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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.

Is burst mode broken?

Hi everyone,
I'm facing an issue with burst shooting.
When I burst-shoot photos in mid to low light conditions using the HTC stock camera app, I can see that most of the photos (except the first 3-5 photos) are filled with colorful noise all over them...
I'm using an EMEA HTC U11 128GB model with 1.27.401.5 software and camera app v9.20.9740975.
Am I the only one that facing this issue?
Please refer to the attachments to see the problem yourself.
Left image is the third burst-shot and looks OK.
Right image is the fifth burst-shot and looks very grainy (all the burst shots from the 5th and on look like that)

There is nothing wrong with it. Burst mode does not have the noise reduction algorithms which are available in hdr auto mode. Therefore these shots are perfectly normal in bad light conditions. Mine does the same.

phylosoph said:
There is nothing wrong with it. Burst mode does not have the noise reduction algorithms which are available in hdr auto mode. Therefore these shots are perfectly normal in bad light conditions. Mine does the same.
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When I capture burst shots on the ported google camera app, all photos are looking just fine without all that densed noise so I think you are wrong. You can try it yourself.
Something is very wrong with this feature on stock camera app on my side, I'm sure that it doesn't need to look like that at all.
I see a clear difference between the 3 to 5 first shots and all the rest, it's like they were taken by a different sensor!

I thought you were asking if your phone has a problem or not, so I answered according to what I understood.
It's how the stock camera app is. It needs some updates to fix these issues, there is nothing we can do about it except waiting.
I do believe that google camera is superior to stock app with good settings in almost every condition therefore I use google camera.

phylosoph said:
I thought you were asking if your phone has a problem or not, so I answered according to what I understood.
It's how the stock camera app is. It needs some updates to fix these issues, there is nothing we can do about it except waiting.
I do believe that google camera is superior to stock app with good settings in almost every condition therefore I use google camera.
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Thanks for the clarification.
Meanwhile I will continue to use burst captures only on Google Camera app.
Hope that HTC knows about this issue and trying to fix this as we speak. :fingers-crossed:

Portrait-mode Selfie

How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.

cdanie11 said:
How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.
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You switch cameras first then go to portrait ?

bluh5d said:
You switch cameras first then go to portrait
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Do you mean just open up the camera, switch to the front camera and then go to portrait? Cause when I do that it switches back to the front facing camera ?

update the camera app from the play store and you should be good to go.

kdurepos said:
update the camera app from the play store and you should be good to go.
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It seems like that's not an option since the camera is a default app. Doesn't even show up in my apps in the play store.

cdanie11 said:
It seems like that's not an option since the camera is a default app. Doesn't even show up in my apps in the play store.
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I had the same behavior as you until I connected to wifi and updated from the play store.

kdurepos said:
I had the same behavior as you until I connected to wifi and updated from the play store.
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Hmm...I am connected to Wi-Fi. I even tried searching for it in the play store and it was all outside apps that came up.

cdanie11 said:
Hmm...I am connected to Wi-Fi. I even tried searching for it in the play store and it was all outside apps that came up.
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Go to My Apps and Games from the menu in the top left of the home screen in the play store. Do you not see any updates available?

kdurepos said:
Go to My Apps and Games from the menu in the top left of the home screen in the play store. Do you not see any updates available?
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No I have it set on automatic and it says no updates available. I tried turning everything on and off as well just in case and checked on both WiFi and data connections

cdanie11 said:
How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.
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UPDATE: there is a cool feature I found under settings. Click support at the bottom and it allows you to chat with a support and then do a screen share. He did a troubleshoot for me and figured out that I am in fact running the version of camera that doesn't have the front facing portrait. He said the update is being released in batches and that is why it's not in my play store. Thanks everyone for your help!

cdanie11 said:
UPDATE: there is a cool feature I found under settings. Click support at the bottom and it allows you to chat with a support and then do a screen share. He did a troubleshoot for me and figured out that I am in fact running the version of camera that doesn't have the front facing portrait. He said the update is being released in batches and that is why it's not in my play store. Thanks everyone for your help!
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Cool, I was going to say it's working fine on my pixel 2

Bottom lens not focusing

I got my OP6 and installed whatsapp and I am now trying to activate web whatsapp which requires you to scan a QR code on a web page on your computer.. However the camera is not focusing and therefore recognising the QR code. If I try to take a picture in a whatsapp chat it shows a very clear picture.
I've added a screenshot of what this looks like. I tried pressing the screen, double tapping, rebooting etc. I use a custom ROM, Havoc.
By moving fingers over the two lenses I've figured out that whatsapp is using bottom of the two lenses present lens for finding QR code.
Is this a hardware problem? Or is there something else going on? Can I test this somehow? I am not sure how I can just test this one lens alone.
Thanks in advance for any help!
EDIT: I did read up on all the camera problem threads but it seems my problem is just with the lower lens hence this thread.

