Hi all,
In order to take a shot, there're 2 steps: 1), find in the screen a focus spot and hit; 2), wait till focus rectangle turns green then press shutter button.
Is there any camera app that could automatically do step 2? Manually choosing focus point( step 1) is surely necessary.
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Hi,
I recently took my Nexus on a trip and used it to take some 300 pictures. It's amazing the quality of the photos it takes, but one thing that really bothered me at times was the fact that the camera would always focus at the centre of the picture, while the important part might be at one of the sides.
Would it be possible to add a "touch to focus" feature in the stock camera app? What do you guys think?
Hold down on the "shutter" button to adjust your focus. Once you get a green box around your screen, that focal length will be retained until you let go of the button and a picture is taken.
If you slide your finger off the button (as in, without lifting), you can release the focus without taking a picture.
Not sure if that's the same thing you're looking for, but it's a hidden feature in the stock camera app.
Xel'Naga said:
Hold down on the "shutter" button to adjust your focus. Once you get a green box around your screen, that focal length will be retained until you let go of the button and a picture is taken.
If you slide your finger off the button (as in, without lifting), you can release the focus without taking a picture.
Not sure if that's the same thing you're looking for, but it's a hidden feature in the stock camera app.
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Dude! Why wasn't I informed of this before!
Thanks a lot for the tip, I will make good use of it!
Would manual focus be possible to accomplish? I've had a few situations where I wanted to frame a photo with the subject off-center, but focusing on that subject and blurring the background is a tough trick.
I saw a suggestion in the Diamond forum for a method where you'd touch the screen to select the focal point, but I'd be happy with a simple mod to the capacitive 'zoom wheel' that would change the virtual focal length.
Any thoughts?
First, focus on the object (it must be on the center of the screen), then, touch (don't press) the Shutter button (action button) until the focus locked, don't release it, then, move your Raphael to your desired position (subject off-center), and finally press the Shutter button, the camera will not trying to auto-focus anymore.
Ah, clever trick! I didn't realise that it would hold the focus until you removed your finger from the button.
Thanks much... I'll give this a try. ^^d
Edit: Worked fantastically. I'll upload the pics when I get the chance.
I need to use my mobile (SE x10mp) for taking many photos, and I want to spare the hw camera button.
any suggestions on a FREE app which shows an onscreen camera button, so that I just tap the button and the camera snaps a photo? needs to work with A2.1
TIA
I use Camera ZOOM FX. It has a camera button on the screen. I think it also allows for tapping anywhere on the screen to take a picture. There is also a Uva Silent Widget Camera app that I use that places a shutter button on your home screen and you can take a quick photo using it without having to launch a full application. It comes in handy at times.
Hello guys
Im on the 136 update but i cant find the passerby mode camera ? Is that normal
Start the camera, use "Photo" mode. Press the tiny icon showing three concentric rings (in the corner of the viewfinder area). Take the shot (takes about 2 seconds). Open the "picture" (in fact it's a video sequence with audio), press the edit icon (pen) - there you have it.
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Start the camera, use "Photo" mode. Press the tiny icon showing three concentric rings (in the corner of the viewfinder area). Take the shot (takes about 2 seconds). Open the "picture" (in fact it's a video sequence with audio), press the edit icon (pen) - there you have it.
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Fullen danke my freund
I keep losing Photo/Video opportunities on great moments, for two reasons:
My device doesn't let me choose which Camera app to open from Lock Screen's shortcut.
(only the native Camera app, which sucks)
I must type my PIN to be able to even open the native Camera app.
I keep telling myself that my next phone must have a way to be able to open my favorite Camera app straight from the Lock Screen, without having to type my PIN or struggling with the "swipe up" gesture to actually show the keypad (which many times doesn't display on first try). It's just frustrating.
Is there any device that actually does this?
And as a bonus question... why are all native Camera apps now forcing us to "swipe" to move from "Photo" to "Video" mode, which just slows down everything even more? Why can't the "Take Photo" and "Start Recording" buttons be on the SAME screen?
In the lower right corner of the home screen of my phone, there is indeed a launch icon of my native camera app. But I found that it doesn't work at all. I don't know why. :-(
It works for me. I put Open Camera there. However, it requires me to put the PIN.
I can also set up the Volume Down/Up key to open the Camera App, without PIN, but unfortunately that only supports the native Camera app, which sucks.
my phone has this feature when the screen is lock and dimmed black you can press VOL- button 3x and camera would open thou you still need to enter pin to view the capture images