Thanks, @RawConvert, that is the other brand I’m considering (though greatly pending to Motorola).
But, then I read this
and this
… and I get sad: we’re on their hands. It seems that the trend is to have you buy another device after, say, two years, because after that you’ll stop receiving updates. Period.
When I choose my next smartphone, I’ll have to choose one that can be jailbroken and is compatible with some free rom.
At least with computers you have a much broader choice if you don’t want to be a hostage from big tech.
That’s what I tried to raise with my last post, this whole smartphone ecosystem is fundamentally flawed, and our hands are completely tied, no freedom at all.
Did you try to remove those permissions? Does it still work?
Most Android One devices give you 2 years of monthly sec updates. if you are lucky you got 1-2 more years with updates every 3 months and then you are out of service unless someone does a 3rd party rom for it.
I often don’t bother to edit the raws from the pixel…I take them just in case but they are so good that it is not worth the effort to try and improve on them esp just for regular shots and keep sakes
I don’t doubt that you can and I can’t say I have a 3a…the wb is a bit cool in the jpg but the tones and sharpness are hard to replicate with a raw without significant time and what I really mean is I am sure you can make each photo better but if you go for a hike and take 50 or 60 pictures its not worth the time to process them…the gain for me is not worth the time…I’d rather hike more .
that’s a good argument… On the other hand, I usually process less than 4-5 pictures per hike – most of my shots go to the trash can as soon as I get back home
For sure composed shots or really interesting ones…I likely need to cull more…I take a lot of shots in case of Alzheimers in the future but then I won’t remember what or where they are any ways…
@shreedhar My wife ended up buying a Moto One Fusion (not the Plus).
I shot this one with the default camera app, which I like very much. It’s either minimalist and with a nice, modern look besides being very ergonomic, specially on manual mode. If it had exposure lock I think it would beat Open Camera, at least for daily usage.
EDIT: A very strong vignetting, btw, where I lost some time trying to tame it. I found tone equalizer better for that, at least on this image.
EDIT 2: The detail is very good and beats my old DSLR kit lens.
Congratulations @gadolf. This model is not available in India! Only in Latin America and the Middle East countries. Does this model also has Level 3 Camera 2 API enabled?
I am sure that you know it, but still wanted to point out that you can edit raw photos in the powerful Snapseed app (on your mobile). It has vignette correction built in. It is very easy to use.