Sort of. For me the normal jpg works well enough. However if I can get this type of app going a serious photographer may find it useful. The essence of the raw format is that it saves everything that the camera sees. It doesn't alter a thing. With your png and jpg formats android will alter the data it gets and produce the image you see. The image in a jpg or png format has been adjusted for white balance, noise, light etc. A raw format is unedited.
Thanks On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected] > wrote: > Ah, so you're worried that the jpg results in a crappy image? Might > be digging into the source on this one and seeing what's up with it, > it does seem like this should be an option, doesn't it? But I'm not > sure how camera hardware works. > > Kris > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Appaholics <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was looking to do more with the Android camera. Personally I have > nothing > > against the formats that are currently supported, except that a good > > photographer (which I am not) would be able to get a much better image if > > all the camera data is kept in a raw format for post processing. As this > is > > not supported by the SDK itself my only two options seem to be to modify > the > > firmware (something I am not keen on doing) and writing my own interface > to > > the camera (something I have no idea on how to achieve). While it is > > possible to convert a raw image into a png or a jpeg it is not, AFAIK, > > possible to do it the other way around. > > Mostly this app idea came out of curiosity with some practical use at the > > edge of my thought process. > > Thanks > > > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Kristopher Micinski > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Raghav, > >> > >> out of interest, why not write a decoder write to take <insert encoded > >> format here> to <insert unencoded format here>? Is it just out of > >> interest? Or perhaps that you feel the unencoded image capture would > >> be less work for the library? > >> > >> I really don't know things about media, but I'd be interested as to > >> your rationale for why what the library provides isn't enough. > >> > >> Kris > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Appaholics <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Thanks for the help Mark but I don't think that any of them would come > >> > close > >> > to a raw format. I am not that knowledgable in photography though so > >> > maybe a > >> > photographer who is on this list could help. > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Cameras should support one or more of the ImageFormat types: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/ImageFormat.html > >> >> > >> >> as determined by calling getSupportedPictureFormats() on > >> >> Camera.Parameters. setPictureFormat() on Camera indicates that > Android > >> >> supports JPEG, NV21, and RGB_565. > >> >> > >> >> I am no expert on image formats, so I have no idea if any of them > >> >> qualify for any of the available definitions of "raw": > >> >> > >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Appaholics < > [email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > Hi, > >> >> > I have been going through Google searches and the Android docs but > I > >> >> > am > >> >> > still not clear on this. I would like to know if it is possible to > >> >> > get > >> >> > the > >> >> > raw image data from the camera using the Android SDK. Some of the > >> >> > examples I > >> >> > looked through said that it was possible but the image returned was > >> >> > always a > >> >> > jpg or png. > >> >> > So can I get the raw image from the camera? > >> >> > Thanks > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > ------------------ > >> >> > Raghav Sood > >> >> > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all > titles > >> >> > required to have complete control) > >> >> > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > >> >> > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > >> >> > http://www.appaholics.in/ > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> >> > To post to this group, send email to > >> >> > [email protected] > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > [email protected] > >> >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >> >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > >> >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > >> >> > >> >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 > Available! > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> >> To post to this group, send email to > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> For more options, visit this group at > >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > ------------------ > >> > Raghav Sood > >> > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > >> > required to have complete control) > >> > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > >> > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > >> > http://www.appaholics.in/ > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected] > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > ------------------ > > Raghav Sood > > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > > required to have complete control) > > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > > http://www.appaholics.in/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- ------------------ Raghav Sood CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles required to have complete control) http://www.raghavsood.com/ https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics http://www.appaholics.in/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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