Regarding current camera state:

Sailfish camera is reproducing AOSP9 camera behavior. Camera in AOSP9 is rather poor with kernel 4.9 series. In particular,

* Focus is slow and looks like unpredictable. So, to get sharp photo you need some luck and try several times

* Flash is out of sync with image taking. Frequently, flash is on while focussing and is off while taking photo.

As a result, to take photo, you need good light and time to make several shots.

There is a new version of blobs that promises better photos on Linux 4.14. Officially, it will be supported only with AOSP10. Maybe I can update kernels to 4.14 and use it with AOSP9, but its currently unknown. If that will fail, we will need to move the port to the new base - AOSP10.

At this moment, there are no AOSP10 stable releases and no stable Linux kernel 4.14 either. So, it will take time before we will be able even to test whether it will work for us.

So, I suggest to expect rather bad camera performance when making decision to join this port. If we manage to pull off camera update, consider it as a bonus. But don't count on it.