I've been hunting around the Web and trying various apps looking for a camera that has tap for exposure (or exposure lock). The closest one was Camera Awesome, however, an error occurs stating that it doesn't support the device if you try and activate it (I have a galaxy s4 i9505). Prior to looking into this, I really thought it wasn't too much to ask for. Does anyone know why it's not a feature that's available on our devices?
What sad is that apps on the iPhone and a jailbreak tweak for the stock camera has this feature.
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I've been hunting around the Web and trying various apps looking for a camera that has tap for exposure (or exposure lock). The closest one was Camera Awesome, however, an error occurs stating that it doesn't support the device if you try and activate it (I have a galaxy s4 i9505). Prior to looking into this, I really thought it wasn't too much to ask for. Does anyone know why it's not a feature that's available on our devices?
What sad is that apps on the iPhone and a jailbreak tweak for the stock camera has this feature.
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S4 does have exposure lock, just not in auto mode, try night mode its also good for daylight pictures - main difference is that it is processed by software (S600) with a little more agressive denoise filter than auto mode (which is processed by bulid in Fujitsu ISP). Sport mode also does the job
Kriomag said:
S4 does have exposure lock, just not in auto mode, try night mode its also good for daylight pictures - main difference is that it is processed by software (S600) with a little more agressive denoise filter than auto mode (which is processed by bulid in Fujitsu ISP). Sport mode also does the job
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Exposure lock has not been obvious on the S4... Thank you!
Can I just check... what is it that you are pressing to activate the exposure lock? Are you holding down the shutter button to lock exposure (and focus) then recomposing the frame? This method actually works for me in Auto mode as well... unless there is another method I can't seem to work out.
I found a camera that has exposure lock: CameraPro.
I'll have to use it more before I can give feed back.. initial impressions is that it's fairly easy to use with the user defined on camera/screen buttons
Simply point the cam at a bright spot so the exposure will adjust itself. Then, while holding the shutter button point at what you want to take a picture of again and release the shutter button.
This works in stock rom and cm10.2/cm11
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I had a diamond before I got my Xperia, besides the little problems like the bluetooth turning off (fixed with good ol' mortscript) and stuff its awesome.All though the camera is realy bad, it gives a realy nice picture but the exposure time is way too long even with sport mode on. you've got to hold the thing perfectly straight for a second or two other wise its blur-city.
Is this just my X1 or are others having the same problem?
Can't say I use the camera much just would be nice to find some sort of reg key or something to make it a bit more functional.
Yes, the camera is virtually unusable as-is, because you have to keep it steady for ages.
And the problem is that if you give the phone to someone else to help you take a group picture, the long shutter time (which no one normally expects) means I have to go and explain to people to keep pressing for 2-3 seconds and not move at all.
It is stupid.
Yup, its a shame SE realy need to send out a few fixes for this phone, after all it is their flagship product at the moment, the O2 stores near me cant even get hold of them.
Bluetooth and Camera definatly need fixing
Unfortunately, since SE has decided not to use HTC to build their phones again, the Xperia X1's firmware is unlikely to be fixed ever again... sigh.
Eh, it doesn't matter if SE cooperates with HTC or not, they have their own WM department and a new firmware is already out according to this (czech) site:
Code:
http://semania.mobilmania.cz/content/view/3163/2/
One quick solution is going for infinity focus instead of auto-focus. Seems like the majority of the time is taken up by the focusing function.
the tw rom is newer in the rom thread.
as to the focus i tend to press it and leave it.
I'm trying to say that if you have focus set to auto (in the camera settings) it takes much longer to take a photo than when you have it set to infinity.
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the tw rom is newer in the rom thread.
as to the focus i tend to press it and leave it.
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Not so easy to do this if you are at a party and want to take a group photo...
Maybe infinity focus is the answer...
btw do we know what the latest firmware is?
open the phone and press the enter button once, or press the ok/center dpad once to start the process of the picture being taken.
also use multi shot this allows you to take pictures after another and then later delete ones that you do not want.
the US x1 has a newer camera cab but it doesnt help the time it takes to take a pic
i use sport mode with focus set to infinity as default settings. this gives great results and no need to hold still that much as some were suggesing.
overall the camera is great and its clearly better than the T*Omnia 5MP camera.
lets hope the new camera application from the Asian rom improve things. is it avalable CABed someware?
Sport and infinate
Although the focus isnt as good as Macro or Auto it is an improvment for the capture speed.
Setting to Sport and Infinate works a hell of a lot better than what I was using. (Sport and Auto).
Cheers guys.
