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I have a problem with the focus of the camera in my hermes (vodafone vpa compact III). When i put the focus pin in macro postition i can make sharp photos from objects in a distance of ~10cm. When the switch is in the non macro mode objects between 40cm and 2meters got sharp. Everything behind 2meters gets unsharp again. This is quite disturbing because nearly everything one photographs is more distant than 2 meters. In order to get rid of this problem my dealer swapped the phone, but unfortunately the new one had the same problem. My question now is do all phones show this effect.
To illustrate the problem i have attached a photo that was taken at the maximum resolution of 1600x1200 (on lower resolutions the unsharpness slowly disappeares). The image is a 620x280 subarea of this picture.

mastermarv said:
I have a problem with the focus of the camera in my hermes (vodafone vpa compact III). When i put the focus pin in macro postition i can make sharp photos from objects in a distance of ~10cm. When the switch is in the non macro mode objects between 40cm and 2meters got sharp. Everything behind 2meters gets unsharp again. This is quite disturbing because nearly everything one photographs is more distant than 2 meters. In order to get rid of this problem my dealer swapped the phone, but unfortunately the new one had the same problem. My question now is do all phones show this effect.
To illustrate the problem i have attached a photo that was taken at the maximum resolution of 1600x1200 (on lower resolutions the unsharpness slowly disappeares). The image is a 620x280 subarea of this picture.
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I have not seen this reported and it is not normal. However it would seem an amazing coincidence if you were to get two phones with an identical problem. Did you actually see the dealer swap the phones!
From the photo the bus appears in focus at one end and out of focus at the other. Given the bus is quite some distance away (I assume, and it's not a zoomed in photo) then from that picture it looks more like left side in focus, right side out of focus. (I appreciate the objects on the right are further away)
Have you got other photos that have objects at varying distances but not with objects that are near on one side and further away on the other. i.e looking straight down the street or such like.
Also can you confirm there was no zoom used.
Mike

Have you cheked the settings? Maybe is on max resolution, but not the best quality.
Could you post the full image?
This link is for a picture that I took 4 days ago with my SVP M3100
I think is quite sharp.
http://www.karontes.plus.com/IMAGE_098.jpg
Try changing the quality from the camera settings..
hope this help

uploaded pictures
here are some demo pictures all taken with the focus in non macro position:
http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/22895/2003124511431707207_rs.jpg
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/23579/2001735976619502914_rs.jpg
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/25358/2001779240544331593_rs.jpg
Did you actually see the dealer swap the phones
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The new one has a new IMEI so it definitely is a new one.
Have you got other photos that have objects at varying distances but not with objects that are near on one side and further away on the other. i.e looking straight down the street or such like
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I will make one tomorrow. Currently it is dark outside.
Also can you confirm there was no zoom used
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the picture was taken from a 1600x1200 foto the complete foto is linked above
Maybe is on max resolution, but not the best quality.
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Settings are ok. The picture with the beer bottle looks fine. The problem only occurs at larger distances.

mastermarv said:
here are some demo pictures all taken with the focus in non macro position:
http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/22895/2003124511431707207_rs.jpg
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/23579/2001735976619502914_rs.jpg
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/25358/2001779240544331593_rs.jpg
The new one has a new IMEI so it definitely is a new one.
I will make one tomorrow. Currently it is dark outside.
the picture was taken from a 1600x1200 foto the complete foto is linked above
Settings are ok. The picture with the beer bottle looks fine. The problem only occurs at larger distances.
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Ok will see your photo(s) tomorrow. Meantime, I'm just trying to decide if those are typical of the sort of pictures I get if there is some wobble on taking the photo. (The Hermes is sensitive to this) I use the centre D-Pad button to take the photo (AKA action button). I squeeze it in and keep it in until photo is taken (ie. not a push and release action but a push only till photo shows up).
As yet difficult to say. Your last picture looks fine, the 2nd pic looks out of focus all over. So lets see some more tomorrow as you say. You can drink that bottle of booze while you are waiting
Mike

yeah I think the focus problem is due to shaking. You got to hold the phone STEADY for quite a while when taking a picture
try taking a picture with the phone resting on a table or flat surface, it will probably look a lot better.

