That bee one is quite impressive! Thanks for the info :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Very nice photos 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
those are excellent

do you find that changing the frame count from auto or 15 to 20 makes a difference?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
In some scenario with difficult light condition and/or night photos I see an improvement increasing the number of frames

But it's something I'll test better in daylight condition
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
i did some more testing just now and from what i thought leaving it on auto it usually makes a good choice ...the darker the scene the higher the frame count.

The black level in those night shots is really nice.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
I want to test in daylight, because using auto it just take a little 5-7 frames.

I want to see if forcing 20 frames result better (or worse)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
i did, i found the auto setting which uses less frames come out better than using a higher frame count in strong light
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
Amazing photos, congrats !

Could you please tell me which version of GCam and which XML you are using, please ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
The LMC 8.4

I'm using different XML from @JavaSabr , updating everytime there was a new version.

You can read in the picture name which version I used
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
When you open the pics you should see it , 42+47
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] bodomfan:
What xml are you using
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] bodomfan:
42 and 47?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Check the file name of the pics (when you click on them), it says by the end if it's the sharp version or not and has v47 in the filename.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
Version 42 and Version 47 of Javasabr's config files
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] bodomfan:
47 sharp seems popular
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
Thanks for your answer, appreciated.

But which version of LMC 8.4 are you using ? I saw "ruler" and "scan3d" variants. But following the tutorial, I installed the "aweme" version.

Which one are you guys recommend to me ?

And yes, I'm also using v48 sharp from Javasabr

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
I'm using

Edit: error
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
The package you use has no influence on the quality of the pictures. Only the XML will matter. You can use any of these 3 versions to have different ports at the same time. For example I use ruler for lmc, scan3d for AGC and aweme for Sgcam. If you use the actual Samsung ruler then you'd have to settle for one of the other 2 packages. Etc
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
I just installed it but can you please tell me what to do after that ?

I noticed it is a bit different than LMC. And when I extract v48 XML from Java, i don't know where to save it.

Same thing for the LIB directory, it's empty. In LMC I had for example the Matteo22D,...

Could you please help me step by step to have the same you are using ?

Thanks a lot !
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
Ok, so I understand LMC 8.4 R15 and SGCAM are different ?

I asked Fl1nt91 and first told me that he's using LMC 8.4 but then send me the name of the SGCAM... I'm new to all of this and I feel lost now.

If someone can make a step by step, it would be greatly appreciated!

And congratulations to all the modders for their job !
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
since you are using the shamim mod, is there a reason you are not using the latest 8.7 version and have you tried the hasli lmc to see if the configs work the same on both?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
My bad, I'm not using this version. Now I can't find what I'm using
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Yes, you have different devs doing different ports of GCAM (SGCAM, LMC, AGC, etc.) and then you have those that create configs for each port.

Saber did a config for LMC which is very mature, with installation steps found here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597

Surfer has done a config for AGC which is also very mature and can be found here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88309521

They're both good, using good GCAM ports. Try both and see which you prefer. They output slightly different styles of pictures though globally, especially if you don't zoom in, they will look very similar. Up to you to decide which one fits your needs.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
I had tried loading Saber's LMC 8.4 config on SGCAM 8.4 and it crashes. Guessing it wouldn't work with 8.7 either. I'm not sure what value 8.7 brings over 8.4 but since 8.4 is at v45, it's most likely more stable than 8.7 v4. From what the devs have said, 8.8 will be a good version to update to eventually as google has made some things easier for devs to create ports and we should see some extra value out of that one.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
Thanks a lot for your complete answer !

I just installed SGCAM, and using their built-in XML "S23ULTRAN".

Does anyone of you knows the best XML config for SGCAM ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
There's no other official Sgcam config that I'm aware of, and in my opinion both lmc and AGC will give you better results
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
I'm completely confused. Now you are talking about SGCam ? , it's not LMC or AGC. And I think no, the config files for LMC are not working on SGCam. ? Because it's different versions of GCams. Right?

