Anyway to improve camera pictures?? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Mine often come out blurry, any app that would help
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You could try by getting a damp cloth and give it a bit of a wipe at the camera lense.

Photoshop?
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No like if there's movement it will come out too blurry to even make out, do I need to change settings?
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Try some weed maybe, i hear that calms down jittery people

swebosdev said:
Try some weed maybe, i hear that calms down jittery people
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Wtf? Wow.
Have you tried Camera360? It has touch to focus and is amazing, I love it.
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Enable the Mobile bravia engine??
and yep, Camera360. Great app

noojster said:
Enable the Mobile bravia engine??
and yep, Camera360. Great app
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Is there an easy way to do that?

Cl8rs said:
Is there an easy way to do that?
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do which?
Enabling the mobile Bravia Engine for Xplay > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246402
and camera 360? Buy it

chrisredmayne said:
No like if there's movement it will come out too blurry to even make out, do I need to change settings?
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It sounds like the shutter speed is really slow when you take your photos. Chances are, this is a lighting problem. If you're taking pictures in any environment other than bright, the shutter speed might be too slow which will cause that blur to happen. You can try to use the LED flash if the subject is close enough. You can also change the exposure to +1 or +2 which will increase the shutter speed, negating the blur. The downside to increasing the exposure is that you increase the sensitivity of the image sensor to light which introduces noise into your photo.

camera 360 is free, i think the only difference on the paid version is the colorful effect w/c is useless anyway..

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Camera auto focus

Is there a way to mod the camera so your can manually focus the shot? Sometimes when in macro mode it over focuses and the image is still blurry.
Thanks
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not sure if this is what you were asking for. simply touch the spot on the screen where you need focus before taking a pic?
spfraggle said:
Is there a way to mod the camera so your can manually focus the shot? Sometimes when in macro mode it over focuses and the image is still blurry.
Thanks
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No that just tells the camera to focus on a specific area of the screen. What I'm wanting to be able to manually adjust the amount of focus on an image
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ok, you need "focus ring" like capability. I am not aware of any cam app that can do that. i don't know whether the camera firmware provides interfaces for such (low-level) functionality, but an indirect method would be to use a reference ruler in the pic for gradually adjusting focal length ( still a pain, I know).
spfraggle said:
No that just tells the camera to focus on a specific area of the screen. What I'm wanting to be able to manually adjust the amount of focus on an image
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Front camera resolution

Does anyone know how (if possible) to access the resolution data within our phones and if it's possible to permanently change those data values? The current work around that I have to use it on a daily basis is the MIUI camera apk which lets you choose your resolution, but it only holds within the scope of that app. When using other apps, such as SnapChat, it reverts back to the default which doesn't function properly.
Any ideas?
You can't necessarily boost resolution by changing values. It comes down to a hardware limitation. If its only a 1.3MP resolution, then that's all you have to work with.
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death-by-soap said:
You can't necessarily boost resolution by changing values. It comes down to a hardware limitation. If its only a 1.3MP resolution, then that's all you have to work with.
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Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
Jaxp3r said:
Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
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I'm not sure, it may already be too low a resolution to decrease anymore.
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death-by-soap said:
I'm not sure, it may already be too low a resolution to decrease anymore.
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Thanks for the input, hopefully that's not the case.
Anyone else have any idea?
Jaxp3r said:
Thanks for the input, hopefully that's not the case.
Anyone else have any idea?
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You can try a third party app like Camera360 Pro, but it will do so in software, which sucks
Krazy4evo said:
You can try a third party app like Camera360 Pro, but it will do so in software, which sucks
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Well I already have the MIUI camera for everyday use. I'm trying to figure out a way to see if I can permanently change the resolution so that it holds for other apps such as Snapchat.
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What you can do to make it work for the whole OS is lowering/raising the dpi, try looking up apps in the Play Store that let you change it, or apps here on XDA
This would only be for the phone itself though, not any pictures you take
CNexus said:
What you can do to make it work for the whole OS is lowering/raising the dpi, try looking up apps in the Play Store that let you change it, or apps here on XDA
This would only be for the phone itself though, not any pictures you take
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Cool thanks, I'll give that a shot when I have some down time at work and report back.
Lowering the DPI had positive and negative results.
Positive: everything looked a lot crisper, giving it the appearance of having a higher aspect ratio
Negative: not everything flowed properly with the lower DPI and the camera issue within Snapchat was still prevalent
I'll switch back to the default just to make sure everything is functioning properly, but thanks for the help!
For the record, I read this, and used ES File Explorer to make the changes.
EDIT: I'm going to see if there's a camera setting in the build.prop file mentioned in that article that could help for just the camera.
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Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
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Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
MBQsniper said:
Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
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Don't forget to ask rope and Jamie for the BFH treatment. Fixes it right up.
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MBQsniper said:
Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
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i tend to argue against your advice. that's just absurd!
however.... a pair of vise-grips would work. just pinch it smaller! squeeze it on top and bottom and you'll get a panorama effect!
jsp254 said:
i tend to argue against your advice. that's just absurd!
however.... a pair of vise-grips would work. just pinch it smaller! squeeze it on top and bottom and you'll get a panorama effect!
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How many turns with the vise-grips do you think would do the trick?