I just checked with a supermarket app that allows you to scan their items and here the scan camera focused quickly and perfectly.

roel1976 said:
I got my OP6 and installed whatsapp and I am now trying to activate web whatsapp which requires you to scan a QR code on a web page on your computer.. However the camera is not focusing and therefore recognising the QR code. If I try to take a picture in a whatsapp chat it shows a very clear picture.
I've added a screenshot of what this looks like. I tried pressing the screen, double tapping, rebooting etc. I use a custom ROM, Havoc.
By moving fingers over the two lenses I've figured out that whatsapp is using bottom of the two lenses present lens for finding QR code.
Is this a hardware problem? Or is there something else going on? Can I test this somehow? I am not sure how I can just test this one lens alone.
Thanks in advance for any help!
EDIT: I did read up on all the camera problem threads but it seems my problem is just with the lower lens hence this thread.
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The lower lense isn't for capturing images.

mikex8593 said:
The lower lense isn't for capturing images.
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But if whatsapp forced the use of this lens on OP6 more people would have seen this issue? Can you try it perhaps. No need to scan, just activate the camera: open Whatsapp > three dots at top right > WhatsApp Web.
Thanks!

roel1976 said:
But if whatsapp forced the use of this lens on OP6 more people would have seen this issue? Can you try it perhaps. No need to scan, just activate the camera: open Whatsapp > three dots at top right > WhatsApp Web.
Thanks!
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I don't use that app.

Whatsupp?

Have u tried cleaning the lens?

I had the same issue but it was when installed omni rom.. i have played with it a bit flashed back oos, and it working properly.

I have same problem, but i use custom rom, liquid_remix.
Has anyone got the solution?

mikex8593 said:
The lower lense isn't for capturing images.
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yes it is, open the camera and place your finger on the lower lense and you will see that no image can be captured. Upper lense is depth sensor also a camera with autofocus.
if you want to test the cameras dial *#*#1597#*#* and you can change wich of both cameras you want to use to take pics. (at least in oxygenOS, i dont know about other roms). to discard a hardware malfunction, propper way to test this is to install stock OOS, then dial that number and check if both cameras focus (point at a distant object and see if it is focused, then place your hand close to the camera and see if it can focus on it) and check if OIS work (activate the camera and move the phone and look at the camera if it moves with the phone or if it stabilizes correctly)

P40 Pro with Latest FW Updates - Portrait Mode not working for selfie camera?

So weird issue with my new p40 pro. It’s on version 10.1.0.114, and all HMS apps latest update.
However when i open the selfie camera to take a portrait mode pic, it doesn’t do any background blur - UNLESS I go to effects and click on one of the other effects, such as lights or hearts etc.
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.

wanted to help you but my software is still at 10.1.0.109

I was reading somewhere about portait from front camera is without bokeh. Bokeh is only on rear. I did myself selfie and i dont have bokeh too from front camera. But im not sure on 100%

matik3789 said:
I was reading somewhere about portait from front camera is without bokeh. Bokeh is only on rear. I did myself selfie and i dont have bokeh too from front camera. But im not sure on 100%
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I've seen lots of reviews that post front camera pictures with bokeh effect. The ToF sensor makes this possible. So: bokeh is not only for the rear camera. Try the portrait mode option on the front camera.

MajestyZ said:
I've seen lots of reviews that post front camera pictures with bokeh effect. The ToF sensor makes this possible. So: bokeh is not only for the rear camera. Try the portrait mode option on the front camera.
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Youre right. Tested it and bokeh is visible but really low
https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-p40-front-camera-review/
Check here. They said bokeh is visible but really low in front camera

I don't think so. No difference at all between portrait mode or photo mode without the effect filter turned on for selfie. Looking at the reviews there is noticeable bokeh on further objects. I'm not seeing that unless I turn on circles in effects for example.

xnostra said:
wanted to help you but my software is still at 10.1.0.109
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try hotspot or change country location for other countries I'm in France and I get it 114 so try

benchallenger said:
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.
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I noticed the same on my device after updating.

snipeerz said:
try hotspot or change country location for other countries I'm in France and I get it 114 so try
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thanks it worked the moment i used a vpn, but thats weird why are they doing that.

xnostra said:
thanks it worked the moment i used a vpn, but thats weird why are they doing that.
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can I ask you if it works to press thanks button thanks

benchallenger said:
So weird issue with my new p40 pro. It’s on version 10.1.0.114, and all HMS apps latest update.
However when i open the selfie camera to take a portrait mode pic, it doesn’t do any background blur - UNLESS I go to effects and click on one of the other effects, such as lights or hearts etc.
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.
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This also happens on my Mate 20 Pro. I always have to choose an effect, otherwise, the background isn't blurred.

question, does those effect have a special purpose cause i do not notice it, i only notice blurs