Hi, I've run into another new issue with Android 12 and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing it. Inside the camera app, the video ends up seriously cropped compared to how it was on Android 11. Whereas before I could shoot indoor things (cat videos, etc) with the normal lens, now I'm having to go out to the ultrawide to fit things in frame. For now I'm getting around it by using a custom older version of Gcam, but I'd like to just use the normal app if possible. Is anyone else seeing this?
This is with the stock app:
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Compared to how it was with Android 11 and on the custom Gcam app
As you can see, it's a significant amount of cropping. Both with the same standard stabilization enabled. (And pardon the messy desk)
I also tried installing the older 8.2 APK, but to no avail. It's older than the 8.3 that comes with the OS, so you can't go back further than that. And also my old technique for resigning apps to make the system think they're separate apps doesn't seem to be working, but if anyone could figure out a way to do that, I'm all ears.
It's normal. This how EIS works.
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It's normal. This how EIS works.
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Did you even read? This is considerably more cropped than the same stabilization setting on Android 11. It turns it from perfectly usable to completely worthless. And if I'm recording 1080p60 or 4K, it's actually recording at less than full resolution and blowing it up, which looks terrible.
It is normal I think that is how it works.
I think I understand your question but I don't think I recorded any videos before upgrading to Android 12, so I don't have any comparison. I agree that the "1x" video on 12 has a narrower field of view than the equivalent "1x" still photo mode. Allso the video UI does not seem to have any option to disable image stabilization completely. I see that it offers .6x only for standard and cinematic pan. The other modes start at 1x or 2x, so I'm not even sure if the number always means the same sensor.
Yeah, I experienced the same issue, using exactly the same video camera settings the video on Android 12 has much narrower fov. I find it strange that no one is talking about this, maybe no one cares, but when making indoors videos it's a big deal since you have to switch to the wide angle lens, which gathers much less light.
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it's a big deal since you have to switch to the wide angle lens, which gathers much less light.
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The ultrawide camera also lacks autofocus, so if you're trying to film something close-up like a computer screen, it won't be in focus. This is definitely a major issue.
I just noticed that when you pull down the settings pane in the camera app, click "More settings", and scroll down, you can find a toggle to disable video stabilization. This gives a wider field of view and seems to show a similar lightly shaded on-screen control for stabilization. Trying to touch that control raises a hint to enable stabilization in the settings.
Are you sure that the Android 11 and custom app are enabled and not in this funny state with the partial shading of the control button?
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Well, i found that having -2.0 thru -1.0 EV actually speeds up the camera quite a bit. now it depends what type of lighting your in, but atleast now some interior enviroments are faster!
o and also put the white balance on the moon or the light, the picture usually looks best then.
you might notice in the picture i have it set at the smallest resolution, that has nothing to do with this, it was just an accident it was set to that.
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sorry, what do you mean -2.0 thru -1.0 EV? I would like to try it
I'm guess the megapixels.
EV stands for "exposure value", also known as "stops". The Kaiser, as well as most point and shoot digi-cams, goes from -3.0 to +3.0 in half step stops.
ooo snap.. nice.. It kind of works but ya depends on lighting ..:-(
Thanks !
Sorry, just went through the entire menu system on the camera and couldn't find anything resembling "stops" or "ev". Anybody know where to find it?
I have a Tilt.
When you open the camera app, at the bottom of the screen (on the left if you hold the phone upright) there will be a little "handle" that you can click on. It's dark grey in color. Click on that and you can adjust the EV value there.
Works great for me. thanks man
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Well, i found that having -2.0 thru -1.0 EV actually speeds up the camera quite a bit. now it depends what type of lighting your in, but at least now some interior enviroments are faster!
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When you decrease Ev, shutter speed (Tv) automatically increases. At the cost of getting more speed, your picture will be darker. No problem, just use your favorite editor (photoshop) to increase the exposure again (using +Ev, Levels, or Curves). However, doing this will make your image noisier (more grains) and losing quality.
Vice versa, increasing Ev will decrease shutter speed. It's cool that cell phone cameras are beginning to offer adjustment settings. Most advanced camera will let you control EV, Av, and Tv and lots of other things independently, but only advanced users will touch those settings.
updated the first post, showing what EV is, for those who weren't sure.
Also If you go to Camera settings which is South east (corner right bottom) and then select the second page, select the Adjustments and in there you have another option which is to Sharpen more the image.
This also helps a lot.
I'm still trying to understand the Resolution mixing it with the lightning balances to have a nice fast snap shots indoors and outdoors.
Any help will be appreciated.
I can confirm that this does help a lot on my phone. I tested it at the UNLV vs. Arizona game last night. The pictures came out suprisingly well. Granted, it is a well lit indoor area. But I didn't see as much screen lag as usual.
Can anyone else test to see if their optical zoom works in Pro mode? You should be able to see it switch to the optical zoom when you slowly cross between 1.9x and 2.0.
For some reason, it only seems to be working IN auto mode.
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It seems that optical zoom only works with Portrait mode.
I'm surprised that clicking the x2 button on AUTO mode just zooms in using the main camera.
To prove its zooming with the main camera, cover the secondary camera and fliping between x1 and x2 still works.
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It seems that optical zoom only works with Portrait mode.
I'm surprised that clicking the x2 button on AUTO mode just zooms in using the main camera.
To prove its zooming with the main camera, cover the secondary camera and fliping between x1 and x2 still works.
