Database Users

MDA Compact video capture issue

hi all the problem i have is with video capture. it captures video at a slower rate then audio so when it's played back the sound is out of sync. does anyone else have this problem? any help?
T-Mobile said to exchange it which i did twice. but the problem's still there
cheers

bump

Maybe it is a software issue not hardware?

my video capture is total crap, i get lines and shifting images and everything when i move while filming, but no problems with the audio.

steege2 said:
my video capture is total crap, i get lines and shifting images and everything when i move while filming, but no problems with the audio.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here! What's the problem with the shifting images???? it's a real pain!

bnycastro said:
Maybe it is a software issue not hardware?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah it could be but i don't know how to fix it. any ideas?
cheers

I get the same thing! I guess we wait for a fix. Well I wasn't really expecting much from a 1.3MP cam on a mobile device in the first place but the camera really sucks! they should have left it out and place more RAM and maybe wifi instead (but this is just my opinion).

guess we'll have to wait for t-mobile to sort it out

bump

bump

About the camera...

Is it not that good, or is it just me?
Everytime I take a picture, the camera freezes when saving the picture,
Problem is.. the "frozen" image, is slighly before the actual image which is saved..
Most of my picture so far, are blurred...
Id sort of expected that this camera was lighting fast, but so far it dosent seem so....
On the other hand.. My hands are constantly shaking, and that dosent help much.
So anyone here with steady hands, who takes great pictures, and its just me whos a bad photographer?

I could post on saturday. since the stores are closed aswell as the postal office now in the easter. and I won't be home again untill friday.
But I could post some so that we could compare when I got the phone in my hands.

ukon said:
I could post on saturday. since the stores are closed aswell as the postal office now in the easter. and I won't be home again untill friday.
But I could post some so that we could compare when I got the phone in my hands.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lets do, Ill be here all week

TakenName said:
Lets do, Ill be here all week
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am really interested in how the picture quality will be compared to the X1 and the Magic. If it is anything like either of them, then I hope the Magic.
It is such a shame that I can't get it now, when it is in the mail. but I am just to far away from home at the moment :/
it really sucks tho

Tip for non blurry pictures, use touch focus mode - works very good here.
Seems to focus better and you don't risk rocking the phone because you press the camera key.
Otherwise it's as with all mobile phone cams, the sensors and optics are limited by size, so of course you get better pictures the more light you have.
I find the camera very nice in comparison to my N1.

My pictures turn out just fine. maybe a blurry one once in a while but nothing to complain about. Try turning on the image stabilizer

waleed786 said:
My pictures turn out just fine. maybe a blurry one once in a while but nothing to complain about. Try turning on the image stabilizer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Image stabilizer!!!! Why didnt I think of that while checking in the settings....
Not the pictures are actually good... Strange thing now, when I click to take the picture, it freezes with a blurry image, but the actual picture is great!

here is some pictures that I've taken today can be found here.
I might upload some other pictures later. but we will see.
I do not think that it is that bad, it is better than the X1 camera, and I do think that the picture quality was slightly better than the Magic camera aswell.
The only thing that I can complain about with this phone would be the battery I guess.. It could have been better. but I tought the same thing about my x1 in the beginning, but now does it last 2 days some times.
2-3 hours when I am teethering the network and downlading with torrent on it tho... but that is things that takes alot of battery.

mine freezes with a blurry image aswell. not sure about the actual quality since ive only seen them on the phone itself.
ive got another question tho, does your camera in macro mode make noise when pressing the button halfway(focusing) its like a loud click, very mechanic sounding?
id say the x2 had a much better camera so far

l4rsh said:
mine freezes with a blurry image aswell. not sure about the actual quality since ive only seen them on the phone itself.
ive got another question tho, does your camera in macro mode make noise when pressing the button halfway(focusing) its like a loud click, very mechanic sounding?
id say the x2 had a much better camera so far
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The loud click is from the autofocus and it is normal!

allright coming from an iphone without autofocus so i didnt know that, cant remember the x2 i had for a week having that sound though.

l4rsh said:
allright coming from an iphone without autofocus so i didnt know that, cant remember the x2 i had for a week having that sound though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My X1 has the same clicking noise. It's just not that loud. But hey, it's not the same camera either.

flash
hi . i juz bought an x10, howevr i am a little worried about its FLASH. is it necessary to swtich on the photo light and click pics? if not then from where do i change the flash settings

charbiwala said:
hi . i juz bought an x10, howevr i am a little worried about its FLASH. is it necessary to swtich on the photo light and click pics? if not then from where do i change the flash settings
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah. You have to turn on the LED in settings before it's usable. I've read that it's a limitation in 1.6 but I don't know really. Seems to work great on HTC Legend with 2.1 though.

Yeah, what is the flash like on the x10? Is there a flash????

theres no flash, only a constant light that will blind you!

l4rsh said:
theres no flash, only a constant light that will blind you!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, that's true. But I've never really felt the need for a good LED flash, i just use it as a flashlight.

