While I love most things about my phone, I hate the camera. It way too often wants to focus on the background of my photos instead of what I'm actually trying to take a photo of. Before I upgrade to the 7T or possibly back to a Samsung for this single issue I have... Are there any options or apps I'm missing that have the ability to manually focus the camera?
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One of my biggest gripes with this phone is that they gave it this great camera but with no image stabilization. Has anyone come across any good camera apps? Preferably something that allows you to take a picture via the touch screen (like you can in 2.1 but not 2.2) or provides some image stabilization. I tried camera 360, which seems decent, but FC's a lot.
PS. I tried a thread search to see if this topic is around but due to the numerous threads on camera related issues pre-2.2 OTA leak, they're hard to find.
Thanks in advance for any help.
If you place your finger on the screen and hold it there, it will take the picture.
To be more precise it'll focus where you put the finger and take a picture.
The best camera app I've tried is Vignette. The "normal" processing for the app makes much better pictures than the default camera, and it's got some excellent effects as well. It also has a "steady shot" option where it waits until the camera is still before taking the shot. The demo is low-res but you can use it to see the basic results you'll get. The full version was worth it for me.
Tried a few apps and I do like some features of Vignette but will say the stock camera app does the best in my opinion with settings at (8mp fine bright -1 contrast +1) can hold on screen and it will auto focus then snap pic
here are some untouched samples of mine of just misc things the other day
http://picasaweb.google.com/dearls70/VignettePhotoAppPics?feat=directlink
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/dearls70/DroidIncrediblePics?feat=directlink
Guys, I didn't find the macro mode inside camera setting and the auto focus simply can't focus when I try to shoot an object near the camera, differently from Note I and Note II. Even on Galaxy S II the focus of near objects is better.
It's like impossible to take detailed near pictures, I always need a minimal distance of about 20 centimeters.
Any workaround except from installing a third-party camera app?
Edit: The minimum distance needed to focus to work is about 20 centimeters. Less than this the camera simply can't focus!
viniciusrsouza said:
Guys, I didn't find the macro mode inside camera setting and the auto focus simply can't focus when I try to shoot an object near the camera, differently from Note I and Note II. Even on Galaxy S II the focus of near objects is better.
It's like impossible to take detailed near pictures, I always need a minimal distance of about 20 centimeters.
Any workaround except from installing a third-party camera app?
Edit: The minimum distance needed to focus to work is about 20 centimeters. Less than this the camera simply can't focus!
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i have the same problem
I just tried and I must admit, that you are probably right.
Also there is no macro setting in the advanced options.
Is this software or hardware related ?
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Looks like its only software related as these guys are reporting to use another camera app
Sheeezy said:
I just tried and I must admit, that you are probably right.
Also there is no macro setting in the advanced options.
Is this software or hardware related ?
Edit:
Looks like its only software related as these guys are reporting to use another camera app
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Yeah, I already heard before that this was a software related issue. It's shamefully incredible that a powerful device comes with a basic feature messed up like on this case!
I used to have the same problem. but i found solution which is downloading alternative application for macro mode
i am now using FV-5 camera application which has macro mode. and it works pretty good as note 2 which i used before note 3
i recommend this app for whomever has been suffering from this issue.
in my opinion there is no problem in terms of soft or hard ware. i dare assume that samsung didn't add this function for some reason.
Dear All S5 Users,
Hope you are enjoying S5 and exploring it's everything. While doing the same, I faced some complexity especially in Selective focus option. It's a really good option to have the same in mobile camera. I tried to shot some pictures through Selective focus option. But it seems to me that it's not guaranteed that picture will be shot as expected. For instance, I shot a picture of mine friend. I noticed when there's multiple object in viewfinder, picture not captured in Selective focus mode (I also tapped to focus and also locked the focus). Picture will be captured but a message will be appear mentioning that "Picture saved but unable to apply focus contrast effect, Subject not detected.". After having lots of try I managed to shot only 3 pictures in selective focus mode.
I might be doing wrong that's why picture is not capturing in selective focus mode. If anyone knows how to successfully capture shot in selective focus, please let me know. I am really interested to know how to use it.
You need an object within 50 cm and background should be 150cm behind the object for the best results. I think the results are best when you have only 1 object close (or a cluster of objects close - but nothing fragmented all over the place).
I actually had the same problem today. But it suddenly worked when I tryed to take a photo with the phone "standing".. Then it worked!
I never liked Sony's camera app, so I decided to switch to Camera FV-5. Is there a way that I can make Camera FV-5 my default camera app? I want this to be the app that launches when I hold down on the shutter button or when I open the camera app from the lock screen.
On a side note, while I quite like Camera FV-5, is there another app you folks can recommend?
Shutter button? Are you sure you choose proper phone forum section? Because Xperia Z doesnt have shutter button
Only quick way to open camera on XZ is lockscreen shortcut, and depending on OS version you can put on it shortcut for app.
Also most of camera apps have buried setting for making it default, so its not necessary to force it to be system application.
In terms of Camera app, Im also not a fan of Sony Camera app, but for most of time its not app fault but sony messed up camera ""drivers"".
After Xperia Arc S I think Sony had really average cameras you can get compared to other phones(I didnt personally check z5 tho, rest I tested and its really average).
Also it should be mentioned that no matter what app you use, image processing is still move though Sony camera algorithms, so end product beside some additional color/contrast changes, doesnt get any details or overall quality boost.
Maybe there are some changes in HDR/ISO part, but its still putting one image processing on another and its never good.
I tried different apps, but beside initial WOW effect its always end in situation where those apps had too much smaller problems or just had too much useless effect that make that app annoying more than stock app, So I always end with stock app, because I would rather use it as a simple point-and-shoot camera even if its a bit slow(4-5 sec from unlocking to taking pic) its take looots of resources and battery, and some options are hard/slow to use.
For more "advanced" shoots I still use my camera, and its sad , because I was using phone camera starting from SE k750i and I always loved that idea.
Yes I did post this question in the wrong forum, I have a Z3, my apologies.
As for the app,, I do realize that all apps in the end go through Sony's processing. What I'm looking for is an app that offers me more control (ie. a proper manual control). Also I find the tap to focus doesn't work very well (or at all) with the Sony app.
Hi, I have my PH-1 for a couple of days now and I like the pure Android and as well the camera app. There is however one single function that I miss - and that is a panorama mode for photos. I do have the 360° camera, but this is something different ... I use the panorama mode very often to have a "wide angle" photo, especially for landscape photography. Especially with the zoom factor of the PH-1 camera this would make sense. Manually putting photos together is much work.
Am I wrong or is this function not implemented so far?
Cheers,
Eriol
It's not there. I've come to rely on taking a series of individual pictures in sequence and letting Google Photos string them together through its magic. Actually does a really nice job and manages to block out some things that panoramic modes don't, like people moving through the picture. It is a limitation, though, that I hope will arrive with another update, however there are still some overall quality issues I hope they sort out first.