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Captivate's Camera

What up guys..just got my Samsung captivate this week..but I'm not new to android scene.. (all hail ANDROID)...I have my personal cell a moto Droid.. and I had a nexus one, which I lost/got stolen
I missed my Nexus one..until yestarday..I was playing around with the camera app the captivate comes with and I found something that made my day...the PANORAMA MODE!!!!!
I have to say guys...so many extras..so many settings..so many modes...
thank you samsung..I always had choosen my moto droid over my nexus one..but now I have a new favorite ..

yeah the camera is hella good. man, especially the 720p recording!

I thought panoramic was awesome too.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Remember to apply all the appropiate mods, and fixes to get your phone running 400% faster even though froyo's not even out yet!
This phone is stupid fast.

The panarama is better than any I tried before.the fact u don't have to snap each picture is ap plus
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

my phone says 0.3M with a rectabgular shape around it kind of at the top left of the camera screen. any idea what that means?

,3M means 0.3 megapixels...thats probably the only downside..but the picture still looks great!!
I removed the twiz or whatever is called home app..and deleted all crapware..and yes..is really fast....faster than froyo on nexus one..I can believe is running android 2.1....what other mods can I install??

thindery said:
my phone says 0.3M with a rectabgular shape around it kind of at the top left of the camera screen. any idea what that means?
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Thats your camera's resolution. Change it by going into the camera settings....

well first read up on the pimp my captivate guide
http://www.multiupload.com/4X0O96JYTV
it'll explain the basics for backing up, nandroid, etc.
But here's my set-up:
Flashed stock JH2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7614957&postcount=6
(How to flash tut = here) Basically shows you how to access dl mode.
First download all the files for the JH2 (the firm, tar, and pit) then you must have odin running first, select the tar, and pit file in their respective directory and extracting. THEN you enable download mode in phone.
After you have stock JH2
SRE 1.0
here
Roots, overclock, integrated wireless hotspot/usb tethering, market fix, lag fix, ad block, market uncensor, allows you to install apks directly from phone, removes att crapware, and boot animation, adds fonts, and gps fix.
After all's ready, enjoy your amazing fast phone (Raped my friend's evo nasty)

This is from the Vibrant forum. They have the panorama feature as well.
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All of this is done INSIDE the phone. No post processing or anything needed. Press a button one time, just follow the green box and your done. Samsung makes real digital cameras by the way.
You can also make action shots when you select the action mode. Not sure if the Captivate has this:

I cant seem to change the resolution in panoramic mode

I believe thats normal. Having a higher pixel count might lead to massive picture sizes and would probably cause a problem for the phone imho.

Belaflek said:
I cant seem to change the resolution in panoramic mode
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Its resolution is fixed to 0.3 mp.

ConceptVBS said:
This is from the Vibrant forum. They have the panorama feature as well.
All of this is done INSIDE the phone. No post processing or anything needed. Press a button one time, just follow the green box and your done. Samsung makes real digital cameras by the way.
You can also make action shots when you select the action mode. Not sure if the Captivate has this:
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OMG!!! Do they have panoramic with a higher res or is that at the .3 mp res?

tytdfn said:
OMG!!! Do they have panoramic with a higher res or is that at the .3 mp res?
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I believe its the same 0.3mp

All cameras even high end sony digital cameras when shooting panaroma shoot in a lower then their native.

No big deal..ill use my 7d for that

Photostitch lets you make panoramas with a much higher res but you have to manually snap each shot. Anyone had success with vertical panorama shots?

I love the camera on the Captivate. It blows my old iPhone camera away. These pics aren’t the best, but its more than capable of performing well. The detail is amazing especially when viewing on the phone.

