I have a Moto X Play and for some reason my back camera's white balance won't change properly. On any camera app that allows me to change the white balance (ex: Open Camera), when the white balance is changed it won't change, sometimes it will change for a second then slowly blend in to the original white balance it's on, this happens for every single colour there is except 'daylight'. Which on daylight it just seems WAYYY too orange......
When I take pics on my front camera, the white balance is fine, but the high-quality back camera.... Nope.
Does anyone else encounter this problem with their Moto X Play?
Is there any way to fix this? (I remember this also kinda happening on RR Marshmallow)
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When set to 'Auto', the white balance for shots with flash has a strong blue cast. I've discovered that setting the white balance to the flourescent light setting results in much more accurate white balance with the flash. It really makes a huge difference to the quality of shots taken with the flash.
Hope someone finds this useful.
Any way to force the camera software to use the settings conform this tip, if it turns out to help?
Automatic white balance should just do that; automatically use the flourescent light setting when flash is used
Seems the Nexus S suffers from this issue like many before it with this type of camera sensor ...
Try pointing your camera at something white, you should see what I mean.
Also on the subject of the camera, try taking a picture of something vertivcal and see if you have to tilt the camera to keep it vertical (ie the camera seems off centre) in its orientation. No biggy, just an observation.
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Photos taken with my HTC Desire HD outdoors in bright light appear to have a blueish hue to them, anyone have this problem and what settings should I change?
Hi, your 2nd picture was what I spent most of today looking at.
You should take a look at your white balance, setting it to fluorescent can give pictures a blue hue. Also try lowering your sharpness, the default camera app tries to hard to enhance the picture and quickly ruins it.
This DHD Camera Guide Thread has 99% of all camera issues covered
Hi;
I just took a look at my camera settings and the white balance was indeed set to fluorescent and the sharpness was already dropped to -1 so I left it. I also de-selected auto enhance. I'll take some pics tomorrow. I remember adjusting the settings shortly after getting the phone when reading a review on the HTC DHD on how to enhance pictures!!!
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when I go in camera mode there are 3 screen artifacts, one blue one green and one red, they are about 4 or 5 pixels in size and are spread out across the screen.
when I take the picture and view in gallery, the artifacts are not there, so clearly they are not an issue with the censor.
When I view a picture or a solid screen, the screen looks fine so its not a stuck pixel or problem with the phones display.
this leads me to believe its an issue with the camera app, does anyone else notice this??
Wut?
I noticed when photographing clothes to sell on FB that black shirts and hoodies look navy blue and orange looks reddish orange and light grey looks bluish. the outside blue sky was shining in the window and the overhead light is warmer. if i hold the camera facing the window it's fine. but as soon as i point it anywhere else then the color balance goes to hell. i tried the stock and Gcam. Also noticed in the living room the green and orange blanket looked like a funny shade of orange instead of green and a yellowish orange on the orange. It seems impossible to get the colors right indoors with some things. anyone else notice this?
Do you have it in manual mode or auto ?
This is quite common. Digital cameras can either automatically or manually decide what is white. It can be hard to get this right in all situations - usually there are some assumptions made in auto mode, but "white" obviously varies based on lighting.
In manual mode, you can additionally turn on RAW saving (it will save jpegs too in this mode). The white balance can easily be adjusted after-the-fact on the raw images (but then you need to use something to convert them from raw to jpeg).
If you want accurate color rendition and you need to use your phone for the pictures, use manual mode. Put a white sheet of paper in the lighting conditions you are photographing in and adjust the color temperature until it looks white. Take a test shot and look at it on another device since everyone's display can vary. Once you get that right, see if your colored objects look right as well (and then maintain the same lighting for everything!).
Oh, and this actually is a problem with film too - only the color balance is a permanent part of the film There used to be tungsten and daylight films or you could use a filter to compensate.
Although automatic white balance works reasonably well most of the time, certain scenarios can confuse the algorithm. The mixed lighting scene you describe is one of them. The camera detects your indoor lighting but most of the ambient light is cool , from the outside. Use manual mode in these situations, and adjust the white balance yourself. If you're going to be taking a lot of photos in the same sitting with the same lighting, it is probably worthwhile to use a neutral or white card to set it. If its just a one time casual photo, just adjust the WB by eye until the look of the preview looks right.
railfan-eric said:
I noticed when photographing clothes to sell on FB that black shirts and hoodies look navy blue and orange looks reddish orange and light grey looks bluish. the outside blue sky was shining in the window and the overhead light is warmer. if i hold the camera facing the window it's fine. but as soon as i point it anywhere else then the color balance goes to hell. i tried the stock and Gcam. Also noticed in the living room the green and orange blanket looked like a funny shade of orange instead of green and a yellowish orange on the orange. It seems impossible to get the colors right indoors with some things. anyone else notice this?
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jshames said:
Although automatic white balance works reasonably well most of the time, certain scenarios can confuse the algorithm. The mixed lighting scene you describe is one of them. The camera detects your indoor lighting but most of the ambient light is cool , from the outside. Use manual mode in these situations, and adjust the white balance yourself. If you're going to be taking a lot of photos in the same sitting with the same lighting, it is probably worthwhile to use a neutral or white card to set it. If its just a one time casual photo, just adjust the WB by eye until the look of the preview looks right.
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Thanks, the mixed lighting and all what you said is what i figured. I didn't take the time to use manual. i just wanted to get the pictures done and posted to the FB groups before i got lazy and put it off.