I just tried to video chat with my brother who was sitting right next to em in a fairly well lit room. His video came through nice and clear, from his Iphone 4 and mine was extremely dark, I couldn't even see myself. We were Both on Tmobile 4g, is anyone else having this issue?
Yeah I know this FFC very bad and crap.
BonesRed said:
I just tried to video chat with my brother who was sitting right next to em in a fairly well lit room. His video came through nice and clear, from his Iphone 4 and mine was extremely dark, I couldn't even see myself. We were Both on Tmobile 4g, is anyone else having this issue?
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how were u on 4g with tmobile on an iphone??
did you take off the protective plastic covering on the front, or do u have a screen protector on? my camera is fine.
knux11 said:
how were u on 4g with tmobile on an iphone??
did you take off the protective plastic covering on the front, or do u have a screen protector on? my camera is fine.
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yeah do they make an international iphone that works on tmo or something?
the ffc is not hot but I didn't buy the phone for that
Iphone 4 has a VGA cam too. So it shouldnt be much different.
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same issue
i was having the same issue. overall it is not just video chat, but in the camera application itself the FFC is extremely dark compared to my MT4G. made sure that all of plastic is removed as well.
it seems a simple software update could fix this. the rear cam is perfect, but there are definite issues with the FFC on this device.
We need some sample shots. I beleive the ffc is dark in video chats, because the back cover is covering part of the camera and when compare to my Epic 4g, the ffc in the epic is much better. light is much better.
The sensation's ffc has higher mp than epic's and the iphone, but it seems it hasn't been built the right way.
Some of you are happy with the ffc, it might be that some phones ffc is closer to the ff camera hole in the case.
Pedmart said:
We need some sample shots. I beleive the ffc is dark in video chats, because the back cover is covering part of the camera and when compare to my Epic 4g, the ffc in the epic is much better. light is much better.
The sensation's ffc has higher mp than epic's and the iphone, but it seems it hasn't been built the right way.
Some of you are happy with the ffc, it might be that some phones ffc is closer to the ff camera hole in the case.
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I can tell you that the above is not my case. I have taken the back cover off and had the same problem. Same darkness where as I was using the MT4G and never experienced this. The one thing that does make it better is changing the settings in the camera app however this does not carryover to video chat programs like Tango, etc.
Going to extremely bright rooms does help solve the problem but overall it seems more than just the cover issue you speak of.
wow. if that's the case, then it's really bad, but how come others are not complaining about this. some even compare it to the iphone 4? I know the iphone 4 ffc is better than the Epic 4G, and my Epic 4G is better than the Htc Sensation I have today. What's going on with this?
You can adjust the settings on the FFC...in the "image adjustment" selection
I've not been having any problems. But I do live in the UK, maybe the US Sensation has different software for the FFC?
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You can adjust the settings on the FFC...in the "image adjustment" selection
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Correct in the camera application, but these adjustments don't seem to carry over to video chat programs.
My FFC is definitely dark compared to my MT4G.. I can't even see myself in the low light like I can on the MT4G.
I have to second this issue. The FFC is simply underexposed, especially compared to the iphone 4.
turn the lights ON
Not having any issues with my FFC. Seems decent quality for VGA.
It's really dark. The one on my iPod touch is so much better in the same situation.
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Correct in the camera application, but these adjustments don't seem to carry over to video chat programs.
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+1
Makes me look like a shadow in mid to low lighting. Also had an almost orange like hue to it. Needs to be fixed. I doubt they will address this issue in any update though unless we raise hell about it.
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The FFC is crap. It does have a toggle for more or less light, but that's about it. You will do best if you are in a well lit area - lots of soft light on your face and not much light in the background. The camera itself doesn't give you a lot of leeway.
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Seriously, I have owned this phone for about a week now, and I flat out forgot the HTC-S had a front camera.
Thanks for the reminder.
Current Phone-HTC-S 4G
Previous-HTC Google N1 (Will always keep it)
Checked around and didn't see an answer to my question, so here it goes:
Is there a way to swap the SGS4G FFC for the Vibrant camera? Or better yet, can I just yank the cam from the SGS4G and put it in the Vibrant?
Thanks for the help.
The two camera's are almost exactly the same, soo yes you could switch out the camera's. the problem is that you might run into banding issues since they could run on different voltages, i had a vibrant n switched the camera out for the I9000 camera and it was terrible in low light.
i would test this if i could, but the screen on my vibrant is broken... =P
hope this helps a bit!
Actually I heard the sgs4 camera has a little transistor to stop the banding. I had a vibrant and I still have the i9000 cameras I didn't install them because the i9000 cameras show banding. I remember reading on the vibrant forums that the banding stopped with sgs4 cameras. You can get them here globaldirectparts.com
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Hi, i hear that LG G2X has a great camera..but Im very dissapointed in mine. Maybe its just mine, but is there a way i can fix it? My Mytouch 4g has better picture quality than the g2x..any suggestions?
this camera is actually not that great. tried taking pictures with back on and off. it does make a small difference but quality still not comparable to the iphone4. even the sensation camera is better. i remember reading a site that rates all camera phone by taking the same picture in same setting with all different kind of smart phone and this phone didn't score well.
I'm pretty dang happy with mine! Whats that site called?
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Seems to me that if lighting conditions are correct my pictures are pretty nice. But if it's dark or cloudy, I have to do so much manipulation in the settings to even score a half-way decent pic.
Overall, I'm very happy with the camera. Image quality almost rivals my cheap 5 year old Nikon.
I'm very interested in Atrix 2. I did a lot of research on Atrix via Google and Forums and saw some pics of the Atrix 4G disputed pentile screen, then Atrix 2 seems a good choice.
How is the rear camera photo quality if I use Camera Zoom FX?
and if it is actually better than Atrix 4G 5MP camera.(I expect test instead of data comparison)
I hoped that it could bear daily use so I don't need to take my Camera with a lot of space. I understand the degrade, but can I at least take relatively good photo with it?
Thanks
At first I bought a G2x. It sucks, it is horrible. The camera and screen. Dead point in the middle, extremely underexposure camera and severe bleeding along the whole screen.. I returned it.
the camera has great hardware, but the software written for the camera is ****e. you can make improvements to quality with camera zoom fx, but, you will still have some problems with quality. but czfx will drastically improve results.
why is the g2x ffc quality so dark?
i compared it to my itouch4 and the itouch ffcamera is way better than the g2x.
is this any fix for this?
also notice the g2x video recording LAGS when recording in LOW LIGHTING.
the only time when it doesnt lag is when it has direct contact to LIGHT or the SUN.
I think it's because the camera sucks. Both the rear and front facing are pretty junky IMO and tend to shoot really poorly in low light conditions. Turns out HTC cares about hardware quality and LG cares about hardware specs. Again, IMO
in fact, if you flash a 2.3.4 based rom, your front camera will not be that dark anymore, try it!