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I don't know if its just me but I find the cam on the HD to be worse then the desire. I guesting with a better cam the HD must need some settings changed or an update. If I am taking any pictures of a person that moves in the slightest it will always blur. Also when taking video an times when I look back at it the video stops then caches up again. Any tips or advice welcome.
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the laggy video has been dealt with my formatting the SD card to a 32k cluster size. see the main problems thread.
and i agree this camera is poor. my n96, n95, and even my 3.2mpx k800 take better pictures. not a lot you can do other than only take pictures in optimal lighting.
If you adjust sharpness to -2 or so, brightness +2, don't use "Auto" white balance & correctly set ISO depending on you situation, you can take excellent pictures.
Using "Auto" for all the setting or the "Defaults" will result in a sub-standard picture. Test & Adjust.
andyharney said:
If you adjust sharpness to -2 or so, brightness +2, don't use "Auto" white balance & correctly set ISO depending on you situation, you can take excellent pictures.
Using "Auto" for all the setting or the "Defaults" will result in a sub-standard picture. Test & Adjust.
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Hmm..
looks like turning off he auto white balance made a huge change.
much sharper pics.
thanks for the tip!
anheuer said:
Hmm..
looks like turning off he auto white balance made a huge change.
much sharper pics.
thanks for the tip!
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what did you change it to? and what conditions were you in? I find all the options apart from auto give weird coloration when in semi good lighting conditions.
SupremeBeaver said:
what did you change it to? and what conditions were you in? I find all the options apart from auto give weird coloration when in semi good lighting conditions.
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Well i tried sharpness -2 and +2 because in a differed thread they say use +2
Not sure yet which one is better
and i set the white balance to incandescent, which looks nice to me.
and set satuarion to +1
ISO to 800 or auto
Auto focus off (use tap to focus)
I'm in the office btw.
Could you please give me a link to the main problems thread in regards to blured video and formatting the SD card. I can't find it. Thanks.
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As soon as I take a picture it becomes darker than it's before taking snapshot..is it some bug or do I have to edit some setting to get normal quality?
I noticed this as well. Coming from the Infuse which didn't have this issue I'm beggining to suspect it has something to do with the actual camera application.
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i think that's normal behaviour for a camera witch supports maximum iso set to 800.
In low light condition, a dslr camera will normally use iso within 1600-3200 or even more, to assure that 'what you see is what you get'.
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Try using 'Camera360 Ultimate' (free in the Market) and see if you get lighter images. I don't think it's the hardware/ROM, I think it's just the default camera app which is causing this issue.
Even I am having this problem on my Note. The photos lack brightness This problem was not there on my Samsung Galaxy SII
Technoholik said:
Even I am having this problem on my Note. The photos lack brightness This problem was not there on my Samsung Galaxy SII
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ya i tried my brothers s2 and it didnt have any problems like this.
Actually it make sense for camera to set lower exposure. Over exposed photo loses more details than under exposed photos. You can always use apps to increase the exposure.
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Tried Camera 360 with default settings. No difference.
Then using the stock app, I tried taking a snap without flash and it turned out brighter!!
Technoholik said:
Tried Camera 360 with default settings. No difference.
Then using the stock app, I tried taking a snap without flash and it turned out brighter!!
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Oh ofcourse you shouldn't be using flash. I generally keep the flash off for still photos.
The best way to take good photos indoors is to change the following settings:
Settings > Scene Mode > Night
Settings > Exposure Value > +2 (If Required)
Keep your hands & the subject steady.
I always use the above settings & never use flash for stills. Use Flash only for Video Recordings.
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Oh ofcourse you shouldn't be using flash. I generally keep the flash off for still photos.
The best way to take good photos indoors is to change the following settings:
Settings > Scene Mode > Night
Settings > Exposure Value > +2 (If Required)
Keep your hands & the subject steady.
I always use the above settings & never use flash for stills. Use Flash only for Video Recordings.
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Thanks.. Will try it out and update..
It seems that the camera app shoots your screen brightness to 100% inside the camera app while taking the picture.
After you take the picture, the screen drops down to your normal brightness setting (for me quite dim), and the picture looks really dark.
Try setting your brightness to 100% before shooting and you'll see what I mean.
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That worked Chod..I was banging my head on the wall last night. I thought it might have been a kernel issue.
So, lets discuss what settings u r using to take best (good) pictures on ur Note2 camera, also post the picture
It would be great if every one here also provides the settings via. They love the most and use the most and suggest them also. That's what basically I opened up this thread
Basically a place where we can share what we know so that all can also learn and take most out of there note2 camera
So let's start guys! I always wanted to know the best configs. to take the best photos at the right moments. At the moment, I'm using ''Lucky'' configurations. Please, share your knowledge with our community. :highfive:
I guess lower exposure setting is one way.
