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The camera won't focus on objects close up when trying to take macro shots.
Does this happen to anyone else?
If you are fully updated try tapping the screen to focus on something specific.
Be aware that the (tiny, generally low-quality) lenses used in phones are going to usually be bad at macro anyhow. Do you know what the minimum focus range on the Focus' camera is supposed to be?
Yes, the name "Focus" is a bit of a bad joke considering the camera quality...
The closest I can take a picture is about three inches, when using the camera in Macro auto focus mode. Any closer than that and it's always blurry.
so i've been toying with my note edge a little, and as i own a note II i decided to place them together and
check out the differences in the camera viewfinder. at first i launched the rear facing camera, and well..
some differences, but all in all both seem to work great. i did however notice something when i launched the
front facing camera. if the regular selfie mode is activated on the note 4 / note edge, the viewfinder gets REALLY choppy.
all movement is also easier blurred. i tested this by making some minor movements with my phone while taking a few
photos, and sure enough, they ended up being really blurred.
i could literally nearly write alphabets with my fingers if i did it fast enough, that's how laggy the movement was.
i have seen several reviews on youtube where this problem occur, even though most reviewers usually don't
pay that much attention to it. as for me, i find it really annoying. i have to keep the phone extremely still to get sharp shots
due to this viewfinder blur/lag issue.
if i activated the wide angle selfie mode, the viewfinder had normal smooth motion and the photos taken were
sharp and crisp, even if i did some elaborate shaking with my hand while shooting.
i paid a lot of money for this device, which makes the disappointment even bigger knowing people buying phones
at half the price still has a better working front facing camera than i do. sure, it does work and it takes great video and / or pictures..
but this doesn't make it flawless. why the normal selfie mode is so choppy and laggy i do not know. pretty surprised this hasn't been fixed,
as i have noticed several others with the same problem.
how about you? is your front facing camera also making the viewfinder seem laggy / choppy in selfie mode, compared to the wide angle selfie mode?
i'd love to hear your opinions on this. :good:
niqen said:
so i've been toying with my note edge a little, and as i own a note II i decided to place them together and
check out the differences in the camera viewfinder. at first i launched the rear facing camera, and well..
some differences, but all in all both seem to work great. i did however notice something when i launched the
front facing camera. if the regular selfie mode is activated on the note 4 / note edge, the viewfinder gets REALLY choppy.
all movement is also easier blurred. i tested this by making some minor movements with my phone while taking a few
photos, and sure enough, they ended up being really blurred.
i could literally nearly write alphabets with my fingers if i did it fast enough, that's how laggy the movement was.
i have seen several reviews on youtube where this problem occur, even though most reviewers usually don't
pay that much attention to it. as for me, i find it really annoying. i have to keep the phone extremely still to get sharp shots
due to this viewfinder blur/lag issue.
if i activated the wide angle selfie mode, the viewfinder had normal smooth motion and the photos taken were
sharp and crisp, even if i did some elaborate shaking with my hand while shooting.
i paid a lot of money for this device, which makes the disappointment even bigger knowing people buying phones
at half the price still has a better working front facing camera than i do. sure, it does work and it takes great video and / or pictures..
but this doesn't make it flawless. why the normal selfie mode is so choppy and laggy i do not know. pretty surprised this hasn't been fixed,
as i have noticed several others with the same problem.
how about you? is your front facing camera also making the viewfinder seem laggy / choppy in selfie mode, compared to the wide angle selfie mode?
i'd love to hear your opinions on this. :good:
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hi there !
i had a bit choppy main camera, it doesn't bother when taking photos but it shows up when i play recorded videos
Hi,
does anyone know who controls the rolling shutter speed of the camera?
is this controled by software or by hardware?
it works too slow, the most tiny vibration is transfered and return a wavy image, its so cr*p honestly,
anyone know if this is something software controlled? all xiaomi devices return a very slow rolling shutter speed in the camera,
i wonder if this can be modified or not,
as other phones like an ulefone metal, just to name any, return a much better speed on the sensor...
thanks
"Zero Shutter Lag" causes the photos to be blurry. If you are on AOSP or CM13, you can disable Zero Shutter Lag after enabling developer options in the Snapdragon Camera app. If you are using MiUI-based ROM, I'm not sure how to do it.
By the way, shutter speed is shutter speed. Rolling shutter is an entirely different thing.
Rolling shutter is a video defect.
Your problem is a too slow shutter speed. If your phone pick a quicker speed, it will raise ISO and you'll have "noise".
check out this video, thats how mi 4c performs?
rolling shutter speed is just pathetic, and i think this artifact is on all xiaomi devices, or at least in all the xiaomi i checked.
thats why i ask if its something controlled by software the rolling shutter speed, or is a sensor based problem,
anyone know the response?
can this be modified? others cheap phones like ulefone metal or even the crappy 50$ blackview A8 dont return such accentuated problem at all.
please check out those videos:
ulefone metal performs way better
Rolling shutter isn't related to shutter speed. Read more about rolling shutter here:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/tips-and-solutions/rolling-shutter-versus-global-shutter
I see a moderate amount of rolling shutter in the Mi 4c video you have provided, but I don't think it's excessive compared to other phones. In any event there is (almost) nothing you can do about the rolling shutter effect. You may try enabling digital video stabilization if you think the video is too shaky.
hi legacyofthevoid, thanks for your response,
i must say i dont really agree that much on the fact the rolling shutter is moderate, i find its quite excesive, specially when cheaper phones got superior scanning speed,
as i said this problem is very noticeable on all the xiaomi devices i checked, and that makes me think if maybe xiaomi is reusing somehow the code who commands that speed, (in case is a software issue)
even in the high ed mi5 the result is just pathethic, i mean, really bad, and if you sum up the worst OIS i ever seen + the constant autofocus moving + the slow rolling shutter + the strange artifacts that skew the image when tries to stabilize it,
then thats the result of an mi5:
so bad image stability, is like see from the eyes of a drunk guy,
or this from minute 1:00 all the image fully out of shape due OIS + Rolling shutter issue.
