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Ok, I'm having a hit or miss problem with the camera. I have fresh 3.1, btw.
I'll try to take a picture of something, for example, I have a rubix cube here. keeping the camera about 8" away from the cube, trying to get a picture of the word "Rubix". I tap the button to take a picture. the camera goes in and out of focus, it focuses the word "Rubix" perfectly, then goes out of focus and snaps the picture. I've tried tapping the screen to focus on the specific area, and it still does it. I've tried holding the button down until the picture takes, but it still goes in and out of focus, then snaps a blurry pic, or at least the area I want focused is blurry. Another issue with the flash... When the flash goes off, the camera will focus in and out on the object, and usually hold until the flashed area is focused and not washed out. But the camera just snaps the picture without focusing.
Like I said, both problems come and go. Any ideas?
I've searched and I still don't see any answers. Anyone?
The camera on the phone is pretty bad IMO. Typical results.
supdawg said:
The camera on the phone is pretty bad IMO. Typical results.
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Yeah what he said. It's almost like some htc exec said on the day before launch, "you guys did put a camera on this thing right?" And some hung over strung out engineer was like "um.."
Did you try changing the settings to Macro for close up shots?
nbajwill55 said:
Did you try changing the settings to Macro for close up shots?
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Im pretty sure there isnt a macro setting.
jasongthang said:
Ok, I'm having a hit or miss problem with the camera. I have fresh 3.1, btw.
I'll try to take a picture of something, for example, I have a rubix cube here. keeping the camera about 8" away from the cube, trying to get a picture of the word "Rubix". I tap the button to take a picture. the camera goes in and out of focus, it focuses the word "Rubix" perfectly, then goes out of focus and snaps the picture. I've tried tapping the screen to focus on the specific area, and it still does it. I've tried holding the button down until the picture takes, but it still goes in and out of focus, then snaps a blurry pic, or at least the area I want focused is blurry. Another issue with the flash... When the flash goes off, the camera will focus in and out on the object, and usually hold until the flashed area is focused and not washed out. But the camera just snaps the picture without focusing.
Like I said, both problems come and go. Any ideas?
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Indeed Jason, indeed.
The TTF utility is very hit and miss. As is the entire camera functionality.
See here for more interest on this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782211
Sent from my Fresh 3.4 Evo (2nd refurbished unit) with major light leakage, crappy camera, and lag switch enabled.
The camera focusing algorithm appears to be flawed.
It will take someone to completely rewrite the camera app code to make this right with the evo camera.
It's clear to me that the AOSP camera code doesn't work well with the Evo camera. And unfortunately, HTC chose not to use a new code, but rather use the default Froyo code with this new piece of hardware.
Until someone takes the time to write the proper code for focusing the Evo camera, you are stuck with trying to manually focus the camera, multiple times, until the good looking focus is achieved.
It takes me good 5-10 times to manually focus the camera until a good sharp image is seen...
Dont know if its just me, but when im using the front camera and i switch it to record, it looks really dark. Like when taking a front pic it looks good, but when i switch it to record it gets really dark, this is with the exposure value at 0, I have to change it to +2 and it looks decent, can someone check there front camera and let me know if its just me, was running jugs4.1 but went back to 3.7 but still looks bad, gonna try and restore my first backup when i was stock to see if that works
EDIT: Didn't think it would help, but restored my first backup from the first day I got the phone, camera still doing the same thing, can someone just check to see if yours does this, thanks
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Why not record videos with both roms and play them back on your computer?
That way you can tell if they are the same quality or if it is just the brightness on the screen that you have to adjust
All 3 record really dark, don't know if its always been like this or if it happened recently
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Hi all,
I have a problem I hope the great minds here can help me with.
I'm using Slimbean 6.2. I have taken two pictures recently with ordinary camera.
Trouble is, the pics appear grey in the Gallery.
Interestingly, the thumbnails show the image clearly as expected.
I think it may be because the camera wasn't focused, the first pic was of my daughter on a fairground ride and the second was of a train (don't ask).
Is there anything I can do to make them appear correctly?
Examples attached.
You can see the thumbnails clearly, when I tap into the second photo down on the left, I get a grey pic.
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Have you tried to transfer them to your pc or laptop ?
Bam Bam Bam
nogotaclue said:
Have you tried to transfer them to your pc or laptop ?
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I'll try that, but in Dropbox on my laptop they are appearing as grey as well..
I've just flashed build 6 and then 6.9 weekly and camera is working in both. I took a number of shots on both builds and purposefully made sure some were out of focus, no problems at all. Best option is probably just to flash the rom again, try the weekly it seems really stable and the camera is definitely working(as it appears to be in build 6).or You could try to push the camera apk first
Bam Bam Bam
It's odd, it's only happened on a couple of pics, others have come out fine.
Looking at the details, width height and orientation are the same as for other pics (which did work).
