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Just wondering if anyone else has quite a bit of shutter lag on their nexus camera? I personally do unfortunately, is this normal? Many people say theirs is instant .
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The N4 doesn't have a zero shutter lag for me either.
HDR setting will slow things down but will make the pictures nicer. Try toggling that and see if it helps.
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lag variation between N4s
Just bumping this topic. I recently started using burst mode on the CM10.1 camera, and noticed the shutter on my wife's camera is able to take twice as many pictures as mine in the same amount of time. She and I have nearly identical Nexus 4's.... both running CM10.1. I was using a custom kernel (Franco), so I reverted to the stock CM kernel, but the lag persisted. I'm hoping that it's some sort of software configuration issue... but it's starting to look like there is simply some variation in the Nexus 4's that have been manufactured. Can anyone else comment on the shutter speeds of their respective N4s? What ROM/Kernel combos are you all using?
I don't have this problem but sometimes when I use the camera right from the lock screen.. exit camera, go to gallery, exit come back to gallery after some time have pass, all my pictures are blank. I can't view them until i FC the gallery.. Occasionally when I go to the camera app, instead of the lock screen too.. Only bug, I know with my first nexus 4 and my replacement..
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It's of course going to vary on how well it can focus and what kind of focus mode you have.
With point and shoot cameras, the general advice in the past (back when they were a bit slower than they are now), was to eliminate as many automation possible (ie: if possible manually set iso, white balance, etc). Can also set the focusing mode to something else rather than continuous.
I'm not a huge fan of the camera's lag, but the quality is higher than past camera phones I've had, but because the sensor element is probably larger, it's probably more likely to delay as it gets better focus (Smaller sensor will have wider depth of field so won't need to take as much time to focus, but the clarity isn't as good either).
I kind of wish you could set stuff like shutter speed, f-stop and such on the N4's camera, but it doesn't really surprise me that I can't (besides just how many aperture stops could it possibly have in such a lens before diffraction hits it).
Are there any apps which can record video at more than 30 FPS? Or is it a hardware limitation? Basically what I'm looking to do is be able to shoot video, then slow it down with good results. I use the Coaches Eye app, and really miss a lot due to the slow FPS. I coach baseball and am looking to be able to show problems in the kid's form.
Somewhat related, is there a built-in slow motion video setting?
Thanks!
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Yes, there is a built-in slow motion setting.
1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 speed.
Also a 2X, 4X, and 8X time lapse mode.
Works great.
I'm guessing probably hardware limitation.
I don't know the specs or details but I'd imagine you'd have to be able to write to storage at least twice as fast at 60fps than it currently is. At HD resolution, that's a LOT of data that has to be written to the storage device per second and would fill the available space at least twice as fast. This device is meant to have a camera as a feature, not as it's main strong point. The camera in this device is just good enough, but a dedicated camera would make this phone look like crap. It's a compromise, pure and simple.
Under the camera settings, look for an icon that looks like a camera with a film reel.
Slow and fast motion settings are there.
Don't listen to the grouch.
Excellent. Thanks a lot, man. I was looking in the settings menu, not on the quick settings menu.
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occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
webelieveInGodButDoHeinUs said:
occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
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I noticed that yesterday...and I think it was due to the fact that Beauty mode was on by default.
I dont think its that . it helps it but it still has the lag on snapchat and slightly on the normal camera still. but sometimes its fine i wonder whats triggering it
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occasionally for no reason what so ever the front facing camera has lag? Has anybody found a cure for doing this? specifically on snapchat or when using the front facing camera from the lock screen its terrible.
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What kind of lag? slow shooting or when moving?
are you on Snapdragon or Exynos?
Yathani said:
What kind of lag? slow shooting or when moving?
are you on Snapdragon or Exynos?
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when i move the camera. its fine to shoot and even when you actually start to record it goes really smooth like it should. but otherwise moving the camerais lag if i took a picture of myself it would be all blurry its that laggy.