I took this panoramic today, was pretty excited to mess around with it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Pictures taken with xt720

Since mighty Zn5 i have greatest respect for Motorola camera phones. Soon enough I hope I will change my X10 for xt720.
I would like to see your shots and hear your thoughts about xt720 cam, cause its a shame that this phone doesn't have thread like this of its own.
Thanks

actually the photos taken are not as good as it's counterparts..

well, only photos taken with xt720 you can find on internet are those on Esato forum http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/index.php?make=Motorola&model=MilestoneXT720 and most of them are mediocre except those indoors which are excellent. Majority of other photos, are taken from car or something, so they dont represent true quality. So I wanted to see some representative specimen here

If you check out XT720 reviews, most of them have pics from the camera (for the purpose of the review). I find the camera is pretty good (amazing with the flash in dark environments).

syrenz said:
If you check out XT720 reviews, most of them have pics from the camera (for the purpose of the review). I find the camera is pretty good (amazing with the flash in dark environments).
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yes I am aware fo that, but those photos are quickly taken during 1-2 days needed for review. But when you use cell and know its strenghts and weakneses you tend to make much better pictures. General story about xt720 camera is, pictures are mediocre, it has shutter lag bla bla bla etc. in which I dont believe according to few samples and specs of camera.
In some cases I like x10 camera, but I dislike: fake colours, low sharpness, idiotic flash, poor night mode, slow interface etc.
Check this xt720 picture out
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Amazing sharpness even strong light goes directly in lens

I don't believe the quality of the pics are bad, they tend to look great for me for the most part. Shutter lag is there kind of though (sometimes takes a good moment for it to take the picture after pressing the button) .

and what camera apps do you use?
i has been using the stock app but found out that it compressed the jpeg file too much...

shutter lag as if "time between pressing shutter and actual taking of the photo"? And how big it is? half second, 1 sec?
I ve read somewhere that nightmode is not functioning at all, that its like normal mode + flash, not like normal nightmode with higher iso and exposure?
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xt has good camera quality (I would say better than ZN5)
I don't know of what shutter lag are everybody talking about, but the only lag is happening when you take first picture with xenon flash (this is normal behavior because flash capacitor needs to fill up)
it has very good macro mode, light metering is great (ZN5 would burn some photos with xenon, but with xt this is not case)
auto focus is really quick, and noise is acceptable (mind you this is not camera, but cameraphone )

I fully agree with pajo.
This is a great camera and all functions well. I do notice the shutter lag, but it only happens SOMEtimes, 99% of the time there is no lag. So that 1 time it does happen is not worth mentioning. I use the stock app btw.
I also dunno what people are talking about the modes. Night mode doesn't work? Then why does it work fine here? Same for macro. Also works. Everything in the camera works (I use Dexter 2.2 btw, but even on stock 2.1 it works fine).
I love this phone and the camera

well since I consider Zn5 to be best camera phone after N8, than you put up quite a challeng here . Go post some night landscapes and normal night shots so I can see quality.
Btw concerning HDMI, is it only for playing videos, or you can use TV for playing games, browsing etc.?

Disappointed with the camera quality
Actually I have XT720 with standard OS 2.1
I'm VERY disappointed with quality of pictures.
Here is some comparison I made between my NEW 8Mpixel XT720 and my OLD 5Mpixel Nokia N95.
Please check at attached pictures (name of the pictures should be self explanatory)
Now you really think the camera is good....
I also compared the phone with Sony X10 and Samsung "latest galaxy something" and the worst quality is with Motorola XT720
If you want more test (even more official) take a look at
GSMarena website where they have picture comparison of latest cameraphone and, please, address me to a phone that is worst that XT720.
I just have a question:
Is the camera performing better with 2.2 Update?
Thanks

Reddish tone in images Samsung Galaxy sl i9003

Hi to all,
Im having some problem regarding picture quality, The pictures that are taken indoor seems to be ok, but out door images always having reddish tone, it is annoying, ill post a sample image here below, is there any solution for it?
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Image 2(Tone modded in photoshop)

Whats the white balance settings are you using?
What scene settings are you using?
These 2 settings determine the outcome of the color tone.

sgsI9003 said:
Whats the white balance settings are you using?
What scene settings are you using?
These 2 settings determine the outcome of the color tone.
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White balance is set to auto and scene settings is set to none.
A request for all i9003 users, can you test the same with your cameras in daylight and post pictures here?

