OnePlus must quickly release an update that fixes the camera on the 8T.
OOS 11.0.1.2 came with camera fixes, but instead made it worse. Pictures look extremely smoothened, skin tones lightened, and portrait mode is horrible.
This is not acceptable for a phone selling in the premium smartphone space.
GCam
Although a port for the 8T is not out yet, I tried the port for the OnePlus 7 series from developer Urnyx (linked below and is the same for the OnePlus 8, not the Pro models). Both primary and ultra-wide cameras are working on the GCam. You have to enable the 'Telephoto' switch under settings to access the ultra-wide camera.
Here are some initial impressions:
1. Selfies are significantly better on the GCam port, both indoors and outdoors.
2. Rear camera performance is relatively better on the stock camera, especially indoors due to better exposure on stock camera.
3. HDR is better on the stock camera.
4. Outdoor shots during daytime look good on both, but GCam produces slightly better dynamic range. Stock camera over exposes a bit with slightly warmer tones, so colours are not as good as on GCam.
5. When using the primary camera, Nightscape of stock app is better than Nightsight of GCam. But when using ultra wide lens, GCam Nightsight is better than OnePlus Nightscape.
6. Pictures in the dark using flash is much better using stock camera. That's because the flash lights up much brighter when using stock camera.
Here is the link:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1441/
Last edited: Oct 24, 2020
