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I made a huge mistake as I was scouting for a new phone, coming from my rooted G1 I was just so happy to be getting a new phone and I really had my eye on the Vibrant although I would have preferred a qwerty phone. For some strange reason I had it in my mind that the Vibrant had a flash and I did not find out otherwise until I had already ordered the phone just before the 15th so the phone had already shipped when I discovered the horrible reality that the Vibrant had no camera flash.
Has anyone found a that allows the camera to take decent photos in say a restaurant with only candles burning on the table or a night club? I really want a work around because I have been getting pretty attached the little guy and this is making me very sad.
Curses to the Tmo boob that said "its only a phone, it doesn't need a flash!"
Any ideas would be fantastic. Sorry such a long story.
PS already thought of the 3G slide but want to try with the Vibrant first
idea = chill.
try the camera when you get it. you've got 14 days, and if you don't like it return it and wait for that hspa+ htc monster coming this fall.
Night Mode setting on the camera?
Click Night Mode, and you are good. Stop complaining about Flash, LED Flash barely makes a difference.
nickdog670 said:
Night Mode setting on the camera?
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I have tried the night mode and its horrible, everything is grainy and red.
israel941 said:
idea = chill.
try the camera when you get it. you've got 14 days, and if you don't like it return it and wait for that hspa+ htc monster coming this fall.
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Yes that is an idea but having to go back to my G1 after a taste of this...... sads
Xenon Flash attachment?
Wait have you received the phone yet? Night mode on the phone is far from horrible.
gTen said:
Xenon Flash attachment?
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Are you teasing me! If this is possible I actually would consider it.
BigWorldJust said:
Wait have you received the phone yet? Night mode on the phone is far from horrible.
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Then I think Im doing something wrong.
Yeah you definitely are. Pictures in night mode are excellent quality from what I've demoed the phone to be.
here are ppl post about how good night mode is with samples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710405
That said with a few minor mods to the back would make it possible to make a flash if it is that necessary..I mean its not a complicated mechanic... >.>
Night mode is decent.
BigWorldJust said:
Yeah you definitely are. Pictures in night mode are excellent quality from what I've demoed the phone to be.
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OMG thank you, I was so convinced. I checked my mode and picked night then back but I did not hit the night mode again to confirm my choice so by not confirming it it would revert to regular mode hence the horrible dark/red picture. Now my problem is its really blurry so I think i have to play with it more but yes the pic is actually pretty bright, still would prefer a flash but this is good. Thanks all !!!
So I guess this means you haven't tried, let alone simply seen the night mode pictures this thing takes? They are a bit dark, but defined with good contrast... I turn my grow lights off and use night mode to take pictures of my indoor plants and they look great...
EDIT: Sorry, I'm lame and replied before noticing there was a second page... reading is power...
No problem. And yeah with night mode you have to have a pretty steady hand.
degeneration said:
So I guess this means you haven't tried, let alone simply seen the night mode pictures this thing takes? They are a bit dark, but defined with good contrast... I turn my grow lights off and use night mode to take pictures of my indoor plants and they look great...
EDIT: Sorry, I'm lame and replied before noticing there was a second page... reading is power...
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No you are right though I never seen any photos that were taken with the night mode and I was not in night mode it kept going back to regular mode so the crappy pics that came out was all I know but hearing from all of you really showed I was just not getting it right but now I got it and you all are right the pictures come out fantastic, funny because when you are actually taking the picture the screen is soooo dark but when the picture is done and you view it its like the sun is out, wow!!! Thanks all of you, THIS IS A KEEPER !!!
brie987 said:
No you are right though I never seen any photos that were taken with the night mode and I was not in night mode it kept going back to regular mode so the crappy pics that came out was all I know but hearing from all of you really showed I was just not getting it right but now I got it and you all are right the pictures come out fantastic, funny because when you are actually taking the picture the screen is soooo dark but when the picture is done and you view it its like the sun is out, wow!!! Thanks all of you, THIS IS A KEEPER !!!
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Yeah, my first attempt to use a different mode had me confused... I figured the confirm button wasn't what it was... at least that's what I assume it is now...
