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I'm probably not the first to 'complain' about this... but I thought I'd put it all together in one post and see if anyone was having the same issues, or same results...
So...
Trying to 'Sync' Facebook contact pics with my x10 contact pics - tried a few apps, and while most of them did the job to some degree, with varying results, but mainly the same level of disappointment, one thing I found with all of them was that the resolution was abysmal to say the least...
I found also that if I opened Facebook, I could view any of my own profile pics, and I was given the option to assign them to a contact – great (sort of) providing the only people I know are myself. Friends pictures were ‘locked’ such that the assign to contact option did not exist - silly, really.
Now, while fiddling with my phone, I discovered that the some of the Facebook contact syncing apps actually downloaded a full quality pic to my device – perfect – now let me see if I can open them and assign them to a contact... nope, no luck – interestingly, they were ‘locked’ just like they were when I opened them through Facebook – no option to assign them to a contact.
Now, I move them to another folder (one which had pics that I could assign) and all of a sudden, they were unlocked... funniest thing was that pics left in the original folder I took them from were also unlocked... odd... good too, but odd.
So happily assigning all these full definition contact pics, I then had a look at them, and the resolution was again abysmal... WTF...! Anyway, one last go, and instead of going via the picture to assign it to a contact, I went through the contact then assigned a picture to it... Success...! this time proper resolution...!
So from this I assume that going through the picture, or any syncing apps, you’re only getting a contact pic as good a quality as the Android system expects. However, if you go through the contact, the x10 is getting a contact pic at the full quality it knows it needs to display...
Anyway, take what you will from this, but I thought it was interesting...
same over here, the pictures I assigned to my contacts are very high quality and they all look like sh#t on the phone when some one calls me.
It is full of noise and extremely blurry. Really don't understand why...They can't be made this for such a low quality so I assume we do something wrong, but I can't figure it out. Do we need very big resolution pictures to get them proper on this phone? But thanks for the tip, working the other way around does work good, but it keeps being strange...
Cheers.
Arnold
Consider that a phone call needs to pop-up right away. Why waste the processing speed to show a full resolution image?
Note: I think an update that went around to some regions cleaned up the resolution a bit.
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Consider that a phone call needs to pop-up right away. Why waste the processing speed to show a full resolution image?
Note: I think an update that went around to some regions cleaned up the resolution a bit.
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Not the brazilian update.
I'm willing to swear that it's a donut issue... mainly because going the Android way in is ugly, and the SE way in is on the money...
You'll also notice the Android way gives you a square pic, and the SE way gives you an elongated pic to fit with their interface...
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Consider that a phone call needs to pop-up right away. Why waste the processing speed to show a full resolution image?
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Agreed that it might be low res for this reason, but the x10 can handle the hi res just as good - and considering the contact pics are so large, you definitely want them full res.
Hopefully SE do some updates to improve this... Hopefully...
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You'll also notice the Android way gives you a square pic, and the SE way gives you an elongated pic to fit with their interface...
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Problem is, I don't wan't the elongated pic or the square pic.
With WinMo I could put any pic format.
Why should I be restricted in Android?
This is my second post as a new Android and Epic user. As my first post, I suggested a new name to a ROM developer here!
Alright, I have the Epic in my hands now and I am really enjoying it, especially after being on a small and not-very-user-friendly-and-slow touch screen on HTC Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) from AT&T. As I mentioned, I am new to Android and new to Epic, and I am facing the following issues, which could very well be user errors:
- I had seen several reviews on YouTube noting how good the camera on Epic was, but the pictures I have taken on Epic seem to me like they are from a 1.x megapixel camera!
I recently took a pic in a dimly lit restaurant and I was absolutely appalled by the quality of that pic. I couldn't even send it out to folks in the pic due to the low quality of the pic. The Fuze has a 3.2 megapixel camera and the pics on that phone are WAY better than the pics on the Epic with a 5 megapixel camera (I am aware megapixels are not everything, but still).
I took a few pics in my house, with more light, and the quality didn't improve at all. I couldn't find any posts related to low-quality pics on Epic. I installed Camera 360; the pics taken using 360 are 30% better than those taken with the default camera application on Epic. So, the hardware can do much better.
