> Make sure you're using Latency mode to match what Pixel Camera does rather than Quality mode which purposely delays capturing until focus lock.
Aah okay that's what this toggle means, thats definitely better.
But my biggest gripes with the GrapheneOS camera app are:
1. The Zoom slider: You can't select the different lenses easily (I'd need to set the zoom slider to exactly 5x to get the zoom lens without digital zoom, which is not that easy) and there is no way to quickly reset it to 1x. I also think the position for this slider would be better at the bottom (where most other camera apps put it)
2. The brightness and zoom slider are rather hard to hit, I maybe have a bit too fat fingers for these? (The brightness slider also does not seem to work in night mode) I also can't see the zoom/brightness values while sliding and the Google Camera App allows for more smoother/finer control.
Same with the little arrow in the top left corner, it always takes like 3-5 hits to open the menu. Never had this issue in the Google Camera App.
3. I need to use the QR Code mode to scan qr codes. I did bind the Google Camera app to double click the power button so I can easily take pictures and scan QR Codes, without the need to tap anything else. But It's definitely a cool feature that the GrapheneOS camera can scan many more Code Types and also that the GrapheneOS Camera removes exif data by default
4. The mode slider at the bottom doesn't let me scroll further than one mode, this means I'd need to swipe thrice to get to the QR Code mode from the Video mode (or tap twice) because when in QR Code mode I can't see the Video mode and vice versa
5. I currently tested it out for writing this comment and my phone definitely got way warmer than when using the Google Camera App. And it used 5% Battery while being active for 7 minutes. EDIT: very weird it did now vanish from the Battery Usage list in the Settings, and in the App Info it also says it did not use any battery since the last full charge (It did before)
6. I think it does not support the Astrophotgraphy (Tripod) mode for the Night Mode.
These are all not huge issues and most people who just want to quickly take some pictures are probably not really bothered by this. But I use the Phone Camera very often (its even one of the reasons I went for the Pixel 8 Pro instead of the normal 8, to get the extra zoom lens) so these issues made me install the Google Camera App.
Don't get me wrong, I still think it is really cool that GrapheneOS can ship an Open Source camera app which achieves the same Image Quality with added features like the HDR+, QR and Night Mode, which is probably enough for most users, and I wouldn't want to trade GrapheneOS for any other OS (see my comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41238691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241594 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39145200)