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Verizon SGT has no zoom features

Verizon SGT built-in camera has no zoom features. Please confirm. Others camera apps from market zoom freeze the camera application. Any help will be appreciated.
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Silly question, but did you try the volume rocker?

I knew about the volume rocker. It doesn't work. I have both Droid 1 & Droid X. It looks like mine is defected. Thanks for your confirmation.
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Called Verizon, confirmed the camera zoom feature is not available. Too bad.
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leongs said:
Called Verizon, confirmed the camera zoom feature is not available. Too bad.
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It's not just Verizon, it's the entire Tab range that does not have a zoom function for the camera.
There is however a workaround which involves using a third-party camera app named Vignette.
Vignette uses a live action crop tool which is basically the same as the digital zoom you find on any phone camera.
What is so great though about Vignette is it is far, far better in use than the stock camera App on the Tab.
Vignette has so many additional settings and effects for you to use, it's quite unbelievable. Not only that, I did a series of tests between Vignette & the stock camera and found on all accounts Vignette produced much sharper photos with more natural colours. What was also amazing was the crop tool (which is presented as a sliding zoom level) actually produces good results at various levels of zoom.
Go on, give vignette a try, I am sure you will be amazed and quite happy with it. It's become my Camera App of choice now.

Thanks for the info. I will try this out.
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Camera or camera app

Anyone know of anyway to make the camera on the Nexus 4 better? I think the only thing I don't particularly like about this phone is the camera. Shots are too dark, too much flash, the HDR are always fuzzy. Do any 3rd party apps improve the camera, or are there any mods I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!

AW: Camera or camera app
Hdr is fuzzy because you dont hold ur n4 still. You can improve it a bit but you cant really See a difference. just the size of the photo is much bigger of the photo. There is no thirdparty app that takes better photos as the stock app
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bustem said:
Hdr is fuzzy because you dont hold ur n4 still. You can improve it a bit but you cant really See a difference. just the size of the photo is much bigger of the photo. There is no thirdparty app that takes better photos as the stock app
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I know you can't move with HDR I've taken them with the phone still as possible still fuzzy.

Focus seems broken on the camera. Please star this issue to help get it seen to quicker
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43153&thanks=43153&ts=1359017856

Michealtbh said:
Focus seems broken on the camera. Please star this issue to help get it seen to quicker
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=43153&thanks=43153&ts=1359017856
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Cool, thank you!

What's the best camera app you have found?

For instance... I have found that the stock camera does a great job on action photos with the sports setting whereas the Super Camera doesn't do so well, but it excels at still photos compared to the stock one. Photo comparisons coming soon... I would also appreciate if you guys could post photo comparisons too and what settings you used.

in_dmand said:
For instance... I have found that the stock camera does a great job on action photos with the sports setting whereas the Super Camera doesn't do so well, but it excels at still photos compared to the stock one. Photo comparisons coming soon... I would also appreciate if you guys could post photo comparisons too and what settings you used.
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for me, i love Cymera and Vigenette
settings wise, i only change the mega pixels and i dont touch the iso and other craps.

I like Camera Zoom FX
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Only alternative I really used was Camera Zoom FX. I use stock 99% of the time, works great for me.

I tried several a couple days ago and found Camera FV-5 works really well. The low light shots in that app were hugely better for color accuracy and detail than stock, Super Camera, A Better Camera, Focal, and Snap Camera. Plus Camera FV-5 does make low light shops look like oil paintings, you see the noise and the details both. There is a free version, try it out, I think you'll like it.

I am using the nexus camera app with photo sphere... deff works smooth on my custom rom, can't complain but much better than Samsung stock
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where did you get the nexus 5 app ..care to share
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adroidgalaxy said:
I am using the nexus camera app with photo sphere... deff works smooth on my custom rom, can't complain but much better than Samsung stock
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Why are you saying that about a completely different phone? It's not even relevant.

Photo comparissons would be nice.What i have found is that stock camera with flash or no flash takes ****ty pictures at night,especialy faces,all look like water paint.Its that stupid denoise algorithm...

Camera app

I've scoured the market for a better camera app with the adjustments that this phone deserves. And I'm settled with camera fv-5. Hasn't got very good reviews but it suits this phone better than the stock one.
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fridaycider said:
I've scoured the market for a better camera app with the adjustments that this phone deserves. And I'm settled with camera fv-5. Hasn't got very good reviews but it suits this phone better than the stock one.
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Does this app prevent the zoom breathing that happens when recording videos with the stock camera app?

Haven't tried video and not sure what you mean by breathing .
The photo shots come out better and bigger file sizes. And you can adjust sharpness and saturation ect , like on htc. More control over camera adjustments.
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Have any of you noticed when running third party cameras (even the Google camera) that there are white specks in the video. You can really see it in low light.
The only camera app that doesn't do this is the LG Stock camera.
Just curious. It's a bummer, I love the custom ROMs, but the camera is a deal breaker for me.
I know that there is a port, but it's too glitchy. I missed some really great photo opportunities because it "couldn't connect to camera".

Camera focus

Is there any good mod or apps which can make focus on subject??? Htc m8 and xperia z2 have good focus when make picture and also after picture.
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Snapseed (editing app, NIK EFEX(professional photo editing too for photoshop) for Android, Google bought them.): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed
It has a center blur setting that you can drop anywhere on the photo and change the blur around it. Also, it's free.