PhotonCamera uses advanced algorithms for capturing and processing raw images which give unmatched HDR outputs. PhotonCamera is currently in beta stage and is having rapid development.

Features:

HDRX - This functionality enables advanced stacking of many underexposed images and creates beautiful outputs.

Utilize each camera lens, by the main, wide, macro, telephoto or even IR, a functionality not available in other open source apps.

Manual Control - Easy to use knobs to control Focus, Shutter Speed and ISO on the go.

Configurable Settings :

Number of frames(maximum)

Sharpness

Saturation

Shadow Strength

Interactive viewfinder

Enabling the grid

Enabling viewfinder rounding

Advanced mode settings

Save separate settings for each camera lens

Wide range of supported devices.

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[–] needanke@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Their russian telegram channel has some opinions.

Besides a chemtrail conspiracy - reference there is a whoule channel for the ru-ukr war. I am unsure if it is in support of the war or not and translating it does not really clarify it (sentiment gets lost easily I guess).

Considering that, some clarification would be nice. Because I don't think I would trust a software made by russian "patriots" (quote from the channel) in the current geopolitical landscape.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

An Android camera having a Russian telegram channel basically puts this on the no list for me, dog.

Like, I barely care to even hear their reasons.

It's Russian AND Telegram? Does it come with hepatitis too?

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Uhm. It is important to remember that people are not the extension of the government they live under.

If it was closed source I would agree but you can check for yourself if the code is good. Even if they are crazy.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Telegram is involved with the shadier end of the crypto market, and for a market that's shady enough as it is without needing a shadier part, it's pretty damn dark in there.

Also https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/

It isn't even viable for their uses. They should consider ~~moving~~ upgrading to Matrix or Signal.

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am absolutely on your side regarding telegram. I was talking about the tool highlighted here.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

I was about like... "Am I on Lemmy?"

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If it was closed source I would agree but you can check for yourself if the code is good. Even if they are crazy.

No I can not. I am not an android-dev, I am not the best dev out there and I don't have time to thouroughly go through a big codebase. It would defenetly be possible to hide mallicious code from me, even if I have access to the source-code. For really big projects it is safe to assume other, more knowlegable people have allready audited the code, but for small ones I have to be able to trust the devs.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Tbf telegram also seems fairly popular in less problematic areas for sime reason (it's quite populare in ukraine as well for example)

[–] sag@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't check their Telegram. I just founded this on F-Droid and share it here.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Totally fair. I am just pointing it out here because it felt a bit icky when I saw it on the github page.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

According to ExodusPrivacy on aurora store it has 2 trackers, cashlytic and firebase

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Supposedly the version on Github releases doesn't have the Google libraries.

https://github.com/eszdman/PhotonCamera/issues/109

Still, I would wait until this app is in F-Droid before considering it. It includes some other libraries of unknown source.

https://github.com/eszdman/PhotonCamera/issues/46

[–] BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It keeps asking me to allow it to connect to the internet. What for?

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Most likely Google firebase and crashlytic.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Hey, it looks pretty neat! Finally I found a Foss camera that can use the wide len of my phone. I'll be trying it for a while.

[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Opening the app for the first time on my Fairphone 5 (listed as unsupported) actually crashed the OS, but after that it seems to be working ok.

Closing out of the in-app gallery causes the app to crash. But that can easily be worked around by using some other gallery app.

I'll be testing it for a bit to see how it fares against other HDR methods...

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Same experience on my Fairphone 5, first crashed the OS when I tried accessing the gallery.

Now it is working but the pictures have like dead pixels on them.

1000043611

[–] madnificent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

FP5 using e/OS here showing the same artifacts.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wtf is ApplicationDebuggable anti-feature?

[–] sag@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means it's Debug Build. APK is signed by Build Key not Dev Key.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Ahh thanks!

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Impressive, it seems like higher quality then google cam, it has potential

[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Alas can't install it on my phone (xperia 1ii) because "unsupported device". Bummer, it seems actually great.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You tried Izzy on Droid version?

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.particlesdevs.photoncamera

[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, no dice, that's why I came here to complain lol. Both Fdroid w/ Izzy on Droid and the Play Store say its "incompatible" with my phone

[–] sag@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Looks like my s10 won't run it either unfortunately

[–] UnH1ng3d@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Has anyone found the supported device list? It seems to work well on mine but still says it isn't supported.

[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

It seems to work just fine on OnePlus 9 Pro but says "Warning unsupported device" when it starts.

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

which formats does it support?

[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Tried it on an older Pixel with GrapheneOS.

Can't zoom, can't switch to wide-angle lens. Camera does not balance brightness by the focus point. Otherwise pictures look pretty much the same.

I suppose this was made for specific devices in mind?

[–] Resco@lem.afiz.org 1 points 1 week ago

Hello.

Hopefully, feedback is appreciated.

Searched on Google Play with no results, same on F Droid.

Thanks.

[+] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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[–] Dima@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

It's available in the Izzy on droid repo, you'll have to add the repo to the f-droid app with the following URL:

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=3BF0D6ABFEAE2F401707B6D966BE743BF0EEE49C2561B9BA39073711F628937A

Or scan the QR code here: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It does not work on my OnePlus 7 at all. If I zoom it crashes, and I have to clear the app data to get it to work again. And if I just take a normal photo it just crashes while processing.