I was expecting the pics on the Epic to be really crisp and clear, but they are not, by miles. Am I doing something wrong?
- I changed the volume levels in "Sound and Display," but that's the only change in settings I have made. Now, I don't hear the sound that we hear after unlocking the phone by dragging the lock icon upward. What could be wrong?
- In Swype, I changed the setting to disable the haptic feedback, but enabled the tapping sounds. But I don't hear any tapping sounds when I tap on the keys. I am completely lost on this one.
- This is more of an issue due to my newness to Android and TouchWhiz. When I receive a notification about a new e-mail(s), and I click on the e-mail icon at the bottom of the screen, I see a list of all my e-mail accounts. How do I know which account received the new e-mail (out of the five accounts I have configured)?
- I have configured a default Gmail account for my Epic. I tried to send some pictures by using the "Share" feature and selecting my default Gmail account as the "sending" account. A small and short-lived pop-up said "sending message" but the "receiver" account received nothing, even after several tries. Although, I was able to send the same pics using other Gmail accounts on my phone. What could I be missing with the default Gmail account?
Sorry for such a long post, but I would really appreciate your help on the issues (or user errors) I am facing. Thanks!
P.S.: I am not planning to root my Epic just yet, as I would like to experience the phone as is for a month or so.
For the camera problem make sure you have the size set to 5 megapixels and the quality to superfine.
When you get an email slide down the notification bar and click on the alert, it will take you straight to the emails.
When I turned off the noise for selecting things on the screen it also stopped the lock screen noise.
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For the camera problem make sure you have the size set to 5 megapixels and the quality to superfine.
When you get an email slide down the notification bar and click on the alert, it will take you straight to the emails.
When I turned off the noise for selecting things on the screen it also stopped the lock screen noise.
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Thanks for your reply. I have already set the resolution to 5 megapixels and the quality to superfine, but the pics still are subpar.
I am aware of the sliding down the notification curtain to go to the e-mails directly, but I was wondering if there was a setting or mod to indicate which account had new e-mails.
It explains that the turning off the tab sounds for the screen would also disable any tap sounds for the unlocking screen.
I am still open to input for my other issues, if someone knows how to solve them. Thanks.
why don't u take a pic of something and post it here so we can tell u if something is wrong?
here is a pic I took few days ago with max settings, what do you think of the quality?
if the quality isn't like this, then perhaps u need a new epic. if the quality is around that, then that's how epic takes pics
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why don't u take a pic of something and post it here so we can tell u if something is wrong?
here is a pic I took few days ago with max settings, what do you think of the quality?
if the quality isn't like this, then perhaps u need a new epic. if the quality is around that, then that's how epic takes pics
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Yes, I was initially planning to take a picture and post it for other members' review, but when I posted my first post, it was around 4 a.m. in the morning, so I couldn't find enough daylight to take some pics.
I am linking to a picture I took a few minutes ago, in low sunlight. The quality of this picture of outdoors is acceptable. I am also attaching a picture that I took at a restaurant; this picture - a cropped part of the pic with no modification to the quality of the pic - is just to show how grainy and washed out the picture is.
I understand the lighting in the restaurant was low, but still, even with the flash, the quality of the image leaves a lot to be desired. I took that pic with all the default settings, meaning I had not selected the "Indoor" scene mode (I am not sure if that would have improved the picture vastly). Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.
Edit: I just took another pic of the outdoors using Camera 360 to compare the quality of the default camera application on the Epic to that of Camera 360's. This pic is sharper than the one taken by the default camera application on the Epic.
I noticed something about the signatures for the e-mail accounts. I changed my signature on one gmail account and it changed my signature on all my gmail accounts and my Exchange account. Shouldn't I be able to change the signatures individually?
For camera quality: are u tapping the screen and letting the little box turn green to focus?
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For camera quality: are u tapping the screen and letting the little box turn green to focus?
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Yes, I am focusing before taking pictures. I got my phone swapped today and the new one's camera looks better. Although, how true is the notion that installation of apps can slow down the phone (quite natural) and this can affect the quality of the pictures because of the delay?
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Yes, I am focusing before taking pictures. I got my phone swapped today and the new one's camera looks better. Although, how true is the notion that installation of apps can slow down the phone (quite natural) and this can affect the quality of the pictures because of the delay?
