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I have searched.
Anyway, I am just looking for a camera app that has touch to focus. I can't seem to find one on the market. Anything will work really, as long as it doesn't require root or anything in that matter. Is there one?
look on the market for xperia play camera mod, lets you use the L button for focus and R button for taking a picture.
I have that, not exactly what I'm looking for. I want to be able to touch the area I want to be focused. Thanks though
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I'd love that option too. My dad's xperia neo can do that, why the hell the play wont?
It's such a nice option and gives a lot more flexibility to compose better pictures.
I know right?
I'll have to keep looking around..
Anyone else?
Please post when/if you find one. I've not encountered one yet and i've tried quite a few camera apps from Market.
Regards Dousan...
Try fast burst camera. There's an icon in app where you have to tap and do manual focusing first before shooting.. Good for sports shots too, this is what i'm using to capture some skateboard tricks of my friends..
I haven't given up yet...still looking.
EDIT: I found one! It's called Camera360 Ultimate(I think the free version will work too).
To enable the Touch to Focus:
Press the settings(the gear) in the upper right hand corner>Favorite Settings Tab>In the first drop down box, select "Press to focus, and click shooting button..."
Yes,camera360 can make it.But it locked some functions until you pay for it or you had use a China Telecommunications operator.....
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scx110a said:
Yes,camera360 can make it.But it locked some functions until you pay for it or you had use a China Telecommunications operator.....
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What now? I am confused at what you are trying to say...
long distance shooting? not so long distance shooting with the subject alone is the sharp one? or you want some bokeh shots?
just buy a decent SLR cam..
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scx110a said:
Yes,camera360 can make it.But it locked some functions until you pay for it or you had use a China Telecommunications operator.....
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Bought this app yesterday and i can confirm that it has the touch to focus function. Also you can use the x button to take pics. Nice app working well on 2.3.4 Xplay
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Stevdoyle said:
Bought this app yesterday and i can confirm that it has the touch to focus function. Also you can use the x button to take pics. Nice app working well on 2.3.4 Xplay
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Just want to make sure, it will focus where you touch right? Because otherwise it'll just be like the [amazing] app that focus with L and shoots with R, which is easier to handle.
netorino said:
Just want to make sure, it will focus where you touch right? Because otherwise it'll just be like the [amazing] app that focus with L and shoots with R, which is easier to handle.
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Yes, where ever you touch. Just try the free version, if you are unsure.
I did not make this app!!! Just thought I would share it with you. It is included in my rom and is very good! Link is here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics I really like it. Once again I have nothing to do with this app. Just though I would share it.
Edit: do not ask about my rom please. I am getting flooded with PMs and people should just email me about my rom, not pm or post in a completely unrelated thread. Thank you.
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Where could I find your rom? Thanks.
rmartin0120 said:
Where could I find your rom? Thanks.
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Its not up yet... email me and I can put you on the list. Email: [email protected]
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tried your camera ics..
auto focus is bad on it other than that its pretty good.
if you want a good camera use procapture camera
i use my cam alot and i have almost all cam apps from vignette to fxcam to cartoon cam. but the best of the best IMO is procapture for the auto focus and when it takes a pic the screen doesn't go black like in camfx or vignette and yes is has volume keys to take pic.
just my 2cents.
PENKO956 said:
tried your camera ics..
auto focus is bad on it other than that its pretty good.
if you want a good camera use procapture camera
i use my cam alot and i have almost all cam apps from vignette to fxcam to cartoon cam. but the best of the best IMO is procapture for the auto focus and when it takes a pic the screen doesn't go black like in camfx or vignette and yes is has volume keys to take pic.
just my 2cents.
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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mostly just auto focus not working. the devs of the app said they are working to improve it. Oh i should mention the auto focus is just bad with the volume keys it takes good pics with focus if you touch the red button and hold to focus then release to take pic. but since Samsung couldn't afford to add a dedicated cam button, volume keys to take pic is a must for me.
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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Why would you buy Camera ICS? It is a free app but the paid version doesn't have ads. To block ads just get an ad blocker (assuming you have root access) from the market. And this is not "my app". I just wanted to share it with you. It runs with no bugs on my phone and it works flawlessly with my rom. Thank you for the feedback though, guys!
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Loving the camera
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Loving the camera
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Glad to hear it. Like I said it is the camera in my rom.
