Hi all,
I just got my new Mi 9 today
I updated to the latest stable global firmware.
I tried to take some photos of the city from a lookout and found something weird going on with the camera focus.
In night mode, or normal mode.
If i tap on the screen to choose a focus point, the camera would focus ok. I then press the shutter button, the camera tries to re-focus again (wtf?), fails and takes an out-of-focus photo.
Whats going on here??
If i pre-focus by tapping somewhere on the screen, why is the camera doing a re-focus when I go to take the photo?
Has anyone else come across this?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Almost every camera in the world has a halfway-click that focuses, measures the light and then takes the picture when you press the shutter button all the way.
On other phones (iPhone), where there isn't a halfway -setting, this is done by taking the picture when the user releases the button, which gives much greater control over exactly when the picture is taken.
Do you know of any program (camerazoom, snapshotpro etc?) that works this way? The stock camera app doesn't and it's quite detrimental to the quality of pictures you can take.
This means the camera needs to auto focus when I press the trackball button down and then take the picture within a split second when I let go of the button, since it no longer needs to measure light or focus. I would really love this feature.
Hi ,
Go to my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551904 the program I mentioned has this option also .
Thanks! Will check it out!
There is a workaround that i use that is effective on my mT3G. I turn auto focus off. That makes the camera focus at infinity. With these tiny lenses, infinity can start at less than three feet. So anything farther away than that is in focus if you turn off auto focus. I use SnapPhoto Pro to turn off the autofocus.
If you use SnapPhoto Pro autofocus, you touch the screen to focus and let go to take the photo. That works well. It also has a continuous focus feature which works very well but drains the battery.
Its annoying seeing the focusing disk appear every 2-5 secs when it tries to auto focus. How do i turn it off? Can't find options in camera settings. I want it to only focus when i touch the screen. Thanks.
this was annoying me a lot too this morning, when i was trying to take pictures of my Note 3 to sell it. on top of the constant "focusing", it was damn hard to manage to get an in-focus picture of the phone! hopefully we can find a way..
It's a known problem. Maybe an update from Samsung will address it.
adrenalinh12890 said:
Its annoying seeing the focusing disk appear every 2-5 secs when it tries to auto focus. How do i turn it off? Can't find options in camera settings. I want it to only focus when i touch the screen. Thanks.
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If you friendly with a Dev they can mod the apk for you.
BAD ASS NOTE 4
Hi i'm using radium rom marshmallow and i have an issue where i'm unnable to use the camera, everything else is working and I actually tried with different roms is there something i messed up? and if so does anybody know a solution to this issue?
when trying to use the camera it just stays on a black screen and after a couple seconds it closes
Update
Opening whatsapp clicking on take picture and quickly pressing to switch to front facing shows actual image, also on Snapchat login front facing works but rear camera still showing a black screen ?
when i first use my s10, i try take selfie with show palm, the camera has a led spinning circle counter down and take photo, today this just disappeared, when i show palm, it will counter down secretly and take photo, please advise how to turn it on, or does anyone get that too?
Rather than making a new thread, I'm also here to ask a question about the selfie led. I could of swore I've seen it the first day I got my s10 plus but every time I switch the camera to the selfie, the led doesn't light up.
emprize said:
when i first use my s10, i try take selfie with show palm, the camera has a led spinning circle counter down and take photo, today this just disappeared, when i show palm, it will counter down secretly and take photo, please advise how to turn it on, or does anyone get that too?
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Open the camera app
Go to Settings -> Shooting methods
And turn on "Show palm"
Hi,
anybody having this issue as well?
The 5x zoom is useless for me as the camera is unable to get in focus. So a few milliseconds and only occasionally it gets sharp but then it looks blurred again.
10x produces sharp images.
Samples:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PgJ83p2Cgu8TX9WG9
Thanks!
You have to keep in mind it is a lot slower to lock focus than the main sensor. Give it time to lock on target and then take the shot or else you will end up with unfocused shots.
/ Magnus
Well it locks but then loses focus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PgJ83p2Cgu8TX9WG9
I assume this is not normal, I have asked for a replacement.
I have noticed this issue when trying to take a photo through a window. No matter how close you hold it to the window, it will try to focus on the window. Then if you wait long enough (5-30sec) it will focus out to infinity but then it will pop back to the window after a few seconds.
It should really default to infinity since that most objects you will use the 5X lens for will be far out.
Sometimes when it just isnt working, I switch to Pro mode and manual focus, but the interface is clunky and you lose some of the auto-features.
I've never had this issue before with other phones when taking photos through a window.
I also noticed that it is not as sharp, but I assume that is a limitation of the lower resolution sensor and maybe the OIS not fully compensating.
eng3 said:
I have noticed this issue when trying to take a photo through a window. No matter how close you hold it to the window, it will try to focus on the window. Then if you wait long enough (5-30sec) it will focus out to infinity but then it will pop back to the window after a few seconds.
It should really default to infinity since that most objects you will use the 5X lens for will be far out.
Sometimes when it just isnt working, I switch to Pro mode and manual focus, but the interface is clunky and you lose some of the auto-features.
I've never had this issue before with other phones when taking photos through a window.
I also noticed that it is not as sharp, but I assume that is a limitation of the lower resolution sensor and maybe the OIS not fully compensating.
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Mine focus perfectly through windows.