Hey, does anyone know if the camera app from an i9000 will work on the tab? I really miss being able to tap to set focus AND exposure.
I really would love to have it as well. The ability to tap to set the exposure is brilliant.
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If you press and hold on the 'Take Shot' button on the right of the screen instead of taking the shot immediately it will focus and expose.
Once you have it focused and exposed to how you want it, without taking your finger off the trigger move the camera to where you want it. The focus and exposure is locked whilst you keep your finger pressed. Now all you have to do is align the shot and take your finger off the trigger... job done.
I've done this trick in capturing 'Depth of Field' by simply first finding a close object and press & hold to lock the exposure and focus. I then move the camera to the subject which is in focus and when I take my finger off the trigger the background will be out of focus.
Another tip..... If whilst pressing and holding the shutter button you get the exposure and focus locked but then decide you don't want to take a shot, instead of taking your finger off the trigger which will take the shot all you have to do is keep your finger on the trigger and place another finger or thumb on the screen and then remove your finger from the trigger.
What this action will do is cancel out the trigger activation and no shot is taken.
Beards said:
If you press and hold on the 'Take Shot' button on the right of the screen instead of taking the shot immediately it will focus and expose.
Once you have it focused and exposed to how you want it, without taking your finger off the trigger move the camera to where you want it. The focus and exposure is locked whilst you keep your finger pressed. Now all you have to do is align the shot and take your finger off the trigger... job done.
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Unfortunately, on mine that will only lock the focus and the exposure is still all over the map when I re-compose the frame :\
Beards said:
If you press and hold on the 'Take Shot' button on the right of the screen instead of taking the shot immediately it will focus and expose.
Once you have it focused and exposed to how you want it, without taking your finger off the trigger move the camera to where you want it. The focus and exposure is locked whilst you keep your finger pressed. Now all you have to do is align the shot and take your finger off the trigger... job done.
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Brilliant .... it works ! Thanks.
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Hey everyone, I just got my 8525 and have been playing around with a few customizations. One of the things that bugs me about the original button layout is that the placement of the camera button makes it nearly impossible to use the camera with only one hand (at least I always feel like I'm going to drop the phone).
So, I got the PTT patch (thanks Slueth255!) to map the camera to that button. However, it looks like any function can only be mapped to one button at a time, so the original button has to be remapped first. It works great in portrait mode, but in landscape, either the button is on the bottom of the phone or the display is upside-down. Is there a way to map two buttons to the same function? Or better yet, is there any way to rotate the camera display? Has anyone else found a better way to use the camera one-handed?
Thanks,
Sar
Sarumiso said:
Hey everyone, I just got my 8525 and have been playing around with a few customizations. One of the things that bugs me about the original button layout is that the placement of the camera button makes it nearly impossible to use the camera with only one hand (at least I always feel like I'm going to drop the phone).
So, I got the PTT patch (thanks Slueth255!) to map the camera to that button. However, it looks like any function can only be mapped to one button at a time, so the original button has to be remapped first. It works great in portrait mode, but in landscape, either the button is on the bottom of the phone or the display is upside-down. Is there a way to map two buttons to the same function? Or better yet, is there any way to rotate the camera display? Has anyone else found a better way to use the camera one-handed?
Thanks,
Sar
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Trying to work out at what stage your problem is. I turn on TyTn with thumb, move thumb along to camera button and then take picture with central D Pad button.
Mike
mikechannon said:
Trying to work out at what stage your problem is. I turn on TyTn with thumb, move thumb along to camera button and then take picture with central D Pad button.
Mike
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Thanks for the tip about using the center D-pad button to take a picture, it makes things a little easier. I realized after trying to take a pic that switching the camera function to the PTT button won't work. It will activate the camera program as expected, but once in camera mode, you still have to push the original camera button (or D-pad) to take a shot.
After some more playing around, I found that you can take a pic with the scroll wheel button as well, which makes it easier, but not perfect. You still have to reach for the camera button to switch to camera mode and the scroll wheel is not good for taking pictures as it will change camera modes with a scroll if your press is not dead center.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to take out the phone and snap a quick spur-of-the-moment picture without too much fumbling around. Typically, I hold the phone in my left hand with my index finger near the power button and thumb near the PTT button. Or, in landscape mode, index finger on the PTT button and thumb about halfway between camera and comm button (with the D-pad resting in the palm). Moving all the camera button functionality to the PTT button would really be great. Getting the camera program to run inverted would also be nice, but I could probably learn to live with having all my pics turn out upside-down.
