Experience and impressions of the updated Google Camera app

Some time ago, Google released a whole new app "Camera", which happily came on Nexus and other devices with a version of Android 4.4.x, and also become available in Google Play as a separate product. This incident to please the users cyanogen as native camera there, so to say, not the best. At the same time, one can observe a lot of negative comments about the technical and visual performance updated applications, and today we share their own two-week work experience in the new guglokamere.

The first and worst of all, in the opinion of many, the new camera - this is a huge button for a shot on black, covering a decent usable space screen.

We are, in fact, did not believe that there have failed to understand this super-chips, but made a mistake. Look at the ratio of the video screen of the smartphone. This 16: 9. Look at the aspect ratio of the photos. It is 4: 3. How to fit "a square" picture in shirokoformat? Previously, the problem was solved by the fact that the picture was cut above and below - we could not see the details of which fall within the area of ​​the image. As a result, in the frame turned out pieces that should not be there. We instinctively take pictures so that at the boundaries of the screen was not too much, but after the creation of the final image at the top and bottom of the inevitably turned out something "left". These photos had to be cut, and they get like screenshots standard widescreen 16: 9 movie that did not add to their beauty.

Now the problem is solved finally and quite strictly. This huge button on a black background gives the active part of the screen are the same proportions of photos - 4: 3. The picture is absolutely identical to the one that gets to this screen. The boundaries are observed pixel by pixel. It's fine.

If for some reason shifted to the side of the active region prevents photos, we recommend that you turn on the grid. With it, catching the object in the picture is much more convenient.

With video, everything remains as before (almost). Movies are shot in wide format, but because the record button translucent background and the grid is stretched to full screen.

Appendix wised up and now reminds us that the video shoot better horizontally rather than vertically.

For unknown reasons, it lost the opportunity to take photos during video shooting and taymlapsy. Why? We do not know, but we hope that these chips will return to guglokameru.

In general, about the interface can not say anything bad. He became more sleek, minimalist, focused on gesture control. Swipe from the left side of the screen causes the shooting menu, and, at the same moment, in the upper right corner there is a button to access the settings.

Settings in a separate interface, and they became much smaller. Complaining of the lack of manual exposure compensation should immediately go to the item "More" and enable it.

Other settings are mainly responsible for the resolution obtained by photo and video, as well as allow you to adjust the quality of the photosphere, panoramas and blurring.

Blur - it's very steep and buggy shooting mode that allows you to get a clear object on a blurry background. Without DSLRs and Photoshop.

Press the shutter release and follow visual cues - a smartphone a little mix up, keeping your subject in the center of the frame.

Wait until an image is processed (this is quite a long time), then rejoice or so beautiful pics.

Or here such artifacts.

In general, the algorithm is promising, but still moist.

About the photosphere and the panorama is nothing special to say. We have seen them, and they were exactly the same.

In general, users may notice a smooth and increase the speed of the camera, as well as reducing zamylenny level. Lovers of fine-tuning is definitely a frustrating loss of some manual shooting settings, but for people used to trust the built-in algorithm to optimize the camera, it does not matter.

The camera is available in the Google Play and requires Android version 4.4+.