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Question(s) about the cm10 camera?

I've been a long time user of the android camera app, touchwiz camera was downright amazing.
I recently flashed a cm10 based ROM and have been playing around with the camera and have some questions.
1. Do you need to tap the screen to focus every time you want to take a picture? My past cameras had the constant block of auto focus so you could just wait for the green and snap. Or does the tap focus only pertain to the spot you want to focus on?
2. Is there a macro mode?..perhaps this is 'flower' mode?
Finally...anyway to turn off the shutter sound other than silent mode? This ones not anything major I just figured I would ask. Thanks guys!
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No, you don't need to tap the screen to focus every time. If you move around to different points in camera mode you'll see the screen zooming in and out to focus on the point in the center of the screen. I think the tap is to focus on a point off the center of the screen (taking a photo of someone while their not centered in the screen)
There is a macro mode. When you open the camera there's a settings button right next to the negative zoom slider. After that there's a 3 button settings right where you just clicked, and in there you'll find macro/burst, and all the other extras.
I haven't seen a shutter sound off option yet.

Thanks! I am still unable to find macro..I did find the burst shot which ranges from 5-20 shots. However I don't see macro listed. Maybe I'm just missing it. If you are able could you upload a screenshot of it please? Thanks again!
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You're welcome. I can't make a screenshot whenever I try it says that my storage is in use (assuming because camera is open) but if you go into the settings like I described before... the 4th one down gives you "focus mode" that's set to continuous.. click on that to the right and you'll find macro in there.

MyndMayze said:
You're welcome. I can't make a screenshot whenever I try it says that my storage is in use (assuming because camera is open) but if you go into the settings like I described before... the 4th one down gives you "focus mode" that's set to continuous.. click on that to the right and you'll find macro in there.
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The AOSP camera is definitely lacking compared to the TW one.
That being said here is an ongoing project to add more features to the AOSP camera in order to make it closer to TW:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746611

I do miss the TW camera, but camera isn't a deal breaker for me to remain on TW... I see more benefits using aosp instead.
Thanks for the link, I'll be sure to bookmark it and check back periodically to see if there's improvements. I see in screenshots its able to store on extsdcard which is nice.

You can easily get rid of camera sounds renaming the sound files from CM -> media -> audio -> ui
just rename the camera files and video files with ending .bak and reboot your phone. After every update you have to do it again.

Device is stowed, camera issue.

I've got the Ultra running the latest OTA (had it installed when I bought the phone).
When using the camera I frequently get "Device is stowed" followed by something like "exiting camera." I find this occurs when I'm going to swipe to view the most recent picture taken by swiping from right to left. The camera app seems to have no traditional settings menu, I don't see a way to stop this. I'm assuming it should happen of I leave the phone on and "stow" it away on my pocket, but I happens on its own while in use.
Any ideas why this is happening and how I can stop it?
Aside from that, I'm surprised there's no photosphere option, and at how pixelated the photos are even in medium lit rooms. Pretty disappointing.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1z7zlDN0FJZS1ZqUHdhZmd4dnc/edit?usp=docslist_api
Photosphere for you
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I get that constantly too. How do I make it stop.
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There is a proximity sensor on the opposite side of the camera. If you have your finger on it while visiting the gallery, it will exit the camera.
Please report this to Motorola! I spent a good amount of time diagnosing and reporting the problem this morning only to find out that they will only fix the issue if more people report it (well, that's essentially what they said).
These are all of the symptoms/instructions of the bug:
1. This bug ONLY happens when you shake to enter the camera. Opening the camera by tapping a camera icon OR entering the camera by swiping from right to left on your lockscreen widgets will not have this problem.
2. You MUST enter the camera at some point while the phone is off AND using the shake-to-activate feature. Once you shake to enter the camera while the device was off, it will happen at any time you shake-to-activate.
3. You MUST have a hand/finger on or near the proximity sensor on the opposite side of the front facing camera. This happens all the time when you are taking any landscape-styled photos.
So in other words, this is how you reproduce it:
1. Turn off your phone
2. Shake to activate the camera
3. Hold in landscape mode so that your fingers naturally rest on/near the proximity sensor
4. Swipe to gallery and swipe back to the camera
And there you go! "Device is stowed, exiting Camera..."
As I said, I'm quite p*ssed at Motorola for not having a bug reporting/fixing pipeline set up. Please call up Motorola's support and report this bug. I love their phones, but the camera was obviously given no love. This should have been an obvious problem while testing the usability of the camera.
If you don't want it to happen, hold the phone differently while taking pictures in landscape. Put your index finger and thumb on the top and bottom of the phone so that they aren't covering the proximity sensor.

DemiImp said:
There is a proximity sensor on the opposite side of the camera. If you have your finger on it while visiting the gallery, it will exit the camera.
Please report this to Motorola! I spent a good amount of time diagnosing and reporting the problem this morning only to find out that they will only fix the issue if more people report it (well, that's essentially what they said).
These are all of the symptoms/instructions of the bug:
1. This bug ONLY happens when you shake to enter the camera. Opening the camera by tapping a camera icon OR entering the camera by swiping from right to left on your lockscreen widgets will not have this problem.
2. You MUST enter the camera at some point while the phone is off AND using the shake-to-activate feature. Once you shake to enter the camera while the device was off, it will happen at any time you shake-to-activate.
3. You MUST have a hand/finger on or near the proximity sensor on the opposite side of the front facing camera. This happens all the time when you are taking any landscape-styled photos.
So in other words, this is how you reproduce it:
1. Turn off your phone
2. Shake to activate the camera
3. Hold in landscape mode so that your fingers naturally rest on/near the proximity sensor
4. Swipe to gallery and swipe back to the camera
And there you go! "Device is stowed, exiting Camera..."
As I said, I'm quite p*ssed at Motorola for not having a bug reporting/fixing pipeline set up. Please call up Motorola's support and report this bug. I love their phones, but the camera was obviously given no love. This should have been an obvious problem while testing the usability of the camera.
If you don't want it to happen, hold the phone differently while taking pictures in landscape. Put your index finger and thumb on the top and bottom of the phone so that they aren't covering the proximity sensor.
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Hi I have a moto x and was also curious about this "issue". I only noticed on the occasions you mentioned. Is it possible that this is a precaution so that your phone doesn't take pictures while in your pocket , being that it only happens when the proximity sensor is covered or semi covered.
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[Q] Is there a way to make the camera app hold focus or set it manually?