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Not true at all. If u have many process intensive apps running I can see some some lag, but just installation of apps won't do anything.
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Not true at all. If u have many process intensive apps running I can see some some lag, but just installation of apps won't do anything.
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That is what I thought. It doesn't fit that the lag on the phone can actually reduce the quality of the pictures taken by the camera.
On another note, I have imported contacts to my phone via a vCard file. I also have a default Gmail account configured on my phone. Can I sync the contacts on my phone with the Gmail account? And, can I sync contacts from my phone with Outlook Express or Outlook on my PC? I have been reading a lot of opinions on this, but none has had a definitive answer.
To sync the contacts stored on the phone to your gmail account, first you need to export your phones contacts to your sd card, then you import them right back in, but when given the choice, choose to import them to gmail account (all done through Settings->More->Import/Export, even if you already know some future reader may not )
When you have accomplished this, you will have multiple entries for each of your contacts, so you will want to go and either go to Settings->Display and deselect either the phone or gmail contacts, but I would suggest hiding the gmail, then deleting the (now duplicate) ones stored on the phone, then of course unhiding the gmail contacts. If you somehow delete one that didnt get uploaded to google properly or something, at least you already have a full backup on your sd card that you can reimport.
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To sync the contacts stored on the phone to your gmail account, first you need to export your phones contacts to your sd card, then you import them right back in, but when given the choice, choose to import them to gmail account (all done through Settings->More->Import/Export, even if you already know some future reader may not )
When you have accomplished this, you will have multiple entries for each of your contacts, so you will want to go and either go to Settings->Display and deselect either the phone or gmail contacts, but I would suggest hiding the gmail, then deleting the (now duplicate) ones stored on the phone, then of course unhiding the gmail contacts. If you somehow delete one that didn't get uploaded to google properly or something, at least you already have a full backup on your sd card that you can reimport.
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Thanks for your response. I haven't had the time to apply the workaround for the contacts, but I will certainly post the result here.
On another note, I was wondering about the following:
- Why doesn't the voice activated action take place automatically? When I say a voice command, instead of just performing the command, the device pops up a list of options (including an exact match of my voice command) matching my voice command. If I am required to select what I want to do from the pop-up list, what's the purpose of the voice commands?
Edit: The above functionality works that way, it seems.
- My battery indicator (and GPS Status app) shows the batter level at 97% when I receive a message on the device that the battery is full. How come? I read about this on the forum, but didn't find a solution or the cause for this. And interestingly, if I keep the phone plugged in a little longer, the indicator shows a charge of 100%, but as soon as I unplug the phone, it reverts to 97%.
I miss little things on Stock Android on the Epic such as the option to see the duration of calls. Shouldn't Stock Android (not the apps) have widgets similar to those on the Today Screen in Windows Mobile?
Any thoughts from the community? Thanks.
Edit: I just found out the the in-line controls for the headset for the Epic don't work reliably at all. I am not able to end a call when the screen is off. A couple of days ago, I was at least able to press the in-line control button and bring up Call Log on the phone; I am not able to do that today. Also, is it true that the in-line mic is faulty, too? I found some comments regarding the in-line controls and issues similar to mine in these threads (thread1, thread2), but no solution. Why are such basic functionality missing from such a good phone? Is there a solution to this?
I would appreciate some input on the issues I am facing, either saying there is no solution to some of them, or point me in the right direction. Thanks.
i get the same charging thing it will only charge to 97%. i bought two extra batteries and also came with an external battery charger, if i charge with the external charger and pop in the batteries they show 100% so it must be the phone isnt charging it to 100.
As far as the charging goes, I find that if I have it plugged into a lower power charger, like charging from a usb port on my computer, sometimes it will charge all the way to 100% and stay there when unplugged. Otherwise, I can get my phone to charge to 100% if I have the screen on full brightness while charging. I dont know if it is because it stops charging when it reaches a certain voltage or what, and if the screen is drawing power while charging, it isnt getting charged as fast, so it wont 'trip' the sensor saying the battery has a full charge as soon because the power draw keeping the voltage a little lower. Of course this is just speculation on my part.