I must say I still wouldn't mind having a flash... but I doubt I will use it as I think LED flashes tend to white wash everything and I either find a way to light it more naturally or use a night mode even on my dedicated camera... I agree though, they did a good job on the camera...
in addition to nightmode you could use picsay pro to remove the graniness and adjust each pic, very nice app
speedysilwady said:
in addition to nightmode you could use picsay pro to remove the graniness and adjust each pic, very nice app
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Im not familiar with picsay, ill look into it thanks. Is there a one button solution in picsay? Yes I am that lazy
Then don't buy the phone.
First of all, id just like to say, i love my epic, however.... i had it for almost a month and today i tried the video camera which is supposed to be good... right? Well unless im doing something wrong, it looks like crap. If anyone is moving fast it has a HUGE trail behind them. Is there something i can do to fix this issue? i have everything on max settings.
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First of all, id just like to say, i love my epic, however.... i had it for almost a month and today i tried the video camera which is supposed to be good... right? Well unless im doing something wrong, it looks like crap. If anyone is moving fast it has a HUGE trail behind them. Is there something i can do to fix this issue? i have everything on max settings.
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I haven't tweaked any settings and it's perfectly fine. Try deleting the Data under Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Camera > 'Clear Data'.
See if it works better that way. My playback is incredibly high quality and I don't touch any settings.
Strange I've taken quite a few vids with my Epic and never had that issue. In fact they generally turn out quite well.
do this: wave your hand infront of it and see if you can see the tracers.... thats waht im talking about... so for instance, if i record someone breakdancing or something else that they are moving fast, its ALL tracers and looks terrible. P.S. that didnt work
If u updated your phone yesterday to froyo that is what's causing it
kryptoniteman said:
If u updated your phone yesterday to froyo that is what's causing it
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for real? wtf... yeah im running the eb13 ext4 with the OC kernal... so how would i go about fixing this? downgrading back to dk18?
Yeap people are downgrading back to DK18 but I like froyo too much so I will wait for the fix
Yup, I would say screw that, and just downgrade back to Froyo dk28, it's what I have and until I see some decent roms with EB13 I will probably stick with DK28 until, I was OC'd with Genocide too, but that causing my phone to freeze sporatically,.
So I say stick with a dk rom.
There is absolutely no reason to"upgrade" to eb13 until there are some good custom roms. I'm running viper trinity with genocide kernel and my phone flies with no issues whatsoever. Why would I want to"upgrade" to a stock rom with evidently lots of bugs?
I say hold off, let these great devs work their magic, and then flash a true "upgrade."
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Which camera App?
I have found the camera on the Epic to be very inconsistent. Sometimes the photos look great, rivaling a good point-n-shoot. But, other times, it's just not sharp. It doesn't help that the lens sticks out and seems to get dirty just from holding the camera.
Has anyone found a better camera app?
I was able to record a basketball game...and even zoomed in all the way and out while recrding while they were running and there was absolutely NO blur. It was buttery smooth.
Infact, whenever someone watches a video on my phone, they ALL say "...wow....your phone takes really clear vids!"
Unfortunately tho, I don't see that being the case anymore if I take a video in lowlight
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It's not junk. It's the EB13 ROM causing problems. I'm still on DK28 and my cam is perfect....although a little grainy in low light.
The irony is that Samsung makes cameras, so one would think this is an area where they'd have an edge over HTC...
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
lehaman310 said:
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
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Well mines oesnt fail at 720p so maybe?
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lehaman310 said:
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
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I remember a thread about that issue in dk28.
lehaman310 said:
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
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Yes you are
10 chr
Epic 4g
lehaman310 said:
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
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Mine just failed in 43 seconds, and I had just said, "nope not mine- past 30 sec... dammit wtf?" LOL
Mine was Odined to DI18, cwm2.5.5, flashed deodexed EB13 zip...
lehaman310 said:
Am I the only one that has 720p recordings fail every time within the first 30 seconds.
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evsnova74 said:
Mine just failed in 43 seconds, and I had just said, "nope not mine- past 30 sec... dammit wtf?" LOL
Mine was Odined to DI18, cwm2.5.5, flashed deodexed EB13 zip...