The autofocus in the camera is annoying as hell. It keeps readjusting itself and when it reaches the point of sharpness it goes back to blurry. Now my question is - is there a way to make it hold the proper focus, or set it manually? Or is there an alternative camera app with these functions?

Oliie23 said:
The autofocus in the camera is annoying as hell. It keeps readjusting itself and when it reaches the point of sharpness it goes back to blurry. Now my question is - is there a way to make it hold the proper focus, or set it manually? Or is there an alternative camera app with these functions?
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In recent weeks i've also searched a solution to the problem but nowadays i think's it's not possible, it's an Android limitation.
Look at here
http://www.camera.flavionet.com/faq.php#manual-focus

Oliie23 said:
The autofocus in the camera is annoying as hell. It keeps readjusting itself and when it reaches the point of sharpness it goes back to blurry. Now my question is - is there a way to make it hold the proper focus, or set it manually? Or is there an alternative camera app with these functions?
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Just got my red N5 and ive noticed the same thing more or less. its like if i click the shutter button it will focus then unfocus at the last second before taking the picture. other times it just doesnt like to focus lol. id say that probably half of my photos come out burry. I know when the N5 first launched it had camera issuesbut i was under the impression that those were fixed for the most part.

Oliie23 said:
The autofocus in the camera is annoying as hell. It keeps readjusting itself and when it reaches the point of sharpness it goes back to blurry. Now my question is - is there a way to make it hold the proper focus, or set it manually? Or is there an alternative camera app with these functions?
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Press and hold the shutter button should cause it to hold the focus. You can then release it to take a picture.
How to old a "proper" focus however, I have no idea.

You can tap to set your target focus. It will continue to auto adjust as it sees fit, however.
I've always had issues getting cell phone cameras to focus because of how easily they can shake but the OIS seems to help me get a good focus for 2/3 HDR+ pictures.
If you're using HDR+ it needs to stay still for a longer period of time.

Tap to focus in video mode ?

Do you think we will get an update with this feature ?
The problem is, not only there is no tap to focus in the motorola camera app, BUT even when trying with other apps, tap to focus in video is not working (open camera for example)

That's odd about Open Camera since tap to focus video seems to work for me using it. There are several different video focus settings in Open Camera while in video mode, auto, infinity, locked, and continuous. In continuous I can tap the screen for focus.

My bad, I didn't see the other settings for the video focus in open camera ! I confirm that it is now working !

It's a pretty good app to be completely free with no ads.if it only had slow motion, it would be perfect. At least I don't think it has, there are a lot of settings. Like you, it took me awhile to find all of them.
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black circle blinking around the front camera

Hi guys,
I have the Note 10 plus and my wife bought last week the note 10 lite.
The lite have a circle around blinking around the front camera and the plus don't have this.
I searched everywhere and din't find an answer about what is that....
Any help?!

Did you buy the 10 lite used? I have a 10lite with aod notify installed it shows a ring around camera for notifications. So if you bought it used maybe its installed. Other than that not sure. Camera also has a lighted ring when you switch between front camera and rear camera, but its white.
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butchieboy said:
Did you buy the 10 lite used? I have a 10lite with aod notify installed it shows a ring around camera for notifications. So if you bought it used maybe its installed. Other than that not sure. Camera also has a lighted ring when you switch between front camera and rear camera, but its white.
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No. It's brand new.
And I have the AOD notify in my Note 10 plus.
It's like a sensor. And just happens with the screen on.

The animation around the front camera appears when you are set to face unlock.
flaviocc said:
No. It's brand new.
And I have the AOD notify in my Note 10 plus.
It's like a sensor. And just happens with the screen on.
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The animation appears with the face unlock disabled too.

flaviocc said:
The animation appears with the face unlock disabled too.
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And it only appears to me when face unlock is on

same thing
Same situation here, it has nothing to do with face unlock or notification system, tried everything, always the same thing. Its like popping up around front camera every 5-6 seconds when on lock screen, and sometimes when scrolling through certain apps. Maybe some kind of camera-cut-out-pixels protection? Its an odd software behavior without any explanation from Samsung.

Maybe your smart stay is turned on, try to disable it under Motion and Gestures in the settings.

It appears during a video call too, and looks like a larger circle, like that one the other samsung products.
Also sry, for being off topic, i wanted to know how is your s pen working, because the nib of mine feels a little loose.

It is as @j.canlas mentioned. Smart Stay is tuned on, it checks if you are facing directly on the screen or not (to lock the display). I also kept on searching for what it was when the device was new to me, it bothered me a lot.
You can disable/enable it under Settings > Advanced Features > Motions and Gestures.

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Maybe your smart stay is turned on, try to disable it under Motion and Gestures in the settings.
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This is the correct explanation for the infrequent circle around the camera.