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[Q] Camera problem? Or factory ?:D

Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
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zimilaci said:
Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
you can see it on the attachments..
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You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem

matt95 said:
You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem
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full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..

zimilaci said:
full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..
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look at this sorry cause of my ugly face this is the front camera, ( i hope its only software
haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxMiHCaWxI
but another video has the same
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6T1BbwJwiE

It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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ataft said:
It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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Not anymore, I took back the phone and got an s4 at least I can find out now which one is better
Thanks for the help

Check out this picture as an example. I was the only one in the room that was able to get this picture. Maybe if the wall went back a couple feet, someone else could get the same picture without cutting people right next to them out.
So, sucks a bit to stretch pictures out in portrait, but this is pretty damn cool.
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I have to say that I checked my camera and I don't see anything like in zimilaci's video. So for me it actually doesn't look normal.

I don't know why my wide angle photos show a fish-eye type distortion where only the part where the photo is focussed is clear and everything else seeps into a slight blur.

Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286

NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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Well I dont care anymore I got it back again, I hope its only a matter of software issue....
The video... forget it, the front camera is worse but its still ok. because of that I am not gonna take it back or whatever, Support says its not normal tho

NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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I am not quite sure anymore... a friend mine told me that she did not encounter any distortion.... I will check today other devices as well...
its not that annoying...or mabye ? its only the front camera, and a bit with the rear....
HTc online support told me it a faulty device, but both cameras?
Come on...

Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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ataft said:
Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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Then my question is, how come that the official HTC support said its not normal?
or its only one of the technicians?

[Q] Camera problems

So I've received my HTC One and I am extremely pleased with it, there's just two questions that need clearing up for me.
The camera lens cover is a bit tilted. I have no idea if the actual sensor is also tilted or if it isolated to the glass. It seems off to me but does not seem to impact image quality, but should I get it replaced?
The camera also seems to make some sort of a click noise when I start it. Is this normal or is my One further defect?
Thanks!

U not the only one man..till now I still don't now is it a factory difect or what.
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That's not right. Get it replaced.

I always have this purplish hue surrounding the edges when in the camera app. It's specially noticeable when I'm taking pictures in low light.
Plus when I cover the lens with my hand, rather than going black. It becomes red :/
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Rage1ofakind said:
I always have this purplish hue surrounding the edges when in the camera app. It's specially noticeable when I'm taking pictures in low light.
Plus when I cover the lens with my hand, rather than going black. It becomes red :/
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I have the exact same issue in low light. Would be great to hear if that's normal for most or not.

chuck232 said:
I have the exact same issue in low light. Would be great to hear if that's normal for most or not.
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It's an already known issue, has to do with the sensor being extremely sensitive. No need to worry

My brother has the One as well and it doesbt happen to his one. Plus when I do side by side shots of the same thing, his Camera takes better crisper pictures :what:

Does your camera rattle loud?

EDIT: Ok I'm not alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713803

MattMJB0188 said:
EDIT: Ok I'm not alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713803
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for me, it rattles when it's not in use.. WTF did Samsung do? I thought this was nothing when I first noticed it on Thursday, but now it's annoying the hell outta me!

deepen915 said:
for me, it rattles when it's not in use.. WTF did Samsung do? I thought this was nothing when I first noticed it on Thursday, but now it's annoying the hell outta me!
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Yeah. I played with the S5 at Best Buy today and confirmed it wasn't just mine. The S5's camera is much more audible than the S4, Note 3's cameras. Very annoying.

It has image stabilization, that causes it to rattle. My nexus 5 is the same way.
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MattMJB0188 said:
Yeah. I played with the S5 at Best Buy today and confirmed it wasn't just mine. The S5's camera is much more audible than the S4, Note 3's cameras. Very annoying.
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so do you think this is something Samsung will address? Repair? etc? Or will we have to live with this? I never saw this issue on my S4.

deepen915 said:
so do you think this is something Samsung will address? Repair? etc? Or will we have to live with this? I never saw this issue on my S4.
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You didn't notice it your S4 because it didn't do it. It's a byproduct of image stabilization, which the S4 didn't do, but the S5 does.
It's not a defect, there is nothing to fix, it's just how it is.
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harlenm said:
You didn't notice it your S4 because it didn't do it. It's a byproduct of image stabilization, which the S4 didn't do, but the S5 does.
It's not a defect, there is nothing to fix, it's just how it is.
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that's a shame.. because it makes it seem like some cheap plastic parts moving inside if somebody notices. Bad manufacturing process by Samsung IMO. and image stabilization? As far as I know there is no physical optical image stabilization on the S5, it just has the software stabilization. The odd thing is that the rattle happens only when the camera is not in use. When I open the Camera app, the rattling is gone.