Its the result from the question from vincanity6820, but with respect, he could have read some posts before in this thread and no questions like this.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Actually the very first post is about Sgcam and the matteo lib. Which actually works and was the very first working config. It's easier for us that have been there from the start to keep up with the 47 pages of conversation. Can't blame someone coming in to start by following the instructions of the first post!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
I dont get it - a dark, blurry, out of focus photo from a 200mp camera on a month old device in broad daylight is impressive ? Its appalling, it looks like a bad pic from a 10 year old phone, the other photos are good tho.

I really hope this forthcoming camera update improves the s23u, cos so far its pretty disappointing, I ve never had a camera phone with such inconsistent results. I know the wide angle lens is pathetic (especially the ridiculously low resolution), but I had high hopes for the main sensor even if the pixels are a bit small. Only the 10x zoom camera stands out (and thats mainly down to the lens rather than the sensor). In the hundreds of pictures I ve taken EVERY configuration has won at some point - AGC, stock 12mp, stock 50mp, stock 200mp, ProRaw 12mp, ProRaw 50mp (yes stock, even if the results are usually over saturated and over sharpened), and even dark and blurry LMC/Javasabr which, ironically, seems to excell in low light (no disrespect @JavaSabr, I know you do it to your taste). Theyve all scored wins, but very rarely has any been particularly impressive. The only exception is stock night mode - if its virtually pitch black (a room at night with only a little ambient light, outside with no street lighting )it ll get an impressive picture, yes it ll be quite yellow and it wont win any awards for looking natural, but it ll get you a usable picture from almost total darkness, easily beating GCAM, which was a surprise as historically this was GCAM's specialty. I even had one situation in low light where I could nt see a single difference between the 12mp and 50mp pics from stock, not minimal, difference, zero difference, so much for binning. Every time I see a picture taken with my previous Mi 10 Pro (using AGC) I think I ve made a bad decision getting this phone.

As for using 50mp and 200mp mode in GCAM, AFAIK native resolution in GCAM has only been managed on the Redmi K20, Mi 9T and Mi 10u and apparently some manufacturers hide native resolution from 3rd party apps, although seeing as this is the first phone with "chameleonCELL" binning (3 available resolutions) youd have thought theyd make at least 50mp available, but until that happens (and lets hope it does ASAP) we re stuck with inconsistent low res 12mp photos that often just dont cut it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
That was a very long rent, mostly unrelated to gcam. It's fine if you feel none of the work here has value to you. There are many options, including stock. I'm not going to take time to say why I thought it was a good pic from a 10x lens. Hopefully you didn't sell your old phone and can go back to it and comment on that phones xda thread instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
I think you mean rant , not rent.

Apologies if it was from the 10x lens, pretty sure it wasnt mentioned in the post, missed it if it was, I m not the only person to have the same opinion about that pic tho....still, it is pretty blurry.

Not sure why you just quoted the bit about that pic if your reply was in relation to my whole post.

My opinions are NOT "mostly unrelated to gcam", ithere are related to the phone cameras as a whole and how even GCAM gets inconsistent results just like stock does. Seen similar posts to that effect in this thread too.

I m guessing from the tone of your reply that you were one of the development engineers on the s23u and thats why you seem so offended in response to a negative opinion or one that isnt the same as yours ? Not sure why you havent responded in the same way to others who ve posted less than favourable opinions of this device's cameras (so far ie with very few software updates....yet)

Been posting in threads about my current phones on XDA for 16 years, dont plan on stopping anytime soon, this is a forum and all opinions, negative or positive are allowed.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Ok, and now we can go on to GCams and hopefully better Photos than from stock cam 🤔🙂
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Strange that both ACG and LMC behave that way but MCG does not.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
And no, it's like discussing whether the earth is flat and ignoring the last 500 years because you're too lazy to read.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I actually wish the mods would pin one post for each actively developed config somewhere to the front of the thread to save newcomers the need to wade through 45 pages of mostly discussion.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Anyone been able to get QR code recognition/Google lens working on any GCAM version? The closest I have come is MCG, when you press click the QR code it says Google lens is now in modes, but it actually isn't there. aCG and LMC are completely unresponsive when presented with QR codes.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
That would be great (and necessary), because there are a lot of configs and discussion, and for newcomers it's hard to understand.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] krips2003:
Yep. I took agree with this statement. Pixel 7 Pro pictures are much better.

