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10-04-2020 07:48 PM
mohammed98221Nice comparison 👍. Can you add just 1 point, which image was close to real life?Please tell us some basic information before asking for help:
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Hi all,
I have been taking few pics with the ROG 3 using the stock camera and gcam. Here are some side by side comparisons of the two.
The first pic is taken indoors in low light using the night modes in both cameras. I personally prefer the gcam one on the left. Look at the text on the mat. There is more contrast.
The next one is also taken with night mode. Again the gcam produces better shots. Look at the bird. The stock camera pic looks a little washed out.
Pictures taken outside tell a similar story. Again I prefer the gcam version. Look at the ripples in the water. Stock cam seems to do shadows better. The pics of the bird was taken at 4x zoom.
The next one is a lot harder to distinguish. I have no preference here. Both pics are good.
Once again the more contrast-y one from gcam looks better to me. Although the colours pop more on the stock cam images. Some people might prefer that.
Finally, the flower looks better on the stock cam. However it is quite close. Colours again are more vibrant on the stock cam.
I think I prefer the shots from gcam about 7 out of 10 times. Like the pixel 4 camera, gcam on the ROG 3 has more contrast and perhaps more detail. When the pictures aren't washed out looking, the colours look better on the stock camera.
I hope Asus will continue making improvements to the camera app.
Stock camera Vs Gcam
10-04-2020 08:43 PM
mohammed98221@mohammed98221 I only see in page titlehttps://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/121304#Comment_121304
Unfortunately I can't post links. Go to XDA-developers forum.
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10-04-2020 11:22 PM
MVIn most cases I felt the gcam had true to life colours. The stock cam made the colours a little too bright and vibrant. It's nice to see but not realistic. However, the stock cam is still quite good a producing colours.https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/37205/stock-camera-vs-gcam
Nice comparison 👍. Can you add just 1 point, which image was close to real life?
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10-04-2020 11:28 PM
mohammed98221Man, pixel phones are holy grail for camera software. Even pixel 5 is using the same module from px4. ROG 3 in my case does more than half the decent job in comparison, which is a pass for cameras.https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/121428#Comment_121428
In most cases I felt the gcam had true to life colours. The stock cam made the colours a little too bright and vibrant. It's nice to see but not realistic. However, the stock cam is still quite good a producing colours.
Remember gcam is not very well optimized. Yet it performs very well.
If you look at reviews of the ROG 3 most, if not all, say the camera is ok. I guess the expectation is that since it's a gaming phone the camera won't be good or that we shouldn't expect it to be good. At least not in the top 10 of smartphones.
The stock cam is by no means a bad one. But coming from a pixel 4 I notice the differences. When I get hold of another pixel 4 I will do a comparison.
As for the gcam. I went to XDA-developers forum for Rog 3 and downloaded version GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.1_Wichaya_V2.8.1_200920 posted by user mickey36736.
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