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Anyone knows any way of improving the X8 camera?
I can't scan a barcode without auto-focus and I was trying to develop something and can't test it on my phone....
I think X8 not support autofocus...
Thare is no way. If someone even does it... He'll be a legend.
This is some improvement for camera but only for video recording here
Hes talking about improving the camera for better quality... Not Vidcam to record videos im mp4 -.-
Autofocus is a hardware related function,so i think its impossible.
i dont know about barcode thing but actually iam using latest camera ZOOM app and it is brilliant with zoom feature and pure 3mp camera better than stock camera , in stock camera if u r taking a pic for something small or far from u it will be dizzy and not a good res. but with camera ZOOM , picture never gets dizzy . srry again if this is not what u wanted .
EDIT : and about the autofocus thing i agree with rodrigo it is impossible
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for autofocus its not possible, thats hardware related.
but u can use some app like camera zoom etc to give u different taste of ure camera.
Spevky said:
Thare is no way. If someone even does it... He'll be a legend.
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+1 Absolutely Right.
Spevky said:
Hes talking about improving the camera for better quality... Not Vidcam to record videos im mp4 -.-
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I know but It was only one thing I found and I told its for video recording. And zoom apps have very bad quality
As others have already stated, the X8 has no autofocus capability. In addition, the minimum focus distance is somewhere between 20-30 cm (standard problem with a fixed focus lens), so it's practically impossible to get a good shot of a barcode, unless it's huge
However, there is a "trick" you can try, at least if you just want to test the capabilities of your own software.
1. You'll need to find (or buy) a small magnifying glass, one of those cheap €1-2 glasses with do;
2. Next, hold the magnifying glass directly in front of the camera - the camera lens should be touching the magnifying glass, as close to the centre as you can get (be careful not to drop your phone!);
3. Point the phone at your barcode. You should now be able to focus much closer than before (to within 5-10cm);
4. Take your photo!
If you would like to see the sort of photos you can get with this "improvised macro" setup, take a look at my album, here (I can't post links yet, so you'll need to copy/paste this into your browser):
Code:
picasaweb.google.com/efotografo/SonyEricssonX8MacroTests?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Most of these photos used a single magnifying glass, but for one of the coins I used TWO identical glasses joined together with tape.
HTH
John
Thats smart..still where da hell will i get so small lenses in my town!
You don't need a small lens lol, the magnifying glasses I used were about 7cm in diameter! Having a large lens also makes it easier to balance the X8 on top
You just need to make sure that the camera lens is placed as close to the middle of the magnifying glass lens as possible (to prevent/minimize distortion of the image).
i got my note last week and have playing with it and loved it...i previously have s2 but since i saw note in the mall...i have fallen in love with it
but somethings bothering me..
before i take a pic ...it was clear perhaps hd but after taking the picture and
i look the the gallery ... the pictue look maybe a little dark...or dim
maybe a setting will fix this ?
and lag in waking up? about 2-3 ?
thx for the help pips
I think this is the nature of this camera. When we try shoot a pic the visual which we see in display is before image processing after click image sensor do some modification to the image and it delivers to gallery. So probably this is not a defect or problem... its designed like that..and i don't think samsung phones are known for good quality shooter. No offense.
are you using the stock camera? i have noticed that other camera apps works much better compared to the stock one, my favorite is camera zoom fx, paid app though, for me it gives better pictures compared to the stock one. there are plenty of good free ones out there too. have a look around the play store =]
It's a brightness difference. When you load the stock camera the phone brightness goes really high (you can even make it brighter by switching outdoor visibility on). After taking a picture and going to gallery, you're screen goes back to original brightness that's why it looks dim/blurred but it's not.
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are you using the stock camera? i have noticed that other camera apps works much better compared to the stock one, my favorite is camera zoom fx, paid app though, for me it gives better pictures compared to the stock one. there are plenty of good free ones out there too. have a look around the play store =]
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You are right.. Stock camera app is little bad.. Evn though if we are using another good app finally lens and image sensor matters.. I don't think samy is using better lens than Carl zies or something. I would say samy and HTC are little poor compared to nokia's and son's lens (of thinking they both use same lenses). This is upto my knowledge.. Correct me if am wrong.
I used to have 5MP /16:9 back and 2.4MP front camera but after upgrading to Lollipop it's downgraded to 4.9MP/4:3 and 1.9MP/4:3
I am wondering why is that? why Lollipop messed up the Camera? how come I get over from this and take 5MP/16:9 photos again like I used to do.
