When comparing Google Camera vs Camera ZOOM FX Premium, the Slant community recommends Google Camera for most people. In the question“What are the best photography apps for Android?” Google Camera is ranked 2nd while Camera ZOOM FX Premium is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Google Camera is:
HDR can be activated or deactivated with one swipe of the thumb.
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Pros
Pro HDR mode
HDR can be activated or deactivated with one swipe of the thumb.
Pro Photo Sphere
Use Photo Sphere and Google Camera to create three hundred and sixty degree panoramic photos easily. Photo Sphere photo images allow the viewer to move around within the world you have created, move up, down, left or right to see everything. Photo Sphere also gives you the tools to create your own Google Maps street view and share it with other Maps users.
Pro Lens Blur
A recently added feature to Google Camera, Lens Blur gives you the SLR like function of creating images with shallow depth of field, or limited areas of focus. Basically, lens blur will only blur the background in order to put more emphasis on an object.
Pro Simple clean interface
Google Camera has a very easy to use and simple interface, with the most important controls right at your fingertips. Google has redesigned the Camera app for every skill level of user, making photography more accessible to everyone.
Pro It is free
It's free if you have one of the supporting devices (Google Nexus or Pixel).
Pro Support panorama shots
Which is also supported by the Android stock camera.
Pro Tap-to-focus or auto focus
This app has auto-focus and manual focus.
Pro Mix of dSLR features and standard app features
These features include white balance, night shooting mode, ISO adjustment, focus adjustment, exposure, contrast, saturation, and more.
Pro Stable-shot mode
The stable shot mode is a feature that will only let a photo be taken when the camera is still. This feature is used to eliminate motion blur.
Pro Voice-activated shooting mode
A voice activated shooting mode takes a picture when there is noise.
Pro Can be extended with filter/frame/effects packs
This app has over 40 filters and effects.
Pro Prevents tilted photos
The horizon level indicator helps users make sure their shots are level.
Pro Time lapse and long exposure
This app supports time lapse and long exposure shots.
Pro Overlay grids
The grids can either represent the rule of thirds, golden ratio, or other similar grids.
Pro Burst shooting
Camera Zoom FX supports burst shooting of up to 20 shots per second.
Pro Tap to shoot
Instead of pressing one specific place on the screen, this app lets users tap anywhere.
Cons
Con Requires Android 4.4+ (KitKat)
The Google Camera app system requirements do require Android 4.4 (KitKat) or better, as a result this does leave out a lot of older phones and tablets. The app does take advantage of features of higher end phones, so you will need to upgrade if your device has an older version of Android.
Con Limited device support - Only available for Google Nexus and Pixel
In 2016 they stop providing Google camera for non google devices. You can download APK and install. But it crashes and most likely the video camera will not work.
Con Photo Sphere does not work on all CPUs
For example, Android-Lenny 4.4 does not support this.
Con Missing important features
This app doesn't support HDR mode or panoramic shots.