-Sar
Sarumiso said:
Thanks for the tip about using the center D-pad button to take a picture, it makes things a little easier. I realized after trying to take a pic that switching the camera function to the PTT button won't work. It will activate the camera program as expected, but once in camera mode, you still have to push the original camera button (or D-pad) to take a shot.
After some more playing around, I found that you can take a pic with the scroll wheel button as well, which makes it easier, but not perfect. You still have to reach for the camera button to switch to camera mode and the scroll wheel is not good for taking pictures as it will change camera modes with a scroll if your press is not dead center.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to take out the phone and snap a quick spur-of-the-moment picture without too much fumbling around. Typically, I hold the phone in my left hand with my index finger near the power button and thumb near the PTT button. Or, in landscape mode, index finger on the PTT button and thumb about halfway between camera and comm button (with the D-pad resting in the palm). Moving all the camera button functionality to the PTT button would really be great. Getting the camera program to run inverted would also be nice, but I could probably learn to live with having all my pics turn out upside-down.
-Sar
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Yes, I see. I just tried it left handed and it is more difficult due to button positions. I also agree about scroll wheel push you have to be spot on with press else you end scrolling to another function.
Hopefully others will have some more tips/tricks.
Hey guys,
as I watched the presentation of the iPhone 3GS, I noticed that the HD camera only focuses when the capture button is pressed, which leads to a pretty long delay in taking the picture.
The iPhone 3GS focuses automatically and immediately takes the picture when the capture is pressed.
Can we somehow modify the HD camera to focus before we press the capture button and then immediately take the picture when the button is pressed? Any ideas?
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uuh no,
just press the shoot button
nice answer but useless...
Just to put my two bits in, I agree with maati that focus before pressing the capture button would be a huge improvement.
vbakker said:
uuh no,
just press the shoot button
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That's not the only way.
You can also just tap the screen if you have touch focus set to "on".
But - granted - it is still not "auto focus".
The camera does auto focus when you first turn it on. It would be nice if it could keep that afterwards too.
Yes, even if you tap the screen to focus, the camera needs to focus again when you press the captue button. I'd like it to take the picture instantly.
I think you are talking about focus lock, so the camera just has to capture image when the shoot button is pressed as it has alrady focused. This would be a huge improvement.
Sully
hungabunga said:
I think you are talking about focus lock, so the camera just has to capture image when the shoot button is pressed as it has alrady focused. This would be a huge improvement.
Sully
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Exactly. Any ideas?
hey guys i was just wondering if anyone has found the camera to be annoying because you have to be literally holding the camera in front of you to take pictures because theres no dedicated camera button on the phone. i was wondering if its possible or if someone has already created some mod to where they can use lets say the volume up or down button to take the picture. i'd rather sacrifice the zooming feature with the volume rockers because i can zoom in and out right on the screen before i take the picture. thanks to anyone who has any information on this.
So I came across this youtube video "20 tips and tricks for the htc one". I actually discovered a few things I didn't know about!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZsZemJdR48
1. Tap the status bar to scroll to top of blinkfeed/app drawer
2. Swipe from top/bottom to change front/rear camera whilst in the camera app
3. You can split and merge event folders in the gallery
4. You can hold the shutter button when in the camera app to take a burst shot
5. Power button + home (or volume button) takes a screen shot
6. whilst watching a video you can hit the shutter button to take a photo
Some of these may already be widely known, but I didnt know about them and im a pretty long time HTC user.
Does anyone know how to remove the facebook crap from the gallery?
Please feel free to share your tips and tricks here!
I love that I can tap the back heart rate sensor to take pictures instead of tapping the on screen button. My question is this.
Is it possible, once rooted, to somehow use the sensor to take screenshots instead of the karate chop hand swipe or removing the s pen? I think it would be very useful if possible.
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I love that I can tap the back heart rate sensor to take pictures instead of tapping the on screen button. My question is this.
Is it possible, once rooted, to somehow use the sensor to take screenshots instead of the karate chop hand swipe or removing the s pen? I think it would be very useful if possible.
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Pretty sure...but you can also use the Power+Home button to take a screenshot. Push and hold both buttons down.