Exposure time is 1/2000 and ISO = 100
Size is 43.33kb vs others which are approx 1.5mb
I'll probably never know...
it happened to 2 or 3 month ago but I can't for the life of me remember which rom it was or how i resolved it, hopefully it will be ok now
No fixes available for that ATM!
Change to 6 MP and the camera won't take gray photos... That's the only temp. fix AFAIK!
Delete please
vin4yak said:
Change to 6 MP and the camera won't take gray photos... That's the only temp. fix AFAIK!
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Thanks vin4yak, I'll try that and hope it doesn't happen again
Happened to me a while ago on viperx rom completely out of the blue. I thought it might be camera settings (even though I changed nothing at the time) but i reset them and it continued intermittently. Only for one evening, and it's never happened again. I hadn't changed anything else either, it just started with the grey pic rubbish, and then for no apparent reason it stopped! And never did it again.. I know what I've said doesn't exactly help a lot , just wanted to say that the 6mp fix might not be necessary.. Must be something else that caused it
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I've noticed if you snap a photo with LG Camera app and immediately press the back button or switch off the screen, the photograph is not going to be saved and you will loose it. You really need to wait until you see a preview of it in a circle on the right side.
And that time can be up to 2-3 seconds, which is really annoying.
Native google camera doesn't have this bug.
Has anyone else experienced such behavior?
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I've noticed if you snap a photo with LG Camera app and immediately press the back button or switch off the screen, the photograph is not going to be saved and you will loose it. You really need to wait until you see a preview of it in a circle on the right side.
And that time can be up to 2-3 seconds, which is really annoying.
Native google camera doesn't have this bug.
Has anyone else experienced such behavior?
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No problem here...... Just tried it.
If I snap and immediately press the back button it quits the camera app but if I go back into the app the thumbnail of the shot is there.
So no, my G3 takes the shot and saves immediately.
Beards said:
No problem here...... Just tried it.
If I snap and immediately press the back button it quits the camera app but if I go back into the app the thumbnail of the shot is there.
So no, my G3 takes the shot and saves immediately.
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Can you try to enable HDR mode on and do it once again ?
jodvova said:
Can you try to enable HDR mode on and do it once again ?
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That's why it takes a while.. HDRs don't render instantly and need some time to process. The reason it doesn't save when you back out is because it's still taking pictures.
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That's why it takes a while.. HDRs don't render instantly and need some time to process. The reason it doesn't save when you back out is because it's still taking pictures.
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So, I understand that, but why does it need to discard the photo if I close it too fast ? Can't it just schedule the processing in the background like Google camera does ?
With Google camera if it is in HDR mode and I switch off the screen immediately after taking a picture, the photo will still be saved.
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So, I understand that, but why does it need to discard the photo if I close it too fast ? Can't it just schedule the processing in the background like Google camera does ?
With Google camera if it is in HDR mode and I switch off the screen immediately after taking a picture, the photo will still be saved.
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I believe it's because the way HDR works is it takes multiple pictures at different exposures and puts them together so maybe the lg camera takes the pictures more slowly and you're quitting it while the shutter is still open?
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So, I understand that, but why does it need to discard the photo if I close it too fast ? Can't it just schedule the processing in the background like Google camera does ?
With Google camera if it is in HDR mode and I switch off the screen immediately after taking a picture, the photo will still be saved.
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What is the point of quitting camera app immediately after making a shot? I think you probably want something that is nonexistent. Shoot with your Google camera if you in so desperate need to quit camera app after each shot. What else to advice
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What is the point of quitting camera app immediately after making a shot? I think you probably want something that is nonexistent. Shoot with your Google camera if you in so desperate need to quit camera app after each shot. What else to advice
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Well, imagine this, you're taking a photo and suddenly got an email. Right after the picture is taken you switch to email app and the photo gets lost.
jodvova said:
Well, imagine this, you're taking a photo and suddenly got an email. Right after the picture is taken you switch to email app and the photo gets lost.
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Imagine waiting 3 seconds to read the email...
All kidding aside, I have not had this happen, but also have not tried to make it happen.
You guys saying a god damn NONSENSE.
I believe most of you have upgraded from inferior phones to G3, just because it has top-notch technical specs.
Now you're saying that I have to just idle 3 seconds after taking HDR photo.
This is a god damn NONSENSE.
jodvova said:
You guys saying a god damn NONSENSE.
I believe most of you have upgraded from inferior phones to G3, just because it has top-notch technical specs.
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I believe they did. I'm fine with my G2
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Now you're saying that I have to just idle 3 seconds after taking HDR photo.
This is a god damn NONSENSE.
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NONSENCE is your BS, that you talking about. All other phones are unresponsive while taking HDR pictures. Because of simple fact that taking HDR requires he11 of lot of postprocessing. So why talk NONSENSE and demand G3 to make it instantly?
jodvova said:
You guys saying a god damn NONSENSE.