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It's the speed of the micro SD. Get a class 6 and it wont happen anymore.
Lag on preview
Are you looking at the resultant videos, or the screen when you're taking the movies? Because during video the screen is definitely laggy. As for the motion artifacting, well, you're not going to be able to catch even moderately high speed activities with a sensor the size of the Epic's in low light. That's because it looks like the Epic doesn't adjust the ISO when it gets dark, it just increases exposure time for each frame. This keeps the images from being terribly grainy, but also makes everything look like slomo watercolors when it gets dark enough. If you want good motion capture in low light situations, you're going to have to get something with a larger sensor. Actually, I'm surprised how nice the epic's movies look. I'm the first one to criticize samsung, but they did pretty well with the limited sensor size.
I didn't notice any problem like this in any of my other devices.
but whenever i take a picture with G2, and try to have a look at it in gallary,
the picture would first look really blurry at first.
and after 0.5~1 second, the the blur image would get cleaned up from top to bottom of the screen in multiple section, from right to left.
is this normal? or do i have a defect phone?
sorry for the multiple threads, my computer froze up for a second :/
It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.
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It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.
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okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD
ILLHYHL said:
okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD
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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.
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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.
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sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
ILLHYHL said:
sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.
ILLHYHL said:
sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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lattiboy said:
Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.
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Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.
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Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.
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really? hm... i should go back to the tmo store and compare mine with the display ones...
Not sure why my Note 3 is doing this, but it used to be a lot better at taking pictures! It is stock, not rooted or anything.
It used to be pretty quick to focus and take pictures, but now the majority of the time it takes forever to focus and usually ends up blurry. It says 'processing' forever now too when taking pics and if i move it takes a pic of whatever is in the way then. Not been dropped or abused. It running stock android 4.4.2 on it (newest available to me.)
I'm don't know what is wrong with it, but any ideas would be good, thanks
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Not sure why my Note 3 is doing this, but it used to be a lot better at taking pictures! It is stock, not rooted or anything.
It used to be pretty quick to focus and take pictures, but now the majority of the time it takes forever to focus and usually ends up blurry. It says 'processing' forever now too when taking pics and if i move it takes a pic of whatever is in the way then. Not been dropped or abused. It running stock android 4.4.2 on it (newest available to me.)
I'm don't know what is wrong with it, but any ideas would be good, thanks
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Turn off Smart Stabilization.
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Turn off Smart Stabilization.
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Ok, will try it out tomorrow when I'm out and about. thxs I've always had it on though...
Hmm, took a few pics tonight and the Smart Stabilization does make a big difference with it off it seems. Weird as I've had it turned on since I got the phone, but its gotten worse and worse... Will try some more tomorrow during the day...
I put together this unboxing, and some first impressions for you guys in this video, but MAN it was a PITA getting it working at first. Check it out.
https://youtu.be/8mtTubO9dd8
Got mine today.
Had to update soon as I put it on the phone.
The camera is why I bought the phone and its just a big disappointment.
going_home said:
Got mine today.
Had to update soon as I put it on the phone.
The camera is why I bought the phone and its just a big disappointment.
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why a disappointment???
Its got a lot of lag.
Boot up is slow, picture taking is slow.
Maybe I'm not doing something correct but the texted pics were a waste of time.
Havent tried emailing a video or picture yet, couldnt get a video to text.
going_home said:
Its got a lot of lag.
Boot up is slow, picture taking is slow.
Maybe I'm not doing something correct but the texted pics were a waste of time.
Havent tried emailing a video or picture yet, couldnt get a video to text.
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Are we talking about the same camera here??
Your thread is about the 360 camera accessory correct ?
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Your thread is about the 360 camera accessory correct ?
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Yeah it is. HAHA, you just described the stock camera problems...hahahahahah
There's a camera update on the play store that supposedly helps speed up the 360 cam
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Yeah it is. HAHA, you just described the stock camera problems...hahahahahah
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I got the 360 yesterday and was describing my experience with it.
I did download the update on the play store, but havent tried it yet.