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So 4 days in I had to get a replacement because of a screen glass issue, so I started playing before doing the 4.0.2 update that comes up right away. Found the camera actually focuses, lights up the green focus brackets, and takes really great pictures all from holding the camera button... on the old phone and the new after running the 4.0.2 update the camera doesn't focus and light up green brackets when holding the camera button. The touch to focus almost works but hard to get a good picture when you then have to still hit the camera button.?? Am I missing something or did the camera get worse with the update??
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Same here. I was scratching my head over it too.
the continuous auto-focus is already going. you don't need to hold down the camera button. The green brackets dont come up, but that doesnt mean it's not working.
Yeah, I hate the continuous focus, it's too slow. I wished it would force focus when you hold the shutter button, like the HTC Sensation with its zero lag shutter too.
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nxt said:
Yeah, I hate the continuous focus, it's too slow. I wished it would force focus when you hold the shutter button, like the HTC Sensation with its zero lag shutter too.
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Mine does that..?
noticed this too!! rather hold to focus
zok-star said:
noticed this too!! rather hold to focus
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Yep me too, better yet just add both to the options and let the user pick! Dammit!
you can actually hold the camera button first, then touch the area you want to focus. It will capture the image automatically when you release the camera button. Found it easier this way to capture image
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you can actually hold the camera button first, then touch the area you want to focus. It will capture the image automatically when you release the camera button. Found it easier this way to capture image
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Yupe, you can do that, but it's cumbersome ... A lot of hold and click, and still the result is a hit and miss.
As I found out from previous similar discussion (and OP also mentioned), I bought Camera Zoom FX and it produced satisfied focused image.
Although, I lost super fast shutter ... but, I would rather have decent focused image result!
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noticed this too!! rather hold to focus
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Hold to focus is the bomb. Really miss it now that it's gone.
At least we can still click on the screen to steady the focus. It continues to focus too much. I like the simple camera app and don't see a difference after purchasing Camera Zoom FX. I hope they patch this up.
bongd said:
Hold to focus is the bomb. Really miss it now that it's gone.
At least we can still click on the screen to steady the focus. It continues to focus too much. I like the simple camera app and don't see a difference after purchasing Camera Zoom FX. I hope they patch this up.
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Yeah its crazy they changed it, it was simple and it worked! Was like every other point and shoot, it focused great- I took some amazing low light pictures on 4.0.1 before doing the update. That's why everyone says the camera sucks on this phone and they probably lost sales of 100,000 units because everyone thinks the cam sucks! Can you adb push the 4.0.1 camera or is this resolved in 4.0.3?
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Yeah its crazy they changed it, it was simple and it worked! Was like every other point and shoot, it focused great- I took some amazing low light pictures on 4.0.1 before doing the update. That's why everyone says the camera sucks on this phone and they probably lost sales of 100,000 units because everyone thinks the cam sucks! Can you adb push the 4.0.1 camera or is this resolved in 4.0.3?
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I'm not sure if it's something controlled by the ROM or actual app. Maybe I'll try checking a backup from 4.0.1 and see if there is a discernible difference. I'd like the hold to focus back as well.
Anyone with 4.0.3 who can confirm if this has been fixed or not? I'm also wondering if it's an intended design... I wouldn't know why they'd change it, but maybe there's some hairbrain reason.
this is one reason why i wont upgrade from 4.0.1. the focus works great when you just hold the circle button, it focuses on center with green brackets, and this produces stellar pic quality.
but when you touch to focus on the screen, this is where everybody gets such poor image quality. that's why some people swear this camera sucks, while others say its great. because these 2 methods produce different quality images.
i dont know why google removed this function in 4.0.2.
RogerPodacter said:
this is one reason why i wont upgrade from 4.0.1. the focus works great when you just hold the circle button, it focuses on center with green brackets, and this produces stellar pic quality.
but when you touch to focus on the screen, this is where everybody gets such poor image quality. that's why some people swear this camera sucks, while others say its great. because these 2 methods produce different quality images.
i dont know why google removed this function in 4.0.2.
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the camera sucks with both focus methods.
low light equals to out of focus images.
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Anyone with 4.0.3 who can confirm if this has been fixed or not?
