Google Nexus 5

On the Nexus 5 camera: hardware-wise, it's very similar to the camera in the iPhone 5S. It's let down by the software.

I'm really hoping that Lollipop's improved Camera API helps to fix the issues.
 
Maverick Jester said:
On the Nexus 5 camera: hardware-wise, it's very similar to the camera in the iPhone 5S. It's let down by the software.

I'm really hoping that Lollipop's improved Camera API helps to fix the issues.
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I think it will. Saw on reddit someone built a custom camera that takes advantage of grabbing RAW formats from the camera. The new API will open new doors for sure.
 
JimboBob said:
Quite surprised what the N5 camera can achieve.
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I'm not. This is a good reason why, as is this:

The camera story on the Nexus 5 is among the most frustrating aspects of this phone. From a hardware perspective, Google has settled on a combination of sensor and optics that's quite close to the most optimal configuration available today, and a dramatic improvement from the Nexus 4. The problem with the Nexus 5's camera is entirely limited to the horrible mess that is the default Android camera app. We're nearly into 2014 yet substantial shutter lag, focusing issues and a preview that doesn't reflect reality are still problems with the AOSP camera. The fact that many other Android OEMs have already worked around some if not all of these issues is hugely disappointing. Depending on how important the camera experience is to you will really determine whether or not the Nexus 5 is a good fit. Google has apparently told other publications that software fixes are on the way, but it's currently impossible to gauge the magnitude of improvement coming down the pipe.
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I highly rate Brian Klug's viewpoint in this area, given his qualifications on the matter.
 
Maverick Jester said:
Sounds like a bitter ex-CM employee, looking to bash someone (and Franco has visibly show his disdain for the CM approach before). His approach was wrong.

Ironically enough- Franco fixed some of the touchscreen issues on the OPO that took CM a number of releases to fix. So, motive right there.
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Yeah ... cat fight!
But in all honesty - some of the points are very valid (although it could have been done more diplomatic) and Franco has already started to look at the alternatives. For now I have reverted to stock in order to get the OTA when it is pushed. On 2 occasions, he admitted he has not even thought of some alternatives. So in the end, this will work out well for the end user
 
OGroteKoning said:
Yeah ... cat fight!
But in all honesty - some of the points are very valid (although it could have been done more diplomatic) and Franco has already started to look at the alternatives. For now I have reverted to stock in order to get the OTA when it is pushed. On 2 occasions, he admitted he has not even thought of some alternatives. So in the end, this will work out well for the end user
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True, the points are very valid, but not to the point that the OP of that thread implied- that it was backdoor hacking the end-user was not informed over. Franco states this in the OP to all of his kernels. And in fairness- he isn't the only one that hasn't found another way. There are a number of franco-based kernels out there, even faux's kernel (which has the same workaround as Franco's). So, it's not as simple an issue to work around as the OP indicated.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to having franco.kernel on my Nexus 6 when it arrives, eventually. A shame that he is skipping the Nexus 9.
 
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