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[Q] Best way to tweak the camera for best picture quality

Hey guys,
Are there any tweaks to the camera settings to have it take better quality photos? I know this topic has been killed to death about it's crap image quality, but I'd like to know what I can do to improve the images. I've noticed that the lower light photos are especially horrible and throws a yellow tinge in there for some reason.

Been using the Camera Zoom FX app to replace the stock camera app and I honestly do not see the fuss about the camera issues. It literally snaps the photo instantly as soon as you tap the screen. It focuses and takes a perfect clear high quality photo in less than a second even with flash on. Try it for yourself. The Galaxy Nexus has quite a quick little camera and looks quite nice for only 5MP. Combine that with that large vibrant 720p screen... ohhh yeah!
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If you tap on the screen on the subject of your photo, say if you're taking a picture of your cat, the camera will auto-focus on that spot, giving you a sharper, clearer picture.
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Here's an example (don't worry too much about the yellowish tint in my picture, as the ambient lighting from my lamps was already yellowish).
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Just make sure to always focus properly and try using longer exposure time for low light pictures. Don't worry about the colour balance too much cause you can always adjust the colours later.
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I've noticed holding the camera button down for a second then releasing takes a better picture than just tapping the button.
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Ok cool thanks guys, I'll try those suggestions to see if it'll help.

i found out if you focus the camera properly, the quality turned out better.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
I've noticed holding the camera button down for a second then releasing takes a better picture than just tapping the button.
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yes correct.
i noticed it too.

skynet99 said:
Ok cool thanks guys, I'll try those suggestions to see if it'll help.
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StrifeSoldierVII said:
Been using the Camera Zoom FX app to replace the stock camera app and I honestly do not see the fuss about the camera issues. It literally snaps the photo instantly as soon as you tap the screen. It focuses and takes a perfect clear high quality photo in less than a second even with flash on. Try it for yourself. The Galaxy Nexus has quite a quick little camera and looks quite nice for only 5MP. Combine that with that large vibrant 720p screen... ohhh yeah!
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Camera Zoom FX with flash in torch mode, taken in low ambient light. For comparison, Torch mode in Camera Zoom FX prevents the picture from being overly bright as can be the case with the traditional flash.
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Anyone able to get Photosphere working?

I rooted my phone and installed the apk. I perform the photosphere and when viewing it, the photo is mostly cut off and messed up. Anyone having this problem?

Abyssimpact said:
I rooted my phone and installed the apk. I perform the photosphere and when viewing it, the photo is mostly cut off and messed up. Anyone having this problem?
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Mine works perfectly. Can you post an example of what yours looks like? Or is it just when viewing it in sphere mode?

kylec said:
Mine works perfectly. Can you post an example of what yours looks like? Or is it just when viewing it in sphere mode?
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The photo does not render correctly. There is times where the photo is cut off on the bottom. There is also times where the squares do not match up and it looks like an unfinished puzzle.

http://d-h.st/2zj this is the version im using (just in case itz a version issue).
The photos are normally cut off at the top and bottom leaving two black circles if thats what you mean.
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kylec said:
http://d-h.st/2zj this is the version im using (just in case itz a version issue).
The photos are normally cut off at the top and bottom leaving two black circles if thats what you mean.
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It just doesn't render correctly on my Note 2. It is a UK version so I don't know if the phone is the problem or not. Also, sometimes there is purple spots on the panorama.
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Abyssimpact said:
It just doesn't render correctly on my Note 2. It is a UK version so I don't know if the phone is the problem or not. Also, sometimes there is purple spots on the panorama.
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Oh hm, no idea what happened there :S

kylec said:
Oh hm, no idea what happened there :S
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I'm getting a weird thing where it seems like two of the images are swapped or upside down or something

You need 4.2 gallery to view the pics not the Samsung default gallery
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Light tracing foto using HTC one X Help...[:(]

hi to all,
i have planned to take a light tracing foto using HTC one X...
is it possible to take? if possible can any one help me how to take a foto with HTC one X... []
cheers,
D.Sanjay

Can you explain what is a light tracing foto ?
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He probably means a light painting image, where the shutter is open for a couple of seconds.
But yes, it is possible with the right app. I don't really use any camera app other than the HTC one but I bet Camera ZOOM FX should have an option like setting exposure time?
Regards

an example of light tracing foto
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In order to achieve this the camera shutter has to stay open for a while. The stock Camera app cannot do this. Try Camera Zoom FX or Vignette from the play store. I've not used them before so I'm not sure if they have this feature.
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I've been wondering about this since I saw it in the Samsung Galaxy Camera TV advert... :victory:

search for Camera FV-5, it the only app that i know can set our camera to bulb mode or slow down our shutter speed (I suppose you know the mode I'm talking about).
But still horrible to play light painting.. And need to remind you.. phone camera can't adjust shutter speed and normally people use bulb mode to play this trick. If you find any way for this.. please let me know.

nashshafrulrezza said:
search for Camera FV-5, it the only app that i know can set our camera to bulb mode or slow down our shutter speed (I suppose you know the mode I'm talking about).
But still horrible to play light painting.. And need to remind you.. phone camera can't adjust shutter speed and normally people use bulb mode to play this trick. If you find any way for this.. please let me know.
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I've been looking into this for a few days now and as you've said there are only a few ways to do this with an image.
If I find anything I'll let you know.