1st reduce the size & dimensions of your images posted in this thread 600pixel is more than sufficient to see the color cast, its a pain to download that amount of data on 2g plans.
White balance is set to auto and scene settings is set to none.
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if these are the settings then instead of auto try daylight & see if that corrects the color cast or not, if not then you are having a real bug as I don't have such problems.
What firmware are you using?

Ill reduce the size mate
Im using the stock DDKB2 firmware. What about yours? CAn you post a smaple picture taken in your camera in daylight?

I have attached 2 images which are shot on auto white balance they both look good in color.
Here is the Exif info from the images
Camera Model: GT-I9003
Firmware: fw 05.15 prm 08.56
Date/Time: 2011:03:15 14:49:34
Shutter speed: 1/347 sec
Aperture: 2.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/2
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Average
ISO: 50
Focal length: 3.5mm
Image size: 1600 x 1200
Rotation: none
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
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I have Kb1 that's what I got the phone shipped to me,
I have not been able to update via kies.
Reset all the camera options & then try shooting some subject with something white in it so test if it still gives you a color cast, if it does then YES there is a problem.

Your images are looking good dude, well if there is a problem is that related to hardware or software, whats your opinion

Problem could be anywhere, need to get this test done by some other users who have Kb2 on there phone.
I also notice that there is a FW version for the camera (2nd line in exif info)
mine is Firmware: fw 05.15 prm 08.56
I still request you to reset all the camera defaults & then shoot a test image & post the results. Then we ask some other user to do the same only then we will be able to conclude if its hardware or software related issue.

I just reset the camera and took some pictures, ill post it back soon

sgsI9003 said:
Problem could be anywhere, need to get this test done by some other users who have Kb2 on there phone.
I also notice that there is a FW version for the camera (2nd line in exif info)
mine is Firmware: fw 05.15 prm 08.56
I still request you to reset all the camera defaults & then shoot a test image & post the results. Then we ask some other user to do the same only then we will be able to conclude if its hardware or software related issue.
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May i know where i can find the camera firmware?

I googled for that software and got it

Nowhere only samsung would have it, but 1st post the images & let me check the exif info of your images, that will tell us a bit more.

bala_gamer said:
I googled for that software and got it
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Which software, are you talking about the camera firmware?
Dont do anything as yet with the camera fw.

I was talking about this software dude,
https://market.android.com/details?id=since2006.apps.exifdroid
Shows the info about the picture taken

This is the image taken after resetting the camera

Is that wall white (distant right side) if yes then it has some uneven color cast of slight red color which suggest 2 things that either there is indeed some hardware issue or check the lens for any smudge marks which will make it work like some filter.
Clean the lens & take some thing real white from your house (can be multiple white items) arrange that on the roof or garden & shoot in full daylight.
Don't shoot against light as you have done instead the sun should be behind you or to any side but not against you. We will be able to conclude soon.
As per your image exif info we both have the same fw 05.15 prm 08.56

Some more images, unfortunately the 1st image still has the red tint, but i think it depends on the angle and the amount of light!! It cant be a hardware error, as the 2nd image is still good in the same location

These look okay, but I'd take it to Samsung and ask them to check it out, just to be sure

It does show the reddish cast,
in some shots its more in another its less,
the best method to test is what i suggested in my earlier post. your camera does seem to have a problem when I compare the images with my camera shot on auto WB.

Took my mobile to samsung service center, they said they will reflash the same firmware and it may solve the problem. I bought the mobile exactly 12 days before, Can i ask them to replace my mobile? In need of your opinion guys

Someone post photo samples! :)

As some of our friends have their one s now, we're waiting to see for some photos taken by One S, right ?

