Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
Flash without A is forced flash (always on)
With a is automatic and only kicks in if light is low.
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UnixxinU said:
Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
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There aren't really any 'optimal' settings, apart from making sure you're taking 8mp photo's. Whether you want to take pictures in widescreen or not is up to you. I prefer not. Apart from that, it completely depends on the lighting and subject matter. If you have a relatively steady hand, the subject isn't going to move much and the lighting is alright, then the HDR setting can take some fantastic pictures. Auto seems to fine for most things
UnixxinU said:
Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
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Do note that when the camera is on, the screen brightness is automatically set the maximum brightness, so a picture might look quite a bit darker in Gallery. I've set my screen at 30% brightness during normal use
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I've tried to change the settings including the mode and exposure but same issue. Like I said when I am about to take a picture and looking at the screen, lighting is great, I take the picture but then when it hits the gallery it is so much darker.
Any ideas? I changed over from the nexus s which always took awsome pics and this is supposed to be better so any help would be appreciated.
I have not gone to a custom rom yet fyi.
appreciate the help
I notice that too. I think it's because the phone automatically turns brightness all the way up in the camera app, then it goes back to the brightness you set to when you exit the camera app. So that makes the picture turns out to look a lot darker.
try wiping the app data
dr.devman said:
try wiping the app data
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bit of a novice so if you might explain the steps involved would be appreciated thank you in advance...
seems like the first suggestion helped the gallery show up brighter. what I did was go in and uncheck the automatic display and just set at a higher brightness.
any other suggestions always welcome
go to setting>apps>all>scroll and tap camera app>wipe data
dr.devman said:
go to setting>apps>all>scroll and tap camera app>wipe data
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thank you I will try that. low light shots seem to pose some challenges...and the flash washes out..gonna have to play around a bit with this to see if I can improve. Doesn't make sense that my nexus s seemed to take better shots but sure if I tweak some things I can get this on track
I have consistent problem with camera while taking shots during shows/concerts. Take a look at the pic, the normal looking one at the top is actually under exposed -2. The bottom is exposure 0. I have the same problem while taking videos. For some reason Samsung gets very sensitive while there is a big differential in the light settings. My friend's LG HD and all iPhones don't have this glare.
Is there a place I can edit and modify exposure settings? I'm on TW Jedi X12, but found all TW roms have that 'problem.'
C'mon, no one has the answer to this basic question/problem?
Bronyr said:
C'mon, no one has the answer to this basic question/problem?
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Hi. I don't know where to edit exposure but, have you tried Camera FV-5? It's a really neat app, and it does a real job. You can adjust the exposure, ISO, shutter controls, white balance, metering and it also display a live histogram while focusing. DSLR controls on your Note2.
Hope it helps!
Thanks for the tip. Great app indeed but no video option. Will be looking to find how to edit the camera app file and make exposure -2 to stick as default.
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Do you have auto contrast on? Seems like that may be worth looking into
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Bronyr said:
Thanks for the tip. Great app indeed but no video option. Will be looking to find how to edit the camera app file and make exposure -2 to stick as default.
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Check your PMs
dwitherell said:
Check your PMs
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have anybody tried to update camera firmware?
thx dwitherel, it worked perfectly.
Okay. what was the tip that worked perfectly? Wanna share or is it some "If I tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you" thing?
dkb218 said:
Okay. what was the tip that worked perfectly? Wanna share or is it some "If I tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you" thing?
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LOL - it was a smali edit that fixed it. I am away from my laptop so I can't tell you the specifics at the moment, but there is one particular smali file that sets the defaults for a number of things - including exposure value. There were a few places where the exposurevalue:I and camcorderexposurevalue:I were set to 0x0 (i.e. 0 on the exposure setting). Each integer seemed to be equivalent to a half step on that scale (so 0x1 would be an exposure of 0.5, etc.), so where those values were being set I changed them to -0x4 (or -2). If folks are interested I could post just the modified camera apk, and dkb218 if you want the super-specifics shoot me a PM and I'll go into some more detail once I have the files in front of me (this is all being said from memory, which in my case is rather fallible lol).
Post the modded camera.apk when possible and thank you
camera exposure settings
Is there a way to get the exposure value to go lower than -2? I'm trying to take pictures of powerpoint presentations. The Ipads in the audiences are having no problem with tapping on the screen, the camera focuses on the powerpoint slide and it is clearly visible. The Note 8 still whites it out. An exposure of -2 helps but not enough.
I know there are apps that provide the flashlight option.
My main goal is to have a constant flash on as I take pictures, not taking pictures with flash on.
I want to already provide light to an object in a dark space from my phone, and take pictures without flash.
I know before I switched to the Galaxy Note 3, I was on a rooted HTC Sensation, and it had a flashlight option in the quick menu, which allowed me to do what I'm trying to do.
Does anyone know how to do this without rooting yet?
