There's only one issue that I have with the Incredible, and having owned one since launch that's not too bad. In low light to no light the camera flash is too bright for close up shots. If there's any sort of reflective surface in the shot it always lights it up to the point you can barely make out what's in the picture.
So with that being said, has anyone ever seen or heard of an app or a way to dim the flash when taking a picture? I know that with the leaked 2.2 the included LED Flashlight app there are 3 different brightness levels, so obviously you can control the LEDS. Is it possible with the camera?
I second that... I have the same issues. THey should let you adjust it.
I read in a post somewhere where somebody put a piece of toilet paper over the flash to dim it. I've never tried it, but you can give it a shot if you want!
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The current autofocus/manual focus for camera shots are abysmal. My old TP2 was doing autofocus much better (it would focus very well immediately).
On the evo, I have to touch the screen multiple times to force focus, until I'm satisfied with the result. There should be a better way to do autofocus that actually gives a sharper image.
It's as if focusing is rushed with the current software, and the end result is not so good.
Thanks.
Mine will usually focus just fine, but sometimes it will keep trying to focus and never lock
If you are going to fix auto focus, please fix the LED lighting. Seems in a dark room that the flash tends to be way to bright and wash out the picuture.
How about instead of an "improved" auto-focus, we just get some kinda slider adjustment for manual focus? Personally, I'd much rather see that.
drmacinyasha said:
How about instead of an "improved" auto-focus, we just get some kinda slider adjustment for manual focus? Personally, I'd much rather see that.
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i second this
oh and to the guy that was talking about the led flash, if you know your going to be using the led flash set the brightness in the camera app all the way down, it helps a lot
The manual focus slider is probably not gunna happen. We looked at it on the Nexus and it didn't look good.
I do agree though, tap-to-focus isn't near as good on the Evo as it is on the Nexus Desire ROMs. The Nexus autofocus is actually much better in general.
It's a shame that the camera on this phone had some corners cut so it would look better on paper. I'd much rather have a 5mp camera with better auto focus. And the video compression is terrible.
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Turning the brightness down does help, but would be better if the camera did some time of light metering prior to taking the picture and use the low led setting if needed, instead of lighting up the room. Using an elephant gun when a bb gun is needed approach is hard to deal with.
Hey Guys....thanks in advance for any replies...
Can anyone give me some tips on how to take decent pictures with the Evo? In most cases I am taking pictures in dimly lit restaurants or bars (no comments please, heh heh) and most of the time the pictures are completely washed out due to the flash coming on and lighting up the subjects faces like a Christmas tree.
Does anyone know if there are settings, other software or any other tips that can be used to help me take better pictures??
Thank you!
From the camera app,there is a tab on the left side in landscape mode. If you slide it open, choose settings, then brightness a slider will open. I've found that in dim to dark conditions, best results with flash on are with the brightness set to around -2.
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Theres an old photographer's trick, not the most elegant of solutions but putting a piece of scotch tape over the flash will help diffuse the light and also get rid of the harsh shadows from the flash.
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Theres an old photographer's trick, not the most elegant of solutions but putting a piece of scotch tape over the flash will help diffuse the light and also get rid of the harsh shadows from the flash.
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Honestly this has started to cross my mind too. The two flashes 'sounds' like a good idea...but they are WAY TO HOT for a close up (within 6 feet or so). Now they did actually work pretty well at dusk for a test shot about 12 feet away. (So that should tell you they are too bright for close work)
I am thinking of maybe taping just one and testing.
But you could use scotch tape as posted, because the frosted look of the tape would help diffuse the light. (Remembering it will diminish ability to flash far away.)
Have to start treating this more like cameras now...they are going to require more than point and forget.
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I asked the same question a few weeks ago - why doens't the EVO do light metering.
One though would be to use a LED application to turn on the LED light - maybe on low, and don't use the flash on the camera application? I know a pain to do (and a loss of coolness points) but might work?
if you really want to be photo savvy go to a photo store and get a sheet of diffusion gel, and just place a small cut out in between the flashes and the battery cover. also always shoot as low as you can go with the ISO, the problem with the EVO camera is that when in low light situations it switches to a high ISO, but it doesn't factor in the fact that the flash is going to go off, so when the flash goes off, the high ISO coupled with the strong flash means super overexposed picture. so either leave the camera at iso 100 or 200 and try shooting that way or try the diffusion i stated earlier.
the camera is just very badly coded. for instance what the camera should be doing is lighting the flash to focus, read exposure and compensate, then take the picture with the proper level flash. as it is now all it does is try to focus completely in the dark, then just flash the flash at full power while its taking the picture. it really is a terribly coded camera.
its like the people over at HTC basically just added the lcd's just to add them, i mean we already know that the LCD can be used at various levels of intensity...its a damn shame...