Yes, yes we are

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More pics:
http://i39.tinypic.com/309r3tl.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/34tcown.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/zme52u.jpg

Thanks for the photos. but photos seem blurry, why is quality lacking?

Here are some pictures I made:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/tzstfyt9.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/83ckfknt.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/c6p8n7li.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/jwrwqn9v.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/5pt4uyrh.jpg

^ you should really resize the pictures.
I'm not sure the camera quality is as good as HTC wanted us to believe in the launch event... way better than what my Desire delivers, but by far not the best smartphone pictures I've seen. Hm.

ok I just post the links, thought there would be something like thumbnails

@Leviathan2k: not sure about you, but they don't look blurry to me...then that might be due to me being on my cell & not my desktop
Sent from my stock, rooted LG-P999WA using XDA Premium

I can only see the blur on full-size images, not if they are scaled down to a reasonable size. I guess it's OK quality for a phone... but my very old, cheap 7.2MP Sony camera shoots much better images. Not so good at sharing the images or doing anything at all with them, however

The camera was one of the things that interested me about this phone. I take a LOT of pictures. what other tmobile phones have really good cameras?

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Here are some pictures I made:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/tzstfyt9.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/83ckfknt.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/c6p8n7li.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/jwrwqn9v.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/5pt4uyrh.jpg
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quite nice picture.

ossy1337 said:
Here are some pictures I made:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/tzstfyt9.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/83ckfknt.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/c6p8n7li.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/jwrwqn9v.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/5pt4uyrh.jpg
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These look absolutely brilliant! Something i noticed, when viewed at full resolution there seems to be much less post processing than photo samples i've seen in reviews. Did you by any chance disable or reduce sharpness in the settings?

Wow, you just sold me on this phone. Great pics....
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

ossy1337 said:
Here are some pictures I made:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/tzstfyt9.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/83ckfknt.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/c6p8n7li.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/120405/jwrwqn9v.jpg
http://s7.directupload.net/images/120405/5pt4uyrh.jpg
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These ones look amazing. Nice colours, nice shots. Much better than sensation on colour.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Here is a batch of my first few outdoor shots, notice I am not a good photographer at all (no good eye for the motives etc.).
The pics are unresized, sizing down would be pointless if you want to find out about how the camera performs IMO. Those were shot on general standard settings, with only face detection turned off. Some are "best shot takes" from burst mode, some singles, some panoramas.
http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2854/xzrf2m3v_jpg.htm
http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/2854/374d35il_jpg.htm
http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2854/29aoekyk_jpg.htm
^^^ Single Shots
http://i.imgur.com/wGM7K.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ygMl0.jpg
^^^ One 3shot and one 5shot panorama which were >4MB so i resorted to imgur. I am not sure if they resize the pics after upload or not.
http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2854/zceh66zg_jpg.htm
http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2854/43rz7xju_jpg.htm
^^^ Two burst mode "best pick shot" selected on the phones thumbs.
http://i.imgur.com/sRTU1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mxQ0s.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AmgOo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/c2rMo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qhcbn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/trBlb.jpg
^^^ Two three shot bursts with all pics included. It could be just me but it seems that the colors look "duller" on some bursts for some reason.
http://i.imgur.com/DN5X5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JgumO.jpg
^^^ Two shot burst both pics with much brighter colors.
http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/2854/skoblstj_jpg.htm
^^^ Last but not least, burst mode single pick done on the notebook instead of the phone itself.
Sorry for not having a high variety of motives... It was just a quick test run anyways

They did improve quality. Not has good as my sony hx5v.
But for picture that was taken with a phone it is perfect.
Now you can use it for vacation picture not only to send MMS.
Thanks for the samples !

the macro shots are quite awesome for a phone

jodue said:
the macro shots are quite awesome for a phone
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Agreed. That looks great!

my pizzaView attachment 1011911

F-stop and shutter speed
I noticed that on all the pictures I take on the HTC One S, none of them report out a f-stop, shutter speed - at least not in windows explorer. Any idea how I can get to this data?