I don't kmow, I just assumed it was ois like everyone else does it. If not, then I'm not sure where the rattle is coming from. My nexus 5 makes a lot more noise when shaken than the S5 does.
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I have a rattle, but I have to shake my phone like the bejeezus in order to hear anything and even then it's faint. I have to put my phone up to my ear to hear it.

Have not noticed this yet. Ha Ha now when shaking it slightly I do hear a little rattle. These types of things usually bother me, but if it has a purpose I don't think it will.
It's in my pocket most times staying very quiet lol.

I didn't even notice until I read this post. My phone is in an Otter box defender case, so its mostly quiet.
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Can you hear the rattle in the camera when you tap the front of the phone(specifically near the top)?

I had to shake the crap out of it right next to my ear to hear it. I do not hear it just with normal use of the phone though. I try not to shake my phone that much :laugh:

deepen915 said:
that's a shame.. because it makes it seem like some cheap plastic parts moving inside if somebody notices. Bad manufacturing process by Samsung IMO. and image stabilization? As far as I know there is no physical optical image stabilization on the S5, it just has the software stabilization. The odd thing is that the rattle happens only when the camera is not in use. When I open the Camera app, the rattling is gone.
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My wife has a 1500.00 Digital SLR with image stabalization, guess what same rattle, that's how it work, nothing for Sammy to address.

This seems to be going around/asked even on other forums with people thinking their phone is broken or something wrong. Nothing is wrong, it's b/c of image stabilization, even high end cameras have a similar rattle.

I just assumed it was a pedometer. The s health app can track your steps
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cstayton said:
My wife has a 1500.00 Digital SLR with image stabalization, guess what same rattle, that's how it work, nothing for Sammy to address.
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That's optical stabilization which the S5 does not have.

Lostatsea23 said:
That's optical stabilization which the S5 does not have.
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yes the S5 has image stabilization and considering i can turn my wifes dslr off and make it exhibit the exact same behavior as the S5 im going to have to go with thats how it works.

cstayton said:
yes the S5 has image stabilization and considering i can turn my wifes dslr off and make it exhibit the exact same behavior as the S5 im going to have to go with thats how it works.
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No... the rattle is the lens elements not image stabilization it doesn't have it it has software IS which wouldn't warrant camera rattle. It's the 6 lens elements that make the noise and it should be loud like some people are saying. Mines is loud to the point of the vibrate making a terrible noise. My other s5 doesn't do this thus it being a defect of sorts. I am a photographer and also have a dslr with a lens that has IS so I know as well...
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Lostatsea23 said:
No... the rattle is the lens elements not image stabilization it doesn't have it it has software IS which wouldn't warrant camera rattle. It's the 6 lens elements that make the noise and it should be loud like some people are saying. Mines is loud to the point of the vibrate making a terrible noise. My other s5 doesn't do this thus it being a defect of sorts. I am a photographer and also have a dslr with a lens that has IS so I know as well...
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all i know is that both devices make the same distinct "Rattle" when powered off and since my wife is the photographer not me i tend to go with what she tells me.

New Camera for the M8

I love everything about this phone but, the camera sux. Hope HTC gives current M8 owners a special deal. I doubt it, lol
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/09/26/new-htc-one-m8-release-could-deliver-improved-camera/
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I'll pass, nothing wrong with my camera, higher Megapixels means larger file size. Pain in the ass trying to send pics through MMS. I'll wait for the M9, full glass screen looks sexy.

Once i cleaned that film off the lense the camera has been perfect.

My focus seems to lock on faster too after cleaning the lenses.
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I could have used the 13 megapixel camera the other day verses the 4 MP. Took a picture that I wanted to blow up poster sized that turned out grainy...
That is the one thing that I dislike about HTC, they keep releasing phone after phone after phone with additional features and functions. So when you paid for the latest and greatest you have outdated technology...

weidnerj said:
I could have used the 13 megapixel camera the other day verses the 4 MP. Took a picture that I wanted to blow up poster sized that turned out grainy...
That is the one thing that I dislike about HTC, they keep releasing phone after phone after phone with additional features and functions. So when you paid for the latest and greatest you have outdated technology...
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There is this other technology called a real camera if you wanted a poster size picture. Even with a 13 megapixel cellphone camera it is going to look grainy compared to a SLR camera.

benny3 said:
Once i cleaned that film off the lense the camera has been perfect.
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I did the same thing, one day the pics looked horrible then I read up on it and did the toothpaste and cotton swab trick and my pics have been great. Very strange how it went bad like that, but, as it was said the pictures for me do what I need.

