This camera is supposed to be very good, so why am I having some shutter lag in all modes (even after a shot is focused)? My S3 and Note 2 had zero shutter lag.
vinuneuro said:
This camera is supposed to be very good, so why am I having some shutter lag in all modes (even after a shot is focused)? My S3 and Note 2 had zero shutter lag.
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Good question, I suppose the camera app needs updating and we need another software update.
i have the same lag with my camera. have odined a few times, on the latest ota update as well
vinuneuro said:
This camera is supposed to be very good, so why am I having some shutter lag in all modes (even after a shot is focused)? My S3 and Note 2 had zero shutter lag.
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Have you tried turning off Burst Shot?? I have no lag after turning it off. It still lags when the flash is on though.
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I've never had a nexus mobile device before but I was nearly tempted by the Galaxy Nexus. The thing I liked about that was that it had a zero lag camera shutter which was great for when you need to take a quick picture. Does the Nexus 4 have a zero lag shutter too? Does it allow many pictures to be taken in quick succession?
All the reviews and information I've read about the phone do not mention this which is why I feel doubtful that it's included.
I'm definitely upgrading to the N4 so it's not a deal breaker but would have been a nice bonus.
TIA
Anyone at all?
Techno79 said:
Anyone at all?
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just did a rough test for you and i got to 2 Mississippi before i could take another pic so there's a bit of a lag
If you are shooting in regular (non HDR) there isnt any lag past the focus, but the focus does take a second.
The zero shutter lag on the Galaxy Nexus was removed in an update, so now the camera app on both the GN and the N4 are practically identical and, yes, they do lag between the time you press the shutter and when the picture is actually taken.
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Try hitting the shutter button twice quickly. I snapped off 2 pics within a second of each other.
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Edit: just snapped some more in a row
Chrono_Tata said:
The zero shutter lag on the Galaxy Nexus was removed in an update, so now the camera app on both the GN and the N4 are practically identical and, yes, they do lag between the time you press the shutter and when the picture is actually taken.
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I wonder why they removed this for the GNex? A zero lag shutter on the phone's camera would make it 10x more useful for me. Oh well, I'll still be getting the N4 as it's a brilliant phone regardless. I'm sure the shutter lag is still better than my current SGS2.
Sorry to go off topic but does the gnex still have the option to shoot videos with the silly faces ? I wonder why it's not in the nexus 4.
I think zero shutter lag was removed because people were complaining that their pictures didn't focus properly, which was silly because you could hold down the shutter to force the picture to focus. It seems Google is not interested in bringing back the feature though which is a huge shame.
Pito2k6 said:
Sorry to go off topic but does the gnex still have the option to shoot videos with the silly faces ? I wonder why it's not in the nexus 4.
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I think this was removed from the GN in 4.2 as well.
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I mean seriously! ICS Galaxy Nexus had no shutter lag, then I heard for Jelly Bean or an ICS update they slowed it down a bit to focus better, but it seems with 4.2 the camera shutter speed is just beyond slow.. Anybody have a fix or agree with me?
warfexion said:
I mean seriously! ICS Galaxy Nexus had no shutter lag, then I heard for Jelly Bean or an ICS update they slowed it down a bit to focus better, but it seems with 4.2 the camera shutter speed is just beyond slow.. Anybody have a fix or agree with me?
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This is a hardware limitation. The lagless shutter was a feature of Samsung's hardware (much like in the Galaxy S3). It does NOT depend on software. For example, a SGSIII running AOSP will still have zero shutter lag.
Damn I never thought of that! But it still seems slow on my galaxy nexus with 4.2.1 Think this is another 4.2 bug that google has to fix?
tocirahl said:
This is a hardware limitation. The lagless shutter was a feature of Samsung's hardware (much like in the Galaxy S3). It does NOT depend on software. For example, a SGSIII running AOSP will still have zero shutter lag.
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Also interesting to add that if I use Camera JB + I have no shutter lag...
What shutter lag?
