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Idea to have a rear camera

What about a periscope that you can attach at the top of the screen, making the front camera a "rear camera". I'm thinking in google goggles, AR apps, QR Codes, and maybe a photo .
Even the head of the periscope can rotate to change the orientation withot attach and deattach this accessory, I'm thinking in a hangout that you can show something you are looking at, and after you want to go back to your face.
Crazy idea?

Not crazy at all, someone did something similar to make Nexus One rear facing camera have mirror so it is front facing. Love to see it done. Google it, I don't have any links atm.

they could have installed rear camera.....just 3MP to translate text, recognize sudoku.....for GOGGLES and TRANSLATES!!!
wasn't smart

maysider said:
they could have installed rear camera.....just 3MP to translate text, recognize sudoku.....for GOGGLES and TRANSLATES!!!
wasn't smart
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Anyone with an N7 also has a decent phone in their pocket that can do this do it really isn't necessary. If my N7 did everything my OneX does then why have both?
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Jutt69 said:
Anyone with an N7 also has a decent phone in their pocket that can do this do it really isn't necessary. If my N7 did everything my OneX does then why have both?
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me too (SGS2), but why just for 5$ camera couldnt I do it when I have a tablet in my hands??

taC nayN said:
Not crazy at all, someone did something similar to make Nexus One rear facing camera have mirror so it is front facing. Love to see it done. Google it, I don't have any links atm.
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Yep found a nexus one accessory here.
Picture here
EDIT: removed attached pic(it was huge)
don't know what the dimensions of where the nexus one rear camera is. but this could be made with a tiny amount of tweaking.
Only thing is, the front facing camera isn't exactly good quality.

I had this idea whilst waiting for my nexus to arrive few weeks back, all you need is one mirror to make the camera 'up facing' then You can then hold device flat and lower down like a compass and review / frame stuff up, noting that its flipped so left is right etc.
i Mentioned it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29191027
I just need a non scratched little mirror about an inch square as my test one was mucky and meant picture quality was bit lame.
Tbh i think all we really need is a little view finder to aid lining up from behind and clever apps that use the eg. Vol key as a shutter. That would potentially be more useful to make front facing cam work.
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All though I found if you install camera app where volume buttons activate shutter, you can blindly snap while pointing nexus with the back facing you in googles and it seems to work.

[Q] Just Got my Xperia Z1 C6906

Hi guys, just wanted to share with you my opinion, yesterday i saw the device in the store, fall in love with it and started to read about it, and found that firmware update helped a lot with the camera quality so i took a shot and bought it, i must say im very sad with the camera performance. frontal camera is useles and is very hard to get good pics on the main one even in the last firmware 257, i was an iphone 5 owner, sick of OS but also i have to say that the frontal camera was very good, every thing else ok but the camera quality BIG FAIL tried everything manual auto 20 8 iso AV etc etc perhaps a defective lens ?? please help

Hmmppfff other than the fact no one ever said the front camera is good? The. 257 helped wuth main camera performance...
If that so importent to you there is a chinease phone by THL called monkey king, it had 13 mp front camera and costs 250$ go knock yourself out.
Btw the main camera is a blast! Especially at night.
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Hmmppfff other than the fact no one ever said the front camera is good? The. 257 helped wuth main camera performance...
If that so importent to you there is a chinease phone by THL called monkey king, it had 13 mp front camera and costs 250$ go knock yourself out.
Btw the main camera is a blast! Especially at night.
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This is the worst frontal camera i have used. and not the cheapest phone i have bought and NO is NOT A BLAST. for me thats a lie, btw i was not asking for advice in chinnese phones i was asking for orientation in defective lens. so knock yourself out some where else kid.

Perhaps you didn't remove the front protecting film from the screen, it makes the camera blurry...
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REALLY ?

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Perhaps you didn't remove the front protecting film from the screen, it makes the camera blurry...
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i did, its naked. on 257 firmware
No yellow hue
a ltl overheating
no touchscreen issue at all
just the camera, main reason i bought it.
any way to confirm a defective lens ?

It's been said time and time again here, the camera itself is quite capable. It's the unpredictable Auto mode that kills it. You need to have the right manual settings on each different photo scenario to capture the perfect picture.

Is the Camera Flash on my Mi 8 Faulty ?

Hi
I most recently purchased a Xiaomi Mi 8 a couple of weeks back and today was the day I tested out the rear camera flash at Night.
The colors seem to be too washed out when using flash outside in the dark and it surely cannot be this bad.
I have tried to reset camera settings in the native camera application and tested open camera out with the same result
Camera without Flash

My pictures with flash are the same. Any ideas what is the problem?

I found where was the problem. I remove camera lens glass protector and everything is ok now

Had the same problem but after an update it got better but still got a light tint. Camera lens protector does not cover the flash.

Had the exact same problem after installing what the seller called "tempered glass camera lens protector".
I've wasted about $2 + $1 for shipping for buying this useless item. Just don't install any protector for your camera lens, it will messed up the flash light.

camera blurry after update to android 9

Hi, I just updated my note 9 to android 9 and my camera is not too good. Lights are very blurry. Does anyone else had the some problem? Have a look on annex, I attached some pictures

Have you tried cleaning the camera lens?

Yes, I have. I got that issue long time ago when I was on sunny holidays and tel was very hot. Next day all was good. Now phone is normal temp and this show up after update to android 9

You know, that really looks like a dirty/greasy or scratched-up lens to me. It's either that, or it could be moisture under the glass. Double-check with a magnifying glass if you need to.
Do also contact Samsung support about this. I'm sure they have some thoughts.

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Hi, I just updated my note 9 to android 9 and my camera is not too good. Lights are very blurry. Does anyone else had the some problem? Have a look on annex, I attached some pictures
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Definitely not normal. I agree it looks like a dirty or scratched up camera lens. Do you happen to have one of those tempered glass protectors on the lens?
You can always test it by downloading a third party camera app like GCam or Open Camera. If they produce blurry pics, then you have some sort of hardware issue.

Front camera low quality

I had a issue with my note 9 front camera is not taking clear pictures. Some one sugestion how to fix?

dj shark said:
I had a issue with my note 9 front camera is not taking clear pictures. Some one sugestion how to fix?
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You can always try the ported GCam.

Everytime I have to take a picture I must clean the lens honestly.... Even if I put it in my pocket for no more than 5 minutes I have to clean the camera lens that I'm about to use, I have no idea why they get so smudgy easily