I did several searches and have become numbed at the prospect of finding my actual problem here (though I cannot imagine I am the only one). Basically it is the camera, it is...sluggish, what I mean is it refreshes very poorly, and I cannot figure out how to set it to flash, ccording to the link below it has this ability. Anyhow, when I take pictures if the item/person do not stay absolutely still all I get is blur, and even if they do stay still if I breath I get the same results, anyone know how I can fix this?
http://www.htcwiki.com/page/HTC+Touch+Pro
Much Thanks :>)
Unfortunately, the camera in the Touch Pro is not very sensitive to light, so in low-light situations the exposure will be long, leading to blurry photos. The flash isn't very bright, so it doesn't help much except at pretty close range, but I can tell you how to turn it on.
When you are in the camera application, touch the screen and you will see a "gear" icon at the lower right of the screen. Touch it and the menu opens. The icon in the upper left of the menu that looks like a lightning bolt turns on and off the flash.
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.
Hi guys,
I have noticed that sometimes when filming anything that has lights I get odd little artifacts that move around the screen even when the picture is still.
Also happens when photographing stars (extra stars appear lol).
In the pics provided the dots are not lights on the stage, in the video they move around. When I was filming they were not present on the screen.
I was wondering if anyone else had this and if they did how to stop it ?
Not too big a deal but not perfect either.
Thanks
Has anyone else also noticed photos come out with weird, massively boosted brightness and everything when taken with 2x zoom or higher on stock camera? Strange thing is even at 1.9x zoom everything is fine but 2x and beyond the photo is basically ruined because of this. Very annoying.
HDR and other enhancements are turned off, yet this occurs.
Doesn't happen on GCam. Any idea/solutions? Thanks
Tried here. No issue. And 2x zoom photo from stock cam was better than GCam 8.3 for me.
Didi you activate HDR and IA options in stock cam?
Yes they're all deactivated. No problem upto 1.9x zoom, but as soon as 2x zoom is engaged, there's a sudden although small change on viewfinder white balance. And final photos look extremely bright and noisy compared to 1.9x and below, as if some weird filter is put on. I've downgraded the camera but still happens.
Btw, bootloader is unlocked, not sure if that's got anything to do with it.
Its interesting if you don't have this problem. What's ur software channel and build number? Thanks
Without this bug, you'll generally get better zoomed images on stock camera because it'll use 64mp crop instead of only 16mp recognized by GCam. But this bug ruins it.
Unzoomed though, GCam's HDR+ is still the best.
Just discovered this thread.
Yes, I have the same problem. But it looks like the effect is not the same everytime. Maybe depending on light (indoors vs. outdoors)?
I noticed it happens when i zoom in in worse scenes. It could be that the automatic camera mode is overcompensating by cranking the iso way too high. Have you tried using the pro camera mode?
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I noticed it happens when i zoom in in worse scenes. It could be that the automatic camera mode is overcompensating by cranking the iso way too high. Have you tried using the pro camera mode?
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Yes, but I don't think pro mode uses 64mp crop like auto mode, just a crop of 16mp, which doesn't have much detail that's required during zoom. Also it's annoying trying to switch to pro mode everytime.
Hi there, I'm currently on S22 Ultra 8/128 (upgraded from note8).
Since I bought the phone, I noticed stock camera app is very laggy when I rotate the phone. I tried to figure it out and found that on the stock camera app, when I rotate the phone, not only the camera app but the whole UI rotates, and that creates the lag issue. You can try 2 methods to understand the issue.
1. Open the message chathead and open the camera. When you rotate the camera, the chathead will change its position from vertical side to horizontal side (depends which direction you rotate the phone). On note8, the system doesn't work like this. When you rotate the camera (with the rotation locked vertical), the chathead will stay on the vertical side.
//I just tested, even unlock the rotation, on note8, when open camera and rotate, the system still stay vertically, only function icons in camera app rotate.
2. You can open other camera apps like Instagram and rotate the phone, lag issue won't happen as the system still understand that the UI is vertical locked.
You can also see the green dot that notify the camera is using. When on stock camera app, when you rotate, the dot rotates/ changes its postion too. However, it doesn't when you use camera in Instagram or Facebook messenger.
The question is, is there anyway that we can lock the camera UI so that the phone UI will stay vertically whenever we rotate the camera?
Now, let me start by saying I have the 256 Snapdragon model, but on mine, I have no lag at all. When I rotate, the app actually does not rotate. The scene does and the icons on the screen rotate, but the app orientation actually stays the same. I do see the camera notification move as you noted.
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Now, let me start by saying I have the 256 Snapdragon model, but on mine, I have no lag at all. When I rotate, the app actually does not rotate. The scene does and the icons on the screen rotate, but the app orientation actually stays the same. I do see the camera notification move as you noted.
