Has anyone experienced the camera on an Oppo Find X2 Pro at times to be extremely slow to take the shot? I basically press the shutter button and it takes a full second to then snap the shot. It's infrequent and seems to be present in lower light conditions but it's absolutely insane how it takes a full beat to capture the shot after hitting the button. I've never experienced anything like it in other phones and I'm just wondering if my device is faulty in some way. I bought it yesterday and have noticed it heats up a lot, even with just general use and thats something I'm not used to either. I can't seem to find any info on the Find X2 Pro experiencing camera issues or heating issues, it seems to get rave reviews where ever I look. It's certainly not my experience unfortunately.
I was just hoping to hear from anyone else who may have had this happen.
Yes, I sometimes run into this problem, too. It's really annoying. It mostly happens when I'm using the camera at home when the lighting conditions are not ideal but then again also far from bad or actually dimly lit.
The darker it is the longer it takes to take a good photo. The phone decreases the shutter speed to let in more light(auto night mode). Its annoying if u wanna take a photo of something thats in motion but if u keep the phone still it will take one of the best photos. You can use expert mode and set your own shutter speed but photos might look dark.
@cosmin94 well the thing is though that this behavior also seems to occur under lighting conditions that may not be ideal, but also far from a level where you'd think such a slow shutter speed is actually necessary. If I compare that to my old Samsung Galaxy S9+ under the same conditions it still takes quite okay photos in a much shorter time even though it has a much smaller sensor. So the Oppo should actually do much better than that considering...
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After purchasing the Mi4c and waiting for it for three weeks, I keenly unboxed it and started tweaking the living hell out of it. Among others I installed several Google apps, the google account manager (switch off sync in China as it will draaaain your battery), and MIUI 5.10.16 dev. So far so good.
However, when I tried the camera, the online shots of which were very promising, I was so disappointed I ordered the Nexus 5X straight away. In any circumstance that isn't sunny, the rear-facing camera will perform horribly. What I mean is that, unless you stabilize the phone securely with two hands, any shot in a fluorescent light or otherwise slightly dim environment will result in heavy blur. As if you were shaking the phone while you took the shot. Comparing with the Nexus 5 (2013), where you could take a shot from your wrist while riding a bicycle and still have an acceptable result.
Can anyone else confirm? Do I have the worse of two sensors, is it just the tiny objective, or is it software-related? Or is it just what I should learn to accept from a 1500 RMB phone?
Hello mate,
this is what you should learn from a 1500 RMB phone, camera sux as soon as conditions are not optimum. Tried a lot of apps, but the results is still the same. Some apps will focus better though (lenovo super camera v5 for instance).
Nevertheless, a part from the camera, the phone is way better with CM12.1 than the nexus 5X which handle apps horribly again... Very slow to open and reload apps. Which is kind of a big deal.
upload some pics if possible..
let's see it...
Maybe the camera app just sucks hard? You should try others to compare...
These are all shot from the wrist with minimal effort at stabilizing, the way I used to snap pictures with my Nexus 5
Try to take a few indoor shots with a steady hand. It could be that the software uses a quite long shutter time, which results in a blurry shot if the hand isn't steady.
The second step would be: manually set the shutter time according to your preference.
Sure, steadying the phone entirely will work. But that's not really a solution, as you often take a quick snap, the device is light and therefore in almost all situations your hand will be unsteady. It felt like the nexus5 was able to use shorter shutter times in low-light conditions and took steady pictures almost all of the time.
potentially a software problem; after flashing CM Rom the camera improved significantly (also switched from N5 to 4C)
agreed, it got significantly better with the CM rom. Still fairly noisy and a little blurry though. Looks like the camera app (I use Google Camera 4.0) actually takes its time to focus rather than attempting to deliver the quickest shot possible.
bluppfisk said:
agreed, it got significantly better with the CM rom. Still fairly noisy and a little blurry though. Looks like the camera app (I use Google Camera 4.0) actually takes its time to focus rather than attempting to deliver the quickest shot possible.
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Can you check which sensor you have please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/general/camera-sensor-sony-samsung-t3213510/page4
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Can you check which sensor you have please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/general/camera-sensor-sony-samsung-t3213510/page4
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He already has, yesterday
Maybe we can have some more samples from another camera app ? We know you have the Sony sensor now, it could be interesting to see if someone has a Samsung one and how is it different in picture quality.