Hi everyone, this is my first post, I'm not sure if it's been posted yet. I'm a photographer and I do not use the camera on my HD2 because I just import my photos to the phone so I can display samples of my work to potential clients. The sharpness of my photos when displayed on the device was the main driving point for me purchasing this phone. One thing I noticed however, since flashing my photo to Windows Phone 7, my pictures are not sharp at all anymore. I just loaded a picture on to my friend's WinMo 6.5 HD2, and there is a drastic difference. I've seen posts about the camera taking blurry pictures, but I haven't seen any that just indicated general blurriness on the screen. Is there a fix for this or will I have to give up my WP7?
That's odd, my transferred pix are excellent, maybe you should reload WP7? Not much help I'm sorry but it doesn't take long to reinstall...
what res are the pictures?
I had the same problem but it seemed to only happen with photos that I transferred to the phone. I never found a fix, though I do not think it is a resolution problem with WP7. The issue might exist in the file transfer itself; perhaps a Zune issue? Anyway, I never found a solution so I'm back on 6.5.
Try this:
In the Zune software, go to
Settings > Phone > Pictures and Video
and set "Image Quality" to "Original"
I tried the settings in Zune and those settings were already selected. The resolution is 3744 x 5616, but it doesn't matter the photo size, they all still aren't crisp as they were before.
try changing them to 1024x1024, maybe wp7 is lowering them automatically because of how large they are
even the ones i had at 950 are blurry, no matter what photo I load into it...same result.
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Since my last post, I have flashed back to 6.5, loaded some photos on. Image resolution is far superior. Loaded WP7 back on, [a different ROM], and still photos are still not a sharp. Is it possible that the photos do not render as well in WP7 as they did in 6.5?
strange, i use both zune for pc and windows phone connector for mac to transfer my 12mp photos from my cannon450d and they are reasonably sharp for a screen with limited pixels.
Even my photos from facebook look reasonably good (not much difference on the small screen to be honest)
Yeah for me, whether it's from my Canon 5D Mark II, or my 50D, same problem. At this point, I just won't load any photos on the device! It sucks because my main reason for purchasing this phone was photos, and also that ability to put different ROMS on it.
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Yeah for me, whether it's from my Canon 5D Mark II, or my 50D, same problem. At this point, I just won't load any photos on the device! It sucks because my main reason for purchasing this phone was photos, and also that ability to put different ROMS on it.
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Email a photo to yourself, and save it on the phone. See it works that way.
It may be that the stock wp7 picture viewer doesn't display them as sharp. Maybe you can find another photo viewing app in app store and see if that makes any difference.
Now that all the services are shut down, what exactly does this device do?
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Now that all the services are shut down, what exactly does this device do?
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This device serves are a cellphone, MP3 Player, Web Browser, E-mail Client, and an Alarm Clock. For me at least..
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Same here - I would say my favorite software feature is the email client. You can set up multiple email accounts, so I have my personal gmail account and my work email account, it's super convenient for me. The slide out keyboard is great - it did take me a couple days used to it (never typed on anything smaller than a netbook before), but now I really like it & I'm able to type emails pretty quickly.
On a recent trip I used the camera a lot. The pictures are decent - on par with photos I've seen from iPhones - and much better than most cell phone cameras. But, I will say this, it's not replacing my Sony Cybershot digital camera or my Flip Video camera. Phone makers love to tout how many megapixels they have, but until you can put a better lens on there, your photo quality is severely limited. As for video, you are limited to recording very short clips, I think it was 1 minute? I was annoyed when I tried to record my brother playing a song on his guitar and I had to record it as 4 separate clips.
I use the web browser to check the weather in the morning. I did a Bing search for "weather 90210" (replace 90210 with your real zip code), then bookmarked it and I usually check that every day before I hop on my bike. In case you don't know, the result returned from that search is a lot like when you search it in Google, it tells you the current weather and the forecast for the next few days (Temps, wind, rain/sun, etc) in a pretty compact format.
I really like twitter on the KIN web browser. Most web pages I have tried work fine on the KIN browser, but I don't like having to scroll so much - you can only fit so much readable text on small screen. So aside from weather & twitter updates, the browser is mainly a novelty for me - hence why I am so happy with this phone and why I didn't "need" a Droid/iPhone w/ a Data Plan.
