Android users - Camera FV-5 - great!

[Avotius]

I know a few of you have android phones or tablets. I have both. Today I found an app called Camera FV-5 which is well worth your time! There is a limited light demo version in the play store and full version for 3.91 USD.

I have it on my Samsung Note 2 and Asus Transformer Infinity now, I like.

Well worth your time to check out!

 

[Avotius]

Here is a very much compressed (thanks RFF...) screen grab from my Asus Transformer Infinity where you can see a lot of the goodies this app has.

 

[oftheherd]

I have been tempted to get a smart phone of some sort, and would prefer an Adroid. But so far, not having the time to mess with it, I am sticking with the dumbest phones I can find.

Thanks for sharing though. If I make the move, I will sure look into getting that app.

 

[djcphoto]

I agree. It's my go-to camera app on both my S3 and TF300. Really useful feature set, with lots of manual control.

 

[j j]

Over-sharpened pics with too much contrast annoy me on my phone. The website for this app says you can set contrast and sharpening. Can any users let me know whether they think this app truly produces pictures with less sharpening and lower contrast or does it just post-process by blurring details and reducing the contrast? Thanks.

 

[djcphoto]

Without being able to see the raw output from the sensor, it's difficult to say if reducing the sharpening and contrast is actually doing so or not. I just took a photo with all enhancements off and there does appear to be a little detail smearing going on, although that may just be inherent to the sensor.

It's still the most useful camera app I've come across so far for Android, although I don't use my phone for any serious photography, so maybe I'm easily pleased 🙂

 

[bigeye]

Jelly Bean has made Android very polished.

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[Avotius]

I have Jelly Bean on my Asus Infinity, and its horrible. They changed the camera app from 4.0.4 or whatever it was and the old app was fine, the new app is awful. Add to that the lack of flash support that made it so I cannot watch streaming shows online anymore, and that you cannot just install flash and make it work again. I hate it.

 

[djcphoto]

I have Jelly Bean on my Asus Infinity, and its horrible. They changed the camera app from 4.0.4 or whatever it was and the old app was fine, the new app is awful. Add to that the lack of flash support that made it so I cannot watch streaming shows online anymore, and that you cannot just install flash and make it work again. I hate it.

I reinstalled Flash on my tf300 after reading about the problem over at XDA forums (they have a link for the installer). Working great on JB for me in the stock browser.

 

[Stan]

Fv-5

Fv-5

As a newcomer to smart-phones, I'm very happy with this app. My fingers, though, seem to be too big. But it's working well for me.

 

[Griffin]

Yeah if my Legend had a better camera and if Google Play would let me pay with something other than a credit card, I'd get this immediately. Tried the light version and that was pretty darned good.

 

[bigeye]

I have Jelly Bean on my Asus Infinity, and its horrible. They changed the camera app from 4.0.4 or whatever it was and the old app was fine, the new app is awful. Add to that the lack of flash support that made it so I cannot watch streaming shows online anymore, and that you cannot just install flash and make it work again. I hate it.

Camera app is by the phone OEM, not Google (jelly bean). Why Google followed Apple dumping Flash.... You can side-load a copy, though.

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57554629-285/install-adobe-flash-player-on-jelly-bean-devices/

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[Haigh]

Thanks for putting me onto that App Avotius. I too have an android smartphone and like it although I appear to be a very slow learner with its many possibilities. I think I will read up on the app you mentioned.

 

[bigeye]

I reinstalled Flash on my tf300 after reading about the problem over at XDA forums (they have a link for the installer). Working great on JB for me in the stock browser.

Flash plug-in only works with browsers that support plug-ins: Dolphin, Firefox, etc. Chrome (stock browser) doesn't.

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[stupid leica]

the AOSP (android open-source project) original browser, that came on all devices 4.0 and earlier, still supports flash. It can be tricky getting it onto newer (4.1+) devices though. Generally requires rooting (jailbraking for you iphone types) and flashing a custom rom or ZIP.

 

[bigeye]

the AOSP (android open-source project) original browser, that came on all devices 4.0 and earlier, still supports flash. It can be tricky getting it onto newer (4.1+) devices though. Generally requires rooting (jailbraking for you iphone types) and flashing a custom rom or ZIP.

"Side-loading" not rooting, as above. (Yes, you can use the original browser, too - it supports plug-ins.)

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[Lawrence Sheperd]

Downloaded the app lite, but I'm getting consistently out of focus photos. However, I'm running Android 2.3.7 (the highest this phone will run), so there may be some incompatibility. Otherwise a very neat camera app.