Low-Light in slow motion recording? - HTC One X

Hey guys,
So a friend was showing off slow-motion recording on his Note II and I remembered "Hey my phone has that too"
I didn't actually record that time, but we had gone to the beach at night much later. I tried recording a video in slow motion. The lighting seemed enough when I viewed it from the phone, but as soon as I start recording the video in slow motion, the whole thing is dark. Now my question is why does it get dark in slow motion recording? I know the resolution drops but I have no idea why it gets darker. I could have snapped photos with the light present at that time, and the photos would be much better than how the recording came out.
Its more like when snapping pictures or taking normal videos in low-light, all is good. But for some reason in slow-motion mode the camera doesn't get enough light so the video appears dark. And Switching to Night-Mode Scene helped very little.

It needs to lower exposure to maintain the frame rate
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This is the same with any high fps camera ever. To compensate for the higher fps you need to lower the resolution or exposure.

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[Q] Video blur

I hope someone agrees with me here, because i dont want to be paranoid.
when im recording video (720p) and capturing people, when i move the phone around while its moving the recording image gets SO blurry and then i have to leave it on one spot for it focus and stabilize.
is this just me?
That is normal. It takes a little time to re-autofocus.
Even happens on proper digital cameras.
The only way around it, is to buy a professional camera with an expensive lens, like those they use for recording sports on TV.
I tend to find this more of an issue indoors. In daylight it's ok.
interesting.....

video recording quality

Hey guys, the camera seems pretty good on this phone when I'm taking pictures, however when I am taking videos it almost seems kind of grainy even though its suppose to be 1080p. Anyone else have the similar or different experiences? Please share!
Grain doesn't have much to do with resolution. What affects grain directly is light. Low light will give you more grain. Period. This is valid for professional cameras as well.
Shoot a video I good light and the quality is excellent.
Don't use 1080p it's crap and makes videos look awful. They decided to zoom the picture in about 40-60% and not allow you to zoom out. As a result everything looks grainy and out of focus.
Set ur camera to 720p look at how much you can see, how clear the image is how sharp the colors are etc and then switch to 1080p and you will find all the sudden you zoomed way in and can't zoom out and the picture quality dropped about 60%.
They claim 1080p support but it's a lie since they zoom in and give you a MUCH lower quality video than 720p does.
How do you switch to 720p mode?
efarley said:
Don't use 1080p it's crap and makes videos look awful. They decided to zoom the picture in about 40-60% and not allow you to zoom out. As a result everything looks grainy and out of focus.
Set ur camera to 720p look at how much you can see, how clear the image is how sharp the colors are etc and then switch to 1080p and you will find all the sudden you zoomed way in and can't zoom out and the picture quality dropped about 60%.
They claim 1080p support but it's a lie since they zoom in and give you a MUCH lower quality video than 720p does.
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efarley said:
Don't use 1080p it's crap and makes videos look awful. They decided to zoom the picture in about 40-60% and not allow you to zoom out. As a result everything looks grainy and out of focus.
Set ur camera to 720p look at how much you can see, how clear the image is how sharp the colors are etc and then switch to 1080p and you will find all the sudden you zoomed way in and can't zoom out and the picture quality dropped about 60%.
They claim 1080p support but it's a lie since they zoom in and give you a MUCH lower quality video than 720p does.
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I'm pretty sure that's just a big nasty bug. The camera sensor and chipset are all very capable of 1080. It seems like the 1080 is zoomed into the amount of area that 720 would take in the middle of a 1080 image...I won't say it's an honest mistake, as it's borderline retarded...but, if it is dumping 1080p worth of data it can certainly do 1080p video...that's only 2mp and the tough part is writing that to storage without it getting skippy...and clearly that can be done.
Though I am assuming it is writing a 1080p file...has anyone checked?
daneurysm said:
I'm pretty sure that's just a big nasty bug. The camera sensor and chipset are all very capable of 1080. It seems like the 1080 is zoomed into the amount of area that 720 would take in the middle of a 1080 image...I won't say it's an honest mistake, as it's borderline retarded...but, if it is dumping 1080p worth of data it can certainly do 1080p video...that's only 2mp and the tough part is writing that to storage without it getting skippy...and clearly that can be done.
Though I am assuming it is writing a 1080p file...has anyone checked?
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GoPro HD also does this. Few of my friend's digital point and shoots did this as well. So, it's a sensor issue, not a software one.
I posted this before:
1080p:
http://youtu.be/c4AtsXjyKhY?hd=1
720p:
http://youtu.be/buHigxvlnfo?hd=1
Pardon my breathing, sinuses FTL
I really wish there was a way an external microphone could be used while recording video.
My problem is with the recorded audio. Has anyone found an app that let's you control audio gain. Serious clipping for live music records.
Its the quality (bitrate) in which the audio is recorded. At stock, its set at 64kbps and a sample rate of 44kHZ which is pretty subpar.
There's a hacked camera apk that lets you record audio at 194kbps with sample rate of 48kHz and also raises the video bitrate by a tad as well.
A tremendous difference in quality.
The graininess is caused by poor lighting. I went to sea world with my girl this week and all the outside video's came out amazing. But, inside shots with low light all came out very grainy. I can't blame the sensor too much because like someone mention before the same happens on high end camera's. But, also remember professional shots are taking with very high end lighting equipment.
Zexell said:
Its the quality (bitrate) in which the audio is recorded. At stock, its set at 64kbps and a sample rate of 44kHZ which is pretty subpar.
There's a hacked camera apk that lets you record audio at 194kbps with sample rate of 48kHz and also raises the video bitrate by a tad as well.
A tremendous difference in quality.
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I can't seem to find anything like what you're referring to anywhere in the market or our app section. Got a link or a file name? Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104051
and if u search our ET4G forum, you'll see a thread about it.
MUST BE ROOTED.

