So considering there is a way to ramp up the brightness/intensity of the LEDs for "Death Ray" mode, is it possible to achieve the opposite effect?
Trying to take a picture with flash with my TB has resulted nine times in ten with the subject washed out and shielding themselves from its blinding light or pulling a stupid face from being blasted with the light.
Does the Death Ray method just dial up the voltage/wattage/whatever supplied to the LEDs?
Would it be possible to code a toggle that let the user switch between dimmer, dim and standard levels of light?
TL;DR- less flash plz?
While taking a photo click menu, image adjust, and move exposure to -1 or -2. I make -1 my default. Both of my HTC phones over expose at the normal setting.
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Bowtie26 said:
While taking a photo click menu, image adjust, and move exposure to -1 or -2. I make -1 my default. Both of my HTC phones over expose at the normal setting.
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that doesn't make the flash any less bright though. i know i could play with that setting to get less wash-out, but more importantly i want to not blow people's faces off with light so i can get normal-looking expressions.
But those faces make the pictures fun!
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But those faces make the pictures fun!
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Well I would like to have some boring old not-fun pictures now and again, too.
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Is anyone else having issues with the auto screen brightness? I'm in bed now with all the lights off and my screen is at it's brightest. As far as I can remember, the screen has never gone dim for me. I have always had to do it manually.
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allen2oo3 said:
Is anyone else having issues with the auto screen brightness? I'm in bed now with all the lights off and my screen is at it's brightest. As far as I can remember, the screen has never gone dim for me. I have always had to do it manually.
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Same problem here.
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Mine seems to work. I always thought it worked based on where the bar is set prior to the checkmark.
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I use Quick Settings to adjust the brightness. The auto on this phone definitely isn't working correctly.
Mine works just fine. Dim when it's bright around me, bright when it's dark around me.
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I feel like mine does change some, but it never seems like it's a really accurate change to the condition... or maybe I just think it does, hmm.
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Mine works just fine. Dim when it's bright around me, bright when it's dark around me.
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That's backwards. You want the brightness down when it's dark, because less light is needed to see the screen, and up when it's light, because more brightness is needed to see the screen.
I as well have had issues with the auto brightness. It never seems to change. I manually set it, or leverage a widget.
Mine works but it adjusts too frequently. It was annoying to see it going brighter and dimmer every minute or two so I tuned it off and use a widget.
Thanks, Robrecht
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That's backwards. You want the brightness down when it's dark, because less light is needed to see the screen, and up when it's light, because more brightness is needed to see the screen.
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I believe it was a joke.
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Glad to see I'm not crazy and imagining things. Very surprised at how many little quirks HTC let slip by on the thunderbolt.
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I have always disliked auto-brightness. At night when I'm reading a book in bed, it is just way too bright at the lowest auto-bright setting. Though it was nice to automatically brighten up when I'm outside. Now days, I just stick an Android power control on the home screen and manage it myself. 0% for when I'm in bed reading books, 30% for normal every day use, 100% for when I'm outside. It seems to help the battery quite a bit too.
Its best to adjust it manually anyways... Just add a widget on your home screen lolz
What's best is not always whats preferred. It's little things like auto not working that make me miss my cyanogen'd droid 1
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I believe it was a joke.
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jab818 said:
What's best is not always whats preferred. It's little things like auto not working that make me miss my cyanogen'd droid 1
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Same, but I came from a CM Eris
Is there a way to make our flash not quite as obnoxious (it is on for like 5 seconds, then off, then on again for another 2 or so before taking the picture...), and also make the camera take the picture a little more quickly??
I noticed this last night.
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Are you using the LG camera app? The flash comes on initially to allow the camera to focus more accurately. Then it flashes again for the actual exposure. You can mess around with the flash and focus settings to find the settings you like. It doesn't personally bother me though that the flash works this way because it makes for a better focused image.
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Are you using the LG camera app? The flash comes on initially to allow the camera to focus more accurately. Then it flashes again for the actual exposure. You can mess around with the flash and focus settings to find the settings you like. It doesn't personally bother me though that the flash works this way because it makes for a better focused image.
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Yes, it is good for focusing on static images, but for anything you want to take of picture of more quickly (people smiling, which no one likes to have to do for 10 seconds when it could just be 1 or 2) or any other action shot, it fails. If you're at all familiar with the Samsung Fascinate, the flash for that is much quicker, and yet its pictures are just as crisp and focused...
I've tried messing around with the focus settings but haven't found one to help speed up the flash and shutter.
Okay, just figured out that if you focus manually, the flash is instant. This is a good fix for all low- and medium-light situations, but it is no fix when it's really dark. The problem, of course, is that you can't manually focus when it's really dark because you the subjects don't show up and thus can't be focused on... So is there a work-around for these situations, or is that the time we leave it on auto focus and just endure the long-ass flash?
One workaround I've found is that in auto-focus mode if you press and hold the shutter button it will focus but won't take the photo until you release the shutter button. When you do release it, it takes the photo without delay. Its not effective in every situation but it helps.
I also turned off the instant preview and that makes it much quicker to take multiple photos in succession.
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One workaround I've found is that in auto-focus mode if you press and hold the shutter button it will focus but won't take the photo until you release the shutter button. When you do release it, it takes the photo without delay. Its not effective in every situation but it helps.
I also turned off the instant preview and that makes it much quicker to take multiple photos in succession.
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great tip re: turning off instant preview!
Is there any way that allows infuse owners to use the bright flash that our led bulb produces after the first flash when taking photos ?