The-Last-Hylian said:
I've been looking into this for a few days now and as you've said there are only a few ways to do this with an image.
If I find anything I'll let you know.
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If you really into this.. just try your luck with camera coding in our phone.. maybe there are some line that control our shutter speed.. I don't know if our camera shutter using fix shutter or range shutter. good luck!

hi guyz...
i got an app named Light Painting Camera in app store...
do anyone have used it.....
cheers,
D.Sanjay

[Q] Camera Replacement

Hello,
I am looking for an app tha replaces the camera app on CM11. The one in CM11 is buggy and the screen does not show the actual picture it is zoomed in always for some reason. I tried Google Camera (but it doesnt save on SD), I tried Better Camera but I dont like it's design.
I am looking for an app that replaces BOTH video recorder and camera photo shooter, like better camera does.
Thanks.

Usually when I debloat CM11 roms I remove the camera app as well. I use this lightweight ICS Camera...I have attached the apk...you can try that but options and controls take up some screen space....good luck

alrosh7 said:
Hello,
I am looking for an app tha replaces the camera app on CM11. The one in CM11 is buggy and the screen does not show the actual picture it is zoomed in always for some reason. I tried Google Camera (but it doesnt save on SD), I tried Better Camera but I dont like it's design.
I am looking for an app that replaces BOTH video recorder and camera photo shooter, like better camera does.
Thanks.
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Why do you think that the cm11 cam is buggy? It functions quite well. Yes, there is this issue that the actual taken picture is bigger than shown on the screen while taking the foto but I remember this was present in earlier versions of cm too. If you have any other issues feel free to post them in the nighties/snapshot bugs & discussion thread or post them to Jira.

alrosh7 said:
Hello,
I am looking for an app tha replaces the camera app on CM11. The one in CM11 is buggy and the screen does not show the actual picture it is zoomed in always for some reason. I tried Google Camera (but it doesnt save on SD), I tried Better Camera but I dont like it's design.
I am looking for an app that replaces BOTH video recorder and camera photo shooter, like better camera does.
Thanks.
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Its not buggy. Actually by default the picture size is 8mp (4:3 ratio), so the cm camera in order to fit the preview in the 16:9 screen, it crops the bottom side of the picture. Now, if you change the size to 6mp (16:9 ratio), the photo will have exactly the same size with the preview screen if that's what you want but it'll have lower resolution (6mp instead of 8mp). I attached two photos to see the difference. The first one has 3264x1836 (6mp) resolution while the second has 8mp 3264χ2448 (8mp) resolution.
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alrosh7 said:
Hello,
I am looking for an app tha replaces the camera app on CM11. The one in CM11 is buggy and the screen does not show the actual picture it is zoomed in always for some reason. I tried Google Camera (but it doesnt save on SD), I tried Better Camera but I dont like it's design.
I am looking for an app that replaces BOTH video recorder and camera photo shooter, like better camera does.
Thanks.
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Yeah your app looks great but why are there ads in it?

Photos rotate 180 degrees

I have a quite annoying issue.
As i am left handed, when i use the camera i put the button on the left side of the screen in order to take a photo.
The photos are marked as 180 degrees in the details, as a result wherever i post this photo (forums,fb, etc) it is always posted rotated 180°.
If i try to rotate and save the photos from any app, the photos are still rotated 180°!
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Is this a bug or this is normal?
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nasosgr said:
Is this a bug or this is normal?
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Took this with button on left side.
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Looks proper to me :good:

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Its also ok for me in xda. But in some other sites it is rotated.
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So ask there
Plus:
Don't bump threads.
Use edit.

Pfeffernuss said:
So ask there
Plus:
Don't bump threads.
Use edit.
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It is not site's problem. G4 marks the picture as rotated 180 degrees and rotates automatically in some sites. For example in this image host site, the picture is uploaded 180 deg rotated -->
http://postimage.org
It is really annoying if you are left-handed..

nasosgr said:
For example in this image host site, the picture is uploaded 180 deg rotated -->
http://postimage.org
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No.

The image data itself will be turned the wrong way in this situation, but the phone adds a tag in the image that says how to orient the data for displaying the jpg. So any website or JPG viewer that fails to interpret that tag, will display the underlying data in the wrong orientation.
If you want to fix the image, you can easily just right-click from Windows, and use the "rotate" command to rotate the image to the correct orientation before uploading to the website.

I have the same issue. I'm surprised people aren't complaining about it. Guess they don't take photos. The issue i have is when i take portrait photos it rotates then 90 when i post images.

Isham.padron said:
I'm surprised people aren't complaining about it. Guess they don't take photos.
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No, probably because everything works just fine :good:

Windows 10 animates the thumbnails the wrong direction too. Opening the image is correct. Some phones rotate the images in the phone and store them that way. Lg users a tag.

Really?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g4/538933-g4-pictures-rotating-after-sharing-sending-them.html

Isham.padron said:
Really?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g4/538933-g4-pictures-rotating-after-sharing-sending-them.html
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This is exactly my issue..
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I would love to find a solution without having to go to an M rom that's buggy.