Android 5.0 Lollipop Camera: DNG output format is better than JPEG

In addition to offering a major visual overhaul, Android 5.0 Lollipop it offers lots of small internal changes that make it a really big update.

Among them, we see in particular: new custom camera API It allows developers to create camera apps to control shutter speed and take photos. Raw lossless photos in DNG format.

An Android 5.0 Lollipop innovation that will allowexpand post-processing possibilities Images get the most out of footage, thanks to the DNG format, which offers better dynamics and notable noise suppression compared to JPEG.

THEM new Android 5.0 Lollipop camera APIs change the color correction matrix and allow faster capture speed in burst mode. Thanks to this new API, Nexus 5’s 8 Megapixel photo sensor (Lollipop update will be in early November) is now 30 frames per second faster than most photo sensors.

But the biggest contribution of the new Android 5.0 Lollipop API dedicated to the camera is in the new DNG output format. Unlike JPG, it offers a raw format. images without loss of quality none. Depending on the nature of the image, the differences will be more or less obvious, but there is a quality gain.

To better understand the subject Benefits of the DNG output format Faced with the JPG format, the American site Phonearena took burst shots in both formats using the Nexus 5 photo sensor. level of detail optimal, especially in the first Porsche image where the bodywork isn’t as clean as it looks in the JPEG image.

DNG format on the left, JPEG format on the right. Click on the pictures to enlarge.