Moto X (2nd Gen) Camera - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK so we all know the camera is not so great (right now) I know we have the same sony camera as the other flagships but ours doesn't work as well. My symptoms are focusing problems, always trying to focus and being out of focus half the time....and after taking picture when I open gallery the picture is darker. My wife just got an iPhone 6 today and her freaking pictures look great and i hate that[emoji35]
So my question is......Can this be fixed by Motorola through the app? Is this a software issue that can be fixed with an update? Is Motorola aware of this and have they addressed it? I know the 2013 moto x had similar problems and they fixed it with an update so maybe the same for us? Thanks s in advance!
PS....is anyone else having a problem with weather apps radar animating? With WeatherBug I get all frames on top of each other..with others when I hit play I just get spinning wheel...an ideas?

I have the same problem with WeatherBug. Could be a 4.4.4 issue.
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For the camera, wait until Android L is all I can say. I want L soon
Image quality improvements have been promised for the next update, that would be Android L.*
Android L is itself a big deal for imaging because it exposes the entire picture/video taking pipeline to camera apps... that means someone can write a camera app with their own picture processing algorithms which in our case can definitely help us with the quality issue
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55592958&postcount=2
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Front camera
I'm not impressed with the rear camera at all. Here's to hoping it can be corrected with a software update, saw that happen on my Nexus 5 and it made a wold of difference. Anyone else have HUUUGE lag issues with the front facing camera?! I was trying to take a picture with my son and it was horrible

Haven't been impressed with the camera yet either. Still gets tons of noise in indoor lighting situations (not even that low of light) with or without flash (obviously worse without flash). It's also slow to focus, attempts to refocus a few times with the flash, and by then the subject has moved (unless stationary). I knew the camera wouldn't be great, but was hoping for something at least closer to the G3 or S5. I'm not confident they'll fix this with a software update. They can probably improve some of the focus and lighting algorithms, but I'm worried some of it is just the optics they used being inferior. I don't feel that it is much worse than the original Moto X (except that it actually seems slower to take pictures at the moment), but I was really wanting to upgrade my phone camera for use with my kid (13 months old, so getting faster and faster...)

Ok I feel stupid.......So after being on the phone with Moto for an hour and a factory reset I have found out my problem with having dark photos in the gallery. I had auto brightness on and when I would preview a pic from the camera the pictures were standard brightness for a second and then black screen then the picture appeared, but darker. If you turn off auto brightness the dark image problem goes away. I did notice the black screen for a second goes away with Auto off as well, so I told level 3 tech support that they may have a bug with the auto brightness on and she said she was going to reproduce this on a few moto devices including the 2014 Moto X and report my comments to the right people. I hope this helps others with Auto Brightness on wondering why pictures are so dark....Or maybe I am the only idiot..lol

Hobart! said:
Ok I feel stupid.......So after being on the phone with Moto for an hour and a factory reset I have found out my problem with having dark photos in the gallery. I had auto brightness on and when I would preview a pic from the camera the pictures were standard brightness for a second and then black screen then the picture appeared, but darker. If you turn off auto brightness the dark image problem goes away. I did notice the black screen for a second goes away with Auto off as well, so I told level 3 tech support that they may have a bug with the auto brightness on and she said she was going to reproduce this on a few moto devices including the 2014 Moto X and report my comments to the right people. I hope this helps others with Auto Brightness on wondering why pictures are so dark....Or maybe I am the only idiot..lol
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The 2013 X works this way too. When you open the camera with auto brightness on, it turns the brightness up higher (not sure if this is based on the current auto level or just a set brightness). When you view a photo it starts out at the higher brightness, but then it switches back to auto brightness (which is darker). It is unfortunate that the switch back to auto brightness is delayed and preceded by the screen going full black, since those two things make it very noticeable