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I recently upgraded to 4.2.1(ParanoidAndroid 2.9.9) and the new camera(which I assume is the standard Google 4.2 camera) is very basic, and very weak compared to what I had. The old camera(which was also Google stock) had a lot of filters built in, and some hilarious distortions such as "Big Eyes" and "Big Head". My kids LOVE those. They are now gone, as is most of the awesome functionality I had. In it's place is Photo Spheres which I personally consider useless. Is there a way to get my old camera back? I don't want to be stuck on 4.1.1 forever but I hate this new camera!
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I recently upgraded to 4.2.1(ParanoidAndroid 2.9.9) and the new camera(which I assume is the standard Google 4.2 camera) is very basic, and very weak compared to what I had. The old camera(which was also Google stock) had a lot of filters built in, and some hilarious distortions such as "Big Eyes" and "Big Head". My kids LOVE those. They are now gone, as is most of the awesome functionality I had. In it's place is Photo Spheres which I personally consider useless. Is there a way to get my old camera back? I don't want to be stuck on 4.1.1 forever but I hate this new camera!
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You can install camera ICS from the market. The layout isn't exactly the same ( I assume it's mimicking the ICS camera layout) but it will give you back the filters, funny faces. And yes I wondered the same thing why did google remove them. Kids get tonnes of laughs out of those. I'd love to know how those decisions are made... 'Hey you know those features we've had in the wild for over a year? Yeah let's remove them'
my exact thoughts also, when i had the 16gb nexxy i updated and was VERY annoyed to find the effects deleted, so much it was one of the "cons" that pushed me into refunding for a non-updated 32gb version
im still 4.1 now lol i seriously dont understand why google would :
A: release nexus 7 without a camera app.....(yea i do know why but lame excuse)
B: when you update to 4.2 it deletes any camera app and replaces it with dah dah duh daaaaa a broken one with non-working photosphere.....wtf?
sooooooo mmmmm yeah ill remember this thread when i come to updating
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B: when you update to 4.2 it deletes any camera app and replaces it with dah dah duh daaaaa a broken one with non-working photosphere.....wtf?
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Removing those "cute" functions is one thing, but how is the 4.2 camera "broken"?
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Removing those "cute" functions is one thing, but how is the 4.2 camera "broken"?
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Well I assume he meant the PhotoSphere which as best I can tell is not functioning correctly. I have not yet gotten it to work at all.
How come i didn't get a camera? I'm on PA 2.99 beta 6.
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Well I assume he meant the PhotoSphere which as best I can tell is not functioning correctly. I have not yet gotten it to work at all.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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First of all, the app doesn't know which way your camera is facing, nor does it care. Second, I didn't even try it on my Nexus 7, I tried it multiple times on my Galaxy Nexus. Still broken. Never got a decent result. You may say it's operator error, but that's a ridiculous statement as well because it's pretty self explanatory.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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ok so look basically it would be very stupid putting diesel into a petrol as it wouldn't work......
acer made it to remove any cam app we had previously then installed a app exactly the same but without the working effects, .... only 1 broken one..photosphere,
saying that its supposed to only work with a front face cam....well then why go to the trouble of jacking our old app and putting one with a feature we cant use......? :good:
Just saying, the app does know which way the camera faces... I assume something in the data for the camera tells the app its front facing. This is probably useful for apps such as Skype too.
When you try photo sphere, it says sorry not supported with front camera.
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Element515 said:
Just saying, the app does know which way the camera faces... I assume something in the data for the camera tells the app its front facing. This is probably useful for apps such as Skype too.
When you try photo sphere, it says sorry not supported with front camera.
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the strange thing is, you would think panoramic shot wouldnt work, yet in the cam effects pre-4.2 you can use panoramic efect albeit frontcam only, it did work thou.
i think photsphere from front cam, while your in the middle of the shot with the world spinning around you would be a great effect anyways.
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ok so look basically it would be very stupid putting diesel into a petrol as it wouldn't work......
acer made it to remove any cam app we had previously then installed a app exactly the same but without the working effects, .... only 1 broken one..photosphere,
saying that its supposed to only work with a front face cam....well then why go to the trouble of jacking our old app and putting one with a feature we cant use......? :good:
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You lost me at "Acer". And I hope you realize this is a general "4.2 Google Apps" statement, not something Asus did.
so i'm considering trying some other roms, but my biggest reason for not leaving TW is the camera app. i have CM9 on my touchpad, and i love the experience, so i'm curious about getting the more pure android on my phone. however, i can't sacrifice the camera.
what roms that have pure android also have cameras with options comparable to the TW? i use the different scene settings a lot, as well as the autofocus and macro focus, and panorama.
also, what kinds of things are integrated into TW that i may miss when switching to another rom?
thanks!
