I've noticed that on the S3, along with many other phones, that the stock camera app chooses to expand the edges of every picture you take regardless of its ability to capture the full screen. The first picture attached is what i see through the camera, and the second is what the picture actually looks like when I take it. I'm wondering why it does this.
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When launching the camera app, there is a big black screen where the view of what is coming through the camera should be. I can still take pictures and it shows what I have taken in the bottom left hand corner but it means i have to take pictures 'blind'.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Hey everyone,
Just recently, I've been having a problem with blurry pictures because the photo taker assumes that the photo is taken and saved before it is taken.
Previously on roms, once you press the blue button on the camera app, you see the autofocus do its work, and then it stops (which means the photo has been taken).
However, on the ROM I am currently on, it does the autofocus and the still, but takes like 3 seconds after that before the photo is actually taken O.O I'm not sure why, but this is causing a lot of blurry pictures because autofocus doesnt account for the 3 seconds between the focus and the actually photo taken.
Any ideas?
I do not have your phone/brand/rom so I have no experience in your device whatsoever.
However, I think that you are spot on about the autofocus potentially being a cause.
Are you able to disable it or use another camera application that has tap to focus or similar?
Sorry for the late reply.
Using another camera app causes some glitches (parts of the picture cuts off, streaks of white on the sides, etc.). Tap to focus will not help the problem because there is still a gap between when the pic is taken and when it is focused.
Thanks.
hello.
haven't been on this site for quite some time, but i am familiar with using custom roms.
i'm using an htc desire s with android 4.0.4, stock rom from htc site.
there are certain things i like about ICS, and other things that simply boggle me.
i've been considering using a custom rom again, but i was hoping someone could shed some light on specific features/functions.
in other words, i would be changing to a custom rom if one is available that has these features, otherwise i'll just leave it alone.
firstly: the camera.
when trying to take up-close photos (macro), the camera will attempt to focus, will succeed, then quickly snap back to being blurry. this happens less with "auto focus" turned off, but it's still frustrating (i can see the hardware moving the camera focus to where i want it, but i can't keep it there). turning on the Scene called "close up" will allow the hardware to stay in the focused range, where i want it, but it overrides the white balance, such that i can't adjust the white balance any more, and the colour is always -always- different from the colour settings in the "auto" Scene setting. very frustrating indeed.
that's problem one.
but the bigger problem (with the camera) is:
when taking a photo where a flash is required/desired (in low lighting), i have to take many -many- photos before i happen to roll the dice and get one in focus. basically, holding up the camera to the darkened scene, the screen is mostly dark. i can take a photo with the flash, but the camera uses the same moment of flash to implement the focus, which is essentially entirely useless. in other words: dark scene, dark screen, flash ready, click to take a photo, flashtrytofocustakepicture = blurry picture. the picture only turns out well if the focus happens to catch in just the right way at the right time.
in contrast, while the stock camera app behaves this way, when i use google goggles, the camera behaves differently. there is a simple button which turns the led light on and off BEFORE taking a picture, which means the focus can function normally on a fully lit scene and then a picture can be taken, in focus. funny thing about that: the photo result that shows as a preview (immediately after snapping a photo in google goggles) is the desired photo, however it is not the photo that the app recognises nor which is saved on the sd card. anyhow, that's a different issue.
the point is: it seems clear to me that the hardware is capable, and the software is capable, but they have not been married correctly in 4.0.4.
would anyone be able to confirm whether another rom or camera app has the macro and light-before-focus capabilities described above?
i have some other questions about the way text copy and paste is implimented, but i'll just stick with the camera question for now.
thanks in advance for any information.
Hi,
I have purchased my Elephone P3000S 3GB in August, 2015.
I have an issue with the camera. In the beginning it took OK pictures but after a while I have realized that the back /main/ camera shows blurred spots and darker circles on the screen and also on the pictures taken. The front camera's pictures are OK.
I tried with several different camera apps, all show the same spotty picture. Please look at the attache pic.
AND yesterday I wanted to take a picture and I was not able to access the main camera only the front one. It appeared after a restart, but still......
Do you have a solution to these problems?
Thanks!
Today I was taking pictures with my S6 using the PRO mode and was fiddling with the AF option, when I noticed something interesting. When I drag the Focus slider from Infinity towards Macro, the camera ZOOMs IN while also adjusting the focus. The ZOOMED in image in the view finder looks absolutely lossless.
Here's the thing, it stays like that till the time my finger is on the slider. The moment I lift my finger it goes back to its normal state. The zoomed area in the viewfinder is comparable to the 4X Digital Zoom that our Phone usually does but with much HIGHER QUALITY! There's no way I can click without leaving the slider or take a screenshot, but I will try to record my screen and post the video if possible. I know this sounds rubbish. Any thoughts??
If you want take the picture with zoom, take it without zoom first. Then crop it.
It will way better than pre-zoomed picture.
forumber2 said:
If you want take the picture with zoom, take it without zoom first. Then crop it.
It will way better than pre-zoomed picture.
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not sure if you comprehend..
arneldna said:
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I understood what you want to mean.
While you took the picture with zoom applied, phone applies extra processing to picture (idk why) and it causes to picture look worse than it should be.
While adjusting the AF on manuel mode, what you see is an non-proccessed pure image. That's why you see it "better".
So, if you want to take the picture w/ zoom applied with better quality, we need less proccess.
That's why I said that you should take picture without zoom, then crop it.
forumber2 said:
I understood what you want to mean.
While you took the picture with zoom applied, phone applies extra processing to picture (idk why) and it causes to picture look worse than it should be.
While adjusting the AF on manuel mode, what you see is an non-proccessed pure image. That's why you see it "better".
So, if you want to take the picture w/ zoom applied with better quality, we need less proccess.
That's why I said that you should take picture without zoom, then crop it.
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I see the quality of a zoomed image saved in RAW format is similar to that you get in Auto Mode if not worse, since there is no post-processing applied here. But the live preview I mentioned in my earlier post was much better than both. Also, do you get a pinkish tint in your images when shooting in Manual mode under extreme low light scenes? Thanks for your response.
arneldna said:
I see the quality of a zoomed image saved in RAW format is similar to that you get in Auto Mode if not worse, since there is no post-processing applied here. But the live preview I mentioned in my earlier post was much better than both. Also, do you get a pinkish tint in your images when shooting in Manual mode under extreme low light scenes? Thanks for your response.
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There is always a proccess applied when you press the "shoot" button. Maybe even in RAW mode.
If I set shutter speed to too long, picture has pinkish tint as you said. My sensor is ISOCELL btw.