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when i move the camera. its fine to shoot and even when you actually start to record it goes really smooth like it should. but otherwise moving the camerais lag if i took a picture of myself it would be all blurry its that laggy.
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Yes i just test it on my Exynos version and it lags a lil. I even compared it to my note 3 and the note 3 was faster.
Wideselfie seems way faster for some reason, which makes me think its a software problem.
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Yes i just test it on my Exynos version and it lags a lil. I even compared it to my note 3 and the note 3 was faster.
Wideselfie seems way faster for some reason, which makes me think its a software problem.
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Even using any filter effect makes it way smoother. I think the problem is because of the face detect (the yellow circle).
I was like damnnn my skin looks nice... then I realized it was the selfie slider set at 4 rofl. But yeah no lag here. Just tested.
Front facing camera does lag when moving the phone but no lag at all when applying effects. Even if selfie mode detection is off camera still lags.
I have this problem too. Put the selfie to 0 and it still has this weird lag.
So nobody has a cure for this yet? I noticed you can fix the lag if you put it on wide selfie mode, but thats obviously not what i want it to do. And it still doesnt help me on apps like snapchat. obviously some stupid processing doing it
Try accelerator and reboot your phone. Mine was lag too. I did it and it's work.
When I first picked up my Galaxy s7 Edge on Sprint, I wrote a post about poor quality, lack of stability, and a lot of people told me I was imagining it, or put it down to YouTube. Now watch this...
https://youtu.be/gF_PRYBFS84
That is a video I took in FHD60 (i.e. 1080p and 60 frames per second) - skip forward to 8 seconds. Unacceptable isn't the word. I should add, most of the time it's not as bad as this - usually just a really jarring stutter, but it's done this a few times,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRAHEE-nB4
This one is 4K. Not as bad on the face of it, but the weird motion blurring and blockiness present is ...well, it doesn't feel very 4K. I also experience some skips/frame drops when filming in this mode.
I took approx 130 10-30 second videos over the weekend and skipping is present in most of them. I've even got to the point where I try and film everything twice (panning across a landscape) so i can hopefully minimize the likelihood of skipping.
This is my second S7 edge, after the first one developed a dead pixel within the first 2 weeks. I've updated the firmware to G935PVPU2APD3.
From what I've read online in forums, one user claimed that on a live chat , Samsung are refusing to admit it publicly, but there is nothing they can do to improve it. I believe this is a problem mainly with the US Snapdragon 820 chip - but I dunno, it could be an issue with the International version too - either way, I'm not happy but it looks like we have to put up with it.
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When I first picked up my Galaxy s7 Edge on Sprint, I wrote a post about poor quality, lack of stability, and a lot of people told me I was imagining it, or put it down to YouTube. Now watch this...
https://youtu.be/gF_PRYBFS84
That is a video I took in FHD60 (i.e. 1080p and 60 frames per second) - skip forward to 8 seconds. Unacceptable isn't the word. I should add, most of the time it's not as bad as this - usually just a really jarring stutter, but it's done this a few times,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRAHEE-nB4
This one is 4K. Not as bad on the face of it, but the weird motion blurring and blockiness present is ...well, it doesn't feel very 4K. I also experience some skips/frame drops when filming in this mode.
I took approx 130 10-30 second videos over the weekend and skipping is present in most of them. I've even got to the point where I try and film everything twice (panning across a landscape) so i can hopefully minimize the likelihood of skipping.
This is my second S7 edge, after the first one developed a dead pixel within the first 2 weeks. I've updated the firmware to G935PVPU2APD3.
From what I've read online in forums, one user claimed that on a live chat , Samsung are refusing to admit it publicly, but there is nothing they can do to improve it. I believe this is a problem mainly with the US Snapdragon 820 chip - but I dunno, it could be an issue with the International version too - either way, I'm not happy but it looks like we have to put up with it.
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What is your Camera Chip?