Rolling shutter is caused by the way in which the camera sensor reads the information on its surface. Even high end DSLRs suffer from this problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSqKX3OexQ
It's not a software problem. It's just that the sensor doesn't read the whole surface at the same, or fast enough to minimize the effect.
i understand the rolling shutter will be always present
since looks like to be inherent to CMOS sensors scanning procedure, and even "pro" cameras
have this issue,
however i still can't avoid the fact its way WAY more noticeable
in xiaomi phones than other phones that are even cheaper and have aparently worst sensors,
we are talking about a simple walking returning super wavy dizzy images,
its not a phone attached to a turbine vibrating motor,
in a go pro camera you can see this issue just on strong vibrations for example,
and makes sense, but doesnt make sense to have such strong problem in a expensive phone thats supposed to have
good quality/price ratio, (well, its not bad, but its not that good neither, no nfc, no waterproof, no microSD, no good camera for video, and so on)
quite frustraste me a bit, and i was wondering if could be fixable via software, looks like no...
another sample on how wavy and dizzy video looks like on the slightest movement, + the autofocus always moving front and back constantly, so frustrating to see,
anyone have a video recorded with the mi4c at 60 or even 120 fps ? i would like to see if this might help smoothing the result
The main problem of the video you posted is not the rolling shutter IMO. It's the "glittering" on surfaces like grass.
I'll try in similar condition if I have something like that.
And there is a way to fix the focusing distance while filming, no?
And we should have start with that.
What rom and version do you have? You use the default camera, right?
Can anyone confirms this? Almost 4 units i tested from sony stalls has this issue.
The photos taken by camera turns out to be overly sharpened, with lots of artifacts.
Turning on or off image enhancements does not help.
I am seeing this as well. And most of the reviews I saw also reported this.
Currently I am trying a few third party camera apps to see if they do the same
Haiz.. Why can't they make the camera right for once?
I concurred this. Mine focused good. I learned a trick that you actually have to tap the screen then press and hold the camera button on screen or side until it is clear. When i first got it, all my photos was focusing on the wrong spot. However, now with that trick i could get sharp images but zooming in they look very blurry and a lot of noise.
Do you experience this is good or low light? You do have to work a little bit harder with the camera settings as the light drops off to get the right image. And use the designated camera button too rather than the on screen one.
Good lightings... Not to mention if its poor lighting conditions. Guess have to wait for a new firmware.
Yep so much sharpening in all lighting conditions. Hoping for a software update soon.
Here is samples pictures from my XZ. It has undoubtedly the best selfies camera under daylight. Lowlight shooting takes a bit to get used to it. It was bad as first but if you toggle on "tap - focus and brightness" in setting it will improve tremendously as it uses it light sensor to automatically brighten the photos. Overall, I'm happy with the camera. It beats Iphone 7 Plus and on par with the S7Edge. My beef with the XZ is the small size and 3GB. I would prefer 5.5 and 4GB for a $600 phone. But if you can get it for $450 or $500, this phone is definitely worth every penny.
http://imgur.com/a/1S4Si
I am not talking about selfies. I am talking about the main camera. Very bad quality here. So fall 8 sets i have tried, same issues
Noticed this myself, not impressed with the image quality. Seems to be worse than my Z2. Hoping when they eventually drop Nougat it'll iron out some of the issues.
About blure and noise, increse ev to +0.7 or 1
A very good example of xz camera samples. You can guess which photos are by xz. The oversharpening of images when zoomed in.. Soo much artifacts.
http://m.gsmarena.com/blind_shootout_iphone7_galaxy_s7_xperia_xz_lg_g5
Hello to all,
Just got my OnePlus 8.
When checking the cameras, I noticed a significant difference between the normal and wide angle cameras.
The wide angle is much darker and sometimes seems to have problems focusing.
I have not found many threads on Google (and the few that I found mention blurriness, not darkness).
Does anyone else have this issue? Could it be a hardware issue?
Thanks for any advice.
So very strange. After a lot of trying last night, I wrote the post above.
This morning, I can't reproduce the issue. Both images look very similar in terms of lighting.
Il post back of three issue comes back or if I come to understand what happened in the first place.
It's normal due to hardware limitations. The wide angle has a much smaller aperture (very common in camera lenses and phone camera).
Smaller aperture means less light can be captured, think of it as your eyes
If you almost close your eyes (small aperture) what you see is darker.
That's why despite the same megapixel count etc, wide angle photos are darker and noisier, and if the software try to compensate , it needs a longer shutter speed (longer shooting time), longer shutter speeds means shakes and movements are captured, resulting in blurry photos, and since the wide angle has no OIS, it's even more likely to come out blurry if you aren't super still while shooting.
Hope this helped