Best Android app for photography

Hello,

Wondering if any of you guys have recommendations for alternative apps for Android photography?

I've got a galaxy s3 and although the photos are fine I suspect they could be better.

I'm really wondering if any apps can produce better image quality. I assume they each have different algorithms for jpeg processing...?

I don't really care about filters or effects. But it would be good to have as many manual settings as possible.

Most of the reviews online look to be aimed at which apps give you the most different filters, adding on vignetting etc. I just want the best possible image quality.

Any tips would be great.

imo to get the best quality from your images, you'll need ideally a desktop or minimum a laptop and ideally shoot RAW.

Thanks for the reply but sorry, I wasn't really clear. I meant the camera app (i.e. for taking photos on the phone) not for processing them.

Don't think you can shoot RAW on a phone sadly.

this could help link

Snapseed is pretty good, particularly for a free app. I've only used the i- version but presumably the android one is much the same

Thanks! I've bought ProCapture to have a play with. Not too cheap (for an app) but it seems good so far.

This looks really good. But I don't think it lets you take photos. Just process them afterwards... as far as I could tell.

I'm not sure what to suggest here, but there's not much you can do on smartphone cameras, with the exception of the Nokia PureView 808, Lumia 1020, and the Sony Z1 (and the Z1 Mini that's rumoured to come out).

Then there's the Oppo N1 that's scheduled to be released in December which boasts OIS and a down to 8 second shutter speed! Of course, that would need a tripod of sorts before it is usable. But it's probably the first smartphone to have a tilting camera (you tilt it from back to front, mechanics good up to 100,000 rotations).

Best Image quality will be limited by the actual software that controls the hardware of the smartphone, in most cases.

Now regarding the topic itself, the best Android apps for me are:

Snapseed
Vignette
Pixlr Express

I really like how people have embraced Mobile Photography. There are many great photos and new photographers that really push the boundaries of the fixed focal length, and limiting form factor, resulting in excellent results!

I'd recommend a Nokia 808 if you want a decent quality image from a phone cam.

here's a couple of examples


http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/streetview-in-rio-captured-with-nokia-808-pureview-640x360.jpg


http://fstoppers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/nokia-808-sample-41.jpg


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I recommend Camera Zoom Fx, but remember if the underlying sensor and lens is rubbish, then don't expect it to magically make your pictures awesome (Nexus 4 camera)

If you auto upload your pictures with Google+ (you don't have to share and the default setting is private), it auto enhances the pictures (I'm pretty impressed and you can undo it or turn auto enhance off) and when you access the pictures from a chrome web browser, you have further image editing tools (courtesy of Snapseed).