Is any software, update, firmware to improve resolution of camera HTC Touch HD 352x288 to VGA 640x480?
I have never had an issue? Try the registry tweaks in this forum.
You mean video resolution I presume? I find the camera to be quite slow, mainly due to the resolution it has to record already. Upping the resolution would only make it even slower. I don't think there is a tweak for it, but technically it would be possible as the sensor provides 5mp.
But, the only thing that disappoints me about the camera is how slow it is under low light situations. The Nokia N96 for instance, remains fast even when there is not much light, and despite the speed, it still makes a much clearer and brighter image, even without flash.
These are all software issues for sure as the sensor framerate is constant (meaning the sensor emits data under the same speed at each level of light reception), it is just the software that takes a long time to create a 'proper' image from very little data (not much light means little information is provided by the sensor, meaning the software needs to translate more), so I would not be surprised if HTC improved on this with a software update.
Here's hoping.
Really doesn't exist any software now?
Really doesn't exist any software now?
its a hardware limitation. the 7201 processor it uses can do video recording only at that resolution. Something to do with some licensing issue.
frankly, considering that the patent problem is only in the USA, and that htc is not launching the touch hd in the USA, they could have very easily used the better 7200 [it supports VGA recording, check out the Xperia X1i] chipset in the other countries...
I have done the tweaks mentioned in the post above but i dont know if its a hardware fault or not but the HD camera seems to be terrible, it cannot take pictures of objects that move slightly and you must be perfectly still for it to work. The video is the same and cannot track objects that move even the ever so slightest.
Is the HD camera just poor compared to all the other cameras on the market? I have tried different resolutions, memory cards etc and all are terrible at tracking. Brightness and all other auto features are set on low
I've got no expert help but I agree how terrible it is. If the camera was as good as any on the Sony Ericcson phones (even their 3.2megapixel range) this would be my perfect phone.
is it suppose to be laggy as i was wondering if my phone was faulty or if that is the way it is. I couldnt work out how my 7+ year old nokia managed to take pictures so fast without any lag etc.
I wonder if this is the same on the HD2
Already a camera discussion thread. No need for 2 of them
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Hi all, just nabbed a 7.7 today moving away from the p1000. I started playing around with the camera and I immediately noticed some oddities especially when switching to video mode set at 720p quality.
Below are screenshots taken with my SGS 2, where I placed the tablet stationary at a certain distance from my printer and tested different resolution settings on the camera, while maintaining the tablet in same position at all times.
First a test with the picture mode, the distances between 480p and the highest quality isn't very noticeable but it's there,
480p
Highest quality with widescreen
This, I have no problems whatsoever, taking pictures still feels the same as the p1000 and that's good because I'm used to that.
Next is where I am really confused. When switching to video mode, I noticed the entire printer seems to be zoomed in closer and the graininess has increased drastically (I suspect the increased in graininess comes from zooming too close to it). I have checked everywhere in the menu to look for zoom settings but alas, after googling around the tablet's default camera app doesn't support zoom at all. Which brings me to an even bigger problem, as it just feels out of place when everything is zoomed in whenever I wanted to take a video recording. After turning down the quality to 480p, it felt so much better with the distancing between the object and the camera. Pics below will show the comparison between both settings,
480p video
720p video
Is everyone else having this same oddity with their camera as well? I hope its not a 'normal' thing cause I'd be hating it immensely (just using 480p mode in the meantime) :|
any kind sgt owners willing to test this out for me and give a feedback?
at least I could pinpoint if its a hardware or software problem, if its different between other tablets.
I am having the same problem. I was wanting to use my 7.7 as a uStream live streaming device for some of our company events, and because of this problem, I am using my phone instead, which sucks because phone calls can interupt!
Anyone else notice vid camera zoomed all of the way in, with no other way to zoom out. Is there a fix?
I have never used 720p video recording before, but after reading this thread I just tried it. Same problem as reported. On 480p everything works fine, but on 720p vid is zoomed in alot. Also quality is way worse than on 480p.
I guess without this thread I would have never noticed that, but this is indeed a huge bug that should not happen on final software for an expensive device like this.
It is advertised with hd video recording after all...
thanks guys for the feedback!
I was almost tempted to try another firmware but with different SGT 7.7's out there affected by this bug, it needs to be reported.
I am pretty sure it is a software problem which is causing the camera to zoom in on HD mode (digital zooming is possible with third party software as I have tried it)
Also, because it is always digitally zoomed in, the quality/graininess will be a lot worse, this is what every tab 7.7 owner will be looking at.
