Camera cannot focus near objects !! - Sony Xperia ZL

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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Anyway to improve camera pictures??

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.
Link
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..

Camera lag

Does anyone have a laggy camera? If I use auto focus itsvery slow.
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zoomy942 said:
Does anyone have a laggy camera? If I use auto focus itsvery slow.
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To have more details.
I'm using the ota that stang posted. The camera takes pics great with auto focus off but with it on, man there's lag.
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zoomy942 said:
Does anyone have a laggy camera? If I use auto focus itsvery slow.
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By laggy do you mean the pause betwee when you press the button and when the picture is actually taken? That is because auto focus is trying to get the best shot. If it is not foccused when you hit the buttin it will pause until it gains focus and then take the shot. I find it annoying, but if i dont use it pictures tend to come out blured.
cmlusco said:
By laggy do you mean the pause betwee when you press the button and when the picture is actually taken? That is because auto focus is trying to get the best shot. If it is not foccused when you hit the buttin it will pause until it gains focus and then take the shot. I find it annoying, but if i dont use it pictures tend to come out blured.
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That's exactly it. I have a 4 year old and a 8 week old so quick pics are important.
Glad to know its just auto focus trying its best and not something else I was overlooking.
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I wish our camera had the multi-shot option like my digital camera has. You hit the button once and it will take 5, 10, or 15 shots one after another or if you hold the button it will go indefinitley. But this is a phone after all, and it does still have the best camera of any phone i've ever had.
Agreed. Outside of the auto focus lag its a great camera.
What's auto enhance?
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I run CM7 and the camera is just the basic Android camera with a few enhancements. It focuses and takes pictures much faster than the HTC Sense camera. But thats if you like AOSP ROM's. So the lag is really just the HTC camera interface.
BrettApple said:
I run CM7 and the camera is just the basic Android camera with a few enhancements. It focuses and takes pictures much faster than the HTC Sense camera. But thats if you like AOSP ROM's. So the lag is really just the HTC camera interface.
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The aosp ones have auto focus?
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zoomy942 said:
The aosp ones have auto focus?
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Auto focus when you press down, and takes it when you let off. Also has touch to focus. I usually focus to get ready, and when I see a good shot, take my finger off and it gets it right then and there. No delay.

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?
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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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[Q] Camera auto focus not working

I noticed that my camera auto focus hasn't been working for a while.
But when I use scan app, it seems to be working.
I'm running ParanoidAndroid 2.23 for T989 but I have been flashing around and have this same problem with every roms.
Please help.
Thank you
Anon1992 said:
I noticed that my camera auto focus hasn't been working for a while.
But when I use scan app, it seems to be working.
I'm running ParanoidAndroid 2.23 for T989 but I have been flashing around and have this same problem with every roms.
Please help.
Thank you
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Have u tried using a third party camera app like camera zoom? or anything else?
iNeedICS said:
Have u tried using a third party camera app like camera zoom? or anything else?
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I just tried paper camera and retro camera. The auto focus still not working. It works on the scan app really well though.
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Anon1992 said:
I just tried paper camera and retro camera. The auto focus still not working. It works on the scan app really well though.
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what rom are u currently running?
iNeedICS said:
what rom are u currently running?
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As I said paranoid 2.23 but this happens on every rims (at least every roms I've flashed) .
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Anon1992 said:
As I said paranoid 2.23 but this happens on every rims (at least every roms I've flashed) .
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Hmmm have you tried using a stock rom?
Auto focus doesn't work for me either. it SEEMS to be working on video mode, but definitely doesn't work on photo mode. I believe it has never been working for me, and I always thought why doesn't samsung phone camera autofocus well like my low end HTC phone (HTC One V). I'm on AOKP nightly, which is actually pretty stable right now.
On HTC phone, even when just previewing the pictures to be taken, it autofocuses when the camera gets closer to an object, but this one doesn't do anything. When I press the shutter button, it takes and sometimes focuses correctly, sometimes blurry (especially when too close to the object, which is not a problem with HTC phone). I can long press the shutter key and i will be able to see if it focuses or not before releasing the key, but why doesn't this adjust right away when preview is shown without touching the shutter key?

Taking a photo of stars

anyone can take a photo of stars ? i tried so many times and i still can't figure out how , if is possibile
Switch to night mode, and then to HDR, then take the shot
thank you
desmond1303 said:
Switch to night mode, and then to HDR, then take the shot
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Though that will help, night mode increases iso and shutter speed and HDR takes two pictures one underexposed and one overexposed then merges them together.
What you really need for a picture of stars is a much much longer exposure time something you won't really get on a phone.
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treebill said:
Though that will help, night mode increases iso and shutter speed and HDR takes two pictures one underexposed and one overexposed then merges them together.
What you really need for a picture of stars is a much much longer exposure time something you won't really get on a phone.
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I didn't say that just because of that BUT because of a glitch in the sense 4+ camera app.
You switch to night mode and then immediately to HDR and it will get stuck between these two modes resulting in 200-300% longer exposure, so you are able to capture stars...
This works on every JB HOX, i have tried it out
desmond1303 said:
I didn't say that just because of that BUT because of a glitch in the sense 4+ camera app.
You switch to night mode and then immediately to HDR and it will get stuck between these two modes resulting in 200-300% longer exposure, so you are able to capture stars...
This works on every JB HOX, i have tried it out
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Oh yeah I totally forgot about that bug
My bad. ^__^
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treebill said:
Though that will help, night mode increases iso and shutter speed and HDR takes two pictures one underexposed and one overexposed then merges them together.
What you really need for a picture of stars is a much much longer exposure time something you won't really get on a phone.
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The app Camera FV-5 from the Play Store lets you set custom exposure time. And you can get tripod heads for mobile phones.
Tigerlight said:
The app Camera FV-5 from the Play Store lets you set custom exposure time. And you can get tripod heads for mobile phones.
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Yeah just tested that app on cm you can set exposure not sure how well it works.
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