There are apps for that
There is an app that is a flashlight that gets really really bright and is adjustable. It does require root though. It's called adjustable torch. I actually use it for the same purpose. Hope this helps.
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I know there are apps that provide the flashlight option.
My main goal is to have a constant flash on as I take pictures, not taking pictures with flash on.
I want to already provide light to an object in a dark space from my phone, and take pictures without flash.
I know before I switched to the Galaxy Note 3, I was on a rooted HTC Sensation, and it had a flashlight option in the quick menu, which allowed me to do what I'm trying to do.
Does anyone know how to do this without rooting yet?
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just curious as to what you are shooting that you need light on to find it then the ligh off to take a pic!
Sure the explanation will be funny as heck in a Ron White show.
dragonstalker said:
just curious as to what you are shooting that you need light on to find it then the ligh off to take a pic!
Sure the explanation will be funny as heck in a Ron White show.
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Amateur ghost hunter.
alright, i'm definitely not explaining this correctly.
how do i keep my flashlight ON, on my phone (running in the background), while I do other stuff on my phone?
You can't keep your flash light on, and use the camera at the same time. You need to have it off, and use the flash capability through the camera settings.
I don't like the flash, but if my flash light on my phone can run in the background, I could take pictures in the dark without using the flash action.
Am I making sense? I hope so ? ):
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alright, i'm definitely not explaining this correctly.
how do i keep my flashlight ON, on my phone (running in the background), while I do other stuff on my phone?
You can't keep your flash light on, and use the camera at the same time. You need to have it off, and use the flash capability through the camera settings.
I don't like the flash, but if my flash light on my phone can run in the background, I could take pictures in the dark without using the flash action.
Am I making sense? I hope so ? ):
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Ok Gotcha. Only way i know to do this is to take pics from the video camera. Then you can go back and delete the video file.
Can someone confirm, when changing the shutter speed to 1 Seconds and up.
On broad daylight the screen isn't blanked up all white anymore?
When I play with the settings in dark environment everything is still working when I look at the pictures, only not visible on the shooter display. Changes under 1\2 seconds are still visible on the screen.
My camara app version is 4.52.34.6
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Can someone confirm, when changing the shutter speed to 1 Seconds and up.
On broad daylight the screen isn't blanked up all white anymore?
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White screen here. Which makes sense as the photo will turn out white as well
And isn't that normal considering the fixed aperture ?
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neflictus said:
And isn't that normal considering the fixed aperture ?
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Yep! A 1+ second exposure in daylight will be waaaaay overexposed.
When and where did this update happen?
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Yep! A 1+ second exposure in daylight will be waaaaay overexposed.
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Exactly so the question i'm wondering given the thread title is whether 10c does have any changes wrt to the camera ?
One Twelve said:
Exactly so the question i'm wondering given the thread title is whether 10c does have any changes wrt to the camera ?
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No idea. My phone came with 10c, so I have nothing to compare it to.
Hi guys, I just got my oneplus 5T today and i want to talk to you about the quality of the photos of this phone and how this camera setup is helping or not ?
For me, it's a waste of the second camera slot to use this "night camera module" ...
First of all i don't see the diference (using the pro mode and switch between the twos) and second, there is no other functions of the phone that use this second camera to improve anything (at least it shoud he use to combine two photos and result in a better pixel quality but since they have the same lens i don't think this helps either)
So what do you think guys ?
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Hi guys, I just got my oneplus 5T today and i want to talk to you about the quality of the photos of this phone and how this camera setup is helping or not ?
For me, it's a waste of the second camera slot to use this "night camera module" ...
First of all i don't see the diference (using the pro mode and switch between the twos) and second, there is no other functions of the phone that use this second camera to improve anything (at least it shoud he use to combine two photos and result in a better pixel quality but since they have the same lens i don't think this helps either)
So what do you think guys ?
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In my opinion, I think they should implement the same feature as the essential phone. Using both cameras to create on single and good looking picture. If they can, they could make the main lens take all the details of the image and make the 2nd lens take all of the light and then somehow merge both images to create a perfect one.
Probably never going to happen though......
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In my opinion, I think they should implement the same feature as the essential phone. Using both cameras to create on single and good looking picture. If they can, they could make the main lens take all the details of the image and make the 2nd lens take all of the light and then somehow merge both images to create a perfect one.
Probably never going to happen though......
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They can't do it now because "the black and white sensor has had its top layer’s color filter removed. Without it, the sensor is unable to capture color, but its ability to capture light increases by 3x. This is especially helpful with low-light environments."(qualcomm clear sight)
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They can't do it now because "the black and white sensor has had its top layer’s color filter removed. Without it, the sensor is unable to capture color, but its ability to capture light increases by 3x. This is especially helpful with low-light environments."(qualcomm clear sight)
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I guess we'll just have to wait for oneplus to release an update improving their camera's performance.....
Or if you look online, you might be able to find a ported google camera with hdr+