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rotate camera view

I was wondering if anyone knew how to rotate the camera so when you push the camera button you look through the lens holding the phone as if to make a call. this way you could hold the camera in one hand and possibly take shots by hitting on of the front buttons

I would like to see this as well...
The landscape style camera is ok but uncomfortable...
A portrait style camera would be nice...
CoolCamera is OK =\ but i much prefer the stock camera features (camera and video recorder in one etc.)...
If only you could rotate the stock htc camera into different positions like you can do with CoolCamera...

zoom camera with volume buttons?

is it possible with a reg change or something to be able to zoom the camera in and out with the volum up and down hard buttons? just easier when trying to take a pic then touching screen, and fiddling about with the on screen zoom.
cheers

t3rm3y said:
is it possible with a reg change or something to be able to zoom the camera in and out with the volum up and down hard buttons? just easier when trying to take a pic then touching screen, and fiddling about with the on screen zoom.
cheers
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Seconded....anyone?

Using the Touchpad to Zoom

I just ordered an X1a, but what I would really love to see is the option to use the TouchPad to zoom. On my HTC Touch Cruise, I have a jog dial that works to zoom when I am in Opera, HTC Picture Viewer, and RSS. Yes, there are other ways to zoom, but they aren't as fast, slick, or precise as would be a flick on the touch pad. Also, I love being able to zoom in on mobile webpages, where Opera doesn't display the on screen zoom button.
The Touch Pro and Diamond, also have this functionality, furthermore, the new TP2 and D2 have the zoom bar. Since these devices have such small screens, having an easy way to zoom is crucial imo.
Has anyone tinkered with this idea? Or would anyone know where to start to get this working?

Volume buttons working as zoom in and out in Opera Browser

Thanks for the reply! That actually does help. But it would still be sooo much nicer to have a zoom control that provides a smooth gradient, as opposed to a strict increments that pushing the volume button would give.

infazz said:
Volume buttons working as zoom in and out in Opera Browser
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Thanks i didnt know this.

u can also double tap the d-pad sensor area

yes it would be a nice feature if there was an option to do so with the touchpad. i dont like the big incremental steps when zooming by double tapping the screen. the volume button is ok but i believe it only works in opera.

Can we make the camera app focus automatically?

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?

[Q] Use power button as camera shutter?

Yesterday I went into a pool and tried to take pictures from my S5, but it was very difficult to activate the shutter under the water.
Does anyone know if there is a MOD to use the power button as the camera shutter or have any other ideas of how to take photos under water?
Thanks

arturox said:
Yesterday I went into a pool and tried to take pictures from my S5, but it was very difficult to activate the shutter under the water.
Does anyone know if there is a MOD to use the power button as the camera shutter or have any other ideas of how to take photos under water?
Thanks
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In the settings of the camera you can set the volume keys to take a pic or rec video or zoom.
The default is take pic.
So just use the volume keys. works great
GG

Thanks man, I found that settings and works great

camera button
arturox said:
Thanks man, I found that settings and works great
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I own a Galaxy Music, and it would be great to use its music button as camera shutter too... is there any post o help you can give me???... thanks

It would be best if some dev can mod the stock s5 camera.apk so that when you press the power button it would take a picture instead of locking the device. No one locks their phone while they're in the camera app, because they're gonna take pics so the power button is the perfect button for such a mod Please someone make this mod!