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No, it also works in Auto mode - it takes a second to "switch" and it will only do so if the conditions are right (i.e. good lighting). You can't test it by covering the lens, because it automatically sees that the conditions aren't right for the optical zoom, so it defaults back to digital.
The Verge mentioned that it will not work in Pro mode, so that answers my question.
I wish it indicated whether the optical zoom was being used or not - it's not always easy to see unless you go from 1.9x to 2.0x and wait for the switch to happen (the colors will change slightly).
This video will explain.
https://youtu.be/aaG6OAuk_KQ
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Also I took image 2x with telephoto lens and cropped 2x on main lens. I did this by covering the telephoto lens while in 2x mode. It's seamless transition, and quality appear to be the time.
I will upload 2 images, telephoto being first.
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Looks like the 2nd camera optical zoom is ONLY for photos. Video zoom is digital.
Yeah, tested with the finger trick and it does switch lenses. Open the camera, aim at a decently-lighted scene. Tap the x2, cover the main lens and the viewfinder still shows the uncovered view.
I'm disappointed that I can't shoot in Pro Mode with the telephoto lens. Why the heck did they decide that?
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Hi guys,
Today I tried my first video recording with the ultra wide lens.
When I got back home to check my video, I noticed the picture is many times closer than it should be, and very pixelated.
Here are screenshots to show what I mean:
When I'm close to the phone
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When I'm far (shows the original wide angle)
I tried to take a video in my house and the same thing happens. It records perfectly wide but when I go into gallery to watch it, suddenly it's 5 times closer and all pixelated.
I think I found the issue, once I disabled the HDR10+ the problem goes away. But why?
Is this a software issue? Is my phone is bad? or just impossible to shoot properly with this mode on?
Edit: This seems to happen only in Full Screen ratio with HDR10+ enabled.
Is this normal?
Also how do you convert the HDR10+ to regular video? It says I can do it within the gallery but I see no option to do so.
Thanks for your help!
Hello! I would love to watch a video recorded in 4K HDR
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Hi guys,
Today I tried my first video recording with the ultra wide lens.
When I got back home to check my video, I noticed the picture is many times closer than it should be, and very pixelated.
Here are screenshots to show what I mean:
When I'm close to the phone
When I'm far (shows the original wide angle)
I tried to take a video in my house and the same thing happens. It records perfectly wide but when I go into gallery to watch it, suddenly it's 5 times closer and all pixelated.
I think I found the issue, once I disabled the HDR10+ the problem goes away. But why?
Is this a software issue? Is my phone is bad? or just impossible to shoot properly with this mode on?
Edit: This seems to happen only in Full Screen ratio with HDR10+ enabled.
Is this normal?
Also how do you convert the HDR10+ to regular video? It says I can do it within the gallery but I see no option to do so.
Thanks for your help!
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Hello!
I would love to watch a video recorded in 4K HDR
Press share button it will automatically convert hdr10+ to normal format
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Press share button it will automatically convert hdr10+ to normal format
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Thanks but that's not the issue. Please read the post again and check the photos uploaded.
Once I am close to the phone, it will go out of wide lens and pixelate everything as shown in first image.
When I move far from phone, it goes back to normal wide lens.
Not sure what is happening and why.
Hey guys,
I've got a problem with my camera. When I record with either the front facing or rear facing camera I get a load of green artifacts that get pissed all over the image as shown below:
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I've tried clearing data and cache from the camera app and that didn't work.
The recording looked fine on snapchat and messenger though, which confused me. I assumed this is because of the resolution the apps record in and so I've checked what resolutions I get the artifacts in.
Front camera looks fine at 720p and 1440p, but gets mad artifacts at 1080p.
Rear camera gets artifacts at 1080p (30 and 60fps), 30fps 1440p and 30fps 4k.
At 720p 30fps and 4k 60fps everything looks fine. Also, with the resolutions above the preview as I record gets all stuttery and seems unstable too.
I thought it might be a hardware fault with the rear camera, but the front camera has the same issue. Do they share something that could break both of them? Or is this some weird software glitch?
Thanks for any answers.
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Hey guys,
I've got a problem with my camera. When I record with either the front facing or rear facing camera I get a load of green artifacts that get pissed all over the image as shown below:
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I've tried clearing data and cache from the camera app and that didn't work.
The recording looked fine on snapchat and messenger though, which confused me. I assumed this is because of the resolution the apps record in and so I've checked what resolutions I get the artifacts in.
Front camera looks fine at 720p and 1440p, but gets mad artifacts at 1080p.
Rear camera gets artifacts at 1080p (30 and 60fps), 30fps 1440p and 30fps 4k.
At 720p 30fps and 4k 60fps everything looks fine. Also, with the resolutions above the preview as I record gets all stuttery and seems unstable too.
I thought it might be a hardware fault with the rear camera, but the front camera has the same issue. Do they share something that could break both of them? Or is this some weird software glitch?
Thanks for any answers.
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Sounds like a software related issue with the stock camera app.
Can you flash another firmware version. Hopefully an update is available for your device.
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Sounds like a software related issue with the stock camera app.
Can you flash another firmware version. Hopefully an update is available for your device.
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Thank you for your suggestion. I've re-flashed the phone (clean install using this guide) and the issue still persists - but it's nowhere near as bad as it was. I'll get a green flicker every couple of seconds rather than have a full-on simulation of the matrix. Seems like software had something to do with it, but there's something else afoot.
Edit: Seems to have gotten worse over more tests, I don't actually have a clue anymore.