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[Q] Razr Maxx HD Camera Focus

When I fist open my camera application to take a picture, I notice that object is in focus. Within a second, you can here the camera focus and the shot is completely out of focus. Touching the screen to re-focus does nothing. The only thing in focus are object 1-2 inches from the camera lens. If you hold it up to take a picture of the room for example it always stays way out of focus.
I've tried different camera applications, a factory reset, and every mode and setting I could find. Last night I got Jelly Bean and it still sets the focal length at the minimum focus. Have any of you had this issue?
I am preparing to send it back to Amazon Wireless for a warranty replacement, but they won't send me a new phone until they receive this one. I really don't want to be without it while things are getting shipped around.
Thanks for your help and any idea.
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I have the same issue... I think its just crap low light performance, swapping it out will not help.

w0rdie said:
I have the same issue... I think its just crap low light performance, swapping it out will not help.
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It does the same thing outside too. I can open the camera app while pointing it at my car. After about 1 second the camera focuses to the shortest focal length and the image is out of focus. Touching the screen pops up the auto-focus box, and after a second it turns green, but the image never changes focus.

Tlbradshaw said:
It does the same thing outside too. I can open the camera app while pointing it at my car. After about 1 second the camera focuses to the shortest focal length and the image is out of focus. Touching the screen pops up the auto-focus box, and after a second it turns green, but the image never changes focus.
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Do you get the same issue with the screen-side camera as well? Might help narrow down software vs hardware issue.

Also, with regard to the low light theory, have you taken the phones suggestion, if that is the case, to switch to HDR mode and see if it likes that any better?

To follow up...
I returned my phone to Amazon. They replaced it within a few days. Now I've got a phone that will actually focus!
Now if they could fix the quality of low light pictures...
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD

What can cause that to the Camera ?

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I replaced the back glass cuz it was broken and the new one is not glued right on the camera side. Can that be the case or there is a problem with my camera ?
I think it is just dust that gets inside the back glass in the camera but I'm noit sure :/

Its called flashbleed, when material around camera leed flash light near camera sensor.
Probably this "replaced" glass its higher or in same level as camera lens, and it takes light as light flash turn on.
Solution is to replace it with original part, or to glue it better. But i would advise to repair it with original parts only.

electrash said:
Its called flashbleed, when material around camera leed flash light near camera sensor.
Probably this "replaced" glass its higher or in same level as camera lens, and it takes light as light flash turn on.
Solution is to replace it with original part, or to glue it better. But i would advise to repair it with original parts only.
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Thank U for Your reply
So now if I take it to my local Sony branch I should just ask them to replace it with original part. and not ask them about the camera, and this problem will be fixed as result of the replacement of the glass ?

And these shadow dots aren't visible in my first pictures cuz I took pictures of a black object. What is their problem ?

Well honestly, for this i have no rational explanation. Only i can advise is to clean it with soft fabric material on both side.

So know one knows what cause the dots ?!
I Tried cleaning it but it still there

HussainJH said:
So know one knows what cause the dots ?!
I Tried cleaning it but it still there
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That looks like dust on the sensor (deep inside the phone - you won't be cleaning that yourself)
https://photographylife.com/how-to-spot-dust-on-your-dslr-sensor
Look at the picture of the bird. The smaller the aperture the smaller and more noticeable the black circles.

Camera problem - Reflection of lights on dark sky

Guys, what happened to my camera? I notice there is reflection of light when i taking photo at night. Please look carefully on the sky, there is reflection of lights.
PS: my camera lens is clean and I didnt use any casing nor protector.
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HDR Mode?
I have noticed the same thing even in some daytime shots. Usually when there is a bright source of light in front of the camera (unfortunately, can't upload from work due to network restrictions). Do you have the HDR mode set to On or Auto?

That's called lense flair. It's cause by the glass on the camera cover.

That's normal on wide lenses. Lenses on dslr comes with Lens hood to prevent flare but all wide lenses has a more or less degree of flare. You should try to use your hand as a lens hood to prevent light from corners to reach the lens. Some photographers use flare as an artistic effect... so just try to compose your photos to avoid marginal strong light and use your hand to block strong light to reach your lens

Helagos said:
I have noticed the same thing even in some daytime shots. Usually when there is a bright source of light in front of the camera (unfortunately, can't upload from work due to network restrictions). Do you have the HDR mode set to On or Auto?
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HDR auto, first noticed this issue.