Yaaaaaay....I am not the crazy or the only one....lol

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HTc HD 7 Camera Issue

Hi
Got my Hd 7 from o2 pay as you go
Am quiet happy with it, but has anyone noticed that the camera is a bit rubbish or is it jjust me
Camera snaps close up are super brilliant. but the moment you try to snap far away subjects its all blurish
Its seems to have a digital zoom which just blows up to picture to distortion
I have noticed that even the zoom function just blurs it up as well
feed back would be appreciated
It's indeed not the best WP7 camera but it's not too rubish also. It should be no more than decent (while to video recording with continued focus is ace) . Can you provide a sample so we can judge ?
There was also a pink-camera isue with an earlier HTC device (can't remember the exact model) and problem was solved with a quick update.
yly3 said:
It's indeed not the best WP7 camera but it's not too rubish also. It should be no more than decent (while to video recording with continued focus is ace) . Can you provide a sample so we can judge ?
There was also a pink-camera isue with an earlier HTC device (can't remember the exact model) and problem was solved with a quick update.
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camera on hd7 does suck... tend to bluish every single shot unless u play with scene mode .... thats one of the reason im trying something else .. maybe focus
Hmm.. do you think that it will be possible that they release an update for this?
Not too keen on getting it if the camera is useless.
I have the awesome pink hue issue with mine... and for the other guy... the other phone with the pink problem was the HD2.
anyone know if this is just the software or is the hardware?
ive noticed too that on long distance shots its horrible on keeping focus of the picture. Though i think that maybe because metering is set to center and it cant focus in that much in the distance.
Though your every day snaps are usually ok for me. No problems with tints or anything and i find the video quality to be decent
I haven't had any problems at all with taking photos on my HD7 - no focussing issues, near or far.
Are you guys half-pressing the camera button to focus first, before pressing it the rest of the way to take the photo?
This seems to be the biggest cause of issues, people not realizing it's a two-stage shoot process, just like with digital cameras.
Note to the OP: Metering is actually light metering and has nothing to do with focussing. If you have metering set to centre, the camera will adjust the exposure according to the brightness of the object in the centre of the shot. If metering were set to "average" it would work out the brightness of the whole frame and set the exposure to that. Nowt to do with focus.
Incidentally, don't forget to ensure the lens is free of dust, fingerprints and other crud as that will obviously make your pics look mushy.
nope i always press on the first stage and let it focus and then press

[Q] Camera Flash/Shutter Split Second Off

While I'm loving just about every aspect of my new Moto X, I'm having one issues with the camera.
First, while the flash seems both bright and even, it seems that the the phone is capturing the photo a split second too late. What I mean by that is, the photo is lit enough to see, but it is as if it was not captured at maximum brightness, but rather a split second late as the flash faded.
Has anyone else noticed this? Clearly a software issue from what I can see, but slightly frustrating nonetheless.

Pictures come out blue

Hi all,
I've had 2 G Flexes from 2 different T-Mobile stores and both are having an issue where pictures are coming out with a blue tint. It usually happens at home where most of my furniture consists of earth tones.
Here's what happens:
1. Set camera to auto mode and align a shot
2. Let camera auto focus and watch the viewfinder go from warm colors to blue / cool after autofocus
3. Take a picture
4. Auto refocus and the viewfinder goes back to warm colors for a split second and then back to blue / cool
If I time the shot just right, I can get a proper color out of the camera. I have also noticed that setting the white balance to incandescent while I'm at home warms up the pictures, but then they are too warm.
I've searched Google over and over and have found no sign of this. Is anyone experiencing anything like this with their G Flex?
Kinda pulling my hair out here...
Have you tried the lenovo camera app mentioned in the themes and apps section?
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Mine does this too. The camera is awful as far as I'm concerned. The pictures always make the whites look blue, and as you said, the white balance will look correct for a second, but then when you focus or take the picture or even just give it time to adjust, it goes to blue. I've tried some other camera apks, and it is maybe a little better, but even still, they don't look great. If you set the lighting to incandescent, it does seem more accurate. My wife got an xperia right around the time i got my flex and it makes the flexes camera look like a complete joke. Aside from that and the bootloader, I love the phone, but the camera is almost enough to make me wish I'd bought something else.
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Mine does this too. The camera is awful as far as I'm concerned. The pictures always make the whites look blue, and as you said, the white balance will look correct for a second, but then when you focus or take the picture or even just give it time to adjust, it goes to blue. I've tried some other camera apks, and it is maybe a little better, but even still, they don't look great. If you set the lighting to incandescent, it does seem more accurate. My wife got an xperia right around the time i got my flex and it makes the flexes camera look like a complete joke. Aside from that and the bootloader, I love the phone, but the camera is almost enough to make me wish I'd bought something else.
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I just got my G Flex and I think the Camera is defective with regards to the blue tint- mine actually flashes green and blue -_-