FYI... I have both and I like the pictures from S22U. But when I saw the pictures of LMC vs Pixel 7 Pro, then hands down Pixel 7 Pro is much better
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Updated v50 of my config for all s23:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Again depends on preferences, if you like super sharp photos, pixel and Sam's stock well be the best :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
In good light condition Auto mode works fine

But to me auto mode doesn't increase the frame number in low ligh (just the exposure time)

I can see a huge difference...

Auto vs 27 frames in low light
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
I can agree that using S23 Ultra is a bit frustrating. Paying so much for phone, and being forced to look for 3rd party apps just to be able to take a decent photo. Personally, I didn't find a single situation where stock JPG from both the main camera app or expert RAW was better than LMC one. Sometimes they are too dark, but Samsung apps produce just a mess. Even a night mode - I prefer to have a slightly worse dynamic range and darker image than what Samsung produces. If I see them on some part of the screen, like thumbnails in the gallery it is fine, but lack of details, processing for me is just simply a no-go.

In some cases, 50 Mpix DNG from ExpertRAW is better than LMC outputs, but it is not always the case. If only GCAMs from the current thread would have stacked RAWs and better resolution of them, well, I would be looking for a way to disable all Samsung Camera apps completely.

I hope that with future updates quality of the output from Samsung, apps will be better, and GCAMs will have other resolutions of the RAWs and the ability to stack them. It would be a win-win situation, as everyone could choose the app, that produces the result that is matching that person's taste.

As for 12 Mpix from GCAM and 50 Mpix from Samsung - I find a difference in details very small, much smaller than between stock 12 Mpix and GCAM 12 Mpix.

For me, LMC is best in like 90% of situations, as ACG applies too much noise reduction for my taste. And again, the only bright side is that with more and more configs appearing, the more choice we have.

Anyways, I think that it is good that there are people like you that don't like the outputs of correct configs. Maybe someone will start development on the config for GCAM, which will be better for you, and that is what I wish to you - so that you will have a config, that will be perfect for what you like. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
FYI, in LMC you can enable that exposure compensation button to increase exposure if that's your preference. Personally, on each new release I got to photo processing, in each lens, exposure, and I set "exposure darker" back to default to make it a bit brighter, and you can then save the config over the same name in case you often switch between XMLs. And I can always use that expo compensation button for even a bigger boost on occasion.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Is the expo button not enough for you? :(
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
I just don't like to see that button enabled at all times 😝 I like to have the option to click it when I want more. But I also haven't tested the exposure darker to 1 in enough cases to see if I'm happy with it all the time or if I'll revert back to the expo button. Just figured I'd point out an easy way to fix it to people's preference if they prefer brighter images 😊
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Actually interestingly enough, just tested it in my office with neon lights... And setting expo darker back to 1 blows out the lights while expo compensation manages to keep those lights under control. I guess I'm back to expo button, scratch previous comment 🙃
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Surfeur-des-Reves:
🌟 NiCkAM8PRO V2.4 (AGC V9.5 GCam) Custom Pack (APK + Profile): https://gofile.io/d/yeTKlN 💥

[ RE-UPLOADED to V2.4.1, fixed a bug when using Zoom 10x being too dark... ]

Changelog:

New 'profiles' added for all lenses, back & front! Now, users can choose (by pressing the top-right icon on the viewfinder) between "Authentic", "Black & White", Sepia" or "Bright", each with their own characteristics. They can even be combined with the included "Leica" profile for added vignetting and some slightly different colors & white balance. Details-to-Noise ratio was also slightly improved for all lenses and several corrections were made to the already existing profiles, for all lenses.

1) Download the above .zip file to your device 'Download' folder and extract it in this folder.

2) Install the APK file.

3) Start the app and make sure you grant all needed permissions for it to work correctly.