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4.0.3 is the same as 4.0.2.
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4.0.3 is the same as 4.0.2.
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Thank you!
Does anyone have a deodexed 4.0.1 camera.apk that they could share?
+1!
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sblantipodi said:
the camera sucks with both focus methods.
low light equals to out of focus images.
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i'm not so sure. that's what i'm saying, in total darkness i can get rid of the fuzzy focus just using the circle button. the pics actually come out just as sharp. only on 4.0.1.
something is up with this camera software, cause i think the actual hardware sensor isn't all that bad.
+1.. took amazingly detailed photos in pure darkness and low light with 4.0.1.. low shutter lag is worthless if has zero focus!
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4.0.2 is laggy and the camera is slow and inaccurate to focus. Not the best update. However it does fix the signal issues people like me were having.
I'm hoping 4.0.3 will be a merge of speed and signal.
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Hello,
I updated my Galaxy Nexus manually with the "official" Rom, but since I got android 4.0.4 my camera does have shutter lag instead of android 4.0.2. Is this normal, or did I download the wrong Rom he he?
Thanks in advance
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I'm experiencing the same exact problem. I loved the 0 shutter lag and desperately need it back. Can anyone please help? Or share some way to fix this problem? Thanks ahead
0 shutter lag has been reduced to get better focus image
a well focused images is better, even if it need a bit more time to take the pic
stop complaining for everything
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0 shutter lag has been reduced to get better focus image
a well focused images is better, even if it need a bit more time to take the pic
stop complaining for everything
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I can't wait till I get 4.0.4. That's one thing I've found with my galaxy nexus, 90% of my photos turn out ever so slightly blurred
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I can't wait till I get 4.0.4. That's one thing I've found with my galaxy nexus, 90% of my photos turn out ever so slightly blurred
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manually flash it. and i agree, whats the point in 0 shutter if all the pictures are going to come out not focused and not clear?
i rather have a more stable camera with better picture quality.
quality over quantity
Now that you mention it, I think my pictures are a tiny bit better on 4.0.4 (Verizon version). Might just be the placebo effect...
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manually flash it. and i agree, whats the point in 0 shutter if all the pictures are going to come out not focused and not clear?
i rather have a more stable camera with better picture quality.
quality over quantity
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I'm still a little iffy about manual flashing. I have the yakjuux version and I don't know if flashing to 4.0.4 yakju will screw anything up
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I'm still a little iffy about manual flashing. I have the yakjuux version and I don't know if flashing to 4.0.4 yakju will screw anything up
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It won't. You'll just lose all of your data.
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0 shutter lag has been reduced to get better focus image
a well focused images is better, even if it need a bit more time to take the pic
stop complaining for everything
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Excuse me? Complaining about everything? I just noticed the difference and that's why I asked.
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well, if you cant complain then ill do it for you, I wouldnt mind having the lag taken away BUT this was a feature, and if the feature didnt work, then its not a feature, so when I was excited about the phone last year, and I heard it was 5mp, I was let down, but then I was sold on 0 shutter lag, now the lag is back so we might have not even talked about the camera last year like it was special.
you cant sell a 1000hp car, first in the market, then after 3 months recall them to govern the engine to 750hp and still get credit for being a ground breaking car, so why should i give any credit to nexus for doing something special with the camera.
I used the time lapse feature today, what a JOKE! you need it propped up, and put it in airplane mode so that a text wont ruin your video, the screen stays on the whole time, you cant turn it off, and the smallest increment is 1 second, i washed dishes for a couple hours and had a 3 minute video that was a pain to watch because there was a window in the room that the camera adjusted for and me the focus was all dark.
I do like the built in photo editing, and the use of facial recognition, but when i saw the nexus get demolished by the one x, i cried, and now with 4.0.4 lagging more just to be a usable 5 mp camera, i think owners have the right to complain that a front page feature has been toned down for stability. though ultimately we want better pictures.
Focus once, don't move, take pictures in a bright area = insta pics.
I take them all the time.
Could you imagine how many EXTRA complaints there would be if it never focused?