Camera Pro mode not updating the preview

Hi, I bought a P9 that is yet to arrive but the other day I was using my friends P9 and wanted to try the camera in pro mode (which is the mode that I use the most on my phones) and I noticed that after some speeds, when playing with shutter speed, the viewfinder image just stops updating the amount of light that should enter ie. I'm indoors with artificial light and if I set the speed to the fastest posible the viewfinder does not go black (and it stops showing the differences in lightning way before the fastest shutterspeed). Same goes the other way, if I set the speed to a ver very low one the viewfinder does not end up looking white, so it makes this feature useless cause the only way I have to see if I'm using the correct speed is to take the shot and then open the picture to see if it was the correct speed. I noticed this happening also in the Huawei Mate 8. I'm used to the LG G4 wich every step of the shutter speed shows a difference in lightning in the image your watching. Is there a way to fix this? does this happend with every Huawei phone? I haven't got the phone yet but I'm already thinking of selling it and getting an S7
I am also coming from an LG G4 and found the lack of feedback in terms of how much light I get by changing different setting, as I major drawback. To answer your question: yes, all Huawei phones seem to lack this feature. The only option is to take a shoot at that setting and adjust back and forth, per the exposure you see on the picture taken.
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I am also coming from an LG G4 and found the lack of feedback in terms of how much light I get by changing different setting, as I major drawback. To answer your question: yes, all Huawei phones seem to lack this feature. The only option is to take a shoot at that setting and adjust back and forth, per the exposure you see on the picture taken.
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thanks a lot, I'm really going to miss G4's camera app along with it camera quality so I think I'm gonna sell the p9 as soon as I get it and get an S7, the pro mode in a camera is way too important to me to withstand this Huawei bug like behavior =/
If you lock the shutter speed, then by changing to different ISO values you get a good feedback on the live screen related how much light gets in. But unfortunately does not work the other way around which is equally important, to lock the ISO and play with shutter speed. So it`s a half of drawback but still annoying.

Question Camera - Black vertical lines

Observing black vertical lines on the screen when using back or front camera. These lines are also imprinted on the photos. I am attaching screenshot and a video of the issue
Anybody else running into the issue?
Pixel version - TD1A.221105.001
Camera version - 8.7.165.479933554.19
mohan_168 said:
Observing black vertical lines on the screen when using back or front camera. These lines are also imprinted on the photos. I am attaching screenshot and a video of the issue
Anybody else running into the issue?
Pixel version - TD1A.221105.001
Camera version - 8.7.165.479933554.19
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Hi, dude,
This is a normal physical effect, which is called 'Antbamding' (50 or 60Hz).
in previous versions there was an option in camera settings "Antbanding" to minimize that effect.
for more Info 'google' it!
I do not see any option in Gcam for anti-banding
I am also experiencing this, vertical bars for BOTH front and back camera. Was at restaurants in low light environment and took these, using portrait mode, night mode and normal mode.
Yes, this is the same issue I have experienced on both front and back camera in artificial lights.
Seen this during day time, indoor shoot as well as night time indoor shoot
Ok. That's 2 of us... Is this normal/expected camera processor behavior or do we have defective units??
A couple others have reported this as well. Even in few of the youtube videos comparing Pixel 7 with other smartphones, I was able to catch this on pixel 7/pro display.
I do not believe this is affecting just vanilla 7, but 7 pro as well.
I hope others chime in with their experience by shooting under different light conditions.
I had such a problem when I put on a cover. It turns out that there is a sensor between the two cameras, and my cover did not have a hole for this sensor. I had to make a hole myself. Everything is fine now. My pixel 7.
madgit said:
I had such a problem when I put on a cover. It turns out that there is a sensor between the two cameras, and my cover did not have a hole for this sensor. I had to make a hole myself. Everything is fine now. My pixel 7.
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What case/cover it is?
I have the same issue...
Issue is seen even without any case/cover in my case
Workaround - Start the camera in selfie mode and after 1 second switch to back camera.
Update; i exchanged phone as it was new and replacement phone does same thing, so it is a " bad behavior". Work around is to play with the lightness bar when taking pic. Banding stops at a certain point, but what a pain..
This isn't a defect per se, it's image banding.
Likely from LED lighting.
Try decreasing the shutter speed under a 100th of a second while keeping the exposure like in pro mode.
blackhawk said:
This isn't a defect per se, it's image banding.
Likely from LED lighting.
Try decreasing the shutter speed under a 100th of a second while keeping the exposure like in pro mode.
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There are no such options in Google Camera app. I see the same response being posted all over the internet for such problems (reported on Pixel 6, Pixel 6 pro etc.)
mohan_168 said:
There are no such options in Google Camera app. I see the same response being posted all over the internet for such problems (reported on Pixel 6, Pixel 6 pro etc.)
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That's a normal digital camera phenomenon, not a defect. That said I can't get my N10+ to do it with LED lighting. These ones probably aren't pulse modulated though.
Use the phone's led, another led light source or incandescent lighting to back fill the shot. You need to slow the shutter speed otherwise or shoot at a higher ISO.

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