Changed to use the Camera Intents to our own peril.

framework/src/com/phonegap/CameraLauncher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package com.phonegap;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap.CompressFormat;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 
 
@@ -21,9 +27,23 @@ public class CameraLauncher {
 	}
 	
 	/* Return Base64 Encoded String to Javascript */
-	public void processPicture( String js_out )
+	public void processPicture( Bitmap bitmap )
 	{		
-		mAppView.loadUrl("javascript:navigator.camera.win('" + js_out + "');");			
+		ByteArrayOutputStream jpeg_data = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		try {
+			if (bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, quality, jpeg_data))
+			{
+				byte[] code  = jpeg_data.toByteArray();
+				byte[] output = Base64.encodeBase64(code);
+				String js_out = new String(output);
+				mAppView.loadUrl("javascript:navigator.camera.win('" + js_out + "');");	
+			}	
+		}
+		catch(Exception e)
+		{
+			failPicture("fail");
+		}
+				
 	}
 	
 	public void failPicture(String err)