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well, if you cant complain then ill do it for you, I wouldnt mind having the lag taken away BUT this was a feature, and if the feature didnt work, then its not a feature, so when I was excited about the phone last year, and I heard it was 5mp, I was let down, but then I was sold on 0 shutter lag, now the lag is back so we might have not even talked about the camera last year like it was special.
you cant sell a 1000hp car, first in the market, then after 3 months recall them to govern the engine to 750hp and still get credit for being a ground breaking car, so why should i give any credit to nexus for doing something special with the camera.
I used the time lapse feature today, what a JOKE! you need it propped up, and put it in airplane mode so that a text wont ruin your video, the screen stays on the whole time, you cant turn it off, and the smallest increment is 1 second, i washed dishes for a couple hours and had a 3 minute video that was a pain to watch because there was a window in the room that the camera adjusted for and me the focus was all dark.
I do like the built in photo editing, and the use of facial recognition, but when i saw the nexus get demolished by the one x, i cried, and now with 4.0.4 lagging more just to be a usable 5 mp camera, i think owners have the right to complain that a front page feature has been toned down for stability. though ultimately we want better pictures.
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Get a camera. All that stress and wringing of hands is now gone. Don't you feel better?
adrynalyne said:
Focus once, don't move, take pictures in a bright area = insta pics.
I take them all the time.
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This exactly. I take a lot of pictures of moving objects (my kids). Pre 4.0.4 they were *terrible*. They were so poor I bought an Xperia S for the camera. Post 4.0.4 they are now clear and of great quality (on par with the 12MP camera in the Xperia S which is no slouch). Let it focus and snap away. Move, refocus, repeat.
If you are rubbish photographer/videographer why blame the camera?
Like - I pointed camera at a window and everything else was dark. Doh.
Actually i was very disappointed with the camera i was like 5mp bullsh... Even my old 2mp blackberry bold camera took better pictures, with this 5mp crap camera i could not take a single good picture, im not a big fan of taking pictures so i just nevermind it, after reading they improved the camera i tried and damn, all my pictures looks awesome now
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msedek said:
Actually i was very disappointed with the camera i was like 5mp bullsh... Even my old 2mp blackberry bold camera took better pictures, with this 5mp crap camera i could not take a single good picture, im not a big fan of taking pictures so i just nevermind it, after reading they improved the camera i tried and damn, all my pictures looks awesome now
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Your 2MP BB Bold took better pictures before, and it now it takes amazing pictures?
Sounds reasonable to me!
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LOL some of these arguments are just ridiculous.
Dice62 said:
Your 2MP BB Bold took better pictures before, and it now it takes amazing pictures?
Sounds reasonable to me!
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Few words to smart People, i managed to take better pictures with my bb bold's 2mp camera before Google would upgrade the 5mp camera system on the gnexus. Is it clear for you now?
P.S: on a side note, Wonder why is there TROLLS everywhere
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msedek said:
P.S: on a side note, Wonder why is there TROLLS everywhere
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Are you asking yourself this question?
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Are you asking yourself this question?
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Yes sir
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Has anyone noticed that the camera is slower to take pics in the s3 then it was in the s2? It seems that it takes a lot longer to focus and when you take the pic they are not in focus as often.
Is this just me?
First, no, I don't believe the camera is slower. I can take pic after pic after pic. No problems.
Burst mode works great too , but stock camera has it set that the picture settings turn to "fine" instead of superfine.
A problem I have been experiencing however is when I go into my gallery sometimes the picture turn to crap. Blocky and can't zoom etc. Look horrible ! At first I thought I was looking at a dropbox photo but that turned out not to be the case. I can't replicate it all the time , it seems to do this spontaneously. A reset usually clears it up.
I would suggest a power cycle and see if the problems keeps happening.
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It really seems that my camera takes longer to focus.
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Definitely not.
Tap to focus is what you should be doing.
Not completely auto focus
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I will tap to focus and take a few pictures today and see if that makes a difference
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My camera seems very fast as well. No problems at all with it.
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Did any of you have the S2?
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I did and still do. I gave my S2 to my wife and my daughter has one too. I feel that the S3 camera is much better than the S2. Tap to focus is where it's at. I went to a Counting Crows concert the other day and took some great shots with it. They are not all going to be perfect but for the most part they were good.
Exact opposite for me.