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open the phone and press the enter button once, or press the ok/center dpad once to start the process of the picture being taken.
also use multi shot this allows you to take pictures after another and then later delete ones that you do not want.
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I thought this for ages, its not true it really just means it has a slower shutter speed (multi-frame shot) which is why most of your pictures that involve movement will come out blurry.
Also, here is a hint for taking pictures faster: The button has 2 pressure points, hold the button down to the first point to focus, do NOT let go--then push it down all the way to take the picture it should do it instantly
For me Sports + Infinite = instant picture.
shadowmike said:
open the phone and press the enter button once, or press the ok/center dpad once to start the process of the picture being taken.
also use multi shot this allows you to take pictures after another and then later delete ones that you do not want.
the US x1 has a newer camera cab but it doesnt help the time it takes to take a pic
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thanks a lot, I didn't know the entre button and do the work
Poetique said:
For me Sports + Infinite = instant picture.
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infinite=no autofocus
When I change the standardfocus setting in the camera settings it won't save it. When I start the camera later it doesnt give me the right settings i choosed in camer settings. What am I doing wrong here? For example I wan't sport mode with macro, but I get sport mode with autofocus everytime I start the camera..
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When I change the standardfocus setting in the camera settings it won't save it. When I start the camera later it doesnt give me the right settings i choosed in camer settings. What am I doing wrong here? For example I wan't sport mode with macro, but I get sport mode with autofocus everytime I start the camera..
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You have to press the down arrow on the bottom right side of the screen when in settings this will bring a more detailed settings page and you can set the default settings in there and your camera will use them everytime
Good luck
I'm a Touch Pro user but we don't have the ability to do infinite zoom. It's probably a registry value we're missing. Would anyone mind sharing any registry strings that seem to discuss focus or zooming? It would likely be in HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera
Thanks
Fille84 said:
When I change the standardfocus setting in the camera settings it won't save it. When I start the camera later it doesnt give me the right settings i choosed in camer settings. What am I doing wrong here? For example I wan't sport mode with macro, but I get sport mode with autofocus everytime I start the camera..
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Same problem here. The default focus setting is infinite, but the camera is on auto everytime.
Hi,
Did search, but didn't find anything.
Is there anyway to change the exposure setting (the setting in the lower left hand corner of the camera menu) when taking still photos? It's greyed out when in still photo mode.
It only lights up when i switch to video camera.
I know still photo camera mode lets you pick presets (cloudy/sunny/fluorescent etc), but sometimes its easier/faster to change up the exposure if i'm taking a quick snap indoor.
Turn off anti-shake, weird but that's what disables it.
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Turn off anti-shake, weird but that's what disables it.
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That is weird, but you are correct, I just tried it.
PaiPiePia said:
That is weird, but you are correct, I just tried it.
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It was really bothering me all day so I'm glad to have figured it out, now what's bothering me is trying to figure out the rational behind doing that. The only thing I can think of is that the anti-shake feature plays with the exposure setting automatically to adjust to movement, so it blocks you from setting it.
Was just wondering...........
if anybody could impliment a manual focus on our x10 camera app
Or
can neone provide any alternative........
Manual Focus I mean controlling the focal length, not just triggering the autofocus. For example, on the Kaiser, dzo has mapped the up/down side-wheel to focus-farther/focus-nearer!
like a focus bar....
which can let us manually focus on any object....
may it b small or big....
Hoping anybody could look forward on it......
Just a thought.......
correct me if i wrong but i thing that is not possible at all
i would love to do that but unfortunately that has not been implemented on our phone yet (i don't think it will ever be)
I don't know if you can map the keys for focus but in the stock camera when you use touch capture in the capturing mode menu the phone will focus on the area you touch and take picture. It's some kind of manual focus ... .
I remember, that on K750i after installing some drivers you could enable manual focus when entering macro mode... Eh, if only it could be able on X10..
Hey guys, the standard camera app in SGS4 has a certain problem with shots being blurry. Several people complain about this already.
I found the problem is that the camera app always sets the ISO as low as possible and makes the exposure longer to compensate for the loss in brightness. This results in a very good picture quality but if you don't have hands steady as a terminator, you very often get the shot blurry.
The camera app does have an ISO setting that you can use instead of AUTO but when you restart the app it gets reset back to AUTO and I often forget to change it before I take a shot. It's also a bit annoying to not be able to just make a quick shot if you have to first go to settings and change the ISO first.
So, my question to the more knowledgeable people that know how to touch an Android under the pa... hood, hehe.
Is it possible to edit some kind of configuration file of the default app, to make the ISO settings to a default certain value instead of the current AUTO? Or even better, make a certain minimum ISO for the AUTO setting? I find ISO 50 to be really excessively low.
