Ok so I have used the camera manager on the Gear 2 to take photos using the phone's camera while viewing on the watch. Is anyone familiar with possibly reversing this function so we could see the Gear 2's camera on the phone and take pictures through it? Its difficult to near impossible to take a photo if you're holding the phone at the same time, but if you were to be able to use the phone to view the Gear's camera, you could just point your wrist and use the phone to snap the photo. Anyone have any ideas on this?
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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 everyone. I have question, that i can remote control my phone camera via a blutooth device (gymbal, selfie stick ...) to take a picture in my phone. How can i do that with my gear s3, taking a photo in camera app is running in phone.
phamvanphong said:
Hi everyone. I have question, that i can remote control my phone camera via a blutooth device (gymbal, selfie stick ...) to take a picture in my phone. How can i do that with my gear s3, taking a photo in camera app is running in phone.
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I am also curious if I can use the watch to call the camera shutter. So that it worked like a Bluetooth module for $ 90 from aliexpress.
I do not need camera preview. Simply calling the trigger (stock camera LG G5).
Many app can do this, i install in my s3 the app Wrist Camera and allow me to take photo or video from my phone and can see in the s3 sreen what the cam phone is looking
Hello fellas,
so I have this idea... I want to mount my main galaxy S10 on a tall tripod and then hold a second older android phone and use it as a viewfinder.
I wanna see myself on that older phone screen, how I look and then hit some in app remote shutter button, so my main phone with good camera will take a photo of me. Do you guys know any app that does this? I assume phones could be connected on a wifi with eatch other.
I've got a leftover Galaxy S6 that I use in my workshop like an iPod to stream music and occasionally for pics or web search. I *really* like the pics this phone takes. Somehow, it has been my favorite for the longest time.
At some point (probably after an update) the camera started misbehaving. I open it up and it is focused like for a macro. I tap the screen where I want it to focus and it tries but doesn't focus. Sometimes I can trick it to focus by covering the camera or switching apps but I haven't found a reliable way to always trick it into focus.
Any ideas? Thanks,
Chris
Dies it make like a wierd struggling sound when trying to focus? Mine does that.