I had the Epic 4G Touch. The S3 takes pictures almost instantly; I can move my hand nearly instantly after clicking the button.
I haven't thoroughly tested, but I can definitely say it's faster at taking pictures. Didn't try the focus yet.
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I did and still do. I gave my S2 to my wife and my daughter has one too. I feel that the S3 camera is much better than the S2. Tap to focus is where it's at. I went to a Counting Crows concert the other day and took some great shots with it. They are not all going to be perfect but for the most part they were good.
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I gave mine to the wife as well. lol
She said she always gets the hand me downs
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Has anyone noticed that the camera is slower to take pics in the s3 then it was in the s2? It seems that it takes a lot longer to focus and when you take the pic they are not in focus as often.
Is this just me?
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I think your phone is broke... my camera works fine lol
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one of the big selling points for the sgs3 was the instant shutter. seems like you're only talking about focus though, not actual shutter speed.
Whenever I try taking a picture it takes a few tries to get it right and not blurry. I noticed many people have not had this problem as there aren't many posts about it but I find it annoying. I am coming from an HTC Sensation and that phone didn't have this problem. I think the blurriness is caused by the slight movement caused when tapping the shoot button. I also noticed that when taking photos with voice commands this problem doesn't show. I already have it on auto focus mode so can anyone tell me what else I can do? Just got it and was trying not to root or flash for awhile at least.
Have you tried gong into your camera settu ng and turned on anti-shake on? Is your lens dirty? Have you dropped your phone? If so you may have jarred something lose...try those first ones and see if that fixes the problem.
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aamir123 said:
Whenever I try taking a picture it takes a few tries to get it right and not blurry.
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Anti-shake should definitely be on. But also, instead of tapping the shutter button, hold it down until you get the beep and green autofocus box on your target. Then, when you release the button, the shot is taken. Much less blur inducing vibration in that motion rather than in tapping. It's amazing the manual doesn't even mention that. "Burst shot" also sometimes yields good results. More pics to sort through later on in that mode, but multiple pics taken all at once increases your chances of finding a more desirable and less blurry shot out of the bunch. Good luck!
The autofocus is on and lens is clean. Also is there any way to make it so that autofocus can account for the camera tap? other than holding the button for a longer time? Any hacks?
Also holding the capture button longer doesn't always give clear shots
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The autofocus is on and lens is clean. Also is there any way to make it so that autofocus can account for the camera tap? other than holding the button for a longer time? Any hacks?
Also holding the capture button longer doesn't always give clear shots
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Tap the screen where you want to focus then take the pic
So in a situation where I am moving (ie. on a plane, in a car, bus, train) this camera is useless because the phone will not take good pix? I'm sorry if I sound like a brat or anything but a camera is important on a phone as that is my only camera. Maybe a rom can fix this or a hacked version of the camera?
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So in a situation where I am moving (ie. on a plane, in a car, bus, train) this camera is useless because the phone will not take good pix? I'm sorry if I sound like a brat or anything but a camera is important on a phone as that is my only camera. Maybe a rom can fix this or a hacked version of the camera?
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I always enable anti shake and it seems to work pretty good... maybe you have a faulty unit however i doubt that i never heard of it before but as i said maybe...
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Maybe I'll give it a little time to settle, I just did a factory reset and notice a little lag as well. I did transfer a lot of sms from my old phone using sms backup pro so maybe thats causing it? But hopefully a little time will fix if not then I will try factory resetting without restoring messages.
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So in a situation where I am moving (ie. on a plane, in a car, bus, train) this camera is useless because the phone will not take good pix? I'm sorry if I sound like a brat or anything but a camera is important on a phone as that is my only camera. Maybe a rom can fix this or a hacked version of the camera?
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Filmed with Galaxy S3. The camera is not useless.
http://vimeo.com/50545993#
I'm also disappointed with the camera and don't think you're being a "brat" for expecting more from this phone. Seems like the optics might be poor quality...or maybe the CCD itself. Dunno. But hopefully I'm wrong and dev's can improve the camera's performance by modifying the software at some point. The "premium upgrade" that's due soon and already out for others is supposed to fix the cam's poor low-light capabilities(among other added features), so Samsung has already admitted there are real issues with the cam. If we're lucky the upgrade will fix the other cam related stuff too.
