Hi, There is suitable call to get the RAW camera image data ( ie the photo data not the camera preview image data ) however in my experience with several devices, so far that raw data is always null so you can in fact only get the JPEG image data.
See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#takePicture(android.hardware.Camera.ShutterCallback, android.hardware.Camera.PictureCallback, android.hardware.Camera.PictureCallback, android.hardware.Camera.PictureCallback) I too have 8MP Cameras on 3 different Android phones, they are quite common. Also TIFF is not RAW per se, TIFF is just another 'image container' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format Regards On Sep 5, 6:20 am, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0400, Mark Murphy wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HOWEVER, the digital cameras that I've seen on Android devices have all > > > been in the 2 to 3 MP range. > > > Within about 18 inches of me I have a phone with a 5-megapixel camera, > > a phone with a 13(!)-megapixel camera, and a tablet with a 5-megapixel > > camera. The 5-megapixel devices are fairly conventional; the > > 13-megapixel one is a bit special. Not to mention crazy expensive. > > > There are Android phones with low-resolution cameras, but many people > > will have phones with better cameras. > > Oh, ok. I wasn't aware of any of these. I only knew what I've seen > in muine and in adverts for others. Thanks for the update. But, fwiw, > even a 5 MP is only in the medium range (as is my 4 MP Nikon). You can > definitely get some high quality images, as long as you don't try to > enlarge them too much (my 4 MP Nikon is good to about 20x16, MAYBE up to > 24x16...after that, it's pixelated ... and that assumes direct to TIFF > photos, not JPEG). > > 13 MP is certainly getting into the higher end. If I remember correctly, > one of the newest Nikon DSLRs is only up to about 16 or 18 MP (and I > really want that one, but it'd take a few years of Ramen noodles for > every meal, and not spending a penny beyond that and bills, just to get > close to being able to buy one). > > Btw, I just got an Archos 101 Internet tablet, courtesy of a friend from > college (to keep me from getting bored, and thus lowering my morale, > while in the hospital starting in just over a week...when dealing > with cancer, low morale can be lethal) and its camera is amazingly BAD. > We're talking HORRIBLE! It MIGHT be as good as 0.5 MP (aka 500 kP)....or > maybe not. But then, the only reason that matters is that it might not > work for scanning barcodes for apps.... I wouldn't use it for real > photography either way (the next set I do will use Ektar 100 Pro film). > > > Note that I'm not quibbling about anything with your post, other than > > the prevalence of better-megapixel devices. > > And that's how I read it...just pointing out that they exist. :-) > > Later, > --jim > > -- > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) | "Now what *you* need is a proper pint of > [email protected] | porter poured in a proper pewter porter > < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > | pot.." > ICBM / Hurricane: | --Peter Dalgaard in alt.sysadmin.recovery > 30.44406N 86.59909W | > > Android Apps Listing athttp://www.jstrack.org/barcodes.html -- 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
