Hello everyone. Please tell me when you press hard on the screen, directly on the front camera, the screen clicks. Does everyone have this sound? Sorry if it's clear, I'm writing through a translator
I believe that's the rear camera wobbling about while it isn't being stabilized.
Try opening the camera app and then tapping see if the sound is still there.
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I am waiting to get my T-Mobile US TP2.
For those of you that already have a TP2, non-T-Mobile US, can you say if the camera has a "pre-focus" capability as on most digital cameras?
I am looking to see if you can press the button to take a picture but only set the focus and the press the button to really take the picture.
press it anywhere on the screen to get the focus...., well kind a like that...or you could just watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTszfJJLimU
gunggu said:
press it anywhere on the screen to get the focus...., well kind a like that...or you could just watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTszfJJLimU
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From my readings of the manual, that look/sounds like touch focus where you are touching the screen to select a different location to focus on, which sounds link a nice feature.
The question I have is, when you touch the screen for touch focus, does it actually initiate the auto focus at that time or do you still have to press the shutter button/icon to initiate the focus and then immediately take the picture?
On most digital cameras today, you can press the shutter button half way to focus and press fully to actually take the picture. I was hoping the TP2 also had something like this.
well, u can also see in the video that it doesnt work like that, so when u push the soft camera button, it will automatically focus and shot it...sorry mate
mmeyer4663 said:
From my readings of the manual, that look/sounds like touch focus where you are touching the screen to select a different location to focus on, which sounds link a nice feature.
The question I have is, when you touch the screen for touch focus, does it actually initiate the auto focus at that time or do you still have to press the shutter button/icon to initiate the focus and then immediately take the picture?
On most digital cameras today, you can press the shutter button half way to focus and press fully to actually take the picture. I was hoping the TP2 also had something like this.
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It does on mine. when i touch an area of the screen which isnt a button, it shows the focal area changes and focusses on it. So, you can focus on something which isnt in the middle of your shot etc. I cant find anything like a focus lock though...so you cant focus on something, move the phone and then take a shot with the same focus set-it'll re-meter everything.
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mad_tunes said:
It does on mine. when i touch an area of the screen which isnt a button, it shows the focal area changes and focusses on it. So, you can focus on something which isnt in the middle of your shot etc. I cant find anything like a focus lock though...so you cant focus on something, move the phone and then take a shot with the same focus set-it'll re-meter everything.
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That's a good thing.
With the way you have described touch focus, you CAN pre focus and then when ready, hit the shutter icon to take the picture without the additional delay of auto focus when you press the shutter icon! Good!
Thanks!
UPDATE: From the TMO TP2 manual:
To use Touch Focus:
1. Set the Camera to Photo or Contacts Picture mode.
2. Touch the area on the screen that you want to focus. The Touch Focus indicator ( ) positions itself on the selected area.
Note If you tap outside the effective focus area, a white box appears to indicate the area where you can use Touch Focus.
3. Touch (Shutter ICON here) to activate auto-focus on the selected area and take the photo. See “Auto-focus” in this chapter for more information.
This implies that the touch focus only let's you designate where to focus. When you touch the shutter ICON, it still initiates the auto focus function and then takes the picture.
mmeyer4663 said:
This implies that the touch focus only let's you designate where to focus. When you touch the shutter ICON, it still initiates the auto focus function and then takes the picture.
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Spot on - it'll remember where you've told it to focus, but when you press the shutter button it'll re-focus
mad_tunes said:
Spot on - it'll remember where you've told it to focus, but when you press the shutter button it'll re-focus
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Just verified the international version of the TP2 has exactly the same language in the manual.
......would be very helpful
Is there anyway to achieve this? Tab once to focus the lens then tap a second time to actually take the pic. I think the TP1 could do this, right? This would be a great feature/tweak.
I'd also like a way to tell the camera to focus and then to take a picture.