Here are some, as your see low light ones aren't very good and blurred. But even the sunlight ones are a little grainy and not perfectly crisp. Sony sensor.
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Here are some, as your see low light ones aren't very good and blurred. But even the sunlight ones are a little grainy and not perfectly crisp. Sony sensor.
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Ok thanks ! And this is with the MIUI app ?
No the last batch was with CM
I created a post on official eu.xiaomi.com about this bug, if you can, please, confim in "bug" section of xiaomi mi4c
link?
http://en.miui.com/thread-180040-1-1.html
Inviato dal mio Mi-4c utilizzando Tapatalk
So, i'm really very confused now... someone says it is very great (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63730763&postcount=44) and you say it is bad and open a bug!
I would prefer great camera and battery over LTE band 20, but here i don't understand yet if mi4c have or not great camera... Can you please help me understand? Thanks
Well... Depends by user.. 50% say camera is awesome 50% not - You can see something like this on many phones
Hi,
does anyone know who controls the rolling shutter speed of the camera?
is this controled by software or by hardware?
it works too slow, the most tiny vibration is transfered and return a wavy image, its so cr*p honestly,
anyone know if this is something software controlled? all xiaomi devices return a very slow rolling shutter speed in the camera,
i wonder if this can be modified or not,
as other phones like an ulefone metal, just to name any, return a much better speed on the sensor...
thanks
"Zero Shutter Lag" causes the photos to be blurry. If you are on AOSP or CM13, you can disable Zero Shutter Lag after enabling developer options in the Snapdragon Camera app. If you are using MiUI-based ROM, I'm not sure how to do it.
By the way, shutter speed is shutter speed. Rolling shutter is an entirely different thing.
Rolling shutter is a video defect.
Your problem is a too slow shutter speed. If your phone pick a quicker speed, it will raise ISO and you'll have "noise".
check out this video, thats how mi 4c performs?
rolling shutter speed is just pathetic, and i think this artifact is on all xiaomi devices, or at least in all the xiaomi i checked.
thats why i ask if its something controlled by software the rolling shutter speed, or is a sensor based problem,
anyone know the response?
can this be modified? others cheap phones like ulefone metal or even the crappy 50$ blackview A8 dont return such accentuated problem at all.
please check out those videos:
ulefone metal performs way better
Rolling shutter isn't related to shutter speed. Read more about rolling shutter here:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/tips-and-solutions/rolling-shutter-versus-global-shutter
I see a moderate amount of rolling shutter in the Mi 4c video you have provided, but I don't think it's excessive compared to other phones. In any event there is (almost) nothing you can do about the rolling shutter effect. You may try enabling digital video stabilization if you think the video is too shaky.
hi legacyofthevoid, thanks for your response,
i must say i dont really agree that much on the fact the rolling shutter is moderate, i find its quite excesive, specially when cheaper phones got superior scanning speed,
as i said this problem is very noticeable on all the xiaomi devices i checked, and that makes me think if maybe xiaomi is reusing somehow the code who commands that speed, (in case is a software issue)
even in the high ed mi5 the result is just pathethic, i mean, really bad, and if you sum up the worst OIS i ever seen + the constant autofocus moving + the slow rolling shutter + the strange artifacts that skew the image when tries to stabilize it,
then thats the result of an mi5:
so bad image stability, is like see from the eyes of a drunk guy,
or this from minute 1:00 all the image fully out of shape due OIS + Rolling shutter issue.
Rolling shutter is caused by the way in which the camera sensor reads the information on its surface. Even high end DSLRs suffer from this problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSqKX3OexQ
It's not a software problem. It's just that the sensor doesn't read the whole surface at the same, or fast enough to minimize the effect.
i understand the rolling shutter will be always present
since looks like to be inherent to CMOS sensors scanning procedure, and even "pro" cameras
have this issue,
however i still can't avoid the fact its way WAY more noticeable
in xiaomi phones than other phones that are even cheaper and have aparently worst sensors,
we are talking about a simple walking returning super wavy dizzy images,
its not a phone attached to a turbine vibrating motor,
in a go pro camera you can see this issue just on strong vibrations for example,
and makes sense, but doesnt make sense to have such strong problem in a expensive phone thats supposed to have
good quality/price ratio, (well, its not bad, but its not that good neither, no nfc, no waterproof, no microSD, no good camera for video, and so on)
quite frustraste me a bit, and i was wondering if could be fixable via software, looks like no...
another sample on how wavy and dizzy video looks like on the slightest movement, + the autofocus always moving front and back constantly, so frustrating to see,
anyone have a video recorded with the mi4c at 60 or even 120 fps ? i would like to see if this might help smoothing the result
The main problem of the video you posted is not the rolling shutter IMO. It's the "glittering" on surfaces like grass.