You need just 2 settings so as to have the best photos everywhere and any time.
First one is HDR specially when your plan has strong shadows in different places.
It helps to have the same light at all the picture. No white sky or dark down part..
See my photos:
First one with HDR. See the sky color.
Second normal settings
An other very important setting is the "Low light". It gives you nice results at places like a room with low light, when you can't use flash.
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super fine, anti hand shake, single shot, 8M pixel, and other effects depends on situation
No matter if I select low light or normal..low li8 photos always comes out grainy..any suggestions? ?
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With the Note 2 camera there are many options to take great photos. There isn't 1 particular option that works better than the others. Each option is tailored to suit a specific set of circumstances in which your taking the photograph. Your best bet would be to go through each and everyone of the different options and find the 1 that best suits the situation in which your trying to take a photograph and play around with the settings.
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sumeshd said:
No matter if I select low light or normal..low li8 photos always comes out grainy..any suggestions? ?
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If u tryin to shoot on a area already havin enogh light. U shud decrease the iso to 200/400. N if its dark then increase the exposure a lil.
Thtd wat I read on googl. Correct me if m wrong.
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From a photographer's perspective, it is ridiculous to see people forcing shots in the worst lighting situation possible. Usually, light is everything, and every step possible is taken to provide enough ambient light, bounce light, indirect light so you can take it at the lowest ISO settings without blur from handshake. Sunny days with no clouds at noon are the worst times to shoot. Deep overcast days at noon are best lighting situations as long as you don't want rich blue skies in your photos.
The settings I like to change most are exposure and white balance. I think HDR works great also. I've changed my shortcuts so that I have always in front of me is white balance, exposure, ISO, light metering.
I always have that no good flash off. Always have guidelines on.
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From a photographer's perspective, it is ridiculous to see people forcing shots in the worst lighting situation possible. Usually, light is everything, and every step possible is taken to provide enough ambient light, bounce light, indirect light so you can take it at the lowest ISO settings without blur from handshake. Sunny days with no clouds at noon are the worst times to shoot. Deep overcast days at noon are best lighting situations as long as you don't want rich blue skies in your photos.
The settings I like to change most are exposure and white balance. I think HDR works great also. I've changed my shortcuts so that I have always in front of me is white balance, exposure, ISO, light metering.
I always have that no good flash off. Always have guidelines on.
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Its good to see a photographer here.
But it would be great if every one here also provides the settings via. They love the most and use the most and suggest them also. That's what basically I opened up this thread
Basically a place where we can share what we know so that all can also learn and take most out of there note2 camera
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That's all??
Others don't use there camera or they don't know how to use!!!
Come on guys. Post your picture along with setting you like the most
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im no photographer.. so stock everything for me. but the pics usually come out quite well.
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So I guess no one takes pictures ..........
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Lucidmike said:
From a photographer's perspective, it is ridiculous to see people forcing shots in the worst lighting situation possible. Usually, light is everything, and every step possible is taken to provide enough ambient light, bounce light, indirect light so you can take it at the lowest ISO settings without blur from handshake. Sunny days with no clouds at noon are the worst times to shoot. Deep overcast days at noon are best lighting situations as long as you don't want rich blue skies in your photos.
The settings I like to change most are exposure and white balance. I think HDR works great also. I've changed my shortcuts so that I have always in front of me is white balance, exposure, ISO, light metering.
I always have that no good flash off. Always have guidelines on.
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Explain your reason behind "Always have the guidelines on" please!
Standard settings work for me. Just flash off and judicious use of the manual focus for some bokeh as required. It's a shame that there's no AE lock that I can find, whereas the iPhone has AE/AF lock from touching each point. As a result I set one of the camera quick settings for manual exposure control.
What the guy further up said is true, the setting and camera can only do so much, the rest is up to the photographer. I've seen amazing pictures from way worse phone cameras than the Note 2!
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HDR. kinda weird its not the default setting when it should be for most of the time...
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So I guess no one takes pictures ..........
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People do take picture, there is a thread for that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916475&highlight=photo
and my 2 cents about settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36293426&postcount=317
I forgot to mention i have always the gridline on, it's useful for framing according to the "rule of third".
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Att.Fan1982 said:
Explain your reason behind "Always have the guidelines on" please!
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It's a great help for framing according to the "rule of third". An explanation here in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
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HDR. kinda weird its not the default setting when it should be for most of the time...
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No, not if anything is moving in the shot you are trying to take. ...
Low light no flash single shot.
Exposure up or low light mode in low light settings. Iso down in bright settings as needed. Hdr is good for landscapes. Make use of white balance settings under different lighting indoors (incandesent, florecent, etc.).