Tooth paste with a cotton swab?.....hmmmm mite have to try that
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09k9t3Y2BJg
robbo10 said:
Tooth paste with a cotton swab?.....hmmmm mite have to try that
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http://www.androidauthority.com/one-m8-eye-specs-price-535776/

robbo10 said:
Tooth paste with a cotton swab?.....hmmmm mite have to try that
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I personally had better luck with the corner of a credit card method. I tried the toothpaste and swab but I guess it wasn't gritty enough (not enough baking soda in the paste) or something. For me it just made the film on the lens worse, then I tried the credit card method and worked like a charm.
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I agree that the camera on this phone sucks. Looking forward to Nexus6.

schmeggy929 said:
There is this other technology called a real camera if you wanted a poster size picture. Even with a 13 megapixel cellphone camera it is going to look grainy compared to a SLR camera.
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Exactly. I don't know why people think higher megapixels = better pictures. This camera is fine to me.

ajones7279 said:
Exactly. I don't know why people think higher megapixels = better pictures. This camera is fine to me.
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+1 on this. Folks gotta keep in mind that the camers isnt an Olympus or a Nikon. Its a phone camera. There are alot of editing apps out there to make the pics you take with a phone much much better. I use SnapSeed for editing with some pretty impressive results.

The camera on this thing sucks. Period. The front camera is ridden with distortion as is the back camera. I have a pro camera as I am a photographer, howvwer I expect my phone that was advertised as having amazing camera. to at least take decent pics. It just doesn't. I do like take the occasional selfie, but never end up using it because there is just too much distortion. People say we expect too much from cell phone cameras. BS. I had a G2, it took excellent pics. As did all of my iPhones. This phones camera is a POS
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Success100 said:
The camera on this thing sucks. Period. The front camera is ridden with distortion as is the back camera. I have a pro camera as I am a photographer, howvwer I expect my phone that was advertised as having amazing camera. to at least take decent pics. It just doesn't. I do like take the occasional selfie, but never end up using it because there is just too much distortion. People say we expect too much from cell phone cameras. BS. I had a G2, it took excellent pics. As did all of my iPhones. This phones camera is a POS
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I honestly have no issue with the camera on this device. Ask the selfies I've taken turned it great. Maybe your camera lenses need to be cleaned?

I've had two m8's. Both have suffered from terrible distortion. Start your front camera and take a pic of yourself. Notice how if the camera Is on anything but the same plane as your face your head gets distorted. The top of your head looks stretched out, etc. There have been a lot of other people complainging about the distortion and that isn't caused by a dirty lens
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Success100 said:
I've had two m8's. Both have suffered from terrible distortion. Start your front camera and take a pic of yourself. Notice how if the camera Is on anything but the same plane as your face your head gets distorted. The top of your head looks stretched out, etc. There have been a lot of other people complainging about the distortion and that isn't caused by a dirty lens
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As a photographer you should know that even with a dslr you get distortion depending on focal length and lens.. You expect better from a front facing cell cam??I Don't personally use the front cam as I don't take selfies but rear cam has produced some great shots, but it's a cell phone so instagram is all that I use it for. Wouldn't dare pull it out to take pics of clients.
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ronniemayo said:
As a photographer you should know that even with a dslr you get distortion depending on focal length and lens.. You expect better from a front facing cell cam??I Don't personally use the front cam as I don't take selfies but rear cam has produced some great shots, but it's a cell phone so instagram is all that I use it for. Wouldn't dare pull it out to take pics of clients.
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You are absolutely right, but they also have in camera software that automatically corrects it under certain conditions. Or you fix it in post. Heck it also depends on the lens manufacturer. One lens can be 50mm with almost no distortion, the next 50mm lens could be riddled with distortion so it also depends on the lens you choose. Also with SLR cameras there a thousand lenses so it's a different ball game. This is one lens, one phone, one focal length, with absolutely repeatable results. That could not have been possibly been missed during the testing of this phone. If they wanted to keep costs low, understandable because it IS just a phone canera, but they could have easily compensated by fixing it in the cameras software It's bad enough to a point where I'm ready to switch devices... as much as I love this phone. If you don't take selfies that's fine, but for us that do, having your head elongated and your facial features distorted if the phone is not absolutely 100% perfectly parallel to your face is to me, absurd..considering there are a ton of other phones, similarly equipped camera wise, that do not suffer from this issue.
It boggles me. I can deal with a little distortion. However the distortion in the "selfie" camera is extreme. Ruins every shot. This should have been a situation in which during testing and software development, which IM SURE THEY EXPERIENCED, that they have put a script in there to fix the distortion. They knew they put a wide angle lens in the front camera assembly, and should have put the software fixes there to correct it, because every m8 experiences it (I've tried SEVERAL. and there are tons of complaints about it) Do I expect too much? NO! There are a thousand other camera phones that have wide front elements, that do NOT suffer from the same level of distortion, and if they do have it, they were smart enough to have the software fix it before it spits out the final picture to you. Flagship android device, ruined by a terrible front facing camera. My opinion
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Success100 said:
You are absolutely right, but they also have in camera software that automatically corrects it under certain conditions. Or you fix it in post. Heck it also depends on the lens manufacturer. One lens can be 50mm with almost no distortion, the next 50mm lens could be riddled with distortion so it also depends on the lens you choose. Also with SLR cameras there a thousand lenses so it's a different ball game. This is one lens, one phone, one focal length, with absolutely repeatable results. That could not have been possibly been missed during the testing of this phone. If they wanted to keep costs low, understandable because it IS just a phone canera, but they could have easily compensated by fixing it in the cameras software It's bad enough to a point where I'm ready to switch devices... as much as I love this phone. If you don't take selfies that's fine, but for us that do, having your head elongated and your facial features distorted if the phone is not absolutely 100% perfectly parallel to your face is to me, absurd..considering there are a ton of other phones, similarly equipped camera wise, that do not suffer from this issue.
It boggles me. I can deal with a little distortion. However the distortion in the "selfie" camera is extreme. Ruins every shot. This should have been a situation in which during testing and software development, which IM SURE THEY EXPERIENCED, that they have put a script in there to fix the distortion. They knew they put a wide angle lens in the front camera assembly, and should have put the software fixes there to correct it, because every m8 experiences it (I've tried SEVERAL. and there are tons of complaints about it) Do I expect too much? NO! There are a thousand other camera phones that have wide front elements, that do NOT suffer from the same level of distortion, and if they do have it, they were smart enough to have the software fix it before it spits out the final picture to you. Flagship android device, ruined by a terrible front facing camera. My opinion
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Completely understand, and maybe that's why in the new phone models they went in a different direction with the front cam.
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[Q] Attachable camera lenses for LG G4 ?