Video quality

Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the LG G5 come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Videos are a bit...meh. The lack of 60 fps and "manual video" in general is, frankly, sad. The turnaround was using v10's camera app ported to the G4 (but works on G5) : 60 fps FullHd (but no OIS and no wide lens atm)
I recorded some waterfalls and other natural objects and I was very much impressed with it. It is the best video I have seen recorded on a cell phone. The live action of my boys baseball games is equally impressive. Maybe my eyes aren't that sensitive.
JD
Wow....
All my respect for this company and for its phones. G5 IS THE BEST
I do love the quality of the video and really enjoy the time-lapse feature!
I recorded some videos from cars competition using different modes (4K, wide camera, HD with slow motion)
Slow motion.
4k
Wide camera
You can see all videos on my youtube channel
Can someone help me on how to use the timelapse videos ? I tried with the timelapse button but nothing change when watching the video.
I fell in love with the time lapse mode...
https://youtu.be/6YGnQqQpjkM
You can do manual video using the V10 apk camera app for non rooted
The photos this beast takes are superb but videos are kinda "meh" but I think it's because of that "steady" feature as it kinda "warps" the video so just OIS is better if you have steady hands. Also thank god for V10 Camera Apk for 1080p 60 FPS video recording...60 fps is sooo beautiful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsMGEg44tPE
While i was driving i saw the mount shaking too much and i thought the result video was going to be really shaky....i couldn't be more wrong OIS did a great job and the video turned out perfect
I'm so glad to see this post and find out about the v10 camera port
justapetrolhead said:
While i was driving i saw the mount shaking too much and i thought the result video was going to be really shaky....i couldn't be more wrong OIS did a great job and the video turned out perfect
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I definitely agree with you. OIS is really doing a great job on this device. :good:

Video quality

Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the Asus ZenFone 3 Zoom come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Video is pretty decent. It has a problem with white balance in my house though. The videos often come out warmer than they should be.
Optical image stabilization works... but it also crops the the video to do it. This means when you go to film, your video will appear on your phone to be "zoomed in" so that you can stablized video.
Video is pretty good, I'm a person who likes to document with videos a lot and this certainly give me a home movie feeling style of video, but the good looking kind. Like if you were to look back at this footage in ten years, it would be home style video but with a little extra production value put in with it. I recommend for people that want to just record and go to have the settings on 1920x1080 60fps and call it a day, 60fps being so you don't have to worry about dropping frames cause 30 fps will do that sometimes sadly while recording.

Why not shoot all video in slow motion?

I'm in the middle of using the pixel 2xl as the primary camera on a YouTube cooking show. Aside from the need for extra/adequate lighting - why shouldn't I just shoot everything in slow motion?
From what I can see the files aren't even twice as large as those shot in 1080p60. Which still makes them about 20% the size of 4k video (my math is most certainly terrible)
The kicker - is that the slow motion video when played at regular speed (I think it's 60fps) doesn't look any different than if I shot it at 1080p60 - again assuming the lighting is adequate. So with every take it seems like I get a regular and slow motion shot. I just have to render it both be ways. I thought there would be ghosting or blur but I'm not seeing any at 60fps.
I did not tested the 60 FPS for a while now but I remember the quality of the 60FPS was not so detailed.
There are a couple of videos on youtube like:
Test if it is fits for you. Maybe some of the latest patches fixed some of the quality loss.

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