Another fellow photographer here.
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Hi, is there a way to enable saturation control on this phone? or maybe shutter speed? some mod? some apk?
Also smooth-motion, is this another fake 1080p like the LG G2 60 fps option? which actually shot in 720p (upscaled) and does the digital stabilization works along with the OIS in this mode?
I'd like to add one topic to the wishlist: A FOCUS INDICATOR !
Just all digital cameras tell you if the autofocus worked - by changing the color of the reticle, by a sound - just the Note 4 does NOT tell you if it's autofocus succeeded or not.
So no one?
Chefproll said:
I'd like to add one topic to the wishlist: A FOCUS INDICATOR !
Just all digital cameras tell you if the autofocus worked - by changing the color of the reticle, by a sound - just the Note 4 does NOT tell you if it's autofocus succeeded or not.
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You can press on the screen for a bit longer and the circle/focus will lock on the subject you want to shoot.
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You can press on the screen for a bit longer and the circle/focus will lock on the subject you want to shoot.
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Sure. But it still does not show if focusing was successful or not.
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Sure. But it still does not show if focusing was successful or not.
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It locks the focus when you press for sure imho....
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It locks the focus when you press for sure imho....
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Erm... Am I talking Suaheli ?
OF COURSE it tries to lock the focus, but that's not the point.
There's NO indication if the focus lock was successful (picture focused, sharp) or if the focus lock failed (picture still unfocused, blurred). There's no indication by the Note 4, while other digital cameras output an audio signal, a beep, or change the color of the focus reticle (e. g. green for success, red for a focus failure) if the focus lock was successful.
Nothing of that with the Note.
So no one has any option to control shutter speed?
Camera being a system app, I don't think it's moddable (I know that's not a word) without root. You can install a different cam app though.
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Camera being a system app, I don't think it's moddable (I know that's not a word) without root. You can install a different cam app though.
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But often custom camera aps have terrible processing, the reason why i never install cyanogen on my phones
Maybe i will decide to root, but even with root, i don't see an option (mod or apk) to manually control the shutter speed?
Bump, what about saturation control?
Anyone knows a way how to control the saturation?
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Anyone knows a way how to control the saturation?
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You can download Food mode, it has temperature control and produces more vivid pictures in terms of saturation.
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iridaki said:
You can download Food mode, it has temperature control and produces more vivid pictures in terms of saturation.
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WOW really? but is it only for that mode?
Thanks so much.
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WOW really? but is it only for that mode?
Thanks so much.
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Yeah, only for that mode. Works well, definitely worth trying.
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Sometimes brightness gets too low.... even in lighting conditions and i have to adjust it manually. I think there is some callibration problem
firdous95 said:
Sometimes brightness gets too low.... even in lighting conditions and i have to adjust it manually. I think there is some callibration problem
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I am also facing the same issue. But I have accepted this considering the low cost of the device
matrixzone said:
I am also facing the same issue. But I have accepted this considering the low cost of the device
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Its not about the price because earlier i had moto g turbo...a bit lower price than this but there was no such problem. And with g5 plus its not like there is brightness problem...in normal lighting...it gets too bright also sometimes...hope it can be fixed in os updates or in custom roms.
Turn off your adaptive, set brightness to Max. Turn on adaptive. It will adjust accordingly now
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Turn off your adaptive, set brightness to Max. Turn on adaptive. It will adjust accordingly now
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Has someone checked?? Does this work??
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Has someone checked?? Does this work??
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I actually may have jumped the gun. Still doesn't adjust very well on its own.
Yep facing same issue
So I've messed around with this a lot and I keep adaptive on with my brightness set around mid point. It seems to adjust pretty well for me.
Yes, same here
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Tried the mentioned steps of disabling adaptive and re-enabling after maxing out display and found it to be better now
i actually like the lower brightness
Same as some others here, brightness is too low in dark places.
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Remember that adaptive brightness also changes as to what your brightness slider is at. Personally, I used to have this issue while having my brightness at 1/2. Now I have it at 3/4 and my issues seem to have gone away.
Yeah, I find the auto brightness pretty useless. It's too dark in some indoor lighting situations yet too bright in an almost-dark room. I find it easier to just adjust it when I need to. I wish it worked well, but I don't like the way it adjusts the brightness. It might be fine for some people, but it's not for me.
Turn off auto-brightness. Pull down notification shade/shortcuts. Adjust brightness according to your liking.
Then again, I never liked auto anything. I like to be in control.
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Turn off your adaptive, set brightness to Max. Turn on adaptive. It will adjust accordingly now
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Seems it worked. There is a sensor that manage the this process? Thank you for your reply.