Could anyone guide me to report this directly to Samsung? I'm hoping its fixed before official ICS!
bump, anyone else having the same issues with their camera just give a feedback here.
+1
Also the text is cut off in settings when in landscape.. geez
I have the same issue. Tried using a video recorder app off the market and it would digital zoom 720p and 480p so that wasn't any help.
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mgleed said:
I have the same issue. Tried using a video recorder app off the market and it would digital zoom 720p and 480p so that wasn't any help.
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yeap great feedback
please guys, I am sure this is a worldwide problem for every sgt 7.7 out there,
the default factory setting on the camera is broken
need some experts on this issue and if there's a possible fix
Anyone running XXLC3 rom from mars? Since im still on XXLA4, but i have deodexed XXLC3 rom, so later these evening i'll test the latest camera to see how far this bug goes..
anyone with the new official ICS rom be able to test the camera out to see if they resolved this problem in a stealth fix?
my tab's with mum so I can't try it
I will forever be in your debt
Just installed open Austria ICS and the bug is still there
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kishd said:
Just installed open Austria ICS and the bug is still there
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wow that sucks ! I dont have the sgt 7.7 with me but this is too serious to be overlooked
i guess based on the amount of responses in this thread most of the tab owners never really cared about 720p video recording
this is my FINAL samsung android product... I feel that they have dropped the ball this time, their pinnacle being SGS 2 and I will always remember the younger days when samsung was focused on something good,
now they are just releasing products like different branded cereal without even tasting them first.
someone explained this one to me before since I hate the 'zoom' effect of the screen as well, but as per his explanation, this could be due to the camera pixel, we have a 3.2 on board camera, using it in 3.2mpxl snapper makes use of the whole image sensor pixel array. using the 720P video on the other hand will use only a portion of that array and the software automatically fill the screen. I don't have an explanation regarding the full screen, un-zoomed 480P though,
I dont find this as a problem but if we can just have this adjusted (zoom in and out) it would be much better
Sammy juat stopped caring about their tabs. Gs3 is making sales targets. Thats good enough for them. Too bad! 7 inch market is super competative. If they dont act fast they will lose just like blackbery and their underdeveloped playbok
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haksam said:
anyone with the new official ICS rom be able to test the camera out to see if they resolved this problem in a stealth fix?
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I am so angry I'm considering ditching Samsung. ICS finally arrived in the UK via Kies a couple of days ago. I didn't have this issue with Honeycomb but now with ICS my P6800 video camera, when in HD mode displays a zoomed image. The only reason I;m not ditching it right now is because of the SuperAMOLED screen - the same reason I paid silly money for it when I could have gotten a Nexus.
I have done some recherching and found out this is not a bug! Many devices have this. I'll try to explain what happens:
If you record videos in HD, your device has to downscale the video to show it to you on display while at the same time saving it in HD resolution and keeping the promised frame rate. This needs too much processing power, framerate would just drop. So they use a little trick: If you don't downscale the preview but only show a small part of what the sensor gets you save alot of processing power. But on the other hand it gives you the noticed "zoomed-in" look, also the image quality is less because it does not use the whole sensor (like it would on a still).
The saved video should look normal (not zoomed-in).
Hope my english is not too bad so you can understand what I mean
Camera ics + doesnt zoom in when recording ^^
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I have done some recherching and found out this is not a bug! Many devices have this. I'll try to explain what happens:
If you record videos in HD, your device has to downscale the video to show it to you on display while at the same time saving it in HD resolution and keeping the promised frame rate. This needs too much processing power, framerate would just drop. So they use a little trick: If you don't downscale the preview but only show a small part of what the sensor gets you save alot of processing power. But on the other hand it gives you the noticed "zoomed-in" look, also the image quality is less because it does not use the whole sensor (like it would on a still).
The saved video should look normal (not zoomed-in).
Hope my english is not too bad so you can understand what I mean
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Tried recording but when playing back its the same image quality as recording it does not change
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Standard poor copy-paste response from Samsung, which appear not to acknowledge that the device isn't a telephone:
Thank you for contacting Samsung and I have pleasure in providing the following assistance.
I’m sorry you are having issues with your device after upgrading the firmware. I can understand your frustration about this.
Old systems settings can be left on the phone after an update occurs, which is why we usually recommend a full factory reset after updating. If this isn’t done your device may begin to give false readings from system resources, or experience technical problems, which may explain the issue you are having.