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First flash? like a pre flash? if you set the camera to flash on and tap the screen it will light up before taking the picture...
Do you mean as a flashlight? Or what?
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When you take a picture a preflash shoots and then a big and powerful flash shoots, I know there are certain apps which allow you to turn on the pre flash and use it as a flashlight ... but I'm wondering if there's any way to use the really powerful flash as a flashlight.
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TeslaLED will allow you to use the flash as a flashlight but I haven't found any apps that allow you to use the LEDs at their max potential (and haven't looked for any either).
Tiny flashlight+LED app free on market will allow to use the camera led anytime through the app itself or widget.
I dont know if its on the MAX it can yet im sure that thing its bright enough!!
Besides using the LED to its max power for an extense period of time will probably damage it maybe thats why it only max powers for a seconds on the photos, you can see the flash on video recording its not as bright as the final picture flash power.
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True true, thank you so much guys.
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Auto bright
Battery killer or good for battery?
Turn it off and leave at lowest brightness.
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Turn it off and leave at lowest brightness.
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Unless you go outside.
Juice Defender Ultimate has some brightness settings that let you tune the auto brightness. You can get it a lot darker than you normally can, and change the way it ramps up and down.
I mainly use it as a way to keep the phone from blinding me in the car or desk dock at night and still letting itself ramp to full brightness in sunlight.
As long as you live under a rock, minimum brightness should work. If you do go outside, either use the power widget to quickly change settings or just use auto. i personally like auto.
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And don't forget on manual brightness you can change brightness just by sliding your finger across the top.
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And don't forget on manual brightness you can change brightness just by sliding your finger across the top.
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Lol,I forgot about that handy little tool. I been chewing my kids out cuz they kept turning it up when i let em play on it.ot so I thought.
I had much more luck just long pressing the notification bar where I want the brightness. Swiping it gave mixed results.
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I had much more luck just long pressing the notification bar where I want the brightness. Swiping it gave mixed results.
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That's a nice trick! Thanks. I had problems with the brightness not changing reliably when swiping. (User error no doubt)
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So I'm using the factory camera and gallery, has anyone noticed how the display turns to crap when you view pictures? The color tone completely drops and makes the photos look dark and terrible. Is there a setting I may have turned on (or off)? Or is there something third party I should use perhaps?
Because when I view the photos on the PC using my nice HD display, its really not as bad as it looks on the phone.
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I think it could be just the app itself and how it was written. But also adjusting the brightness can usually help. One reason I hate the pentile display. > <
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So I'm using the factory camera and gallery, has anyone noticed how the display turns to crap when you view pictures? The color tone completely drops and makes the photos look dark and terrible. Is there a setting I may have turned on (or off)? Or is there something third party I should use perhaps?
Because when I view the photos on the PC using my nice HD display, its really not as bad as it looks on the phone.
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I think it is being caused by 2 things.
1. Automatic brightness.
2. Settings -> Display -> Auto adjust screen power. (Although I thought this setting never worked, it sounds like the exact problem you're having)
I just use a brightness widget and a scroll of the top status bar to adjust my brightness all the time. The automatic brightness is pretty much unusable because I find it too dark most of the time.
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I think it could be just the app itself and how it was written. But also adjusting the brightness can usually help. One reason I hate the pentile display. > <
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The Skyrocket doesn't have a pentile display.
I wouldn't have purchased it if it did.
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You can try QuickPic from the market?
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You can try QuickPic from the market?
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rjohnstone said:
The Skyrocket doesn't have a pentile display.
I wouldn't have purchased it if it did.
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Haha oh wow, I got confused. Pentile is the tech samsung replaced. X)
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Lucidmike said:
I think it is being caused by 2 things.
1. Automatic brightness.
2. Settings -> Display -> Auto adjust screen power. (Although I thought this setting never worked, it sounds like the exact problem you're having)
I just use a brightness widget and a scroll of the top status bar to adjust my brightness all the time. The automatic brightness is pretty much unusable because I find it too dark most of the time.
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i've turned off the auto adjust, but i still have general auto brightness turned on. Still dims when in the gallery. i've noticed this on every skyrocket phone i've ran into, the pictures just look dark and dull when being viewed in the gallery.
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i've turned off the auto adjust, but i still have general auto brightness turned on. Still dims when in the gallery. i've noticed this on every skyrocket phone i've ran into, the pictures just look dark and dull when being viewed in the gallery.
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Turn auto brightness off, this is the main reason I turned mine off. It will usually turn it to the lowest brightness in galleries and looks like ****. Auto brightness is garbage from the factory. There's suppose to be a better mod that checks nearly 100 times a sec and uses less power but I been too lazy to ask my friend for the name of it lol.
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No ****, worked like a charm great suggestion.
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There's a post in q& a somewhere that explains the iso settings in different lighting environments. I usually just keep mine set to 200 and makes it alot better. Still darkens a little bit but not near as bad as it did before. I also noticed a difference turning the flash off.
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There's a post in q& a somewhere that explains the iso settings in different lighting environments. I usually just keep mine set to 200 and makes it alot better. Still darkens a little bit but not near as bad as it did before. I also noticed a difference turning the flash off.
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The topic more or less was on the gallery view, not the actual camera quality. It takes pretty decent photos compared to what else is available.
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You can try QuickPic from the market?
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Thats what i use, i will never go back to the default gallery.
I use the stock gallery, and photos look awesome!! high def photos from tumblr look crisp, amazing colours!
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