Sailfish Camera app wishlist

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We discussed in length yesterday about camera wrapper API and camera app needs/requirements in general.

This is a wishlist for you. This is something that we should consider along to lines of implementing a new camera wrapper. Before implementing this we should finalize Camera2 API integration. The wrapper itself should be C/C++ (Qt-less) and a thin QML wrapper should be sufficient.

Give a look to the meeting minutes from yesterday and share your thoughts :pray:.

This is a wiki that you can freely edit and please do utilize it. I started this with some content but I do not want to copy content from yesterday’s meeting without your input. Your input matters!

:+1: higher priority
:raised_hand: neutral
:-1: nice to have

Item Priority
Faster camera startup :+1:
Manual exposure option (turn off auto) :+1:
Shutter speed or at least a long exposure mode
Focus changing (auto, continuous, macro, manual) - Particularly in video :+1:
Resolution setting (photo & video) :+1:
Aspect ratio setting (including w/ non-native crop e.g. 2:1, 2.35:1) :+1:
FPS control (23.976, 24, 29.997, 30, 50, 59.94, 60) :+1:
RAW vs JPG
HDR :+1:
Multiple cameras support :+1:
Panorama capture
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I wasn’there yesterday, just a small input:

RAW format would be nice.
Also a decent quality in low light
And manual controls.

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Added a bunch of options, some things from Advanced Camera that I like, others from other camera apps on other phones, etc.

Also on top of all of that, as a stretch goal I’d really freaking love presets (e.g. being able to create one called “Video recording” let me set a given resolution + aspect ratio + FPS, recorded at whatever is the best supported colorspace of the sensor is available).

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Thank you for this opportunity to give input! I would like to point out that we (community) can’t ask everything at once. Now there is “higher priority” for everything. People who understand something about photography, please raise the things that help most the common user (70-80% of users need these and would benefit) other should be neutral or nice to have.

For me the top3 would be multiple camera support, focus changing and resolution settings, but can’t comment for majority.

Please people, be reasonable as we have given this opportunity to give input.

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Yea not sure we should be the ones in control of priority setting :smiley:

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Any chance to get the ability to create a panorama photo? Haven’t had this since old Nokia days and I’d consider it a nice to have with low priority, but occasionally it was fancy.
Seems not to have been discussed here since 2022.

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Added it to the table, good shout

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My wishlist

  1. Faster camera startup
  2. HDR-Mode
  3. Panorama-Picture

some of the other points can be put to camera-settings-page.

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Why not making a poll in a while, when all ideas will have landed?

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Oh yeh, good ideas: Panorama and long exposure!
Long exposure is a great refinement, allowing to take pictures in the night in the nature, or in the city, like the ones with the cars lights making long lines. :yum:

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Long exposure would be great!

Manual OK, or automatically hold it open for as long as required instead of ramping up ISO which is artficial anyhow in a digital camera.

That said, I always thought there are technical (hardware) limitations for this in smartphone cameras?

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:+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: make my camera useful
:+1: higher priority
:raised_hand: neutral
:-1: nice to have

Item Priority
Faster camera startup :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:
Manual exposure option (turn off auto) :raised_hand:
Shutter speed or at least a long exposure mode :raised_hand:
Focus changing (auto, continuous, macro, manual) - Particularly in video :+1:
Resolution setting (photo & video) :+1:
Aspect ratio setting (including w/ non-native crop e.g. 2:1, 2.35:1) :+1:
FPS control (23.976, 24, 29.997, 30, 50, 59.94, 60) :+1:
RAW vs JPG :-1:
HDR :+1:
Multiple cameras support :+1:
Panorama capture :+1:
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As this is a wishlist…:

  • Photo series (keep camera button pressed to make a foti series)
  • Faster GPS/Location Service for Geotagging (surely no real camera feature, but problematic on all previous SFOS devices - and a must for me).
  • Live Photo feature :wink: