Forum > Sony Ericsson / Sony > Software, Firmware and Drivers > Modded Camera Driver for k800i/k810i

On 2007-08-31 06:20:46, KTCY wrote:
is the 3.1 driver stable ?

On 2007-08-31 02:13:17, mongoose3800 wrote:


As I said anything over 900kb seems to cause issues. It seems the 3mp settings are already at the max capabilities of the phone. This is why I changed my focus to the 2mp settings as I could take them upto what appears to be the phones limit. I have done so much testing now it has driven me mad. But, I am now happy with what I have done to the 2mp settings. I believe the 2mp images are now better than the 3mp images as they don't suffer the jaggies as much. But, as they are 2mp images there is a very small loss in detail that can only be noticed if you zoom right in - This can't be helped and beats zig zags everywhere. In most cases the images rival the w800 images. However, in taking photos of a Coke can yesterday I got better pictures out of a W810.

Replacing FF with 00 in the Sharpness reset seems to be the best option as it forces the sharpness to it's lowest setting. It is just a shame that the sharpness can't be lowered more as I think the images are far to sharp even on the lowest setting. If you play in photoshop you can actually easily up the jaggies by softening the area a little. Pitty the phone can't do this.

I have put together a driver for others to try. I have changed the version to 3.1 so that it can be easily identified. Here's a link to download it:

http://rapidshare.com/files/52361150/camdriver0.dat.html

This Driver has 2mp buffer set to 900kb, Max, target and min files settings from 3mp settings applied to the 2mp settings. 2mp compression set at 100. Sharpness set to 00 instead of FF. There are no changes to 3mp settings.

On 2007-08-31 08:47:22, mongoose3800 wrote:
I give up. Whilst I've made small improvements in minimising the jaggies I still can't get rid of them. I've put so much time into testing this, playing with drivers and so on. I reckon I must have taken several hundred sample shots. I've easily changed the camera driver on phone back and forth 50 or more times. Then I went out this afternoon and took a shot of an office block. In both 3mp and 2mp mode the jaggies were everywhere. The one thing the W800 never suffered from was this. The K800 camera is the pits!!! I just can't be bothered anymore as it is a hopeless case. I hope someone else has some luck but I think the actual problem is buried in the F/W. Have a look at the crop below - it totally destroys the whole picture!

On 2007-08-31 11:45:03, norbi_nw wrote:
Why the hell did SE create such a bad phone??? There is too much software sharpening and other bullshit. K750i had no software sharpening. K800i cuts off the details. My pictures have no noise, but they look like paintings. K750i had noise and was sharp. I'm going insane... At least we have kopritis 2.8 that has a clear 3mp shot, and mongoose 2mp mod. Put these 2 together, and add a 30FPS video, and it will be good for a time. Hope another chengrong mods the k800i camdriver for good.

On 2007-08-31 12:22:55, KTCY wrote:
I think K810i default driver did pretty good job.
Can K800i phone use K810i driver ?
If can , can anyone share that file with me ?
Thank.

On 2007-08-31 11:51:44, max_wedge wrote:
That's screwy. You sure that pic isn't a digital zoom or enlarged? If that's one to one, then I urge you to demand a new phone mongoose. I can't find a single picture in all my 800 or so that exhibits anything like that sort of aliasing. Seriously I'm hard pressed to even find something 10% as bad as that.