Which brings me to the best feature, in my opinion, which is what this phone doesn't do: it doesn't require you to pay for a Verizon data plan. For me, this is saving me $60/month (2 lines). The high cost of data plans has been the only thing keeping my from getting a smart phone over the past 3 years, so when I found the re-released KIN w/o a data plan, I was sold instantly.
Hope that helps
I have to agree with you there. I am glad that with getting 2 of these I dont have to buy those stupid Data plans
As for video, you are limited to recording very short clips
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You do realize that you can only record one minute in email quality to keep the file under the size limit? You need to record in HD to record longer and I believe you will find the quality of video much higher.
Thanks for the tip! I hadn't played with the video much, and just thought that was a built in limit. I will need to check the menu and switch to HD.
I want to start a post where all of the photographers can post up ideas, suggestions, etc for using the TF in their photography hobby/business. So anything you have to add, please do so. As much detail you can provide would be great.
Hopefully this thread will continually grow and be updated regularly.
My Story:
- I bought the TF mainly for client presentations. I wanted to have something like a tablet to show clients their pictures for proofing albums, reviewing shots, etc. I shoot weddings, portraits, commercial, landscapes, transportation, you name it!
- I have never used Android before so this has been a little learning curve for me and I still have a lot to learn but on the surface this thing has been great.
Cameras:
- Canon 7d & Canon 40d (both use CF cards)
Experiences:
- Client Presentation: I used the TF with a customer for the first time last week. We went through about 200 pictures for their album proofing. I used the "Zfolio" app, which is the photo hosting site, Zenfolio, that I use. I have my website setup through them so all of my cleints pics are on there. This app is awesome! You can scroll through the pics easily and they look great. And the best feature on this app is the rating feature. You can star (1-4) any pic. So this was extremely helpful when the customers were picking out their favorites for the album. If they didnt like one that I picked, 1 star it. If they liked one that I didnt pick, 4 star it, etc. Worked flawlessly. Then I could go home, set the TF in the dock next to my photo editing machine and bring up the collection we were looking at, set the rating to whatever star you choose and bam, all the pics show up that were numbered with that star and I can then add or delete them on my main computer. Worked great!
Tethered Shooting:
- I can say that this is not working seamlessly yet. Here is what I have found - if you shoot Raw + Jpeg, eject the card, put the card into a card reader and insert the card reader into the dock usb port, the TF WILL read the jpgs only. Obviously reading RAW files is a hassle but there is an app out there that does read Raw files ( RawDroid ) I tested it last night but not long enough to learn how to use it. But that apparently does work. But the obvious drawback to this is the fact that you have to take the card out of the camera, into the reader, etc. This is a major pain especially if you are trying to shoot and look at your shots instantaneously.
- So my solution to this last night was to try to hook up the camera directly to the TF dock. Here is the amazing part (at least in my opinion) the TF reads the camera! It knows that a camera is connected and it shows up in the gallery as Canon EOS. But the problem is the camera itself. Yep, the $1700 Canon I own will not work in Android. With the camera plugged into the TF, it turns on but will not do anything. Every button I push says "busy" and will not work. So I emailed Canon last night and got a quick response. I am paraphrasing here but "we do not support Android yet." SO that being said, the next best thing to do is the following. Have the usb wire plugged into the dock, disconnect it from the camera, shoot Raw + Jpeg. Then plug the wire back into the camera and voila, the TF loads the pics in "Gallery" and you can then view them in high res glory. Yes its a pain having to plug, unplug the wire from the camera but at least the pics show up (it is easier leaving the usb end plugged into the dock and then just disconnecting from the camera, rather than the other way around.) So you could shoot a handful of shots, give your subject a quick brake, plug it in, view it and review your lighting, poses, etc.
Future Wishlist:
- I really hope in the next few months that some developers come out with a way to wirelessly send pics to the TF or at least view it in real time while tethered. I wouldnt mind being tethered at the very least for now.
- Also, what would be great is finding out who is possibly using the "Eye-Fi" cards. Some people have reported this working on the Canon Forums but its very hit or miss. I have heard the SD cards with the new firmware on Eye-Fi works but that does many of us no justice because we cant use SD cards. So if you have this system working WITH CF cards, please let us know the details.