How would you rate the camera then?

dubdec99 said:
How would you rate the camera then?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought the camera in the X1 was pretty good actually but the one in the X10 is insanely great! The image stabilizer is just GREAT! I don't know how I could live without it with my X1! The image quality is great too!

For anyone interested in photo samples from the X10, check this thread from the Esato.com forums:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=195111&watch=topic&start=15

Post your pictures taken with your Android HD2

So after a search, I did not find a thread on this yet...How are your photos looking.
Be sure to post what camera app you are using.
All of mine are taken using Vignette...none of these have any filters applied...camera is set to 5MP

Youre pictures look awesome for a cell phone. Here are some of the pics I have taken with my HD2. I'm running Android and using the default settings in Android, except for the 1st picture. That was taken using the pano option in Windows Mobile.
And a short video clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAL0D8KKQo&fmt=22

agentaaron said:
So after a search, I did not find a thread on this yet...How are your photos looking.
Be sure to post what camera app you are using.
All of mine are taken using Vignette...none of these have any filters applied...camera is set to 5MP
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does that app take pics in full widescreen like the WinMo Camera does?

chrisrj28 said:
Does that app take pics in full widescreen like the WinMo Camera does?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes it does sort of...you can select to crop the photo to fit the phones resolution so when you view it in the gallery, it fills 100% of the screen as winmo did.

Here's some pictures taken by HD2 Using Rafdroid HD 3.0... Hope u all like it!!!
Stock Camera!!!

my wasting time hobby... lolz...

ddeathmetal said:
Here's some pictures taken by HD2 Using Rafdroid HD 3.0... Hope u all like it!!!
Stock Camera!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wow, have you edited the photos?
what settings did you used?

Sorry for not posting pics, but just wondering, if any of you guys are using desire hd, or z roms? Reason being, when you record a video, do you notice as time passes, the video audio sync becomes more and more distorted. As in, the audio isn't aligned right to the video, as time goes on, and gets worse. Any of you guys had this experience?

Pretty sure it's a known problem
Personally, I don't make any videos. But I'm sure the de-synchronisation (Only in DHD and DZ) is a known problem, or was. Have you tried any new build or kernels?

Yup, new builds, and kernels. Well if it's just the builds then ah well, not like i fancy my self with taking videos anyways. One good thing about desire hd/z builds however, are they actually know how to do macro shots, instead of other builds where you gotta adjust it till it's just right.

yugoport said:
wow, have you edited the photos?
what settings did you used?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nah!!! as i said... there photos are Original...
Camera settings:
- Image Adjustment:
+ Sharpness +1
+ Saturation +1
+ Contrast 0 (In some case +1)
- ISO: Auto
- White Balance: Daylight (In some case difference with Environment....)
That's All

@ death
Lawl I find that hard to believe. xD
But either way, I love your photos.

Kailkti said:
@ death
Lawl I find that hard to believe. xD
But either way, I love your photos.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thnx mate!!! and share ur great photos... let's show our HD2 camera as good as Any Camera phone in the world

ReganH22 said:
Youre pictures look awesome for a cell phone. Here are some of the pics I have taken with my HD2. I'm running Android and using the default settings in Android, except for the 1st picture. That was taken using the pano option in Windows Mobile.
And a short video clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAL0D8KKQo&fmt=22
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
are u a pilot ?
awesume views of the cockpit man

here are pics taken by me !
normal settings ! no change in the settings -

coolbeer1990 said:
normal settings ! no change in the settings -
the first photo is with increased contrast ! thats it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it's more eyes-catch and vivid color for sure compare to Contrast = 0... Nice shot mate

lol sorry ! i confirmed again ! the first photo is also at normal settings ! i thought i changed the settings ! but it is at normal setting ! and ya ..thanxx

coolbeer1990 said:
lol sorry ! i confirmed again ! the first photo is also at normal settings ! i thought i changed the settings ! but it is at normal setting ! and ya ..thanxx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
aha ... btw... good one!!! keep it up!

These are my photos. Eheheheh. General settings is with sharpness +1. The ear phones one is in vignette, other than that one, it's no effects.

A photo I took as I was walking out off school.
And one on the walk home - nice lens flare action.

Lag/slowdown problem with my SGS2 camera

Hello all
Yesterday I started having problems with video recording on my SGS2. The camera has begun to "slutter" during video recording. EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkQE_62Ee6Y
I notice it doesn't happen outdoors in broad daylight, but even so you can see the room I am in is well lit, and the problem still occurs.
I don't know what to make of it. I tried doing a factory reset, removing and re-inserting the battery, but no dice. The problem persists. Could this be a hardware defect with the camera?
When I was using it last night to record there was suddenly a huge white "flash" on the screen, and it was definitely an image anomaly, not a stray light source.
Has anybody else experienced this problem? :\
EDIT: I remembered something important when going through yesterday's videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlv_XVK2Pw
I was doing some night testing. Notice how the video keeps getting really bright at random moments? It almost looks like I am turning the flash on and off, but I am not. The camera was doing this by itself! Like it was reducing speed to take in more light or something.. The problem is that since it did that last night, it has been doing it ever since in better lighting conditions. I have taken a close look at the other sluttering videos and noticed that the videos also get a tiny bit brighter when the sluttering occurs. It is just far more obvious in the video I just posted.
Does anybody have any idea at all on what this could be? I'm starting to suspect something went wrong with the camera.. Hardware-wise :\
EDIT: Added video links now that I'm allowed to post them

Nobody besides me has this problem? Nor any idea of what it could be?