Mine is: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS
Exynos Version
To find out, download Aida64, go to Devices and see Rear-Facing Camera Section
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What is your Camera Chip?
Mine is: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS
Exynos Version
To find out, download Aida64, go to Devices and see Rear-Facing Camera Section
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Hi Dave,
I have the Snapdragon 820 processor and camera is SONY_IMX260
I've seen pieces online that say the Snapdragon fares worse than the Exynos in terms of performance, so it could be only really noticeable on those phones
Indeed, am no pro snapper so I cannot comment.
But the picture quality has been perfect on my device.
Am going to try this recording on the way home in the car now though (something i have yet to do)
I'll upload to YouTube for you to view if you like.
Any specific settings you used?
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dave7802 said:
Indeed, am no pro snapper so I cannot comment.
But the picture quality has been perfect on my device.
Am going to try this recording on the way home in the car now though (something i have yet to do)
I'll upload to YouTube for you to view if you like.
Any specific settings you used?
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It happens with FHD60 most commonly. Panning the camera makes it most notable... that's pretty much it!
Just a question.. you are recording internally or on sdcard?
I don't think there's any way that is a hardware issue. Seems like something is going way wrong with the video recording on the software level - I'd be money it is digital stabilization going haywire. Was that turned off? If so, maybe it's broken.
I have the XT1640 variant of the G4 Plus. Im noticing a problem in the camera app. It affects every camera app that I tested.
When I try to record a video, the image is very slow and choppy. The video itself looks fine, but while recording the image I see on the phone looks very slow. It distracts me a lot when trying to record anything.
Anyone know why is that and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot
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I have the XT1640 variant of the G4 Plus. Im noticing a problem in the camera app. It affects every camera app that I tested.
When I try to record a video, the image is very slow and choppy. The video itself looks fine, but while recording the image I see on the phone looks very slow. It distracts me a lot when trying to record anything.
Anyone know why is that and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot
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Please tell us what rom you're using and if you have unlocked it(bootloader), twrp installed or any other modifications. Thanks!
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Please tell us what rom you're using and if you have unlocked it(bootloader), twrp installed or any other modifications. Thanks!
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Im running LineageOS 14.1, unlocked bootloader and Magisk rooted (core only mode).
I've tried using Motorola Stock camera app (flashed) and the default LineageOS camera app. Oh, and I had the same problem when I was using stock ROM.
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I had similar issue with all custom roms. Camera became too laggy while recording videos, works fine in sock naugat.
I tried moto camera, snap camera, Google camera, cameringo. But all failed.
Only Footej seems to work. But it had slow transitions between switching mods.
The only solution I found for this is HTC camera. It works perfect for me.
Check and reply if it works.?
I think it's a design failure (or limitation) of the device, because it happened on every rom that i used. I notice tons of heat when the lag occurs, usually it's noticeable when i record in 1080p quality, by at least 10 minits (if i use the dual led's to record it occurs much sooner).
I do not know if it's the msm_thermal throttling the cpu, or if the eMMc chip gets really hot and cant manage all the data that the camera (actually the cpu) tries to store there.
It's a high-end camera managed by a mid-range CPU, SD617.
Anyway, if you record in 720p quality this issue surely wont exist, in my case, i have not any kind of lag when i record in 720p.
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I have the XT1640 variant of the G4 Plus. Im noticing a problem in the camera app. It affects every camera app that I tested.
When I try to record a video, the image is very slow and choppy. The video itself looks fine, but while recording the image I see on the phone looks very slow. It distracts me a lot when trying to record anything.
Anyone know why is that and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot
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.the delay you are experiencing is because of stabilization. In default moto camera app, at the top left corner, hand icon. Turn it off, problem solved
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.the delay you are experiencing is because of stabilization. In default moto camera app, at the top left corner, hand icon. Turn it off, problem solved
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Yes, I have figured it out a while ago. Even so, thank you very much, it was really annoying