Whew, ok that was like 3 hours worth of writing!
Hi there, I'm into photography as well (hobbyist) Have you tried the sdcards with wifi? I don't have access with eyefi memory cards since I shoot a canon 50D (CF cards too) Is shutter snitch app available on android? Nice insights btw, I really do hope some developers make a good photography apps for android.
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Hi there, I'm into photography as well (hobbyist) Have you tried the sdcards with wifi? I don't have access with eyefi memory cards since I shoot a canon 50D (CF cards too) Is shutter snitch app available on android? Nice insights btw, I really do hope some developers make a good photography apps for android.
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No. As I mentioned, I only shoot CF as well so I cannot check to see. On the canon digital photography forums some people say it is hit or miss. I just dont want to spend $100+ to check! Hopefully someone else does that for me! ahha.
Thanks again for posting this thread! I have subbed to it so hopefully some of the smart people on this forum can help us out and lend some knowledge. I also shoot with the Canon 7D and Canon 40D as well and just ordered my Transformer yesterday with delivery scheduled for Thursday.
From what i've been reading the Eye-fi XD pro does work with the 7D only because it supports UDMA where the 40D does not support UDMA. People have successfully been able to wireless tether between an Android device and the 7D using a certain sd/cf reader from amazon.com. The 40D however does not work at the moment due to it lacking UDMA support. So on the bright side our good camera the 7D will work. I'm going to see if someone locally here in the Phoenix area has the eye-fi x2 pro card that I can borrow before I drop $99 on a paperweight that may or may not work. You should check around your local area to see if any people have this card for you to borrow. I'll buy the sd/cf adapter because its only like $16 shipped off Amazon so if it works i'll buy the x2 pro.
I'm a photographer too and bought (aka justified buying) the Transformer mostly on the basis of client presentations as well. So far it's been working pretty well for me with a few exceptions noted below:
The default Gallery app is gorgeous... beautiful... lovely in so many ways... and it is a pain in the butt to use because it displays all my pictures in reverse order. For the life of me I can't figure out why one of their developers didn't think that we the people might actually want to look at things in chronological order rather than reverse chronological order. As far as I can tell there is no way to flip the order which means if I use it to show off a wedding I always start at the end of the wedding set instead of the beginning.
The default Gallery app doesn't have any means for hiding albums. Normally when I meet with wedding clients I don't really want them to see the boudoir shoots so it sure would be nice if there was some option in there. I'd take them off the TF but when I'm doing boudoir shoots it's super handy to have them available to give folks some posing ideas while we work. I have seen a few tools on the market that add this functionality, just odd that it wasn't included.
Since the default Gallery right now doesn't really do the trick for me I've been using an app calls Photo Gallery (Fish Bowl Beta) that actually works fantastically. It lets me swipe though a huge number of pictures and has a great presentation while sorting in the proper order and allowing me to hide or unhide galleries quickly as needed. It's offline only but I can keep a huge number of JPEGs on this thing and having them locally means I don't need to mess around with WIFI settings when I meet a customer at a coffee shop to talk weddings. Worth the install to take a look at it if you haven't already. For it to be fast enough to show off, you need to swipe through the galleries to build the cache but after you've done that it's just... wow.
Downsides to Fish Bowl are no multi-touch yet (he's working on it I guess) and the images don't auto rotate when you turn the tablet. I think I am going to email about the rotation though since it seems like an easy fix he might patch in pretty quick.
As far as transferring files to the device for tethered shooting I don't really think we have many options right now. Eye-Fi is really the only game in town and it comes with just a boat load of limitations. You can get a SD to CF adapter for it and you'll need to dig around the web to find one that has worked for others. Honestly though I shoot almost everything in RAW and transferring large files over the thing is supposed to be impossibly slow when it works. The only situation where I can imagine it MIGHT be helpful is in dual memory card cameras for studio work where one card is set to hold the RAW file while the other beams off the JPG to the tablet for a quick preview. It might be possible to do this with the software they put out on a single card but I've read bad stuff about their software so I'm not overly optimistic.
I do have a Nikon D7000 (with dual SD slots) as a backup camera so I'm thinking of testing this config out in the studio so I'll update in a few weeks when I finally break down and buy one of the cards.