I know that LG G4 camera is one of the best smartphone camera on the market, but if I can further improve camera with this little peace of hardware it will be more than welcome..does anyone has experience with it...

Yap. I bought a pair of cheap lenses for my G4 from local shop. It's also available in Amazon. They are interesting, if not awesome. Actually it depends on what's your purpose of using those lens.
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I have a fisheye lens from a previous smartphone. I'll give it a shot tonight...

vansmack said:
I have a fisheye lens from a previous smartphone. I'll give it a shot tonight...
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Link to lens?

20degrees said:
Link to lens?
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I bought this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HLYEES2
And have only used it with a Nexus 5 to mediocre results - will try it on the G4 tonight.

I was think of getting one as well but seems like this phone lens area is not magnetized. My nexus 5 has magnet around the lens so that lens just sticks to the phone but not. On G4. I know that because nexus 5 always sticks paper clips on my lens but G4 doesn't.
I guess clip on will do..
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vansmack said:
I bought this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HLYEES2
And have only used it with a Nexus 5 to mediocre results - will try it on the G4 tonight.
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I'd love to see some samples with it if you could post some up?
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Amazon has deal with some kit wide, fisheye and macro for $7
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...20&ascsubtag=b736caf7981f4185822b097dde24c680
Coupon code NQNLZX8V
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nipun1110 said:
Yap. I bought a pair of cheap lenses for my G4 from local shop. It's also available in Amazon. They are interesting, if not awesome. Actually it depends on what's your purpose of using those lens.
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By adding another element to the camera you are actually decreasing the quality of photos. Only improvement you will get is varying the focal lengths, if that is what you are after then attachable lens is your solution.

I've seen some with a stick on metal ring and magnetic lenses which may work better. But then as others have said, I'm skeptical of the optics quality. If anyone has seen anything like this with decent optics let us know :good:

I purposely didn't buy an expensive one knowing that the optics simply aren't great, but it's a great little toy for $10....
Focus is the real challenge...both phones I've used with the lens have struggled with auto-focus and OIS - the lens just tricks the internals. However, the manual mode of the G4 made it much easier to use, but it's still hard to tell on the screen. These are little low light as I was racing sunset after work. As with most photos, they're much better (as is focus) in better light conditions. I also didn't crop these to provide the full effect - you'll likely have to crop photos with this superwide fisheye. I struggle to keep my fingers out of the shot some times.
https://goo.gl/photos/5FqFAVJipR4geFjy7
https://goo.gl/photos/rRoTSHyZqaSUz5LR8
https://goo.gl/photos/orHVjwbRGsoKbjSk8
https://goo.gl/photos/s38XgRpKnCRBgish8

Element seriously need to make a case like this for the G4. Especially since the big seller for the G4 is it's photo capabilities! They could PROFIT. I'd be first in line.
I had a ZTYLUS one for my S4 that I wish was available for my new G4 as well too. Siiiiiiiigggghhhh. The first world problem of owning a new phone.