I have consistent problem with camera while taking shots during shows/concerts. Take a look at the pic, the normal looking one at the top is actually under exposed -2. The bottom is exposure 0. I have the same problem while taking videos. For some reason Samsung gets very sensitive while there is a big differential in the light settings. My friend's LG HD and all iPhones don't have this glare.
Is there a place I can edit and modify exposure settings? I'm on TW Jedi X12, but found all TW roms have that 'problem.'
C'mon, no one has the answer to this basic question/problem?
Bronyr said:
C'mon, no one has the answer to this basic question/problem?
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Hi. I don't know where to edit exposure but, have you tried Camera FV-5? It's a really neat app, and it does a real job. You can adjust the exposure, ISO, shutter controls, white balance, metering and it also display a live histogram while focusing. DSLR controls on your Note2.
Hope it helps!
Thanks for the tip. Great app indeed but no video option. Will be looking to find how to edit the camera app file and make exposure -2 to stick as default.
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Do you have auto contrast on? Seems like that may be worth looking into
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Bronyr said:
Thanks for the tip. Great app indeed but no video option. Will be looking to find how to edit the camera app file and make exposure -2 to stick as default.
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Check your PMs
dwitherell said:
Check your PMs
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have anybody tried to update camera firmware?
thx dwitherel, it worked perfectly.
Okay. what was the tip that worked perfectly? Wanna share or is it some "If I tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you" thing?
dkb218 said:
Okay. what was the tip that worked perfectly? Wanna share or is it some "If I tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you" thing?
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LOL - it was a smali edit that fixed it. I am away from my laptop so I can't tell you the specifics at the moment, but there is one particular smali file that sets the defaults for a number of things - including exposure value. There were a few places where the exposurevalue:I and camcorderexposurevalue:I were set to 0x0 (i.e. 0 on the exposure setting). Each integer seemed to be equivalent to a half step on that scale (so 0x1 would be an exposure of 0.5, etc.), so where those values were being set I changed them to -0x4 (or -2). If folks are interested I could post just the modified camera apk, and dkb218 if you want the super-specifics shoot me a PM and I'll go into some more detail once I have the files in front of me (this is all being said from memory, which in my case is rather fallible lol).
Post the modded camera.apk when possible and thank you
camera exposure settings
Is there a way to get the exposure value to go lower than -2? I'm trying to take pictures of powerpoint presentations. The Ipads in the audiences are having no problem with tapping on the screen, the camera focuses on the powerpoint slide and it is clearly visible. The Note 8 still whites it out. An exposure of -2 helps but not enough.
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Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
Flash without A is forced flash (always on)
With a is automatic and only kicks in if light is low.
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UnixxinU said:
Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
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There aren't really any 'optimal' settings, apart from making sure you're taking 8mp photo's. Whether you want to take pictures in widescreen or not is up to you. I prefer not. Apart from that, it completely depends on the lighting and subject matter. If you have a relatively steady hand, the subject isn't going to move much and the lighting is alright, then the HDR setting can take some fantastic pictures. Auto seems to fine for most things
UnixxinU said:
Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
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Do note that when the camera is on, the screen brightness is automatically set the maximum brightness, so a picture might look quite a bit darker in Gallery. I've set my screen at 30% brightness during normal use
Hi everyone!
As a Note II user, I really enjoy the "warm vintage" camera effect, and I shoot the 80% of the photos with this filter activated. After I tried many Apps, I'm stick with this stock effect because creates an excellent tone and colours, and does not look so vintage. But I will change my phone in a few months, and I can't find any App with something like that. Could anyone help me out with this? Thanks a lot!
Snapseed and even Line camera app have those and many other effects - but I like Snapseed's ability to adjust more.
cyberboob said:
Snapseed and even Line camera app have those and many other effects - but I like Snapseed's ability to adjust more.
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Yes, you are right, I should have explained myself better. I meant I'm looking for the effect in real time, as is built in our Notes, so you can see it before you take the picture, not a filter you can apply later. And also I'd like the same white balance and colour saturation that "warm vintage" has, not an approximate solution. Thanks anyway for the response!:laugh::good:
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Yes, you are right, I should have explained myself better. I meant I'm looking for the effect in real time, as is built in our Notes, so you can see it before you take the picture, not a filter you can apply later. And also I'd like the same white balance and colour saturation that "warm vintage" has, not an approximate solution. Thanks anyway for the response!:laugh::good:
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Does anyone know where the "Warm vintage" filter has gone in the note 3 and Note 4? Thanks!
RedJay88 said:
Does anyone know where the "Warm vintage" filter has gone in the note 3 and Note 4? Thanks!
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It was only included in Note2, not in any model after that.
Hello, just switched from Galaxy S3 to Xperia Z3 and badly missing the warm vintage effect on my cammera, from same reasons as originator of this thread.
Can anyone advice which camera app is matching, if any?
Thank you very much
Try "Open Camera", it's free in the Playstore. It has quite same Warm Vintage effects in the stock camera app.