The one thing that I wish I could do on the tablet that I can't right now is sort pictures without WIFI. I use Lightroom for all my editing and I'm almost to the point where I want to learn a bit about programming so I can write an app that will let me export a catalog and quickly rank pictures as I'm on the go before re-importing and finishing my workflow on my desktop. It might seem like a small thing but sorting is the bane of professional photography so having an option to pull out a tablet for a few minutes of work in-between meetings and the like would be huge for me.
Until I become a programmer though, I think the next best option is the included Splashtop app and just accessing Lightroom remotely. To be able to use it well you really need to tweak the options a bit - set the window mode to full screen, collapse the title bar up top, remove the tool bar below the photo and shrink the thumbnail grid down to nothing. If that's all set and you have the keyboard dock it's actually not too painful editing pictures at a coffee shop or book store without having to bring your full laptop and a backup of the catalog you are editing.
Anyway, that's my rant about Android and Photography. I feel like we are sooo close to having something that will be almost magical for us down the road so maybe the more we compare notes the more we can piece together a good working system for us all.
Is there any app that supports RAW?
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Is there any app that supports RAW?
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Not really - there is one app out there that lets you read the small imbeded jpg inside the raw files but the size and quality are barely enough even for proofing focus.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.anthonymandra.rawdroid&feature=search_result
I'm gonna hook up my 50D tonight to it and see how that fairs.
Hi all,
I also use my TF101 as a camera companion.
I use a Sony Nex5 and an app Flickr app called FlickFolio
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.snapwood.flickfolio
This is great for batch uploads to flickr, the developer is friendly and I am talking to him about new features for the app.
I've also WiFi cards but do not use the wireless features as I do not like their Android client.
Great responses guys! I appreciate the input so far.
FindMike - I have heard about the Fishbowl app. Maybe I will look into is as a possible alternative but I am loving my Zfolio app to this point.
ThaiM - let me know how that works out! Does the 50d use SD or CF cards? I think they might use SD right? Or maybe thats the new 60d?! Either way, let me know how it all works out and what does/doesnt work.
Matrix311 - let me know as well what you can find around you. And interesting notes on the 40d/7d differences and the possible work around with the eye-fi cards. Maybe its almost worth going to a camera shop around me with the 7d & TF and asking them if I can test it out?! Not sure if they would or not but it could be the best option. Keep us updated.
Thanks again to everyone and keep the info coming...
Great that the Transformer recognizes the camera. Maybe I will see if I can read it via the port. Since you shoot Canon I am hoping my 5DMK2 and 1DM3 will be accessible.
Hi,
Subscribed to the thread as well...
I'm a photographer myself working with a Canon 5dMKII and 40d
I bought the Tablet myself, first to replace an old laptop that my wife is using
and in order to use it as portfolio /proofing device.
Shooting to it tethered /Wifi would be awesome but as said before EyEfi is not an option for 5D and its Raw's.
Shooting tethered to a laptop/PC into Lightroom and monitor the destination folder (network disc) on the Tablet is an option I think...
regards
Kef
npompei said:
Great responses guys! I appreciate the input so far.
ThaiM - let me know how that works out! Does the 50d use SD or CF cards? I think they might use SD right? Or maybe thats the new 60d?! Either way, let me know how it all works out and what does/doesnt work.
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Sorry got so busy and didn't get a chance to hook up my 50D to it last night. The 50D uses CF also.
I'd really like for a WIFI or Bluetooth connection between the 2 devices but it seems to be a hit or miss from what people are saying. I'll check it out tonight. I use several 32gig CFs and only shoot in RAW. Not sure if I want to sacrifice storage for that WIFI CF card (or do they come in 32gig also)?
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Hi,
Subscribed to the thread as well...
I'm a photographer myself working with a Canon 5dMKII and 40d
I bought the Tablet myself, first to replace an old laptop that my wife is using
and in order to use it as portfolio /proofing device.
Shooting to it tethered /Wifi would be awesome but as said before EyEfi is not an option for 5D and its Raw's.
Shooting tethered to a laptop/PC into Lightroom and monitor the destination folder (network disc) on the Tablet is an option I think...
regards
Kef
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If you want to mirror a folder on another PC look at syncness - works very well
kefje27 said:
Hi,
Subscribed to the thread as well...