I've had this issuse on my S7 Edge and on all my S8+ (5 units).
I've also tested my friend's S7 and it also happens.
It's a technology problem not a deffect. Even DSLR suffer from this.
S8+
S7 Edge

username4this said:
I've had this issuse on my S7 Edge and on all my S8+ (5 units).
I've also tested my friend's S7 and it also happens.
It's a technology problem not a deffect. Even DSLR suffer from this.
S8+
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ok thank for explanation and reviews. :good:

Question macro camera shots?

i'm looking for a phone with a good macro camera to view and take shots of PCB surface mount components. (resistors etc)
looking at the Moto G Stylus G5 since it's macro camera is 5MP. however none of the reviews i've seen include macro shots.
dear reviewers... just because YOU don't have a need for a macro camera, don't assume it's the same for others.
can some owners be kind enough to post some macro shots please?
the closer to an object the better.

A little late but the moto g stylus 5g (original quad lens model) has awful macro shots so hopefully you were able to find something else.
The main rear camera quality is pretty decent at least.
The issue is with the dedicated macro lens, it's really hard to get a good focus on your subject since the lens is fixed focus, so no tap to focus. It's kind of boggling to be honest. I ended up just never using macro mode on the phone and use the main rear cam lens for close up shots.

mathesar said:
A little late but the moto g stylus 5g (original quad lens model) has awful macro shots so hopefully you were able to find something else.
The main rear camera quality is pretty decent at least.
The issue is with the dedicated macro lens, it's really hard to get a good focus on your subject since the lens is fixed focus, so no tap to focus. It's kind of boggling to be honest. I ended up just never using macro mode on the phone and use the main rear cam lens for close up shots.
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many thanks for the info. i've ended up using an old Galaxy S5 (not as a phone) which does a good job at close work.
i can clearly read the surface mount resistor 18R0 (18Ω)
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i may break down and get a dedicated macro image device as i'm getting tired of trying to find 'the one' ungoogled phone.
thanks again. cheers

Question Terrible front camera performance (Colour balance + Saturation)

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone else experienced this, I quite often make pictures with my front cam and the camera is such a downgrade from my 4 year old Xiaomi Mix 3! The colour balance is all off, almost like they forgot to make a profile for the front cam.
The back camera is just fine, but the front camera often looks like a $20 toy camera just because of this terrible colour balance. I can fix most of my selfies in Google Photos by using a combination of adding warmth (Colour Balance) and adding saturation which makes them look just fine.
For a phone this expensive... this shouldn't be needed. I'd say most mid-level phones even make better selfies then this.
I've tried cleaning the lens but this makes no difference, the Samsung camera app just fails to properly process the colours in the front camera's images.
Because I apparently don't value my privacy, here is a picture as taken by the Samsung camera, and the same picture after adding warmth and saturation.
The original image makes me look lifeless with the skin being very pale, like a zombie almost. It was a nice and sunny day, why do I look like I'm 10 seconds away from my death?
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Anyone else with this issue? Does a modded version of the Samsung camera exist with the possibility to manually define post-processing settings? I just need to have it add more saturation and offset the colour balance

I'm searching for a solution myself, google's Gcam camera is great but I can't find a way to make it use the front camera. I'll be back if I find a way..

beanbean50 said:
I'm searching for a solution myself, google's Gcam camera is great but I can't find a way to make it use the front camera. I'll be back if I find a way..
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I've searched high and wide for a way to make another camera app the default one to get a better front camera selfie (even by disabling Samsung camera) but it seems like the cover screen and Samsung camera are intertwined and cannot be separated.
What we really need is a developer to have a look at the system framework or whatnot and see if something can be done to change the default camera, but they (developers) are a rare breed nowadays.
But on the bright side, if they ever do a remake of the movie weekend at Bernie's I'm pretty sure they'd offer you a part with photos like that..!