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HD2 LENS MOD anyone???

Has anybody considered creating an extension lens that can be mounted onto your CCD?
They already have some custom kits developed by users for pocket HD video recorders that adds wide angle lens capabilities.
Any ideas?

You mean something like this
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It works really well for me but I can't fit it in my pocket... any ideas?

First this would be an attachment not a mod. Second it's a phone what are you expecting from such a small lense. I mean if you want to take a good picture use a true camera.

well, wouldnt it be cool, for the sake of nerdism, to pull a lens and mount it onto your phone like some form of SPEC OPS tactical kit???
and yes, thats a nice add on. Any video or pic?

You may laugh but - there is actually an add-on macro lense avaliable for the EVO.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/htc-evo-4g-meets-magnetic-macro-lens-shoots-gorgeous-closeups/
However its not working on hd2 I guess (different shape)
but try it out please

check this out

I understand wanting nice pictures. I use the camera on my phone all the time but when I do it's to do things like take a picture of something and send it via email or mms to somebody to ask them a question or laugh about something. Sometimes it's just to take a picture but I know it's a phone and not to expect much from it. If I'm going to waste the space to carry around some bulky attachment I might as well carry a nice half decent size camera and get a real quality picture. Hell I can even go so far as to use my camera take a series of pictures put the card in my phone because the camera uses micro SD with adapter. So I can still be able to send them or view them.

To prove a point that this is a waste of energy.
These pictures were done really quick using a special macro tool I found sitting on my desk.
ISO set to 100 no flash..using Android NAND
holding the phone no more the 2 inches away...could have been a bit closer.
Same distance with my macro tool
the tool............

hmm, maybe this is what you are looking for: http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/cell-phone-lenses/

I don't understand the point.
No matter what kind of lens you attach to the HD2 or any smartphone for that matter, you're still significantly hindered by the tiny, crappy little image sensor on the phone. The image sensor is at least as important as the glass. (I'd say it more important)
I suppose one could benefit from being able to shoot more creatively by being given more control of depth of field and what-not, but I doubt the image sensor can capture enough detail to make it worthwhile.

relax people this is just for entertainment and exploring ideas no need for it to be useful. Im simply exploring
In my youtube channel, ive posted some of my experimentation with post enhancements softwares for the sake of learning something about video quality. Note that these videos were all shot by HD2 (under Froyo 2.2):
Nov Sun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjEySzGutE
Nov Sun 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFd2Ms7DY_o
dusk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZA_nNwyaHs
indoor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_OcY5-A-iM
snowy day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGo80DXiWyY
Thanks for the post so far
In the wm6.5 there was this fellow, who was modifying the registery to increase the bit rate for the video recording. Also, there were adjustments on the color, sharpness and etc

Simple CameraFix for better pictures.

First, there will be no disassembly pictures, because i did not have a camera, just look at the youtube disassemblyvids.
You basically open the batterydoor, unscrew the screws for the back, pop it of, pop out the cameraglas, and polish away the faded AntiReflective coating with a rag and toothpaste.
Clean the Camerasensor and glas with windowcleaner afterwards. Put it back togheter.
Profit.
Before and after pictures.
This i guess, works for all phones.
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I did this to mine the other day, although I didn't disassemble it, I just cleaned the lens while it was on the phone. It really made a huge difference to my photo's, before they were all bloomy and blurry, now they are nice and sharp! :laugh:

Reminds me of the 'fix' back when I had a MyTouch 3G Limited Edition Fender (i.e.: HTC Magic/Sapphire). Except the glass filter was much much easier to remove.
But yea for me, since I'm already walking around with an expensive Olympus Pen E-P3 I have a number of Lens pens in my bag, one of which being a micro that just enough to cover the G2's glass cover and take any film right off.

Wouldn't that have a negative impact on shots outdoors in sunlight?

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Wouldn't that have a negative impact on shots outdoors in sunlight?
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Indeed it would, harsh glare/flare, the alternative would be to simply kick up the contrast a little on the image. Which is what I suspect the software did on gb, when full camera driver/control was available.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

Exactly what I suspected, thanks for clearing that up.
One thing I read about. CM7 and such ROMs compress pics, causing picture quality to be subpar. Believe someone posted a fix on another phone thread, I could never figure out how to implement that for the G2. It explains why Sense ROMs and stock have better picture quality.

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Exactly what I suspected, thanks for clearing that up.
One thing I read about. CM7 and such ROMs compress pics, causing picture quality to be subpar. Believe someone posted a fix on another phone thread, I could never figure out how to implement that for the G2. It explains why Sense ROMs and stock have better picture quality.
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Depends on the camera drivers used in the kernel and how the provided software works with it. For example If the Desire HD had gotten ICS, or when the Virtuous team manages to rewrite the drivers, direct control over camera's hardware will allow some camera apps (third party or otherwise) to make the most use of the camera's raw data, which can then be tweaked prior to compression.
I'm not very familiar with how it even works now, just that the drivers some of the ICS roms use currently is kind of a work around, i.e.: no real control over the camera but 'functional' for the most part. It's like getting your 3D accelerated graphics card working with at least some 2D functionality.

