Is there a solution to make the Lens blur Google camera feature to work? When I take the picture, I don't even have the time to move the device upwards before getting the "Device moved too fast" warning.
It happens everytime. Well, except once when it has worked for some time, which was strange.
I know, that there is Background defocus in the stock camera, but I like Google camera more.
Any ideas?
Try to use Camera FV-5 or A Better Camera, it is very nice solution.
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Try to use Camera FV-5 or A Better Camera, it is very nice solution.
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FV-5 doesn't do filters. This is what Lens blur does:
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It is exactly the same as Background-defocus effect in Sony's camera.
unfortunately, the only way to get bokeh (the blurry background) is to actually isolate the background through a software algorithm, hold your finger around 3 inches from your eyes, then slightly tilt your head from side to side you will see that objects from afar moves more than your finger... that is the reason google camera needs you to move, and to do it slowly - moving to fast makes everything move. sony takes at least 2 pictures with lens focusing on different things....
and of course there is a way to optically isolate a background which related to a photography concept - depth of field (which requires you to consider sensor size and aperture)... though limited you can take a close up picture of an object that is very near your camera, that will blur the background, the closer the object of interest to the camera the better thr isolation will be... remember that focusing is actually done on a plane, all objects that are near (in the same plane) the object of interest will be in focus... do a Google search on depth of fiels.
my apologies for the lack of capitalization and sentence fragments.... im wrote all of these on my z2
I understand that, but I get Moving too fast message even before I move at all. Haven't tested it for some time, there were some GCamera updates and I got 4.4.4 now. I'll check again tomorrow, if it works now.
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android 4.4.4 update seems to have heavily fixed background blur. it now works alot better than before
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I understand that, but I get Moving too fast message even before I move at all. Haven't tested it for some time, there were some GCamera updates and I got 4.4.4 now. I'll check again tomorrow, if it works now.
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I get the same.
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Greetings everyone,
I am running now the 026 Generic firmware and i noticed that my photo quality improved a lot from 020.
Also during night my photos are actually pretty nice.
Here are some photos with the 026.
If anyone can share opinions or facts .. thanks.
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You just wanna show off your house don't you.
Lighting is very important though.
They really have to fix this. My k850i makes better shots than this. I hope they fixed the zoom and focus in the update. When I try to make a shot if a document, I can't read it. When it focuses the letters become readable for a second but when you shoot its vague.
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Try using the Vignette app for this. In my experience, the problem is less about focus and more about compression: the built-in camera app compresses the images way too much and there's no way to change it. If you use Vignette you can set the images to superfine and things get ALOT better - I can capture small typeface at some distance and still find it legible.
Of course, I would prefer it if the SE camera app worked better itself to prevent users having to invest in a separate app...
Wow... +1 for the Vignette app....
Just done a little experiment...
(Its a picture of my screen, which i thought would show the quality difference more obviously)
I have cropped the same part of the screen in each.
Jon
Left is vignette, right?
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Left is vignette, right?
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Yep! When you click the images, it says "Vignette" at the bottom.
It's not a bad little app. The interface could really use some work, but, it does its job.
But it is SLOOOW, I have tried that app today and from shutter pressing to saved photo it takes like 5 seconds ! I have puted it on 8 mpix.
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But it is SLOOOW, I have tried that app today and from shutter pressing to saved photo it takes like 5 seconds ! I have puted it on 8 mpix.
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Doesn't take that long for me..if you include the time it takes to process the image(which it does in the background) then yeah, it is something like 5 seconds per image
Vignette is super slow here too, that's why I stopped using it. If I try and take a few pics in fairly quick succession it practically grinds to a halt for atleast 30 seconds. Also had a nasty habit of losing images for me.
The se camera does not do this, but, as already stated, it is lower quality. Really need both apps and use whichever is suitable for the task at hand, but this is not a very good compromise.
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Hy 4 all!
I have CM6.1 with Froyo on my Legend and I use the built-in camera app. My photos are always blurry and like so they were taken in a foggy, cloudy place. I have tried to increase the ISO, Deblur, decrease the lightness, increase the sharpness and etc... but nothing has helped. I think the LED flash is too strong. I dont know what more can I do. Has somebody else this problem? Is there a solution?
Thank you forwards!
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Unfortunately, the camera sensor on Legend has it's limitation, if you do care the quality of photo you shot, you better carry a DC or a DSLR to solve this problem.
Yes, the flash is way to strong and built too close to the lens I think. The only thing this cam is good for is well lit day time shots. The flash will destroy any picture if used.
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The flash is good as a flashliht though...I couldn't live without that...
I'm using Stock-like ROM with the original app and the quality is just bad too...
I don't find the Legend too bad, though I've never owned a really good camera so that might be why. I'm happy with the quality tbh, I used the app Vignette with the quality set to 'superfine'.
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Well, yes, it can do a good picture while taking shot on a sunny day, although the shot is too light and unbalanced...Also the quality is good because of the resize - look at it in original an you will be surprised
Oh, come on, boys and girls.
What do you expect from a lens as big as a pinhead, a focal distance of maybe 4 mm and 5 mm sensor behind it?
It's good for a snapshot but you woulnd't want your wedding picture being taken with that.
Yeah, I use both Legend and Samsung Fascinate, the Fascinate's camera is much much much better, and flashlight mode is really good. I believe I can take wedding photos with my Fascinate. HTC's camera is never close to "good", always causes pink area on the photo.
