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In addition, I'd be very to help out in this development. I just need a few pointers
the firmware.

Thanks.

I would also like to see this happen. I can also contribute.

this would be nice

This will help reduce the cluster of gadgets I need to bring with me everywhere I go,
the more camera features, the less I'll need a point and shoot.

this would really push the mobile phone camera usability way up.

I would love to have this.

Agreed, the 3 variables for exposing a picture properly are shutter speed, aperture,
and ISO sensitivity and should all be adjustable manually. If aperture is hardware
limited (looks like it's fixed at f2.8 for most camera phones), should at least allow
shutter speed & ISO settings to manually overexpose or underexpose by up to 2 stops
(in 1/3 stop increments). This is also known as exposure compenstation in almost all
digital cameras and would be a huge enhancement to the camera functionality.

Using mytouch 4g, excellent phone, feature are loaded, Android rocks in general.  There is not even a need to root it to do anything.  The only single downside is the shutter speed - considering if to take an iPhone instead just for that.  For me it's seems the faster/sharper pictures is the only advantage iPhone 4 has right now.  Every little movement by the object makes the picture not sharp.

Wondering how complex is it given many different hardware providers.

Is this solvable on OS level?
When could it Will be be resolved?
If it will get solved in a reasonable time - I can keep the phone and expect the fix with the next OS upgrade.

There is one apps claiming to allow control of shutter speed, but it's also full of reviews saying it did not work on their phone.

This is a key competitive differentiator right now.
Can priority for this one be raised?  
Can it make Gingerbread, hope it's not too late.

Manual mode for shutter speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity as mentioned will be useful.

Automatic mode is also important - it's statistically important to get working well and fast out of the box.

A very useful semi-manual mode would be to allow user to increase shutter speed and allow the camera to adjust other parameters accordingly automatically.

Here's an article giving iPhone 4 the lead with cameras now.
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=6FFFBB3C-1A64-67EA-E4F3D84A539A30DD
It is from June, yet, I have checked most latest android phones in last few days.
Specifically when the object moves, even slightly, is the general weakness of all smartphone cameras.  iPhone 4 can handle some of the movements if they are small, slow enough, it would not handle a fast movement too well.  Then the android cameras I have checked were a even slower and resulted in high percentage of non-sharp pics.

Maybe it's something the phone hardware providers could help solve.

... "strategically important" that was ...

It is my understanding that ALL phones released with Android as of Nov 15 2010 have a fixed aperture (as jayziac says, usually f2.8) though I think some Nokia phones have variable aperture.  Being able to modify the shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation would still be very useful, and maybe when a phone with variable aperture (Altek Leo?) comes out, the software will be ready.  Most cameras allow modes corresponding to the 4 variables (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation): full auto, full manual, fixed aperture auto rest, and fixed shutter auto rest.

Also manual focus would be nice, but I think that's possible with some camera apps right now.

Hear, hear

fantastic idea. would love to see modifiable shutter speeds.

I'm willing to contribute, please contact if still in dev.

I agree, control over shutter speed is a must.

has manual exposure been implemented yet? any hidden methods? accessing exposure time is incredible important for using phone camera for scientific applications.

yes, important to me too. on my phone, setting the camera to underexpose the picture clips the darkest shade levels, which is absolutely not equivalent to underexpose an image.
i am definitely looking for a way to control exposure myself

This would be a great feature. I would also add that the default shutter speed on my Incredible is to slow, it is very difficult to hold it steady enough for a crisp picture.

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Controlling aperture and shutter speed should be possible if just hardware allows it.

For apertures, the mobile phones does not even compete with compact cameras as the Focal point <> Sensor is too small. f:2.8 on mobile phones is about f:32-48 at 35mm SLR's and to get great photos, the aperture at mobile phone should be around 0.9-0.95 what would be around f:8-11 at 35mm SLR and no one is going to pay 2000 euros for so fast lens on mobile phone.

But if mobile phone has now even the f:1.8-2.4 (about f:22-28 at 35mm SLR) the aperture is what it is and we should at least be possible to control shutterspeed.

Full control of shutterspeed between fastest <> slowest speed would be awesome. By manually setting a 2 second shutter speed and then 1/250 shutter speed on daylight could give great HDR possibilities.

Think about developers getting change to actually set application to give user a change to set by self a 3EV or even 6EV stepping and with 3-6 steps and you would see awesome HDR photos. And in landscape photographing, sometimes you want to have everything from range 1m to infinite to be sharp and when in SLR (or medium format cameras) you need to have f:22-64, you can do that easily with small camera body like what smartphones has. So having a landscape usage with 3-6EV stepping could be something great.

And if user could adjust example to take a HDR image with +3EV 0EV and -1EV, it could give something very dramatic.

any news if this feature is going to be put into the new ics update for the samsung galaxy s2 would be great

sure... its one of the great things that is included in iphone > not here :(

We are still waiting for this feature and it's a real pity Android does not expose this piece of API since EVEN WINDOWS PHONE 7 does!!! (what a shame!)

In the camera parameters for my Acer Iconia A500, there are a LOT of settings that
cannot be modified directly, including ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.  I would
LOVE to be able to have and offer access to these in apps, and based on what I've
seen, I'm definitely not alone.

I like to see these properties like shutter speed, ISO, aperture at least in the API.

it will be cool if I could set shutter speed for long time exposure (seconds or minutes)

and second think what I want is possibility to get uncompressed RAW image data direct from sensor (with more bits per pixel)

I was expecting this feature as a really basic one for photographers...
How disappointing !
Apple is better than google on that point !
It should be easyier to control those parameters manually than using a software dedicated to do this ?

I hope this feature will be implemented for the sake of photographers' community !

Hi everybody,
following posts above i'd like to know if any apps that allow shutter speed, ISO and or aperture control was launch.

Thanx a lot

Anybody got any further with this or any info on when it will be available?

voting + for this!

I know that smartphones are not DSLR's, but they are supposed to be "smart", so this feature should be included!

Especially for Android which has so many customization features!

this is definitely a must-have. my android phone IS my camera now. Google needs to free up our creativity.

Sad to know that this function is not supported. A lot of people would surely be more than willing to buy it. Also the fact that it is not possible to save pictures in the "raw" format is a big downside in my opinion.
These options would make the phone camera MUCH more useful.

I would also love to have shutter speed adjustable manually... I think my phone has a great camera, but I would like to take better pictures with it :)

I also would very much like the ability to manually adjust the shutter speed on my phone. Far too often the camera will choose adjust the ISO rather than change to a faster shutter speed (which would greatly help reduce blur).

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It would be a great feature to have the ability to modify the shutter speed
and aperture of the camera. I understand this is a firmware enhancement,
but it would be really nice to have such control over your own photos,
especially with these newer phones having better and better cameras.

Thank you.