Shaking
in order to avoid shaking all of the following photos where taken with the phone standing on the ground. I used the 10sec timer to take the photos so i did not need to touch the camera when it took the photo. the beer-bottle fotos (no i'm not addicted to alcohol ) show that at objects that are too close / too far got unsharp.
The outdoor photo was also taken with the phone standing still usung the timer. It nicely illustrates why i'am not satisfied with the quality of pictures taken by the camera.
http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/22620/2004425661515948516_rs.jpg
http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/24390/2004494897534520551_rs.jpg
http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/24453/2004407138677399856_rs.jpg

mastermarv said:
in order to avoid shaking all of the following photos where taken with the phone standing on the ground........
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OK for comparison purposes:
Here are 3 shots at medium resolution.
1. With Macro on
2.
With Camera toggle half way between Macro and Infinity
3
With Macro toggle set to Infinity - correct setting
From this it is clear your camera is not stuck on Macro mode as pic 1 above shows everything is very blurred.
From pic 3 we can see that there is an even level of focus throughout the picture - nothing pin sharp and nothing very blurry - what you might expect of infinity focus over a 15 ft range.
To me it looks as if your pics are between pics 2 and 3. ie. the camera Macro toggle is not rotating the lens fully towards the infinity setting. i.e. somewhere between pics 2 and 3 above.
I had thought your Macro toggle was not connecting but from your pics it seems it is rotating the lens to some extent but perhaps not fully.
However, I just took a 2meg pic outside and I'm not sure it's any better than yours?
Photobucket makes that lamp-post look a bit hairier than it is in the original but not much worse. ?? maybe you are expecting too much??
Mike

[Q] Faces on Cam look like the are painted white (only partially)

Hey Folks,
I absolutely love my HD2 (used a Tilt before .
But it is not inteded to make pictures of faces in the dark.
What I mean is not only the problem which has been discussed (the face-color looks to bright).
I mean, that the faces you take a picture of look like the have been painted white, but only in some parts - you can see what i mean in the attached picture.
I think this is absolutely terrible. It makes the cam nearly unusable in the dark.
Please mention, that in the picture the face has normally the colour of the ear!!!
So anyone has a solution for this Sh*t?
Best regards!
Mäffjus

Nobody else with that problem???

Maeffjus said:
Nobody else with that problem???
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Yes many http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=590916

I tried using a double coat of tarnished Scotch tape like I also did on my non-handy photo camera. It helps to remove the extreme shine and overdosed exposure a little. Of course it doesn´t solve the wrong light measurement of the flash.

Post your best pics

Hello guys!
It was raining cats and dogs today here and I decided to take the HD2 for a spin. Here are the best pics of the lot.
Straight outta the card without any modification or PP done (except the first pic for which I have changed the contrast and WB a bit)
Please post some of your pics taken with the HD2 camera...
Have a good day!

very nice.

even after the patch instalation, pictures still have pink circle in the middle, so no need to show my pinkie pics...

IMHO the pink tint is pronounced in images with a whitish center. As you can see from my pics, it is not that big of a deal otherwise.

This phone has a great quality camera.

Haven't taken many pictures yet, but here's two of our cats:

okay, here are mine. as I don't take many pics by Leo, these 2 are the best I have
my friend's F355 F1 Handling Fiorano and a bird from the Zoo
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Another day in the office !

Not the best ive taken, just picked a quick one.
Taken at work, dark room. The front bar of lights were on pretty bright so thers some overexposure going on. For some odd reason the bands tourmanager wanted it that bright. I bet the band loved the heat. Personaly i thought it looked **** being that bright as it washed out all the other colours on stage

Here is 3 pics of mine - I have not put extra effort in these pics but will do better job next time when it's raining... I like all rainy pics
... pics were taken in Chicagoland area... (dunno why 3rd pic is displayed smaller than other two...)

Here's one i took today.
edit - Sorry - not sure why its zoomed in massive...

is there any possibility to reduce the flash light?
if i take pictures from faces in, well not really dark places, but darker than daylight, the flash uses his full power and messes up the picture. there is an example:
On my Sony Ericsson K800i the kamera did send out a light to get the focus and took the picture with the flash light...
anyone knows good settings to take pictures at darker places?
also the hd2 has a quiet bad image stabilization. did someone experienced something difrent?

here's from my HD2

pls camera settings

pls can any one tell me the best camera settings for wildfire
thanks in adv

So far:
iso 800
centre area metering mode
grid on
flicker 50hz
sharpness full
hope that helps, oh, and keep the lense clean! :-D

Is there any way to lower the strength of led flash. Closer objects are so bright when taking photos in dark place.

No, but you can try to place a piece of thin paper when taking the shot, it partly blocks the light.

hai thanks for that i will try it

also, you can try "Vignette" photo application ... i think it's better then the default camera app .... it has got more options, and better picture .. i have changed it already, it's really amazing
respect to the makers
sry 4 my bad english ^^

My G2's Camera Sucks under Light.

Hello, I have this problem for a while. My phone is taking really bad pictures under fluorescent light (see the 1st pic). To solve this I have applied "tootpaste solution" which removed the AF filter from camera lens, because pictures were all blurry and brighter but it did not help. However the only solution is to covr the head of my phone like a cap. (see the 2nd pic)
Now the question is whether I have to change my rear camera or lens protector to solve this. Thanks for your answers.

Phone is full stock?

did you try to change the white balance in the camera app for taking pictures under flourescent light?

60nine said:
did you try to change the white balance in the camera app for taking pictures under flourescent light?
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Yes but it made a very little difference.
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