[Q] What camera app do you use? - Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro

So since the original camera app by SE is beyond retarded by compressing 8MP pictures to 4MP sizes and below what camera app do you guys use?
So far the best I've come across among the free apps is Camera360. It doesn't compress images as much if you set it to 90% quality giving you a 2-3MB pictures when set to 8MP and 90% quality (though I played with some settings and now it's only creating 1.2-1.6MB pictures, but it's still noticeably better than stock) so I guess I need to try the paid apps next.
Anyways I was just wondering what does everyone else use in an attempt to get the most out of the great 8MP sensor on the Neo?

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SCHUMI_4EVER said:
compressing 8MP pictures to 4MP sizes
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really?
is this when enabeling something or zooming in?
or just when taking normal pictures....

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Go put em on PC, you won't find a single one above 1MB regardless of your settings. If you set it to 2MP you get a picture that's 150kb-290kb. 6MP gets you a 500-700kb pic. The Arc and as far as I know all SE phones are affected by this "feature"/bug
If I take a 6MP pic with out point and shoot dediacted 6MP camera it's usally 2.3-3.4MB big.
If I take a 5MP pic with my Nokia Navigator I get a 2.3MB-3.5MB pic.
In other words SE is compressing the 8MP pic to WAAAAAYYYY below the size it should be.

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Might be true, but for most things, you won't notice the compression.
I use the stock camera app and Vignette, mainly for the effects. It has 84 effects. There's also a demo.
I'll try out Camera 360 aswell.

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You'll notice it the second you zoom into any pic you've taken on PC. The quality is then barely better than a 2MP pic.

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SCHUMI_4EVER said:
You'll notice it the second you zoom into any pic you've taken on PC. The quality is then barely better than a 2MP pic.
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just took a picture in Vignette, quality superfine, 8mp. It's 5,99mb. Mind. is. blown.
just go to filestube.com and search for vignette or buy it in the market. Also just tested the speed to make a photo from the homescreen. Stock app was a second slower than Vignette, camera360 was 3 seconds slower. Vignette takes a picture and processes it on the background, so you can take another picture right after another.

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Vignette doesn't do normal pics though?

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Right I've been testing Camera Zoom FX, Vignette, Camera360 and the stock cam and in my opinion Camera360 takes the best pictures because it has superior image stabilization to Vignette (unless I just haven't found anything), then Camera Zoom FX and lastly the stock cam.
The stock cam captures much less extra detail than the others.
Basically since Camera360 is the only free one I recommend everyone tries it. Watch out though, if you set it to save 100% it compresses it's images the same way the stock cam does but if you set 90% you get the best this app can take.
This includes any Arc owners that come across this thread.

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SCHUMI_4EVER said:
Vignette doesn't do normal pics though?
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Yeah I found that. Still can't find anything for image stabilisation though.
I seriously think Camera360 Free takes the best pictures.

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LoL, i never needed an image stabilization,
Even if i enabled it in stock SE cam app, i noticed no difference
Vignette is best snapper and the best editor(especially when editing in full resolution)
Sent from my MT15i using XDA App

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All my Vignette pics come out shaky to the point that it looks terrible.

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nexus2515 said:
LoL, i never needed an image stabilization,
Even if i enabled it in stock SE cam app, i noticed no difference
Vignette is best snapper and the best editor(especially when editing in full resolution)
Sent from my MT15i using XDA App
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It really has so much options, but it processing pictures takes quite a long time (though you can use everything on your phone meanwhile).

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vignette is bugged on my phone.
half of the screen is black

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joachim1 said:
vignette is bugged on my phone.
half of the screen is black
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Have you used a pirated version or the paid (or the trial). Maybe you could try some other versions. You can also find older versions.

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i just snap picture using normal camera and edit it later using apps like picsay, picplz, photo enhancer, etc ^_^ so far so good

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sdk16420 said:
Have you used a pirated version or the paid (or the trial). Maybe you could try some other versions. You can also find older versions.
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I tried with demo version and with a pirated version and have same problem with both of them

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wtf i tried vignette and the max is 3.1 mp ???

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momoxxen said:
i just snap picture using normal camera and edit it later using apps like picsay, picplz, photo enhancer, etc ^_^ so far so good
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The point in this topic is that the stock camera app compresses photo's too much, so we want to find out which camera app makes better looking photo's
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Marcell96 said:
wtf i tried vignette and the max is 3.1 mp ???
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3.1 MP is standard. There should be a button (second one from the right) with the resolution in it (e.g. 3.1MP) if you click on it, you should be able to choos up to 8MP.

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I can't get Vignette to take good pics, they end up even worse than stock despite being 5 times as big (I'm talking about shakyness/preservation of small details). Camera360 Free consistently takes better pics though. Unless SE fix this issue I reckon I'm gonna keep using Camera360 Free for all my still shots that don't require zooming or vids.