Lenovo P2 Camera Samples - Show your Creativity

Device : lenovo P2
Hi, feel free to post your awesome photos which you took with your Lenovo P2,
Manual control - Only Focus adjusted during Sunny Evening
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Camera Observations which i did
:angel:
If any one is intrested in Original pictures then letme know i will give the link below so that you can have keen observation and deductions than me :highfive:
These are the Images taken with 5 camera Apps
1) Cyanogen Camera - Apkmirror
2) Camera Fv-5 pro
3) Footej Camera - Playstore
4) Open Camera - Playstore
5) Stock Camera
Settings :
Exposure Type : Frame Average/Average Metering
ISO: AUTO
BRIGHTNESS : AUTO
Focus Type : Touch to Focus
Environment : Indoor ( without artificial lightning,but with ample sunlight visibility)
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i took same thing, by changing all camera' sby touching them allways at same point.. here are the results
1) Image taken by Camera Fv5 -
There is image Smoothing going on... which is same as Lenovo stock camera, but this gave the image size of 5 MB
2) Image taken by Cyanogen Camera -
In here, there is no image smoothening but detail level is Maximum than anyother camera i have tested, This gave image size of 6 MB
3) Image taken by Footej camera -
Here also i can see image smoothing, this exactly showcased what lenovo stock camera did , image size is 2 MB
4) Open Camera -
This is another camera which has Good detail, but image taken by Cyanogen camera is having more level of detail than this .. This gave image size of 8 MB ( The highest)
5) Fianlly Stock Camera - Smart ON
This is the fastest snapper among all the camera apps i have tested, but the level of detail is way lower, there is severe image smoothing going on ( same as Camera Fv5,Footej camera) , the image size is 2 MB
i decided there is something Wrong with Smart ON and OFF
so i took samples with ON and OFF , but the resulting image smoothening is similar, the smart ON mode took better exposure control than OFF mode, image sizes are same
Verdict : Open camera, and Cyanogen Camera are atleast overcoming SOME limitations by Lenovo , thereby causing better images than Other cameraapps that i have tested today .. but Color Composition is same in every APP , Brightness and exposure may vary depending on my Touches, but its least to bother..
Lenovo Stock camera app always takes images with lower exposure levels,thus resultant image is Pale
I prefer Cyanogen Camera as its giving more detail,with out smoothening the image aggresively..

@nandakis4
hi, can you share the link to cyanogen camera app? i can't find it in play store...

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/cyanogenmod

I like camera FV5 , you know you can go into settings and adjust image sharpness and if you save as PNG you get less smoothing than saving as jpg , but file is a lot bigger . . I'll post a few photos using different camera apps when i get time

Thanks @nandakis4 but not working on my device, the app stop at launch (cyanogen camera)!

Few photo from today Stock camera app
Sent from my Lenovo P2a42 using Tapatalk

Fangstergangsta said:
Thanks @nandakis4 but not working on my device, the app stop at launch (cyanogen camera)!
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Same here... can't get it to Work
Help please!

These are photos I took with open camera. I edited them with auto filter from Google photos as they seemed dull without it. P.S You have to root the phone for CyanogenMod apps.

Stock app @dannejanne ?

jerem52 said:
Stock app @dannejanne ?
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Yes [emoji4]

Taken on P2 , Edited with Snapseed
:d

Here

@dannejanne very beatiful photo!

Stock Camera @ S062_170117_ROW
City Nightscape Mode:
This is not a drop of water on the lense....

I don't own a P2 yet...
Why are people saying the camera is bad? You guys seem to get good shots.
Has the 7.0 update helped?

eemgee said:
I don't own a P2 yet...
Why are people saying the camera is bad? You guys seem to get good shots.
Has the 7.0 update helped?
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Yes I think so. The interface is the same but the photos seem to be better