topic Re: Update Camera Software in Z Series

Camera Update?

PenOne — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:14:23 GMT

I just received some kind of Camera Update but couldn 't find a changelog. Can someone clear up what jappenend (except different UI)

Thanks PenOne

Re: Camera Update?

Uliwooly — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:16:26 GMT

@PenOne

Could you elaborate? was it a camera update or was it a camera mode update (like AR )

Re: Camera Update?

PenOne — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:19:24 GMT

I think the Camera itself (swiped away the notification too fast).
It was from the whatsnew thingy and I can change the Mode (like Manual to Video and automatic) by swiping.

Re: Camera Update?

Uliwooly — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:41:16 GMT

@PenOne

Could you post a screenshot?

Re: Camera Update?

PenOne — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:03:51 GMT

So here you go. It's completely new for me.

Re: Camera Update?

komilAD — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:25:23 GMT

@PenOne

Check this out or wait for official answer.

Re: Camera Update?

_alexdon_ — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:56:23 GMT

Xperia blog posted this too:

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/11/16/new-sony-camera-app-with-refreshed-ui-rolling-for-xperia-z5-series/

It's the camera app that the phone was advertised with.

Update Camera Software

CypherGate0 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:55:09 GMT

Hi Guys/Gals,

Does anyone know if Sony is going to tweak and optomize their Camera software? Not that the camera doesnt take good photos, but I feel there can be A LOT more improvement with the photos. For starters full manual camera support. I bought Manual Camera app for the Z5 and it said not all camera functions are available. Anyway I couldnt even adjust the exposure and the app keeps shutting down. Not sure why. Anyway I noticed that the photos in general dont always comes out sharp enough. Seems grainy. So there are some stuff that needs to be tweaked. On the other side of things Ive taken pretty awesome photos with it so far which impressed me as well. Low light is a bit of an issue as well, but under great lighting then the camera shines pretty well. I read that Camera2 api should help free up extra controls for the camera, but the app Manual Camera uses that api and it crashes my phone. Also says partial camera functions available. Not even exposure control etc.

Re: Update Camera Software

Lord_viridis — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:56:58 GMT

Like wise, I would love more manual control in manual mode.
Iso as a priority

Re: Update Camera Software

CypherGate0 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:10:32 GMT

I think more people need to be asking for full manual controls. Sure lots of people wont use it, but I love experimenting and having that sort of control would help me understand things better. I think the demand is too low? We need to really ask for this.

Camera Update Settings Menu Broken (Partially Invisible)

VegasRooted — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 04:48:54 GMT

After this latest Camera app update (to my Z5P and my wife's Z5C), most of the camera settings menu is now invisible. If you hit the gear wheel (settings button), you can then hit the down arrow and scroll down through a now-empty screen, even though the scroll bar on the right side will still be moving up and down. You can also touch in the empty space and you will randomly select the extra settings that are actually there still, but are now invisible. (Such as internal or SD card for storage, shutter sound on or off, changing what the dedicated camera button does, changing what the volume rocker does.) Basically, every setting below "Resolution" is now invisible after the update. See screenshot of the invisible settings space. If you uninstall this update and roll back to the previous stock camera app, the full settings menu is again visible. Take the update again, and all settings after Resolution are again invisible.

Re: Camera Update Settings Menu Broken (Partially Invisible)

Bandolero — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 05:21:10 GMT

Hi, How about try to install from here. Turn of the unknown source from security be install.

If don't work. Try to clear the camera app data and restart the phone to see if it resolve.

Re: Camera Update?

VegasRooted — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 06:09:22 GMT

I tried that on my Z5P, twice actually. No luck. Wife's Z5C suffers the same invisible camera settings issue as well. App data cleared, reloaded the app, nothing fixes the issue. Only thing left would be a factory data reset of the whole phone then reload everything, but don't want to do that just yet. Rolled both of our camera's back from the 2.0 camera build to the factory build for now. Thanks for the suggestions, in any case! Cheers!

Re: Camera Update?

ppiixx — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:18:57 GMT

Go to settings/developer options and set 'animator duration scale' back to the default (1x) then kill/restart the camera app and the rest of the menu should reappear.

Re: Camera Update?

VegasRooted — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:02:14 GMT

That was the solution! I always turn off all animations in the Developer options, so turning them back on did indeed correct it! Thank you so much!!!

Cheers!