Can anyone confirm this? By placing something in front of the lens and confirming which lens is active at that moment.
I'm stupid. I was looking at the wrong lens. It works fine.
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Has anyone tried to use the photojojo camera lenses with their sensations? Just wondering how well they work.
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/cell-phone-lenses/
no i havent...i remember those when i was getting a bar nokia phone in 2003 lol
Haven't yet, though I'm itching for their Macro Lens Band ("...a sturdy band with a built-in macro lens that works with any any mobile phone")... and hoping they come out with more lenses with this type of construction...
The front facing camera on my One X is horrible. The selfies are washed out and extremely low res, nowhere near the quality from my Droid Razr that has the same megapixel count. What could cause this? Does the proximity sensor have anything to do with the camera? I have a screen protector and it has a cutout for this sensor but I don't know if the cutout is big enough since I can't see the sensor. I have not taken a picture w/o the screen protector installed. Anything else I should be looking at?
The proximity sensor has nothing to do with the front facing camera. In all honesty, it doesn't take great pictures. You might have some dust built up in there, try cleaning it out with a cotton bud.
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timmaaa said:
The proximity sensor has nothing to do with the front facing camera. In all honesty, it doesn't take great pictures. You might have some dust built up in there, try cleaning it out with a cotton bud.
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Thanks. I did that after doing a search on the issue (which I should have done before my post-my bad) and the difference is night and day. I never would have guessed a lens could get so dirty that it would literally make a camera unusable but now I know it can.
A few days ago I noticed this weird rattling noise when I shake my phone, as if something inside is moving. I thought maybe the home button was wobbly, so I held the home button firmly and the noise is still there. I managed to hold all the buttons to prevent them from moving and shook the phone, but there's still something rattling inside it. I think it's the camera since if I take a closer look, it doesn't look like it's completely straight.
Also, when I launch the camera app, there are minor 'lags' when I move the phone, also it takes longer to focus now and sometimes doesn't focus at all.
Any idea if the rattling inside is the camera lens or lens cover or is it something else?
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It's the camera. Because the rear camera has OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) sensor. While you don't use the camera, the lens is going to move arroung where it is. But if you turn on the rear camera and shake your phone you'll stop hearing because OIS is working
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It's the camera. Because the rear camera has OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) sensor. While you don't use the camera, the lens is going to move arroung where it is. But if you turn on the rear camera and shake your phone you'll stop hearing because OIS is working
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I was worried about the same thing. Is it normal?
ratnodip said:
I was worried about the same thing. Is it normal?
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It's normal, don't worry. Once you star the rear camera, the magnets of the OIS will activate and if you shake it you won't hear that until you switch of the camera again.
S7 snapdragon sony lens. When I take photos using the rear camera they come out too bright / over exposed. The front camera produces better point and shoot images. Also, the rear lens gets dirty very easily. I've come from a moto g4 plus and had no such problems. Has anyone got any suggestions?
Check you're using AUTO mode for the camera and the exposure level slider when you tap the screen to focus is not all the way up
As for the dirty lens, that's down to how you use your phone, either get a case or be more careful not to touch the lens, I always wipe mine on my top before taking pics, takes 2 seconds and easy to get into the habit
So the Mi Mix 2s has dual lenses. But just out of curiosity, what does the second lens actually do but zoom in? I can take every picture, incl. Portrait pictures with the top lens covered up without any ill effects. Is that lens just there for the zoom and to appear fancy? Or does it actually do something useful?
The second lens is a telephoto lens. If you go to 2x zoom it uses that lens to get a sharper and less noisy image than a digital zoom. The reason why they call it a portrait lens is because a telephoto lens compresses the person's facial features resulting in a more attractive face. It's also reduces the amount of background and blurs it.
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The second lens is a telephoto lens. If you go to 2x zoom it uses that lens to get a sharper and less noisy image than a digital zoom. The reason why they call it a portrait lens is because a telephoto lens compresses the person's facial features resulting in a more attractive face. It's also reduces the amount of background and blurs it.
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So basically, it never uses both lenses together for fancy effects? It's always just one lens doing what it's good at? Good to know Thx
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So basically, it never uses both lenses together for fancy effects? It's always just one lens doing what it's good at? Good to know Thx
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Exactly. The only reason it might use both cameras at the same time is to create a fake bokeh effect.
Speaking of cameras I have a camera issue with the phone, can you check it out?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/help/glaring-camera-issue-live-exposure-t3797029