I'll try in similar condition if I have something like that.
And there is a way to fix the focusing distance while filming, no?
And we should have start with that.
What rom and version do you have? You use the default camera, right?
Can anyone confirms this? Almost 4 units i tested from sony stalls has this issue.
The photos taken by camera turns out to be overly sharpened, with lots of artifacts.
Turning on or off image enhancements does not help.
I am seeing this as well. And most of the reviews I saw also reported this.
Currently I am trying a few third party camera apps to see if they do the same
Haiz.. Why can't they make the camera right for once?
I concurred this. Mine focused good. I learned a trick that you actually have to tap the screen then press and hold the camera button on screen or side until it is clear. When i first got it, all my photos was focusing on the wrong spot. However, now with that trick i could get sharp images but zooming in they look very blurry and a lot of noise.
Do you experience this is good or low light? You do have to work a little bit harder with the camera settings as the light drops off to get the right image. And use the designated camera button too rather than the on screen one.
Good lightings... Not to mention if its poor lighting conditions. Guess have to wait for a new firmware.
Yep so much sharpening in all lighting conditions. Hoping for a software update soon.
Here is samples pictures from my XZ. It has undoubtedly the best selfies camera under daylight. Lowlight shooting takes a bit to get used to it. It was bad as first but if you toggle on "tap - focus and brightness" in setting it will improve tremendously as it uses it light sensor to automatically brighten the photos. Overall, I'm happy with the camera. It beats Iphone 7 Plus and on par with the S7Edge. My beef with the XZ is the small size and 3GB. I would prefer 5.5 and 4GB for a $600 phone. But if you can get it for $450 or $500, this phone is definitely worth every penny.
http://imgur.com/a/1S4Si
I am not talking about selfies. I am talking about the main camera. Very bad quality here. So fall 8 sets i have tried, same issues
Noticed this myself, not impressed with the image quality. Seems to be worse than my Z2. Hoping when they eventually drop Nougat it'll iron out some of the issues.
About blure and noise, increse ev to +0.7 or 1
A very good example of xz camera samples. You can guess which photos are by xz. The oversharpening of images when zoomed in.. Soo much artifacts.
http://m.gsmarena.com/blind_shootout_iphone7_galaxy_s7_xperia_xz_lg_g5
So i decided to test out the camera on my V20 in both well lit and poorly lit conditions. I took several pictures of each, focusing on different points in the shots. In almost all of them, the phone never turned on HDR when it would have been preferable to do so. Don't even get me started on the viewfinder lag and long focusing times in low light.
I suppose you could always have HDR enabled, but it's kind of disappointing that a new flagship phone can't seem to get something so basic right. I love this phone, but i REALLY hope LG can fix this camera in an update.
I have OnePlus 7 for exactly one week, use the stock camera on auto with default settings and took under 20 pictures. Even though I take images in bright summer light and my daughters are in little to no move, I often end up with these poor artifacts.
I will try switching HDR off. Any other suggestion (except trying GCam)? Does anyone else experience something like that? (Am I using it wrong? I had no issues with Samsung Galaxy S7.)
Have similar issues. Portrait mode comes out with artifacts as well. Stock cam sucks despite what everyone else says. Not sure if the OP7pro's cam is as bad.
I think OP needs to put more effort into marketing the OP7 globally (not just the pro) and improving the cam. I am very disappointed.
Have just installed GCam to try. Hopefully it is better.
HDR is and never will be made for super low shutter speeds.
As I reckon these kids are moving quickly there is simply not enough time for the phone to quickly burst shoot and merge those 5 or so pictures for HDR
Just my guess. Try holding your phone still and shoot a static object and see if these problems persist
The attached pictures were taken with shutter speeds of 1/50 to 1/450 sec and on Oxygen OS 9.5.5. I'm now on 9.5.6 but I still experience issues with HDR so I keep it off.
The thing is that with Samsung (S7), only really low shutter speeds of around 1/10 s and low light caused issues - but then objects were blurred, which is what I expect. Not weird artifacts like the samples.
I basically never have enough time to play with settings so I only use auto.