Wide angle not working

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Hi all,

I’m trying to get the wide angle to work with the camara (open Camera), but it’s it doesn’t.

I’ve checked in the settings / Camera-API and there are 2 entries (original Camera-API and Camera2 API) as mentioned in the Open Camera FAQ. Changing to the other setting doesn’t change anything. I’ve tried to zoom out as far as possible, but 1x is the maximum I can zoom out (I assume that 1x is not wide angle). I’ve also tried different resolutions and the latest open camera version 1.55 vs the default version 1.53.1

Has somebody an idea why it’s not working?

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A14 e/OS 3.0.4

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Current OpenCamera from F-Droid.

/e/OS 3.1.4 Community A15

Press the green circled thing and choose the camera.

Interestingly “2” and “3” are the same for me.

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OMG, how did I possibly ignore that button all the time :rofl:
thanks :sign_of_the_horns:

PS. for some reason I only have 2 lenses in the app on my FP5, even though I have 3 physical lenses

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I’m experiencing a similar issue with my Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro.

The device has four rear cameras:

  • 108 MP, f/1.9, 26 mm (wide), 1/1.52", 0.7 µm, PDAF

  • 8 MP, f/2.2, 118° (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12 µm

  • 5 MP, f/2.4 (macro), AF

  • 2 MP, f/2.4 (depth)

and a selfie camera:

  • 16 MP, f/2.5 (wide), 1/3.06", 1.0 µm

However, the camera app only detects two cameras: the selfie camera and one of the rear cameras—presumably the primary wide‑angle lens.

Open Camera details

  • Version: 1.53.1

  • Code: 90

  • Package: foundation.e.camera

  • Android API level: 34

  • Manufacturer: Xiaomi

  • Model: M2101K6G

  • Display: 1080 × 2160 (1080 × 2160)

  • Current camera ID: 0

  • Number of cameras: 2

  • Multi‑camera support: false

  • Camera API: Camera2 (Android L)

  • Orientation: 90°

  • Photo mode: Normal

  • Minimum zoom factor: 1.0

  • Maximum zoom factor: 10.0

Because of this, the ultrawide option is unavailable on both /e/OS 3.1.1 and 3.1.4, I don’t see the “green circled thing” either, and this solution does not work for me.

Can anyone help me get all of the phone’s cameras working?

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Do you mean the three “lenses” on the back of the FP5? The third one is some “depth” / TOF sensor that measures the distance of things. It’s not a normal camera.

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@elrond oh, right. Indeed, the third one doesn’t look like a lense if one looks closer. Thanks.

@jarastartalek Your issue might be similar, but it’s still different. THere doesn’t seem to be a simple fix for it like in my case. I’ve noticed that you have open a seperate topic and that would be the way to go, instead of discussing it here. Maybe you even have to open a bug report on Gitlab

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Sure! Thanks for the tip. I might file a bug report on GitLab too.