Gcam Night Sight on Nokia 8

MrBelter

Now the devs that post on XDA have night sight working we might not give a monkeys about any new Nokia camera app.

This is a pretty extreme example but it certainly seems to work

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78303480&postcount=567

LennartB

mrbelter said:

Now the devs that post on XDA have night sight working we might not give a monkeys about any new Nokia camera app.

This is a pretty extreme example but it certainly seems to work

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78303480&postcount=567

That's pretty impressive. I've messed around with Arnova's Pixel 3 ports but they crashed, or i couldn't take pictures and the viewfinder was very laggy.
MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1b works great from https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera

naufrago

Yes. I tried the latest port and works like a charm in night mode.
It crashed during normal photo shoot, but switching to "motion off" solved the problem.
I can PM anyone who requires APKMirror link.

MrBelter

For those that don't know where to look

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

marsic

Aren't you guys afraid that those app ports may contain data/crypto mining scripts or other inconveniences/malware?

naufrago

marcel sichitiu said:

Aren't you guys afraid that those app ports may contain data/crypto mining scripts or other inconveniences/malware?

That's a risk.
But crypto mining is easy to detect by observing application activities.

naufrago

mrbelter said:

For those that don't know where to look

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

I suggest apkmirror instead as they have malware check.

marsic

I see there are also camera apps from HMD, including versions 90.**** and 91.****

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hmd-global/nokia-camera-new/

naufrago

marcel sichitiu said:

I see there are also camera apps from HMD, including versions 90.**** and 91.****

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hmd-global/nokia-camera-new/

I tried them and they keep crashing. Those were accidently rolled out for Nokia 8 previously and pulled back immediately.

marsic

Installed the night sight version, works pretty well but i can't find the option to disable auto-video, the view finder is very slow

naufrago

marcel sichitiu said:

Installed the night sight version, works pretty well but i can't find the option to disable auto-video, the view finder is very slow

Viewfinder is very slow on night sight due to nature of process I guess.
You auto-video (motion) is the second circle on top of screen.

PS. Checked again, you're right, viewfinder feels sluggish. Maybe improved by changing some settings, will check.

Dheeraj

mrbelter said:

For those that don't know where to look

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

Which one did you download?

marsic

@Dheeraj ask @naufrago for a link in private message

Later edit: I've just had my phone reboot itself again, I don't think it was the Twitter app, but this gets me worried. Factory reset it is then

naufrago

FYI, just noticed a tiny network traffic (6,25 kb in background). God knows for what
Turned off background data.

marsic

Perhaps you tried the Google lens feature and it tried to communicate with their servers to determine what it was looking at?

naufrago

Now it's show time. I have just taken these photos using my TA-1012.
Same spot, same object, all within just 2 mins.
One with GCam, the other one? Ofcourse our miserable stock camera app.

Here it comes:





NB. No after-effects, no flash, nothing.

marsic

Hah, unbelievable. Is Sarvikas programming it by himself, with what knowledge he can recall from high school?

LE: forget about my flash question, I didn't read the entire post before

naufrago

To cut a long story short;
Lens is OK, but "the" camera app, is living a dog's life.

marsic

From my understanding the lens feature is nothing but a shortcut to Google's lens app, it has nothing to do with HMD's camera app.

@naufrago did you manage to solve the issue with the sluggish viewfinder?

petrus

Hi, I also add a comparison (model TA-1004).
HMD camera (twilight)

GCAM (twilight)

HMD Camera (dark)

GCAM (dark)

naufrago

@petrus
Literally, "plain as day"!

marsic

Does the actual "Camera" mode work for you, on the GCam port? It doesn't for me.

naufrago

marcel sichitiu said:

Does the actual "Camera" mode work for you, on the GCam port? It doesn't for me.

It's buggy. Mostly works, but sometimes just doesn't response.

marsic

Mine doesn't react at all, doesn't take the picture. Also it crashed a few times. This is why I don't accept relying on such questionable ports and instead rage at HMD for a proper native implementation.

marsic

It's okay, it was just an observation really. The night-sight mode for pics in low light is sufficient for now, although I'd like to fully rely on the native hmd app (if only it will be worthy of the honor, may the gods of programming bless the hmd amateurs with some skills)

Audioboxer

Hey guys try this one https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_Potter_v5-san1ty.apk

Works perfect on my Sirocco and there is no lag with the viewfinder. 

naufrago

Hi @marcel sichitiu,
You can give a try to the one @Audioboxer suggests. It is smoother than Arnova8g2 port that we tried before.

marsic

@naufrago any suspect background activity? Either network or processor spikes?

LE: installed and tried it for a bit:

- the default "camera" mode works, but is set to a pretty long exposure (is that what is called?), L takes at least a second to capture.

- the night-sight mode has a much shorter exposure time, I couldn't test it in a very dark environment but doesn't seem as effective as the Arnova version.

naufrago

marcel sichitiu said:

@naufrago any suspect background activity? Either network or processor spikes?

LE: installed and tried it for a bit:

- the default "camera" mode works, but is set to a pretty long exposure (is that what is called?), L takes at least a second to capture.

- the night-sight mode has a much shorter exposure time, I couldn't test it in a very dark environment but doesn't seem as effective as the Arnova version.

Not that I'm aware of.

MrBelter

I have just had a go myself and the difference is startling, for still subjects it is quite the business.

Jivko Antonov

marsic said:

I see there are also camera apps from HMD, including versions 90.**** and 91.****

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hmd-global/nokia-camera-new/

Nokia Camera 91.9.1133.80

This is the version from Nokia 7.1.
I downloaded it from the link above and it works. Tonight I will test it.