RAW is just a bitmap that is unprocessed. Each pixel represents what the sensor saw without compression or other processing applied to it. Still don't know if you can get this from the android api. if you are not printing images, megapixels don't matter. Quality wise, The bigger problem is the lens.
On Sunday, September 4, 2011 8:47:42 AM UTC-7, Appaholics wrote: > Hi, > > I have been going through Google searches and the Android docs but I am > still not clear on this. I would like to know if it is possible to get the > raw image data from the camera using the Android SDK. Some of the examples > I looked through said that it was possible but the image returned was > always a jpg or png. > > So can I get the raw image from the camera? > > Thanks > > -- > ------------------ > Raghav Sood > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > required to have complete control) > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > http://www.appaholics.in/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en