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0,0001ms didn't you noticed? P
Perhaps Samsung's memory is faster saves?
On my sgs3 i9300 I could snap as fast as I could press.
Did a clean install of cm10.1 with the actual cm camera app and the camera seems fast again.. something must have messed up when I have been flashing nightlys or possibly camera improvement mods.
It's not only hardware related, it's also related to the way the device focuses. Whenever you would set it's focus point to "infinite", you would have much less shutter lag than you'd have in, say, macro mode.
Camera ZOOM FX has four focus modes: auto, infinity, normal, and macro. I'm pretty sure I understand three of those, but what's "normal"? Presetting the focus to something like 4 feet? A duplicate of "auto"?
Is there any way to increase the camera shutter speed? I want to capture pictures faster and clearer. Pictures I'm taking seem to have a tendency to blur if I don't have completely steady hands. It seems even slower than my GS2, and much slower than my gf's Note 2. I've tried some apps such as the highly rated procapture and camera fv-5 but with unsatisfying results. I just want to get more out of my phone not trying to insult the Nexus 4 or anything...so don't flame me. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
I agree with you. I wish to use the stock camera app. as it uses complete screen without any cluttered menus but its shutter speed is very slow..due to its focusing. I know ppl will flame by saying it needs time to focus but why does it has to be with Nexus 4 only? All other high spec'd phones cameras take shots very quickly. The hardware is of course very capable...its just the scripting of stock app I guess.
Moreover for the shaky pics.I use third party Cam Apps like Camera FZ Zoom and ProCapture (tried a few others too but they were just ok), the pictures turn out to be better than stock.
If only this is fixable, i have missed so many shots because of such long period to focusa nd then take a pic. Infact by the time that is done, i end up getting hazy pics anyways.
No. If there is someone hasn't come up with one. The specs of the camera is determined by the hardware and the software probably already uses it to its full capability despite other options which can be set by the user in the camera app.
I agree that the camera tends to default to slower shutter speeds. Of course faster shutter speeds raise ISO which results in more noise.
What was unsatisfactory about your experience with FV5. My recollection is that it allows you to hard set the ISO higher which will result in faster shutter speeds.
Also the 'action' mode on the stock camera will try to use faster shutter speeds as well.
Solutions Etcetera said:
I agree that the camera tends to default to slower shutter speeds. Of course faster shutter speeds raise ISO which results in more noise.
What was unsatisfactory about your experience with FV5. My recollection is that it allows you to hard set the ISO higher which will result in faster shutter speeds.
Also the 'action' mode on the stock camera will try to use faster shutter speeds as well.
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No matter what I do, it's just really slow. I really think it's just the camera's not that amazing. It's satisfactory and is be able to to take pictures though; I guess that's what counts. I mean this was a budget phone, how can you sell it for 349 off contract, that's amazing. You have to skimp somewhere. Doesn't hold a candle to the Note 2 though sadly. That phone can burst shot a whole bunch of pictures in a millisec. I hope I'm wrong though and our developers can figure out a way to improve this phone's camera.
caaznkid said:
No matter what I do, it's just really slow. I really think it's just the camera's not that amazing. It's satisfactory and is be able to to take pictures though; I guess that's what counts. I mean this was a budget phone, how can you sell it for 349 off contract, that's amazing. You have to skimp somewhere. Doesn't hold a candle to the Note 2 though sadly. That phone can burst shot a whole bunch of pictures in a millisec. I hope I'm wrong though and our developers can figure out a way to improve this phone's camera.
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JamesInsights said:
No. If there is someone hasn't come up with one. The specs of the camera is determined by the hardware and the software probably already uses it to its full capability despite other options which can be set by the user in the camera app.
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Thats like the biggest joke! Software used to its full potential! Its a software! Can be fixed very well!
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Download FAST BURST CAMERA from app store. It will not only give you BURST MODE but also crazily increase the shutter speed. Try it.