We would advise on doing the following, which is designed to reset the settings on your device. Please back up your device using Samsung KIES before you do this.
1) Remove the battery for at least 40 minutes, put the battery back in and allow it to fully discharge. Afterwards, perform a full battery charge with the device turned off. Do not interrupt the charging process.
2) After the battery is fully charged, we would like you to perform a full factory reset, which can be done via Settings > Backup > Reset.
This process will reset your device, remove old system files that are no longer needed and enable your device to operate normally again.
Please let us know if your device continues to experience problems after the reset so we can investigate further.
If you require any further assistance, please contact Samsung again and we will be more than happy to help.
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boelze said:
I have done some recherching and found out this is not a bug! Many devices have this. I'll try to explain what happens:
If you record videos in HD, your device has to downscale the video to show it to you on display while at the same time saving it in HD resolution and keeping the promised frame rate. This needs too much processing power, framerate would just drop. So they use a little trick: If you don't downscale the preview but only show a small part of what the sensor gets you save alot of processing power. But on the other hand it gives you the noticed "zoomed-in" look, also the image quality is less because it does not use the whole sensor (like it would on a still).
The saved video should look normal (not zoomed-in).
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I must respectfully disagree. If that were the case then the behaviour should have been the same prior to the ICS update. Also, when copying the video off the device and playing it back on a FullHD capable device the quality is still poor.
It's not news to anyone who owns a G2 that the stock camera has a few issues in low light scenes.
Specifically:
Video recording goes lower than 30 fps (and of course 60 fps)Still pictures are slow to take
The question: is this an actually issue that has been officially acknowledged by LG? G2 is still new on the market so I'm pretty surprised that not a single announcement has been made regarding those issues.
P.S.
I am aware that unofficial fixes are in the making
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It's not news to anyone who owns a G2 that the stock camera has a few issues in low light scenes.
Specifically:
Video recording goes lower than 30 fps (and of course 60 fps)Still pictures are slow to take
The question: is this an actually issue that has been officially acknowledged by LG? G2 is still new on the market so I'm pretty surprised that not a single announcement has been made regarding those issues.
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I am aware that unofficial fixes are in the making
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I share the same question as you. The device needs a very very steady hand to get the iphone crushing pictures I'm looking for. It gets there with a lot of effort. moving objects ALWAYS exhibit motion blur and video capture at night, although much brighter than other cameras, is very mushy soft and very choppy. Looks embarrassing next to family i5 and note2.
Is LG aware? Have they acknowledged? How can I bring it to their attention? Is there a link or address?
Call lg and tell them... That's what I did about the camera lens scratching. I would try a new camera app and see if it helps... I use the Super Camera here on xda and it seems to work great
Hi community.
One of the major reasons I got this phone is its claimed 60fps video capture capabilities which I was told was comprable to the iphone 5s'slowmotion mode. Thing is, I have come across something that I was wondering if other G2 owners could confirm.
60 fps video seems to only work under optimum lighting conditions. When indoor or under low light conditions, it drops to as low as 15 fps captures. Thus something Ive confirmed when importing into Adobe premiere. Capture fps is actually variable and depending on lighting conditions, the file is recognized at its slowest framerate. This is very disappointing and raises other questions for me:
1. 60fps is interpolated by cpu and not sensor capable?
2. Sensor cannot compensate hfr with autofocus/shutterspeed?
3. My cpu is too underclocked (24k antutu) to handle hfr.
Any insight would be much appreciated since i have only one more week to exchange for a iphone 5s.
Have you checked out this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471900
also constant 60fps issues will cause light issues - likely the cause of the problems here : http://www.imore.com/how-quality-your-iphone-5s-low-light-video - check out morac's comment at Nov 12, 2013 at 9:19 pm
Thanks Andybites.
I didn't expect to be relying on mods to get capabilities they have been marketing to function properly. Nice to see I would have encountered similiar low light issues with Iphone 5s, though their frame rate is still constant as opposed to framerate AND low light issues of the G2's stock camera.
15fps is unacceptable and would rather have consistent framerate so when my footage moves outdoor to indoor within the same shot, my footage won't look like its chugging like a video game being run with a bad gpu.
I'll try the camera mod you suggested and report back. Thanks again.
Rumor has it that both Google and LG are working on a software fix for both their cameras.
Steady frames > light compensation. Simply bad software.