The default of press here and I'll take a picture in 1-3 seconds is crap!
gunggu said:
well, u can also see in the video that it doesnt work like that, so when u push the soft camera button, it will automatically focus and shot it...sorry mate
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That's exactly the case
I can't seem to get a handle on when or why WP7 err my Samsung Focus will take a picture and then choose to auto rotate it. Can anyone explain to me how to avoid it from doing that (not holding camera a certain way, software, etc)?
I am holding the camera in Landscape mode with the Shutter button on the top but it still decides to auo rotate some of my pics.
Thanks to anyone who can help me understand this feature.
This scenario is pretty funny to me as Windows Live Photo Gallery also tries to rotate the pictures, lol.
Anyone who can explain to me how or why, even if I am missing something basic like Settings, let me know.
As of right now, there is no option to turn off auto-rotation.
My understanding is that the phone will rotate the photo accordingly based on how you hold it the phone (as it should). I've had my photo rotated the wrong way a couple times, and I realized that it was because I was holding the phone a bit diagonally and not really either horizontally or vertically. I now try to make sure that I hold it definitively either horizontally or vertically, that's really the only way to do it until an option becomes available.
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As of right now, there is no option to turn off auto-rotation.
My understanding is that the phone will rotate the photo accordingly based on how you hold it the phone (as it should). I've had my photo rotated the wrong way a couple times, and I realized that it was because I was holding the phone a bit diagonally and not really either horizontally or vertically. I now try to make sure that I hold it definitively either horizontally or vertically, that's really the only way to do it until an option becomes available.
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Bingo. I haven't had any issues with this, but I imagine if I were trying to get creative in how I held the camera, it would then become an issue. Either way, the photos I take either go to my computer or facebook, both of which it only requires a single button click to fix the rotation, if it were to ever be a problem.
Thresher said:
I can't seem to get a handle on when or why WP7 err my Samsung Focus will take a picture and then choose to auto rotate it. Can anyone explain to me how to avoid it from doing that (not holding camera a certain way, software, etc)?
I am holding the camera in Landscape mode with the Shutter button on the top but it still decides to auo rotate some of my pics.
Thanks to anyone who can help me understand this feature.
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I understand what you're going through because the same thing happened to me when I tried to take pictures to study for my exam. I also have a focus and was holding it the same way as you with the shutter buton on top. I finally realized that if you had anti-shake turned on for some reason, it will change the orientation of the picture by itself. If you turn on anti-shake turned on, try turning it off. It worked for me.
Hey Guys I'm having an issue with the Google Camera app on the Samsung S4 Mini. I can take pictures and videos fine however the issue arises when i want to take multiple pictures on the same focal point.
So if i touch the screen on the focus point, let the app find the correct exposure, take the picture then touch the screen again take a picture etc. it works fine and can keep doing that. The problem arises however when i want to take another picture without touching the screen in between taking shots. If i touch the screen, take a shot (the first picture is fine) and then try to take another shot without refocusing nothing happens. The focus circle will not respond to further attempts to refocus and the button to take pictures doesn't do anything.
Is there anything i should be doing? Any direction would be awesome.
Cheers.
Not a disaster but really got me curious.
I looked everywhere. There is always a user guide for the rear camera, never for the front as far as I could find. I just want to know what is that first option in the front camera settings. What does it do? (icon of hand holding phone and an arrow)?
Take a picture with front facing camera, then bring the phone down and it will automatically show the preview of the pic you took, that's If you have it "ON".
On the other hand, if its " OFF", there is no automatic preview.
Hope it helps =)
Hello,
After launching the camera application, when I select the front camera, the app shows a black screen for a few seconds, then crashes back to home screen with no error message.
The rear camera and everything else work fine.
I replaced the front camera or/and the daughter board the symptom is the same no front camera works.
I need help please.
Best regards.
I have the opposite problem. After removing my daughter board, the camera app just exited. After replacing my rear camera, only the front facing seems to be working (and no flash)
TF85 said:
Hello,
After launching the camera application, when I select the front camera, the app shows a black screen for a few seconds, then crashes back to home screen with no error message.
The rear camera and everything else work fine.
I replaced the front camera or/and the daughter board the symptom is the same no front camera works.
I need help please.
Best regards.
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