I am having the same problem with my second SGS2. With my first this wasn't happening... The first SGS2 was having the OC firmware, the second is SC... Maybe is related? How can i change to OC firmware?

UPDATE: I have tried rooting my phone and flashing it with a new rom(lite'ning 1.5).. So both kernel AND rom have been replaced. Sluttering is STILL present.
If you ask me, this pretty much excludes software issue as a possibility. It seems what I have is a hardware fault. Guess it's time to reflash to stock and take it in for repair/replacement.. Sigh :\

exposition -2 and you"ll see no more slutting !

djase said:
exposition -2 and you"ll see no more slutting !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, that actually worked! But.. Do you know why it this happens or did you just happen upon this fix by chance?
Does anybody have at least a probable explanation for this? I think there is still a potential problem with the hardware since it only started doing this yesterday(I didn't do any updates). I never had a problem before :\

i think it's autofocus issue !
maybe next firmware solved it .............

djase said:
i think it's autofocus issue !
maybe next firmware solved it .............
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You think so? But if that's true, why would my camera start doing this all of a sudden without any updates? And if you check night video samples on youtube, there is absolutely no lag or slutter in those, and I highly doubt they all set their exposure to -2..
It's good to know I'm not the only one with the issue at least, but there still don't seem to be many people with this problem given the low amount of replies.
I'd really love to hear from more people. Anyone else have this problem, please let us know!

Also check if your video quality is set to normal. If it is, try changing it to superfine.

Sleepycat3 said:
Also check if your video quality is set to normal. If it is, try changing it to superfine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the suggestion! Though it has been set to superfine this entire time. I tried playing with all of the settings since I was tipped off about the exposure having an effect.. And unfortunately lowering the exposure to -2.0 is still the only way to get rid of the sluttering for me
It does seem to be a problem with autofocus indeed. It's like the camera keeps slowing down in an effort to pick up more light each time it tries to focus.. I'm still baffled as to why it started doing this all of a sudden.
The behaviour looks very much like that of cameras with a dedicated night mode. Lower FPS(reduced shutter speed) in an effort to capture more light. It's odd seeing as the "normal" GS2s don't do that. Every low light/night sample on youtube is buttery smooth. :\

try to speak with the sav !

Hi, this appens to me too, during autofocusing AND auto exposure adjustment together.

djase said:
try to speak with the sav !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Who is sav?

DrSlump76 said:
Hi, this appens to me too, during autofocusing AND auto exposure adjustment together.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It happens to you even when you set exposure to -2.0? as was suggested?

"S.A.V" i'm sorry is a french word for contact support lol !
another thing, what is your Camera Firmware ?
do *#34971539# and check your Phone/Cam Fw version.
mine:
Cam FW : SCEE07
Phone FW: TBEC28

I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Locster126 said:
I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So just to clarify: Does that mean you don't suffer from this problem?

Locster126 said:
I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lollollol,
Did the op mean to say stutter, never heard of slutter except for the old bicycle that we all used to ride, lol
Sent from my Sammy Galactic S2 Beastly Device

djase said:
"S.A.V" i'm sorry is a french word for contact support lol !
another thing, what is your Camera Firmware ?
do *#34971539# and check your Phone/Cam Fw version.
mine:
Cam FW : SCEE07
Phone FW: TBEC28
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cam FW: SCEF02
Phone FW: TBEC28

garanixx said:
It happens to you even when you set exposure to -2.0? as was suggested?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No it doesn't happen anymore if i set the exposure to -2.0

Macro HD videos with Galaxy S2

Hi all, just made some videos with my SGS2 and edited them on Windows Movie Maker.
I'll be happy to hear about your opinion, particularly in terms of light, do you have some trick to make better videos?
ROM is Batista70 FoxHound 2.4 with Camera Hack installed, so if you have a better one related on video making, you're welcome!
Thank you so much!

These are really good... hard to believe its just from a phone..
Excellent

Just put a powerful magnifying glass on the camera and you'll get much closer

a like to camera Hack PLS
and can it be installed on a stock rooted rom ?

jangomango said:
These are really good... hard to believe its just from a phone..
Excellent
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, that was my first thought too!
dikime said:
Just put a powerful magnifying glass on the camera and you'll get much closer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, the second one (ants) i made have a closeup lens in front of the camera, but this way light reduce...
miahegypt said:
a like to camera Hack PLS
and can it be installed on a stock rooted rom ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i think no mate, it's an extra you can download directly from the rom updater...

Just wondering how could you steady your phone while capturing?Do you have any camera stands or anything?

yes, the phone is on a tripod
i forgot to mention that