I believe most of you have upgraded from inferior phones to G3, just because it has top-notch technical specs.
Now you're saying that I have to just idle 3 seconds after taking HDR photo.
This is a god damn NONSENSE.
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Okee first off your comment is rude and disrispectful, secondly if you don't want your photo's getting deleted deselect hdr, wait 2-3 seconds or contact LG/stock based rom developer to enable processing in the backround for hdr photos
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I believe they did. I'm fine with my G2NONSENCE is your BS, that you talking about. All other phones are unresponsive while taking HDR pictures. Because of simple fact that taking HDR requires he11 of lot of postprocessing. So why talk NONSENSE and demand G3 to make it instantly?
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As I said before, a google camera app doesn't have this problem. It produces hdr fine, even if you close the app immediately.
Obviously you gonna ask why am I not using it. I find that lg camera produces better results in HDR mode.
I usually don't reply to semi trolly post but I just took an HDR and instantly hit the back button and it doesn't save. (Of course) but I did the same thing and waited MAYBE a second maybe less and the photo finished processing and saved even though I backed out.
@op does the phone close when you take a picture or are you just intentionally hiring the back button that quickly on purpose? I literally had to try to NOT take a picture to keep it from processing. In just curious why someone would back out of taking a picture each time so fast. Well an HDR anyway
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jodvova said:
I find that lg camera produces better results in HDR mode.
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And why do you think that is?
jodvova said:
Obviously you gonna ask why am I not using it. I find that lg camera produces better results in HDR mode.
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I presume that LG camera made that behaviour intended, programmers decided that if back or home buttons pressed immediately after pic is shot then use decided not to save picture so camera stops processing completely and doesn't save photo on memory. I think it is not problem it is a feature.
jodvova said:
You guys saying a god damn NONSENSE.
I believe most of you have upgraded from inferior phones to G3, just because it has top-notch technical specs.
Now you're saying that I have to just idle 3 seconds after taking HDR photo.
This is a god damn NONSENSE.
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1. I do not talk nonsense especially when photography is the subject.
2. My previous phone was a Z2 which I would hardly call inferior.
3. If you wish to take a non standard photo then you also have to allow the processor time to complete it's action. As such 3 seconds (which by the way it is nothing like this on my G3) is adequate.
4. What gives you the right to insult any user. All that was given to you was an example of a waiting period prior to doing something else. In no way did that give you the right to be offensive.
return your phone and get a nexus
jodvova said:
You guys saying a god damn NONSENSE.
I believe most of you have upgraded from inferior phones to G3, just because it has top-notch technical specs.
Now you're saying that I have to just idle 3 seconds after taking HDR photo.
This is a god damn NONSENSE.
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Ugh, you mean I have to wait an entire two seconds so the photo can process??? What is this? The 1800s?!?!
Hi all,
S20 Ultra here, have taken plenty of great shots with my camera, the quick updates since launch have fixed most issues people had at launch with the cameras but something that occasionally bugs me is a delay in capturing a photo after pressing the button, resulting in missing the shot.
Typical scenario - taking a photo of my kids , they move a lot so you dont have long to get a shot, I pull the the phone out, line up the shot and press the button and nothing, 1 second, maybe 2 and it takes the shot and its not the shot you wanted.
It certainly isnt all the time, sometimes the shot is pretty much instant, I am beginning to suspect its related to the auto focus, the phone doesn't focus quick enough or maybe doesn't think its focused (often it looks fine on screen) so wont take the shot quickly when you need it to.
Any ideas?
omarkhamas said:
Hi all,
S20 Ultra here, have taken plenty of great shots with my camera, the quick updates since launch have fixed most issues people had at launch with the cameras but something that occasionally bugs me is a delay in capturing a photo after pressing the button, resulting in missing the shot.
Typical scenario - taking a photo of my kids , they move a lot so you dont have long to get a shot, I pull the the phone out, line up the shot and press the button and nothing, 1 second, maybe 2 and it takes the shot and its not the shot you wanted.
It certainly isnt all the time, sometimes the shot is pretty much instant, I am beginning to suspect its related to the auto focus, the phone doesn't focus quick enough or maybe doesn't think its focused (often it looks fine on screen) so wont take the shot quickly when you need it to.
Any ideas?
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Yea it is the autofocus, gonna need to wait it out for updates, you can speed it up by disabling the AI like scene optimiser, HDR, shot suggestions, and any filters you have enabled from the top right icon above the view finder, mostly the selfie cam is having the worst issues with around a 5 second delay if there is a face in view at arms length, especially with a bright light behind you like a window
Jaysus!
I thought was just me. It's worst if you try to use the live focus. ¬¬
stygi4n said:
Jaysus!
I thought was just me. It's worst if you try to use the live focus. ¬¬
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It's been fixed in the July update, shoots immediately every time now
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It's been fixed in the July update, shoots immediately every time now
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Very good news, thanx!