Xperia Ion very bad camera quality

Hi... Just bought xperia Ion (no LTE) and one of the main reason I selected it is for the camera resolution.... but with big surprise I'm just noticing that pictures are very bad... lot of noise!
Additionally the camera focus is extremely slow!.... Did anyone experience the same?... I'm on last official firmware. Maybe some mod is available.....
Any help is really appreciated....
Set ISO setting to 800
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You can install Lovins mod. He port Xperia V camera with additional tweaks. I am using it on my SXS, focus and photo quality is much better than stock(.55)
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Thanks guys... I will try both suggestions....:good:
i am experiencing everything same as you. sony 2012 phone cameras are all sh*t cameras.
0000alex0000 said:
i am experiencing everything same as you. sony 2012 phone cameras are all sh*t cameras.
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Lol? Sony made the best camera in 2012. Stop challenging them and sell Sony phone if you don't like it.
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Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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marsattack1979 said:
Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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So, why you don't show us this photos? I want see this "very bad" quality.
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Vaith said:
Lol? Sony made the best camera in 2012. Stop challenging them and sell Sony phone if you don't like it.
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Believe me....I had Xperia Arc and photos were much better...I also have Nokia N8 and pictures are just amazing! I like Xperia ION, but unless my camera has hw issues, the photos are simply very low level ones!...What is really disappointing me (along with the Jpeg noise) is the extremely slow focus during camera recording as well...also not available the touch focus!.....Anyway I m going to try the mod you suggested.....
Just quick updating: I installed the camera mod and did some tests. In outdoor light condition autofocus is very quick and pictures are great! Indoor light condition (morning not night), camera focus seems slightly more responsive if physical picture button is used, but autofocus becomes very slow and 30% of the pictures are out of focus. I will continue in playing with setting but I have doubt I could get good behavior in indoor condition!...Anyway, reading in the network, the very slow focus problem is well known issue! (((
marsattack1979 said:
Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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This should be software problem
Sony is not good at modifying CameraUI:silly:
Sad but true, my ion cant take pictures as good as my n8. Auto modes dont help much either. I noticed that while taking a few videos on low light using yhe different modes, camera just wont focus when zooming in. I had to tweak some settings( set focus to infinite) to get the image to focus correctly( running xzxperience by the way). Tweaking the settings manually definitelt improves results though. I expected a bit more from sony? Guess I wont be selling my N8 any time soon.
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The camera sucks when u take photos from places there are Yellow light, warm light for example in your house. this photos lose quality, but if u use the video cam from those places, u will notice lot of noise..
I have that problem , my cam works 100% in places there are lightday for example in the street, if u take a photo there, the pic will have a nice quality and if u use the videocam u wont see noise.
I think that this problem is software.. i have xperia ion ics version 6.1.c.1.111, but when i had the version 6.1.c.1.105 the camera worked much better
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You can install Lovins mod. He port Xperia V camera with additional tweaks.
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Where is Lovins mod?

Camera cannot focus near objects !!