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filthykid said:
Download FAST BURST CAMERA from app store. It will not only give you BURST MODE but also crazily increase the shutter speed. Try it.
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But at the cost of seriously downsampled resolution.
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I realized, that when you put the scene mode to sunset mode. the shutter speed will stick at 1/20 all the time. which is pretty good.
will be my default mode from here now on. dont worry about the white balance. its pretty ok.
occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
webelieveInGodButDoHeinUs said:
occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
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I noticed that yesterday...and I think it was due to the fact that Beauty mode was on by default.
I dont think its that . it helps it but it still has the lag on snapchat and slightly on the normal camera still. but sometimes its fine i wonder whats triggering it
webelieveInGodButDoHeinUs said:
occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
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What kind of lag? slow shooting or when moving?
are you on Snapdragon or Exynos?
Yathani said:
What kind of lag? slow shooting or when moving?
are you on Snapdragon or Exynos?
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snapdragon
when i move the camera. its fine to shoot and even when you actually start to record it goes really smooth like it should. but otherwise moving the camerais lag if i took a picture of myself it would be all blurry its that laggy.
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when i move the camera. its fine to shoot and even when you actually start to record it goes really smooth like it should. but otherwise moving the camerais lag if i took a picture of myself it would be all blurry its that laggy.
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Yes i just test it on my Exynos version and it lags a lil. I even compared it to my note 3 and the note 3 was faster.
Wideselfie seems way faster for some reason, which makes me think its a software problem.
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Yathani said:
Yes i just test it on my Exynos version and it lags a lil. I even compared it to my note 3 and the note 3 was faster.
Wideselfie seems way faster for some reason, which makes me think its a software problem.
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Even using any filter effect makes it way smoother. I think the problem is because of the face detect (the yellow circle).
I was like damnnn my skin looks nice... then I realized it was the selfie slider set at 4 rofl. But yeah no lag here. Just tested.
Front facing camera does lag when moving the phone but no lag at all when applying effects. Even if selfie mode detection is off camera still lags.
I have this problem too. Put the selfie to 0 and it still has this weird lag.
So nobody has a cure for this yet? I noticed you can fix the lag if you put it on wide selfie mode, but thats obviously not what i want it to do. And it still doesnt help me on apps like snapchat. obviously some stupid processing doing it
Try accelerator and reboot your phone. Mine was lag too. I did it and it's work.
So simple, i installed Camera FV-5 and i can feel the thing with faster time capturing a shoot and autofocus time is much better.
Fix the app camera SONY.
dfavefenix said:
So simple, i installed Camera FV-5 and i can feel the thing with faster time capturing a shoot and autofocus time is much better.
Fix the app camera SONY.
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Camera FV-5 didn't work for me. The shutter lag was far worse and the autofocus sometimes hangs and I cannot even take an image. ProCapture isn't much better either.
I'm on the latest software version as well.
I use stock app on manual mode with 8 megapixels and be sure to half-press the shutter button to let it focus. The delay is not as bad but you can still see it skips a frame from the one when you press the shutter. This is unacceptable for a flagship device.
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Camera FV-5 didn't work for me. The shutter lag was far worse and the autofocus sometimes hangs and I cannot even take an image. ProCapture isn't much better either.
I'm on the latest software version as well.
I use stock app on manual mode with 8 megapixels and be sure to half-press the shutter button to let it focus. The delay is not as bad but you can still see it skips a frame from the one when you press the shutter. This is unacceptable for a flagship device.
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I have been testing the app this last day and it feels so much better than app camera stock one. Thanks for the tip about the manual mode, i ll check it. But really Sony needs to fix the app, its just software fault
I personally like the stock Z5 camera app but I recommend you give Snap Camera a try if you hate the stock camera app.
I used to own the LG Optimus F3Q with most crappy camera you could find on a phone release in 2014.
But using Snap Camera on that phone made night and day difference. Some pics were even decent enough to be used as background wallpaper.
I like that app so much that I bought the full version.