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I understand the orientation of the camera app stays the same. But all the back layer (the system UI) rotates when I rotate the phone. So it creates lag. You can see the videos below
Note8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_7c3gBpkiF4DIZbUD54gwsGLGUGI57U/view?usp=sharing
S22u: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DWj9tidd_xm_O3hREslqsWo64I0mF34b/view?usp=sharing
S22u Instagram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x9jG5sNavpCXWDt4P6QzwqryFA1qJ3c0/view?usp=sharing
You can see on note8's video, when I rotate, the chat head still on the same position (vertical orientation) and no lag. But on s22u, when I rotate, the chathead (and notification bar) changes its position. You can also notice the lag when my cat ran down the stair at few last seconds of the video. However, on S22u instagram's camera, it works just like note8 camera's algorithm (chathead stays at the same position), so no lag.
Thus, it can imply that, on note 8 camera and s22u instagram camera, the system understands that the UI should be vertical locked when rotating the camera. However, on s22u stock camera, the system UI rotates whenever I rotates the camera.
So how can make the stock camera on S22u vertical locked or at least the whole UI vertical locked when in camera app? If we can make that happen, i think the camera lag issue on S22u will be eliminated.
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I understand the orientation of the camera app stays the same. But all the back layer (the system UI) rotates when I rotate the phone. So it creates lag. You can see the videos below
Note8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_7c3gBpkiF4DIZbUD54gwsGLGUGI57U/view?usp=sharing
S22u: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DWj9tidd_xm_O3hREslqsWo64I0mF34b/view?usp=sharing
S22u Instagram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x9jG5sNavpCXWDt4P6QzwqryFA1qJ3c0/view?usp=sharing
You can see on note8's video, when I rotate, the chat head still on the same position (vertical orientation) and no lag. But on s22u, when I rotate, the chathead (and notification bar) changes its position. You can also notice the lag when my cat ran down the stair at few last seconds of the video. However, on S22u instagram's camera, it works just like note8 camera's algorithm (chathead stays at the same position), so no lag.
Thus, it can imply that, on note 8 camera and s22u instagram camera, the system understands that the UI should be vertical locked when rotating the camera. However, on s22u stock camera, the system UI rotates whenever I rotates the camera.
So how can make the stock camera on S22u vertical locked or at least the whole UI vertical locked when in camera app? If we can make that happen, i think the camera lag issue on S22u will be eliminated.
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OK, so when I use the camera and I rotate my phone, the UI does rotate, but there is no lag. When I make a video and change orientation the UI does not rotate and I have no lag in the video. I can upload a video that shows this. Like I said on my first post, I am on a 256 Snapdragon phone, so maybe the lack of memory is causing your issue. I have tried everything to replicate what you are talking about and cannot.
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OK, so when I use the camera and I rotate my phone, the UI does rotate, but there is no lag. When I make a video and change orientation the UI does not rotate and I have no lag in the video. I can upload a video that shows this. Like I said on my first post, I am on a 256 Snapdragon phone, so maybe the lack of memory is causing your issue. I have tried everything to replicate what you are talking about and cannot.
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Have you tried let the chat bubble stay when using the camera?
No, I do not use chat bubbles. I have recorded video and rotated the phone and as I said, the UI does not rotate as it does in camera mode. The green indicator for the camera stays in the top right corner (essentially it is now in the top left corner) in video mode but moves to bottom right (essentually moving to the top right as it would be in portrait mode) in camera mode. Hope this makes since to you.
Also, there is no lag in the video at all as I rotate the phone while recording. The playback also has no lag in it.
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No, I do not use chat bubbles. I have recorded video and rotated the phone and as I said, the UI does not rotate as it does in camera mode. The green indicator for the camera stays in the top right corner (essentially it is now in the top left corner) in video mode but moves to bottom right (essentually moving to the top right as it would be in portrait mode) in camera mode. Hope this makes since to you.
Also, there is no lag in the video at all as I rotate the phone while recording. The playback also has no lag in it.
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Your idea about lack of ram may be true. I have no lag (or just a little) when rotate camera without chat bubble. But when the chat bubble comes up, the lag issue raises. It is samsung's (or google's) fault as when at the same situation, note8 (according to my clip) doesn't get any lag. I still think that the UI should stay vertical whenever the camera rotates to eliminate lag issue.
Bold: you can see the problem when you rotate the camera and go to camera setting. The setting UI will change from vertical to horizontal; and that implies the system UI rotates along with the camera. On note8, the camera's setting always in vertical even you rotate the camera. It is strange that camera in instagram, facebook messenger and other apps still work like note8's stock camera.