Are there no apps out that improve the cameras function? i figured there would be.
What do you think are the best settings for the Epic Camera?
Whenever I take a picture in normal to low light conditions with flash, I see lots of noise
Take a look and see. Are there any optimal settings for the Epic Camera?
Please Share. Note: 3 of the Pictures are using flash, but 1 is not
Thanks
Pictures:
http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Ashish_Lalani/
The problem with low light photography with phones is the size of the sensor. You have these teeny tiny sensors trying to take in as much light as possible, but unfortunately that's not good when taking pictures in low light. Ever wonder why point and shoot and DSLR cameras are better? They have bigger sensors.
You're going to get some noticeable artifacts if you go ISO800 or higher. It's just the nature of the beast with these small sensors. My suggestion is to just make it easy on yourself: use a pre-programmed setting for nighttime photography, use the flash when taking pictures of people, and turn on the lights if you want a nice picture. Otherwise use a DSLR or point and shoot.
Hi everyone, just a few minutes ago i was looking for a completely black wallpaper and it came to my mind to just put my finger over the camera and take a pic, as soon as i put my finger over the lens i saw a few red and blue spots on the screen...i then put it over a black cloth and i could still see the red and blue dots(look like dead pixels but on the sensor?) its best visible when camera is set to 8mp. I am just wondering if this is normal or if i have a faulty camera..the dots dissapear as soon as there is some light i will post a pic in a sec. Please can anyone test it out by turning on the cam set to 8mp and put your finger over the lens so its completely dark wait a bit ( 30-40sec) and look at the screen.
Edit: Also when you put the exposure to max you can see it even better.
Did a little research and it is called a hot pixels.
Hi,
At 1st excuse my english please!
You dont need to be afraid of this, this is totaly normal an youre camera is ok!
The sensor generate colors from RGB (red, green and blue) and what you see there is no more then the try of the sensor to put colors in the dark!
Greetings
Alef
Yes but they are on the same spot every time and they are flickering, the only way you can notice it is in a dark room and when you put somthing over the lens so its completely dark then i get flickering hot pixels on the same spots. Please can anyone else try this and let me know if you see it on the display/viewfinder.
A lot of sensors can suffer from that, that's why normal cameras offer pixel mapping to disable hot pixels. Unless you see those spots show up in final images I would say don't worry about.
It does show on the final picture. That is why im asking people to check if they have same thing.. if every one has it i wouldnt worry about it but if not i will go exchange it while i can. Its bright flickering white, red and blue dots. Looks exactly like a stuck pixel and not the rgb noise ones that are visible on the whole screen.
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Hi,
I found an explanation for this:
The CCD-Sensor interprets residual voltage (<----Hope the right word! ) as brightness information what results in those colored spots!
As I said, its totaly normal!
Greetings
Alef
If you take a picture in a dark room, the camera will boost the gain in order to try to take a decent picture. It will boost the gain until it sees enough content in the image. The darker the room, the more the gain will be boosted.
By covering the lens youve removed all of the light. The camera is therefore boosting the gain as much as it can until it's picking up what is effectively noise in a few of the pixels (some will always be more noisy than others). This wont have any noticable effect on a picture taken at normal light levels.
Thank you everyone for the explanation
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I actually noticed this, too. I thought I had a dead/hot pixel on the screen, but it only appears when it's on viewfinder mode. It doesn't really appear in the image taken itself (or maybe I just don't notice) so I never really minded it after the initial discovery. Glad to know this is just normal
I'm noticing this too.
except differently, i'm not seeing individual spots, i'm seeing hair-like artifacts.
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any suggestions?
Hmm that looks really bad.. did you solve it?
You will have to send the phone where you bought, I think it's a manufacturer's faulty
Guys, I cant use my camera led flash, since all the photos taken with it produces pics that are too bright.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/341/20120617233517.jpg/
am I the only one who has this problem?
I do find the flash rather bright, but I think it's a distance thing. I would generally only use it from distance of 3-5m in poor light. Most of the time I set my flash to forced off as I generally find the pictures are better even in lowish light.
Guys problem solved. It was the Capdase soft jacket case I bought.
for some reason the case is affecting the LED light of the flash.