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Poor quality front camera

I noticed that my new TD2 has a very poor quality of the front camera compared to the D1. I don't know if it's faulty, but it looks like digital zoomed, even if settings are superfine and L size.

zooster said:
I noticed that my new TD2 has a very poor quality of the front camera compared to the D1. I don't know if it's faulty, but it looks like digital zoomed, even if settings are superfine and L size.
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It's just a crap camera... that's all. You wouldn't need a better resolution for video calling anyway. If you really need to make loads of self portraits, then rather find a friend.

AceofSpades25 said:
It's just a crap camera... that's all. You wouldn't need a better resolution for video calling anyway. If you really need to make loads of self portraits, then rather find a friend.
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LOL !!
But I think that the back 5mpx camera is crappy too... (compared with my old Nokia N95 classic).
If the ambient light isn't PERFECT, the camera is useless...

Front camera is a VGA (640x480) CMOS unit with no zoom capabilities; It will look blocky on almost any screen nowerdays (It's even lower resolution than the screen on the phone itself). As for the rear camera being worse than the N95 classic, the N95 was fitted with Carl Zeiss optics; Specialist lenses for cameras, and fairly good quality considering the market. It was (and still is) a very good camera phone. HTC cameras are *notoriously* bad. Autofocus is great, but no use without a decent CCD and optics. Heavy blurring under motion and poor ambient light handling are typical issues. The trouble is that HTC don't make camera phones, they make PDAs with camera and phone capabilities. Still, it's better than the iPhone...
If you want a decent camera above all else, send your phone back and get either a Pixon or any SE phone / Nokia N series handset.

DeathJester said:
Front camera is a VGA (640x480) CMOS unit with no zoom capabilities; It will look blocky on almost any screen nowerdays (It's even lower resolution than the screen on the phone itself). As for the rear camera being worse than the N95 classic, the N95 was fitted with Carl Zeiss optics; Specialist lenses for cameras, and fairly good quality considering the market. It was (and still is) a very good camera phone. HTC cameras are *notoriously* bad. Autofocus is great, but no use without a decent CCD and optics. Heavy blurring under motion and poor ambient light handling are typical issues. The trouble is that HTC don't make camera phones, they make PDAs with camera and phone capabilities. Still, it's better than the iPhone...
If you want a decent camera above all else, send your phone back and get either a Pixon or any SE phone / Nokia N series handset.
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OK I know that... but why make a phone with *5mpx* camera with crappy lens ? Why don't make 3.2mpx camera with good lens ? Just marketing ?
And I`ll pay some extra 20$ for some LED flash too

Wait.. I said so 'cause the front camer on Diamond 1 was waaaay better!
This one looks ugly, dark, pixelated and zoomed. Just sh**ty!
I was supposing that it's kinda faulty. I would try how it is after a rom upgrade... atm still stick to the rom in signature.

[Q] Camera on Omnia 7

Hi guys, I have got an Omnia 7 and I was wondering if there was a camera on the front as it looks like one. I know WP7 doesn't require one and the upcomming Samsung looks like it does have one as well but maybe Samsung included this as an extra feature for this phone. I don't have my hopes up high for it as it is not neccessary but it has been bugging me for ages and there are no documentation or info about it. It's hard to see in the pictures but there are two holes on the right of the speaker, one of them has to be the light sensor while the other really looks like a camera to me.

No front camera, one is proximity sensor, other is light sensor

[Q] Front facing camera and low light compensation

Hello,
I'm a heavy user of Glide and I get really annoyed by how the Samsung Note 4 front-facing camera performs. It seems that Samsung implemented low light compensation which makes any head or hands movement look ghostly. I'm deaf so use sign language over Glide video to my friends and my hands blur easily when using front camera.
Is there a way to turn off the low light compensation or does anyone know the proper channels for me to go through with Samsung to ask them to, at least, add this as an option.
Thanks,
Jared

i'm quite disappointed with the front facing camera as well. on paper a 3.7 mpx front facing camera with "wide angle lens" should appeal
to most people, myself included. i've found that the front facing camera has lots of ghosting, choppy and partly blurry movement.
this is only confined to the normal selfie mode on my phone though. i have tested out the wide angle selfe mode, and that one seem to
work fine, with smooth and decent motion and movement. most people haven't complained about this, but i'm definitely bothered by it.
/ note edge user.

Smartwatch with side camera, what's the point?

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows why smartwatch manufactures are putting camera's on the side instead of the front or top? I think this is quite pointless as you can't take selfies, make video calls or really just take photos or videos without having your arm extended out in front of you while looking like a zombie. I have a Lemfo Z01 smartwatch which has a camera on the side and it's absolutely useless unless you want to take a photo of the person standing next to you. A lot of manufactures seem to be following this trend but I can't seem to find much info on what it's purpose is of being on the side.
cheer's
Brett.

The side camera actually works as a spycam. You can secretly take photos from the side camera of the smartwatches. You can find out many side camera smartwatch in this blog.
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Is it possible to use a USB camera for reversing?

So I have a reversing camera hooked up to my unit, and it works fine for most situation, but if it is dark out and there is a source of light in the view of the camera it is hopeless, it completely blows out the entire image.
I am assuming that cameras don't get much higher quality - as they are limited to VGA. So I was wondering if its possible to install a higher quality USB camera instead, and hopefully solve this problem...

Only if you could find a converter box that will take the video from the USB and convert it CVBS on an RCA jack but then you're back to standard resolution. You could use a USB DVR camera and just have it look backwards but it won't switch the screen automatically when you go to reverse. This is all a bunch of hassles as you can see. They do sell better quality backup cameras they might be worth the extra money to you. I have to ask can't you just aim your camera a little bit lower so it doesn't catch the glare from the light. Maybe all you need is to add a little flap to the top to shield the lens from glare.

nic2k said:
Only if you could find a converter box that will take the video from the USB and convert it CVBS on an RCA jack but then you're back to standard resolution. You could use a USB DVR camera and just have it look backwards but it won't switch the screen automatically when you go to reverse. This is all a bunch of hassles as you can see. They do sell better quality backup cameras they might be worth the extra money to you. I have to ask can't you just aim your camera a little bit lower so it doesn't catch the glare from the light. Maybe all you need is to add a little flap to the top to shield the lens from glare.
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I had a feeling that was the answer!
I have a van so I don't have a rear view mirror, as such I use it when reversing for a bit more than just checking the closest meter or so - I like to be able to see if there are any posts or pedestrians.
So I guess my question now becomes... what is the best quality VGA reversing camera you can buy?