Hi all
I've been using this device for long. Recently while taking few pics i realized that camera couldn't on near objects. It can only focus on near objects upto a certain focal length and for lesser distance it focuses on far object and hence subject is blurred while background becomes focussed.. Anyone else having this issue.??
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I've just taken a picture of my mouse.
The spot I marked is the spot I let my device focus, its nearly exactly 6 centimeters from the camera away.
http://i.imgur.com/kMDewJW.jpg
I think that's a decent result... I tried to place my mouse a little bit closer, but then the focus couldn't handle it anymore.
akshayjangra said:
Hi all
I've been using this device for long. Recently while taking few pics i realized that camera couldn't on near objects. It can only focus on near objects upto a certain focal length and for lesser distance it focuses on far object and hence subject is blurred while background becomes focussed.. Anyone else having this issue.??
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If you are running older OS yes it happens, but newer version after 253 closeups are pretty good. 244 takes flawless closeups
Which camera mode are you using..
Yes i am using 244 firmware still it doesn't focus sometimes
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akshayjangra said:
Which camera mode are you using..
Yes i am using 244 firmware still it doesn't focus sometimes
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It works fine here at 2-3cm, but not with button - You need to tap the screen on the object you need to focus. Try, maybe it will help.
ylapas said:
It works fine here at 2-3cm, but not with button - You need to tap the screen on the object you need to focus. Try, maybe it will help.
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Yep, the camera button doesn't try to focus that closely. If you touch the object on screen it'll focus just fine.
Thanks. I tried but it works much better with Normal mode. superior auto cannot seem to focus
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akshayjangra said:
Thanks. I tried but it works much better with Normal mode. superior auto cannot seem to focus
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Frankly speaking superior auto takes lit of time to set itself and fails its purpose that is to take pictures in hurry. Custom settings does fantastic job.
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papped said:
Yep, the camera button doesn't try to focus that closely. If you touch the object on screen it'll focus just fine.
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Any idea if this behavior can be tweaked? What's the point of a 2-stage shutter key if the focus doesn't work as intended?
bouvrie said:
Any idea if this behavior can be tweaked? What's the point of a 2-stage shutter key if the focus doesn't work as intended?
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Unless most of your shots are macro i'm pretty sure it works.
I think you can use "macro" setting when you take a close up photo.
I never use auto. Always select area and focus manually. Sooo much better
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[Q] Bad video recording with slow fps in low light.

Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
haykweb said:
Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
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Exposure...
Try turning on the torch while recording
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Who know what tweak is need for fix this problem? The phone is good but video recording in low light is ****,and torch not helping for that.
haykweb said:
Who know what tweak is need for fix this problem? The phone is good but video recording in low light is ****,and torch not helping for that.
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Lower the exposure...
Even in good light conditions.
This phone is not suitable for recording video.
Quality sucks...
10 min. Recording = 1GB on storage.
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There are a lot of glitches in the video and barely can hear anything.
Sound is very low! :-S
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i think it need to changing something in kernel for fixing this, but i dont know who ((
haykweb said:
i think it need to changing something in kernel for fixing this, but i dont know who ((
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I have an idea on how to fix this. Buy yourself a proper camera, and stop using the ****ty one on this phone
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haykweb said:
Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
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same with me.Nothing can be done.it's phone's problem ..F*** You SONY
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Even in good light conditions.
This phone is not suitable for recording video.
Quality sucks...
10 min. Recording = 1GB on storage.
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There are a lot of glitches in the video and barely can hear anything.
Sound is very low! :-S
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Yes same here and video is out of focus most of the time...
paper13579 said:
I have an idea on how to fix this. Buy yourself a proper camera, and stop using the ****ty one on this phone
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Buying a proper camera can everyone but now we want to fix our problem with this phone in right forum for it,and dont **** mind with your **** comments.Let find ways for it.
haykweb said:
Buying a proper camera can everyone but now we want to fix our problem with this phone in right forum for it,and dont **** mind with your **** comments.Let find ways for it.
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Jeez calm down, there is no fix, its a hardware problem.
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paper13579 said:
there is no fix, its a hardware problem.
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We have not bad processor and video graphics for recording video,
Other brands with lowest video graphics and processor recordings video good in low light, but our XM or XMD very bad.
You think its camera problem?
Well, I don't think so. For unknown reasons, in low light the FPS decreases (with enough ambient light the FPS stay at 30). There must be a way to force FPS be constant 30 FPS even in low light somewhere, either in kernel or by decompiling camera app, I just don't know where (and how)...
mbc07 said:
For unknown reasons, in low light the FPS decreases (with enough ambient light the FPS stay at 30). There must be a way to force FPS be constant 30 FPS even in low light somewhere, either in kernel or by decompiling camera app, I just don't know where (and how)...
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Its problem not in camera app,because other camera apps from market recording with same slow fps in our phone..we need to change something in kernel and this may only kernel developers.
Who have tested Video recording in CM please comment.
Who using CM11 and what about this in CM11? Slow fps in low light or not?
haykweb said:
Who using CM11 and what about this in CM11? Slow fps in low light or not?
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Hey @heykweb
Try adding these lines to your build.prop and then reboot. DONT FORGET TO BACKUP. Tell me if it works. It should raise photo and video recording quality.
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
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Bro thank you for that but my phone not rooted
I have rooted now and added
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
in build.prop,but nothing. FPS in lowlight isvery slow.
haykweb said:
I have rooted now and added
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
in build.prop,but nothing. FPS in lowlight isvery slow.
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Alright, i thought it might do the trick
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