I also used tootpaste today for cleaning glass and result is very big! :good:

Thank you, I hadn't considered the glass.

Is this the "normal" G2 camera quality

Hi,
Please see this pictures, is this the normal G2 quality ? I find it very poor I suspect a hardware probleme.

did you removed the film of camera?

Sur I did, and the camera is clean and with no scratchs, can you post some pics taken with yours.

Here is one taken with my D802:
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I find that your picture is by far better than mines, I don't know what is the problem, this phone wasn't new (refurbished), maybe they have put a non original camera ? what to do now ?

Try downloading a different camera app and see if it is any better.
Sent from my LG-D800 using XDA Free mobile app

My camera has inconsistencies (blur in areas), camera is always going out of focus and in frequently, the image is quite often warping (noticeable when recording).
I use Mi2raw now.

igos2 said:
Hi,
Please see this pictures, is this the normal G2 quality?
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They seem fine to me. You could download and install CamSpeed. It's a Camera Peformance benchmarking application. Yes usually benchmarking applications are laughed at but if you're having doubts, why not try it and compare with other G2's?
If you're still not satisfied, download and install XCam and use that instead of the LG Cam.

with camspeed, I get a rank of 411 and score of 412, it seem poor compared to other devices with 2000+ rank.
I already use xcam, it give better performances but still not good enought.

Can someones please run this test and tell us there score ?

igos2 said:
Hi,
Please see this pictures, is this the normal G2 quality ? I find it very poor I suspect a hardware probleme.
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your first picture appears to have been taken through the windshield of a car. Anti-reflective/glare coatings on the windshield as well as road grime will cause your pictures to look bad. Also looks like there is some reflection from the dashboard as well.
The second picture looks ok. I see a blurry spot in the lower left that may be due to motion.
Is your phone in a case with a plastic cover in front of the lens?
I have been using x-cam on my VS980 and get very good results.
David

Need Help: Replacement Camera Lens for Galaxy S5

Hi, I recently shattered the original lens on my S5 and bought a replacement on eBay, but it turned out to just be a cheap piece of plastic, not glass, so it doesn't allow the camera to focus. Does anyone have any experience with replacing theirs with something of comparable quality to the original? Does it focus as well? If so, can you provide a link to the item so I can buy it?
Thanks for your help!
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zippychimp said:
Hi, I recently shattered the original lens on my S5 and bought a replacement on eBay, but it turned out to just be a cheap piece of plastic, not glass, so it doesn't allow the camera to focus. Does anyone have any experience with replacing theirs with something of comparable quality to the original? Does it focus as well? If so, can you provide a link to the item so I can buy it?
Thanks for your help!
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Problems with focusing may be caused with phisical damage after shattering glass or during replecament procedure there was mistake made and damage occured.
Are you 100% sure there is no broken glass left? Even small particle may disturb camera focusing or small fingerprint on lens.

Thanks for your reply. I'm fairly certain there was no damage to the lens and that I was careful in not damaging it and removing all the broken pieces before replacement. Since the camera otherwise works, I'm guessing there was some optical quality in the original glass that doesn't exist with cheap plastic.

zippychimp said:
Thanks for your reply. I'm fairly certain there was no damage to the lens and that I was careful in not damaging it and removing all the broken pieces before replacement. Since the camera otherwise works, I'm guessing there was some optical quality in the original glass that doesn't exist with cheap plastic.
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Definitely, original part's quality is different than oem-compliant parts. Even the price can tell the difference. I found this supplier, they have the original S5 camera lens, http://www.etradesupply.com/catalogsearch/result/?warehouse=0&q=galaxy+s5+camera+lens hope it helps

Thanks for your response. Turns out there was a tiny piece of glass tapped inside that was causing the focus issues. I took the new one off, cleaned everything with a q tip, put another piece on, and it's good as new. False alarm, I guess.

Dark spot on camera

I have had this phone for three months, and have taken care of the phone very carefully. Now this random dark spot appears on the none wide angle camera in photos and videos. I haven't done anything that I can think of that would cause this other than accepting this big update on my phone a week or so ago. Anyone know if it's defective, or something else like software? This is the Canadian Rogers LG G6 version. I love this phone and just got it no long ago... I have no idea what I should do, because it ruins certain videos or pictures now. Here's a video to show what I mean, https://youtu.be/31gP0E3hmwo

Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?

KingFatty said:
Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?
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No, I always avoid getting the sun into my camera for the fear burning the lens. Only thing I can think of my lens getting a lot of light is when taking extreme zoom in pictures of leaves that were in the sun one of those zoom in clip on lenses. Though the camera was facing down on leaves and not towards the sun.
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I will have to look at the lens again when cleaning, because I didn't notice anything before.

I just did another test while looking for dust on the lens with a soft flashlight and this spot turned into something else. So confused, because I don't see anything when I look at it. Here I recorded it https://youtu.be/ujwJEvfcQ44

I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.

I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared

Silver Wx said:
I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared
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Android Orange said:
I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.
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I'll trying shaking it before sending it to repair, hopefully shaking works, thanks for the ideas.