Redmi Note 9s: Accessing the 48MP camera?

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#1

Hi friends :slight_smile:
I installed the latest e-0.18-r-20211017141319-dev-miatoll on my Redmi Note 9s (global). Only issue is: I noticed that neither openCamera nor GCam 8.2 appear to be able to access the 48MP camera. Any time I take a picture, the maximum resolution is 4000x3000px, while the camera in theory is capable of taking 8000x6000px pictures.

Any pointers? Thanks in advance.

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#2

Hi,

Not sure about Redmi Note 9s, but if it can help, I have the same behavior with my Redmi Note 7. The reason is: the sensor is 48, but output is only 12 according to Samsung (lens manufacturer):

#3

I had a Redmi Note 9 and experimented with ANXCamera.

https://camera.aeonax.com/

I found it quite good, quite hard work, but never got 48Mp. I glanced briefly at the Samsung presentation above. My interpretation is that it is all done in the software, not the lens. After a while I stopped chasing 48Mp. I noticed with the original ROM the 48Mp images were bright and interesting for very well lit pictures, but unremarkable in normal light in the UK.

#4

Thanks for the input! On the stock MIUI Android you are definitley able to make 48 pics, though.

#5

Thanks! This looked promising at first but I’m at my wits end trying to get it to run. I even set up my phone entireley anew but the application just fails to run when launching it.

#6

I think you would have have a bit of an attitude to crack it! You found the wiki? Home · nckmml/ANXCamera Wiki · GitHub I don’t see that I kept any notes. I remember cruising the Telegram channel. It was be very difficult to decide which version to install and I tried several! - it would be wrong to guess at the version I used, but it was not intuitive! :slight_smile:

There is always Simple Camera from https://www.simplemobiletools.com/.

#7

Yes, I saw the Wiki and followed all the instructions precisely. My solution right now is to just accept that I won’t have full camera functionality and I discovered that trCamera appears to have the most functions Google Camera Port: tigr apks

#8

Camera app in stock rom allows you to take photos in highest resolution only if you disable all AI functions as far as I know. At least that is how it was on my device which is note 8.
I guess you can still take photos at 48mp if you disable every AI things. But i think photos taken with ai are much better than photos taken without ai.