Actually none of HTC's phone produce good quality pictures. NONE. I find the quality is acceptable for a phone. If you want the picture perfect quality then I don't think phones will cut it. It is good enough for my use though.
i had the device for 2 weeks and i noticed that the images quality are not good and when zooming it becomes so blured and not acceptable ...... any options or solution to this problem ??
One back up data and factory reset .
No cure = return to seller .
jje
well, how far are you zooming in? It's a "digital zoom" which is a phrase I hate. It doesn't really zoom in, it just crops the picture then enlarges it.
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i had the device for 2 weeks and i noticed that the images quality are not good and when zooming it becomes so blured and not acceptable ...... any options or solution to this problem ??
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don't zoom in
problem solved
digital zoom is probably the most useless thing ever on cameras
here's just an example of what it's like
here's dexter
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let's say we zoom in on his face using digital zoom
it will take just this little portion
and blow it up
great answer viper98
Unfortunatelly most people don't know the diference between optical and digital zooms...
xdafun4all, if you really want to use zoom without sacrificing quality, the best bet, is aproaching the subject you want on the picture, Using the zoom from the Galaxy S2, Iphone, Pixon, N8, or from any other phone (you name it, i doubt there hare phones out there that have optical zoom built in) will not make miracles...
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digital zoom is probably the most useless thing ever on cameras
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+ Infinite to this.
Digital Zoom = BOGUS.
Yeah even most "high end" point and shoot cameras have **** zooms, even on my 7d I gotta watch for camera shake whilst zooming lol... Tho that's a different story.
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Touch the part of the image you need focus once for better focus and then take the picture without altering the position or the zoom.
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Also just in case, check cameras settings, make sure you don't have focus set to macro.
This will most diffidently give you blurry pictures unless they are extreme close ups...
Hope this helps.
MJ-12
As said many times in this thread's 9 posts,digital zoom is pure bull****.Take the photo unzoomed and crop the part you want zoomed on your PC.It's the exact same thing.
The only camera that never gave me problems with digital zooming is my Nikon D7000.It was for testing purposes,there is no point in digital zooming with a DSLR but anyway.That thing costs about 1250 euros and takes photos at 16.6mpx,but that's another story.
I now read about this app in a Phonearena article. Does anyone with a Nexus 5 want to try it ?
Just wanted to let you all know about this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam
http://www.phonearena.com/news/One-of-iOS-finest-photography-apps-VSCO-Cam-is-now-on-Android_id49979
Just tried it. It's alright. Not a lot of options in the camera itself. You have to go into the apps gallery to edit the photos, as well as export them into the main gallery of the device. Images look decent and capture seems quicker than stock.
Love it so far. A good amount of filters and plenty of tweaks. Played with it for a couple minutes at the bar last night and was satisfied with what I got: http://imgur.com/ml4deJx
It's a pretty nice app. The design has a slight learning curve as it's not quite holo and the back button behavior needs to be fixed. But the filters are excellent. They are much less destructive than the ones you see in instragram et al. VSCO has a very good reputation making pro level Lightroom presets which emulate specific film types.
Where is the zoom??? I didn't play w/ it much before I uninstalled, but I'll be damned if I could figure out how to zoom. I've tried a few cam apps so far, but still like stock better than this one........JMO.
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Where is the zoom??? I didn't play w/ it much before I uninstalled, but I'll be damned if I could figure out how to zoom. I've tried a few cam apps so far, but still like stock better than this one........JMO.
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Just crop the photo after shooting. That is all digital zoom does anyway.
Anybody else have the problem where after you export an image to the gallery, the gallery crashes until you delete the image via a file browser?
I dont get similar quality as with stock cam. Its worse compared to it. Am i doing something wrong?
Vsco cam
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Stock cam
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Stock
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sadly tapatalk has too much compression in uploading pictures. u cant see the real difference in here
stock is much more sharper with nearly no noise. i have very much noise with this vsco app and cant get rid of it in the options
Hi, the inside camera in my new S6 Edge+ from UAE (G928C) is misaligned Well it looks like it. I have attached a picture for your opinions. Is this a defect? So far after taking 3 or 4 pictures the quality is good as expected.
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Mine is the same way, you are good.
Looks centered to me from the picture u posted. Looking at it first hand u might see something different i guess
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Mine is the same way, you are good.
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can anyone else confirm this with theirs? thanks
Mine is the same. Probably isnt supposed to be that way. Minor cosmetic issue. No,way effects functionality.
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Yup. Same here.
Same here. Maybe its intentional? Either way my pics come out great so no worries....
we all have that. relax
The camera has hardware image stabilization in such the lens is supposed to be free moving. If you shake the phone you can hear it rattle. Start the camera app again and shake it, rattle is gone. This is due to a floating design that can move the lens to counter your movement so motion blur is reduced and is especially noticeable in lower light conditions when shutter speeds grow longer.
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The camera has hardware image stabilization in such the lens is supposed to be free moving. If you shake the phone you can hear it rattle. Start the camera app again and shake it, rattle is gone. This is due to a floating design that can move the lens to counter your movement so motion blur is reduced and is especially noticeable in lower light conditions when shutter speeds grow longer.
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You are absolutely right. One can try shaking the camera in selfi posture and notice that camera hole alignment changes with phone positioning.