That said, there'll be plenty of people out there willing to argue their T999's take fine pictures...Wait, there's one now! Haha... But unless our particular phones are an exception to the rule, this cam pretty clearly(pun intended) has issues. I certainly wouldn't characterize the cam as "useless" though. In fact, I actually like the video it captures better than it's still photos. All focus, shake and grainyness issues aside, as long as you're prepared to do a little post-shot processing on still photos, the cam takes 'acceptable' quality pics, IMHO.
Of course it's possible we do have bad devices. In fact, I've had multiple issues with this S3(including something like the "lag" you mentioned, interestingly enough) and will have a replacement by early next week because of those issues. I'll let you know if my new phone takes better quality photos.
Hey just to update, my camera seems to have gotten better. I messed around with it and even turned off anti-shake and turned it back on. Maybe it was just me not being able to handle the bigger phone (not as comfortable to hold, well at least without practice). But Anvil Vapor try turning off anti-shake and turning it back on. Also mess around with the hdr mode and let box turn green on its own. Pictures are much better now.
Thanks everyone.
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Hey just to update, my camera seems to have gotten better. I messed around with it and even turned off anti-shake and turned it back on. Maybe it was just me not being able to handle the bigger phone (not as comfortable to hold, well at least without practice). But Anvil Vapor try turning off anti-shake and turning it back on. Also mess around with the hdr mode and let box turn green on its own. Pictures are much better now.
Thanks everyone.
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Glad to hear you're getting better results! Got my replacement S3 last Friday and have been comparing shots taken with the old and new cams. The replacement fixed every issue I was having with the phone, and it now performs more like I was expecting it to. But for me, holding and then releasing the shutter button to take the shot still captures less blurry pics than when letting it autofocus and tapping the shutter button. I do notice, though, that with the new camera HDR mode results in much less blurry pics than it used to(and maybe even less blurry than single-shot with anti-shake ON/OFF, now). So maybe the camera was bad in my old phone, or it had something to do with it's faulty mainboard. Dunno...
But for an 8MP phone camera, it's ok. And close up, macro pics look quite nice! :good:
Is it just me and I happen to have a faulty camera, or does the camera still sorta suck?
I mean, don't get me wrong, the pictures are sharper than ever due to the bump in megapixels, but from my experience, I can't get too close to a subject, or else the camera just won't focus. I have to pull back slightly to get a good macro shot. Not only that, but usually when you're in a dark room with a single light source, you have to tap on the light in order for the exposure to adjust to the light so you can get a clear picture. With my phone, its actually the opposite. You have to tap on a dark spot in order for the exposure to adjust to the light source. If you tap on the light source, then the exposure gets blown WAYYYYY TF (the ****) out. It's... Actually kinda weird.
Maybe I'm not camering right or something. Or maybe this is something that can be fixed in a future update and/or a different camera app. I will admit though, however, that before I got my N5X, I was using my Galaxy S6 for about a week, so I might have been slightly spoiled by that, lol.
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iamterence said:
Is it just me and I happen to have a faulty camera, or does the camera still sorta suck?
I mean, don't get me wrong, the pictures are sharper than ever due to the bump in megapixels, but from my experience, I can't get too close to a subject, or else the camera just won't focus. I have to pull back slightly to get a good macro shot. Not only that, but usually when you're in a dark room with a single light source, you have to tap on the light in order for the exposure to adjust to the light so you can get a clear picture. With my phone, its actually the opposite. You have to tap on a dark spot in order for the exposure to adjust to the light source. If you tap on the light source, then the exposure gets blown WAYYYYY TF (the ****) out. It's... Actually kinda weird.
Maybe I'm not camering right or something. Or maybe this is something that can be fixed in a future update and/or a different camera app. I will admit though, however, that before I got my N5X, I was using my Galaxy S6 for about a week, so I might have been slightly spoiled by that, lol.
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Which camera app are you using? Exposure works as expected and not how you describe in Google Camera for me.
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Which camera app are you using? Exposure works as expected and not how you describe in Google Camera for me.
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Using stock Google camera as well. I don't know. It's not really bad, just... Head-scratching lol
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