Thats the one thing that made me stay on TW so long..the camera. And it still makes me want to go back. I think most AOKP/AOSP/CM's all run the same camera but I could be wrong. Im running Liquid Smooth. The camera has scene mode, Focus Mode, Color Effect, Timer Mode, Burst Mode and a few other little settings. Also has autofocus, macro and Panorama. In my opinion the camera is OK but it does not compare to the TW camera.
As far as things you may miss from TW...I cant remember everything but stuff like Smart stay...Direct dial..I think that whole swipe right to call/swipe left to text. I think you would also not have S Beam. Some of the non TW ROM's you can still get SVoice. Im sure someone else will chime in and let you know what else would be missing.
yeah. i mean, i think i may just want the pure android because people are always talking about it, but i really do love my phone as it is, so i don't know if i need to bother with anything else. i was just curious.
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yeah. i mean, i think i may just want the pure android because people are always talking about it, but i really do love my phone as it is, so i don't know if i need to bother with anything else. i was just curious.
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If you want just make a back up...flash an AOKP ROM for a few days. If you dont like it Flash your back up again.
As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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how about some examples?
Mr Patchy Patch said:
As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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Must be my eyes...I see a bit of difference.
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how about some examples?
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Im not on cm9
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Must be my eyes...I see a bit of difference.
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No difference....ive been through this a million times with custom rom cameras vs stock.
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Im not on cm9
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I think he may have meant some examples of the apps in play that are better then the TW camera...
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I think he may have meant some examples of the apps in play that are better then the TW camera...
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My bad...
To name a few:
Vignette
Camera360
Camera mx
Camera zoom fx
Camera+ jb
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Camera KK this looks like it was built with CameraNext and has had the best results from any camera app on Fire Phone I have used. Even with flash!
I attached some unaltered shots outdoors and indoors with lights on and off in my server room.
Free has ads and $1.99 to remove them. So try it and let me know any tips you might find.
Still has flash issue in low light. It's going to take more than an app in the store to resolve the issue.
Nice, good find, flash pic quality looks similar to the ones from Snap Camera... I found the post I was thinking about:
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Snap Camera:
• Exposure compensation to -2 ev
• ISO manually set to 1600
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And now get that cable management in order! *shudders*
Just kidding... this should be posted in "General", since it's useful information about one of the biggest issues, Magnum_Enforcer to the rescue!
Do I have the power to move it?
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Do I have the power to move it?
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No, but I do.
I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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Oohhh very nice, that's a very solid result for basically "default settings"! Will download it and take on a "test drive" tomorrow.
Compared to the pics taken with the new Huawei Mate S, why are we even complaining... :laugh:
(...added the quote about the Snap Camera settings in my previous post, SC requires a little more work to yield good results...)
HDR freezes the app... sigh...
... and so will * every other app when using HDR. I don't need it, some people can't live without it (looking at you, russy23 ^^).
Camera KK is a solid alternative to Snap Camera or Camera MX, and easy to use because of the stock Android look & feel.
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Camera Zoom FX
I tried taking HDR pics using Camera Zoom FX and it didn't crash.
I also found a good camera app that works great on the slimcat rom: cymera. Flash works and great filters are integrated. Couldnt find an option for HDR though...
Could someone try Simple Camera, it went free in the amazon app store today. Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash... I'm back on Stock Fire OS right now so I can't try myself...
Thanks,
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Could someone try Simple Camera [...] Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Correct, source code for the camera HAL is needed. Highly unlikely that it will be released by Amazon.
Oh wait, we're all getting bootloader unlock codes for Christmas when they put the developer version under our trees.
LOL Camera KK force closes on me. Cymera works though.
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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I bought Snap Camera, it has a good amount of options for people who want to customize their photo settings.
Quality is good, flash pics work too, you can correct the exposure if needed (other apps have this as well, ofc.)
Right now, I'm still using Camera KK (free version), because I just need a simple "shooter", just like the stock android app.
Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Camera KK, exposure -1, is the best I got. Tried a bunch.