I'm a photographer myself working with a Canon 5dMKII and 40d
I bought the Tablet myself, first to replace an old laptop that my wife is using
and in order to use it as portfolio /proofing device.
Shooting to it tethered /Wifi would be awesome but as said before EyEfi is not an option for 5D and its Raw's.
Shooting tethered to a laptop/PC into Lightroom and monitor the destination folder (network disc) on the Tablet is an option I think...
regards
Kef
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Kef- Thanks for subscribing. Can you elaborate on your last statement? Are you saying that you would tether to a laptop and then use something like 'My cloud' onto the tab? I feel like I am reading this wrong because to me that would be like 2 extra steps that really wouldnt be necessary? At that point, just tether to the laptop and screw the tab! But again, I am probably misinterpreting this.
ThaiM - I only shoot in Raw too so I would like a Raw reader or something. But I think that using the tab as a monitor for the pics, it really wouldnt matter to shoot Raw + Jpegs. Say I am in the studio, I dont think I would blast through 16-32gb of memory just doing that, so viewing say 50ish pictures in jpeg on the tab wouldnt be bad. I couldnt really see a need for this at like a wedding or a big shoot where I would be blowing through cards. Just something where I really want something bigger than a 3" screen to preview a few shots.
RawDroid!!!
http://www.anthonymandra.com/RawDroid/?page_id=13
From this thread:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/android-tablet-apps/345-raw-photo-viewer-editor-6.html
So, if we use File Manager to move or recognize RAW files from the camera, then RawDroid in theory should be able to view it? Hmmm...
So looks like it works like this:
The app opens and you tell it what folder to decode. I don't have my cam with me at work but managed to drop a .cr2 file into the Downloads folder. So I long-pressed on that folder (in RawDroid) and chose to decode that folder. Then it shows the RAW images. But looks like this program isn't optimized for tablets as the size of the screen is only formatted for smaller phones.
Edit: Looks like you can install Spare Parts to fix the fullscreen issue.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidgram.spareparts&feature=search_result
Found another one:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/cr2-thumbnailer-demo/com.holst.cr2thumbnailerdemo
This one is MUCH better!
ThaiM said:
RawDroid!!!
http://www.anthonymandra.com/RawDroid/?page_id=13
From this thread:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/android-tablet-apps/345-raw-photo-viewer-editor-6.html
So, if we use File Manager to move or recognize RAW files from the camera, then RawDroid in theory should be able to view it? Hmmm...
So looks like it works like this:
The app opens and you tell it what folder to decode. I don't have my cam with me at work but managed to drop a .cr2 file into the Downloads folder. So I long-pressed on that folder (in RawDroid) and chose to decode that folder. Then it shows the RAW images. But looks like this program isn't optimized for tablets as the size of the screen is only formatted for smaller phones.
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Yep, RawDroid is what I posted in my 1st thread. I just didn't link it. He literally just developed this a month or so ago. He is aware of the small screen issue. It was actually full size on his but a few people posted screenshots so he is working on it. Seems like a nice guy as I have posted a few times there.
I just havent been able to find my files using the App. Not sure yet how to navigate to well. So well see how that pans out.
I just looked at the other app as well. It appears as though it is only showing the Jpeg preview? Is that how I read the features info? If that is the case, just plugging in the camera like I have talked about might be just as easy if not easier? And its possible that the RawDroid app does the same?
Hey Guys!
Another one with a 7D comes right along from Germany
I also use atm :
Fishbowl App for presentation
Cr2 Thumbnailer for raw decoding
and was also thinking about a WiFi SD Card...
What really would be awesome is to tether the cam via USB or Wifi and have the raw´s decoded automaticly!
Next Step would be to hook up 1 external HDD and sync it with the tethered Shots... -> nearly unlimited Space
Will be monitoring this thread hardly!
In the meantime i´m waiting for the 3.1 Update in Germany
Honestly...you guys who use this purely for photography might want to check out the iPad 2.
It has a connection kit for realtime uploading...the apps...raw...all that...
Check out DPReviews Ipad2 feature:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/appleipad2/
....ok after reading...the TF can actually do all of that (minus the connection kit, but we have SD).