4) Open the Quick Settings panel, then 'Load Configs', select my profile and have fun! :)

/// Preferably

enable 'HDR+Enhanced'

photo mode for

Selfies

under low-light, for cleaner shots \\\

For close-up shots (but not only), you might getter better results if you manually focus on the brightest zone of your subject, as it will usually ensure better overall contrasts, gamma levels and less clipped highlights.

For higher-quality / less noisy results in low-light shots, you can adjust the shutter speed slider, on the left side of the viewfinder, to 1/15 or even 1/8s of a second (just remember to remain still for a second or two).

You can also try the "Leica Filter" mode if you fancy some different color temperature / white balance and vignetting in your shots.

Cheers!

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Just a quick comparison, interior shot under semi-low light (it's night time here, sorry haha), between Samsung stock app and AGC V2.4.1 ("Authentic" mode), using 10x Zoom lens.

STOCK

AGC
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
For me brightness thing is a matter of optimal usage of imagespace. While I like the look, if I open histogram, for many images 1/5-1/4 of the right side of the histogram is almost not used. That means, that it is more likely that color gradation will have a banding, because it used not 256 of possible color values, but rather 180-200. So just from the point of view of image quality per se, it is sometimes better to have a tad brighter image.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ipse_Tase:
It has been said before, but I want to add my thanks to all of you who are tirelessly testing and fine tuning GCam as a viable alternative to the stock software - which has a few glaring shortcomings.

In exchange for the Tensor chips, Scamsung should ask Google to provide the camera software for their phones. Everyone wins....
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
But Google did not get them for free. Samsung can buy processing if google is willing to se, but why Google should get it for free? The processing is one of the main advantages of pixel phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
I bet is a kind of choice.

I don't believe that a giant like Samsung cannot hire a couple of guy just to improve their software, while an unofficial porting by some dev online can produce so much better results
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Noveyro:
The darkness issue seems to be solved with the v50. Here you can see some gcam and stock examples (12-50-200mp modes).

Picture softening is at medium on camera assistant settings.

I really don't like the colors that comes out of stock mode. In daylight 200Mp gives decent results but it is not usable when medium to low light. For 12Mp mode, it applies greenish tint when excessive HDR is required in the scene. Other than that, the colors are too saturated for my taste. GCam gives more natural results for now. I will keep posting in different scenarios when new version is released.

Lastly, do you also have that blurry edges just like in those examples? It is probably sensor hardware thing but i have never noticed similar thing on my previous phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
Could someone tell me if it is normal for LMC to crash when I click on the 3D button?

Does Photosphere work with LMC? No crash but a black screen.

Finally, can the language be changed?

Thank you all for keeping this forum alive and congratulations to all for the work
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
Something is definitely wrong with this version!

This test shot of the 10x lens comes out horribly wrong, see 2nd photo for screenshot of what I was trying to capture.

This didn't happen in earlier versions, I don't know wtf is wrong lol... outside pics are good though...

This is with HDR+, not with HDR+ Enhanced, then it turns out okay.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Strange, didn't see such issue in my tests, but I suspect the HDR model needs to be modified then. I've just posted a pic taken under low-light / interior in my release post and didn't see anything such, as you can see. Will check (and fix) this issue in next release.

Can you please confirm that this shot was actually taken with V2.4.1? I updated V2.4 to V2.4.1 soon after releasing it, because of some other issue with interior shots being too dark when using that lens.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
Hmm seems 2.3 also had it, but way less, although clearly visible...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Hmm, I can't manage to replicate your issue, have done several tests with this lens under different lighting conditions without seeing anything such. Could you possibly completely uninstall the app, then reinstall it, clear cache / data, then load latest profile again?

Edit: ah, you said it was happening when using HDR+, not HDR+E... I've only tested using HDR+E, which explains why I haven't seen it.

I got it, I saw your issue and found a fix. Go to the App settings > Lens settings > Super-Zoom > change HDR+ model to Pixel 5 (Redfin). Let me know if it fixes things on your side as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
If anyone is interrested . Test this version. It has all new modification for lmc . One of the best . Waiting your reply
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Photo is darker
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Works, is better now.

#566 was the same issue with HDR+