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I used to have 5MP /16:9 back and 2.4MP front camera but after upgrading to Lollipop it's downgraded to 4.9MP/4:3 and 1.9MP/4:3
I am wondering why is that? why Lollipop messed up the Camera? how come I get over from this and take 5MP/16:9 photos again like I used to do.
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I am also having the same problem.
So, lollipop is just a software update, so no real megapixel change here. After comparing it with the kitkat's camera, there is no quality difference I noticed. So no need to worry there's nothing wrong with the camera and lollipop update.
But there is a change. Camera was not like that. Another one is that when I click pictures of white paper then the picture comes out bluish in colour and the focal distance has been reduced to 3.44mm. But in HDR the focal distance is 3.5mm.
I tried taking a photo of a white sheet but did not notice any blue coloration as mentioned. And we all know that this mobile is not for professional photography but to take OK pics (no offence).
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Good evening all,
I see a lot of posts about people wanting to use the stock Samsung camera on AOSP/AOKP/CM roms. We know this can't be done and it's unfortunate.
Whilst the experience with the camera is generally better on TW ROMS due to the ability of using the stock Camera, you can get some very, very good results using the correct applications in CM based ROMs too. I have attached a shared folder on my Google Photos application to showcase this.
These were all taken using either Camera MX or Open Camera. HDR enabled for most (if not all) of them and very few of them have been edited in any way (besides the obvious Vignette one with my nephew and 3 dogs, and the other one of my puppy and his big brother). Let me know your thoughts and if anyone wants any tips on using their camera, let me know. You can get some INCREDIBLE examples using the camera in your pocket, remember that.
Fact ; I use my S5 as my camera for taking my photography shots for the adverts I produce and not once has anyone noticed they're from a phone. I do use an iPhone 6S for the videography because it's in an entirely different league, but photography still comes from the S5.
Link ; https://goo.gl/photos/xpnHFBjSW5r6FUNN9
Cheers
Pete
Some of them look pretty good, but the colour is very washed out, and there are dark shadows around the edges of a few too
Can't beat the stock TW Samsung camera
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Some of them look pretty good, but the colour is very washed out, and there are dark shadows around the edges of a few too
Can't beat the stock TW Samsung camera
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Oh I completely agree, just wanted to shine some positive light on what's usually a very negative point from a user feedback point of view!
Yea they're not bad, but I use the camera on the S5 a lot, and tried custom ROMs in the past, the camera always brought me back to stock
HI ALL
hi
I GET FINLAT S5 ULTRA update sofware also!! try to make some pictures unfortunate all of pictures are not clear and not in detail even not sharp at all i try outside and inside image and i get bad quality picture sample picture i there ,, when u zoom u will get blurry image look at car plate or outside tree try to zoom and u see the issue even when i done almost less than 2 m from my small flower with 1.0* and 2.0 * you see the leaf of the flower wash out!!! even less than 2 meter picture even if you see salmon is is not in focous all picture any solutions??
thanks
S5? Huh
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S5? Huh
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S21 ULTRA I MEAN
Set an AF lock and mind the cam shake.
Because these phones are so light some cam shake is almost inevitable*. Try bracing it on a solid object.
Enable image stabilization if present but you still need to be steady when punching the release.
If you feel there's still an issue, cam data settings and clear system cache on the boot menu.
If the cam apk has been updated, return it to factory load.
Try a hard reboot (not a reset!!!).
*the greater the mass, the more stable it is. One of the reasons the heavier pro cams grab better shots.
Looks normal to me. I know Samsung toned down the saturation and oversharpening. Maybe when taking picture in 108mp mode you can crop in with more detail.
shajar said:
HI ALL
hi
I GET FINLAT S5 ULTRA update sofware also!! try to make some pictures unfortunate all of pictures are not clear and not in detail even not sharp at all i try outside and inside image and i get bad quality picture sample picture i there ,, when u zoom u will get blurry image look at car plate or outside tree try to zoom and u see the issue even when i done almost less than 2 m from my small flower with 1.0* and 2.0 * you see the leaf of the flower wash out!!! even less than 2 meter picture even if you see salmon is is not in focous all picture any solutions??
thanks
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the best solution for that :
take pictures with another phone, send it to your devices gallerie and looking for them, it wiil be better right now .... ps: it's just a joke...