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Had bad results with an avg smartphone camera. It sucks when science creates something cool but it doesn't work in the real world.

by sigi45 10y ago

m-p-3 10y ago
There's also this problem https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5dbo07/google_photoscan_artificially_limits_capture/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5dbo07/google_phot... > After testing PhotoScan on a variety of pictures using four different phones, I'm sad to report that we're not getting our camera's worth from the app. The long dimension of scanned pictures is always scaled (up or down) to 2,000 pixels, compared to the 4,000-pixel capture resolution of the 6P (12.3 MP -> less than 3 MP).
- pasbesoin 10y ago
  I noticed the limited resolution, as well. If you are looking for real "archival" imaging, this app probably won't suffice. On the other hand, it's nice to have on your phone to grab the occasional image e.g. from a picture on the wall behind glass or something similar. As another commenter mentions, maybe to grab an old photograph out of an album and put it on Facebook or the like. Users should also note, its cropping is not always accurate -- larger contrasts produce better results. But, after it grabs its initial image, you can adjust the cropping -- including outward, to the limit of what was initially imaged. P.S. I have a Nexus 5x. I'm guessing the app may work relatively well for me also because I'm using a phone that the Google developers are particularly likely to specifically support and have used/tested against. Since this appears to be a small project -- maybe a 20%-er or the like? -- at a guess, results may vary significantly depending upon phone and camera module. At a guess -- I've no idea.
Theodores 10y ago
Having an average smartphone is where you went wrong - you need to persuade your employers that you really need a Google Pixel XL. Get one and then you can expect cool smartphone apps to actually work, albeit on the maxed out Google phone but not on your own normal phone. In day to day use you may find the big phone with its 'best camera ever' and full suite of sensors to not be practical compared to your svelte normal phone. The added bulk, the fear of dropping the bulk or the likelihood of theft just puts you off carrying it around. But when these exciting science experiment apps come along then you are good to go, no need to make space for the app on your normal phone (where it probably won't work anyway) you can put it on the big phone. Even more fun, you can share the big phone around without fear of your personal messages popping up on its screen - a guest phone as it were. The latest and greatest Beta version of Android is also default on the Pixel series, I didn't even have to install PhotoScan, mysteriously it was already installed on mine when I had the 'must try this' moment a few minutes ago. Android phones are a bit like office PCs in the 90's when you could have some 386 running Wordperfect in the same room as some Pentium machine used for CAD, sure they all use some variation of the same operating system but that 'flight sim game' would only be worth attempting on the latest/greatest hardware and totally useless on anything less.

Had bad results with an avg smartphone camera. It sucks when science creates something cool but it doesn't work in the real world.

by sigi45 10y ago

Had bad results with an avg smartphone camera. It sucks when science creates something cool but it doesn't work in the real world.

m-p-3 10y ago

There's also this problem https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5dbo07/google_photoscan_artificially_limits_capture/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5dbo07/google_phot... > After testing PhotoScan on a variety of pictures using four different phones, I'm sad to report that we're not getting our camera's worth from the app. The long dimension of scanned pictures is always scaled (up or down) to 2,000 pixels, compared to the 4,000-pixel capture resolution of the 6P (12.3 MP -> less than 3 MP).

pasbesoin 10y ago
I noticed the limited resolution, as well. If you are looking for real "archival" imaging, this app probably won't suffice. On the other hand, it's nice to have on your phone to grab the occasional image e.g. from a picture on the wall behind glass or something similar. As another commenter mentions, maybe to grab an old photograph out of an album and put it on Facebook or the like. Users should also note, its cropping is not always accurate -- larger contrasts produce better results. But, after it grabs its initial image, you can adjust the cropping -- including outward, to the limit of what was initially imaged. P.S. I have a Nexus 5x. I'm guessing the app may work relatively well for me also because I'm using a phone that the Google developers are particularly likely to specifically support and have used/tested against. Since this appears to be a small project -- maybe a 20%-er or the like? -- at a guess, results may vary significantly depending upon phone and camera module. At a guess -- I've no idea.

Theodores 10y ago

Having an average smartphone is where you went wrong - you need to persuade your employers that you really need a Google Pixel XL. Get one and then you can expect cool smartphone apps to actually work, albeit on the maxed out Google phone but not on your own normal phone. In day to day use you may find the big phone with its 'best camera ever' and full suite of sensors to not be practical compared to your svelte normal phone. The added bulk, the fear of dropping the bulk or the likelihood of theft just puts you off carrying it around. But when these exciting science experiment apps come along then you are good to go, no need to make space for the app on your normal phone (where it probably won't work anyway) you can put it on the big phone. Even more fun, you can share the big phone around without fear of your personal messages popping up on its screen - a guest phone as it were. The latest and greatest Beta version of Android is also default on the Pixel series, I didn't even have to install PhotoScan, mysteriously it was already installed on mine when I had the 'must try this' moment a few minutes ago. Android phones are a bit like office PCs in the 90's when you could have some 386 running Wordperfect in the same room as some Pentium machine used for CAD, sure they all use some variation of the same operating system but that 'flight sim game' would only be worth attempting on the latest/greatest hardware and totally useless on anything less.