I have a similar issue with the camera, but connected to another of its settings: exposure value. Since the phone makes those shaky pictures (probably because of the reason mentioned above) in dark environments, I'm trying to compensate it with a higher exposure value (+2). However, this doesn't stick and I have to do it every time I take a picture, regardless of the fact that I am still in the camera app.
One note: I have the review setting on, so I can see the pic after taking it, thus I have to hit the back button to be able to take the next picture.
And one more issue: video record button starts when you hit it to switch from picture to video mode, rather than wait to switch first and press record after.
Anyone?
Hi there !
Maybe I am just retarded or totally blind (or both): But there's just two things missing about the Note 4's camera...
Focus indicator:
Just any smartphone has some means of signalizing "Hey, you may press the shutter button, picture is focused !" - Either by changing the color of the focus reticle or by using an acoustic signal.
Nothing of that with the Note 4. There's just that animated "split-image indicator" - but it's behaving just the same either if autofocus succeeded or not.
Manual mode:
Just everywhere I read statements like "I used Auto mode", or "I didn't use Auto mode".
Huh ? - I don't see anything else than Auto modes, didn't find anything like a Manual mode.
Am I missing something ?
Chefproll said:
Hi there !
Maybe I am just retarded or totally blind (or both): But there's just two things missing about the Note 4's camera...
Focus indicator:
Just any smartphone has some means of signalizing "Hey, you may press the shutter button, picture is focused !" - Either by changing the color of the focus reticle or by using an acoustic signal.
Nothing of that with the Note 4. There's just that animated "split-image indicator" - but it's behaving just the same either if autofocus succeeded or not.
Manual mode:
Just everywhere I read statements like "I used Auto mode", or "I didn't use Auto mode".
Huh ? - I don't see anything else than Auto modes, didn't find anything like a Manual mode.
Am I missing something ?
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To answer your question, auto mode means just grab your phone click camera apps and shut in auto mode without pressing any key features.
Manual mode means you need to set your camera settings the way your photo looks like or you want it.
sony phones use auto and manual mode.
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To answer your question, auto mode means just grab your phone click camera apps and shut in auto mode without pressing any key features.
Manual mode means you need to set your camera settings the way your photo looks like or you want it.
sony phones use auto and manual mode.
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I know, I know...
But our Note 4 just does not have any manual mode; there's always autofokus, there's always automatic exposure control. Sure, we can do some exposure compensation, use a touch focus or set the ISO value - but that's not a manual mode, it's still auto.
So I am just wondering whether there will be a real manual mode in the future. I'd greatly appreciate that as the camera is my favorite feature.
Any ideas about the missing focus indicator ?
There are third party apps that can lock the focus. The Stock camera app is meant to be fully automatic.
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There are third party apps that can lock the focus. The Stock camera app is meant to be fully automatic.
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That's not what I meant. - There is just no INDICATION that the focus was set successfully.
Example: With most other devices, the focus reticle turns green or blue if the picture is "sharp", focus achieved.
With the Note 4, there's no indication if focusing was successful or not.
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That's not what I meant. - There is just no INDICATION that the focus was set successfully.
Example: With most other devices, the focus reticle turns green or blue if the picture is "sharp", focus achieved.
With the Note 4, there's no indication if focusing was successful or not.
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I see what you mean. I didn't even really notice it since photos on this phone are usually perfectly clear.
Now that I notice the focus indicator isn't obvious, it's going to annoy me [emoji3]
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Actually, the stock camera app can lock the focus too. You'll just need tap and hold it for a few secs, it'll say the focus is locked.
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Actually, the stock camera app can lock the focus too. You'll just need tap and hold it for a few secs, it'll say the focus is locked.
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I find that's very unreliable and often refocuses when the camera is moved.
I made a YouTube video of this problem (rather a conception default), comparing a S5 (no problem) and two Note 4.
Here it is : Samsung Galaxy Note 4 focusing problems (compared…*: http://youtu.be/4Y5Axxp_UMY
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fortesquieu said:
Actually, the stock camera app can lock the focus too. You'll just need tap and hold it for a few secs, it'll say the focus is locked.
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In Note 4, this is not a focus (only) lock, this is a focus AND exposure lock (focus/exposure).
That means you lock the exposure in the picture zone you want your exposure done.
The metering is not always based on the object you shoot.
Mine is having trouble locking focus PERIOD. I've tried tapping an object, and no luck. It sometimes takes 30 seconds OR a really good shaking of the phone to lock the focus.
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