Hi Appaholic, Did you make any progress with getting the RAW version of photos from Android cameras?
I know there was a lot of talk about megapixels, but isn't a more pertinent reason to use RAW format is for the greater dynamic range? JPGs, as we all know are only 8-bit, whereas DSLRs tend to be like 12- or 14-bit. One can assume that mobile phone cameras are more than 8-bit, and thus useful data is thrown away during the conversion to JPG. Also, correcting white balance properly can only be done from the RAW. Not sure about this, but the DNG format actually stores the raw image in TIFF format. So maybe using a 16-bit TIFF wouldn't be a bad thing? You're on the right track - if cameras in phones and tablets were able to use the raw image for postprocessing, it would open up a whole new genre of photography. Good luck On Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:47:42 PM UTC+1, Appaholics 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