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Try "Open Camera", it's free in the Playstore. It has quite same Warm Vintage effects in the stock camera app.
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Thank you for the hint. Open Camera is nowhere near my expectation. Its true, that with white balance manually set to Daylight or Cloudy-daylight, the colours are much more alive, but not as much as I would imagine.
Any other idea? It really not possible to transfer the Samsung (S3) camera mode to other device?
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Thank you for the hint. Open Camera is nowhere near my expectation. Its true, that with white balance manually set to Daylight or Cloudy-daylight, the colours are much more alive, but not as much as I would imagine.
Any other idea? It really not possible to transfer the Samsung (S3) camera mode to other device?
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Tried this?
I'm curious what you guys think. I've never used a 3rd party camera app, so I have no idea if they're even worth it.
Discuss . . .
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I don't think that is necessary given the tweaks that are producing good results: capping ISO 200, knocking sharpness down - 1.5 and using medium resolution.
ISO Cap
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I don't think that is necessary given the tweaks that are producing good results: capping ISO 200, knocking sharpness down - 1.5 and using medium resolution.
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Sorry if this question sounds dumb, but you can either select ISO 200 from the settings screen or from going into manual mode and setting it to 200. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this take every photo at exactly ISO 200?
How do you "cap" it meaning to allow the camera to select a lower ISO if necessary, but not to exceed 200? DSLRs will do this by selecting auto ISO with a 200 cap, or 400, 800, etc. Am I missing something or are you referring to simply setting the ISO to 200? I saw no setting of "auto with a cap".
Whilst waiting for the next OTA for my HIMA, I spent $3 for DSLR CAMERA PRO from Play Store, and it is giving +15% over the current state of stock camera though..
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Whilst waiting for the next OTA for my HIMA, I spent $3 for DSLR CAMERA PRO from Play Store, and it is giving +15% over the current state of stock camera though..
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I will give that app a try. I've also been using Camera FV-5 and by the way, Flavio, the developer of that app says the next update will add the ability to save to an external SD card.
The XDA settings seem to help using the stock camera app. I guess it remains to be seen how much, if any, HTC can do with this sensor via software updates.
You're right.. even increasing all by 0.5 makes a huge impact..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d21gdjkwau717u3/IMAG0681.jpg?dl=0
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You're right.. even increasing all by 0.5 makes a huge impact..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d21gdjkwau717u3/IMAG0681.jpg?dl=0
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I notice you have sharpness set to a +0.5. I thought the XDA recommendation was to set sharpness at a -1 or -1.5?
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I notice you have sharpness set to a +0.5. I thought the XDA recommendation was to set sharpness at a -1 or -1.5?
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Did you download the picture from my dropbox - do you like it - Y/N ?
Tell us.
Then try by yourself either..
jauhien said:
Did you download the picture from my dropbox - do you like it - Y/N ?
Tell us.
Then try by yourself either..
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Yes, your picture was fine. I guess I'll just play around with sharpness a little to see what I like best. Thanks for your help.
I like the one Made in Sweden. Keep em coming Did you use the table to keep the phone stable?
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And about that cap. Can you create a max 200 iso or not ?
Bumping because I'm stuck with an app for this "fine" phone.
I'm sorry but it's the only relevant thread about this problem.
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Camera KK this looks like it was built with CameraNext and has had the best results from any camera app on Fire Phone I have used. Even with flash!
I attached some unaltered shots outdoors and indoors with lights on and off in my server room.
Free has ads and $1.99 to remove them. So try it and let me know any tips you might find.
Still has flash issue in low light. It's going to take more than an app in the store to resolve the issue.
Nice, good find, flash pic quality looks similar to the ones from Snap Camera... I found the post I was thinking about:
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Snap Camera:
• Exposure compensation to -2 ev
• ISO manually set to 1600
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And now get that cable management in order! *shudders*
Just kidding... this should be posted in "General", since it's useful information about one of the biggest issues, Magnum_Enforcer to the rescue!
Do I have the power to move it?
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Do I have the power to move it?
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No, but I do.
I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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Oohhh very nice, that's a very solid result for basically "default settings"! Will download it and take on a "test drive" tomorrow.
Compared to the pics taken with the new Huawei Mate S, why are we even complaining... :laugh:
(...added the quote about the Snap Camera settings in my previous post, SC requires a little more work to yield good results...)
HDR freezes the app... sigh...
... and so will * every other app when using HDR. I don't need it, some people can't live without it (looking at you, russy23 ^^).
Camera KK is a solid alternative to Snap Camera or Camera MX, and easy to use because of the stock Android look & feel.
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Camera Zoom FX
I tried taking HDR pics using Camera Zoom FX and it didn't crash.
I also found a good camera app that works great on the slimcat rom: cymera. Flash works and great filters are integrated. Couldnt find an option for HDR though...
Could someone try Simple Camera, it went free in the amazon app store today. Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash... I'm back on Stock Fire OS right now so I can't try myself...
Thanks,
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Could someone try Simple Camera [...] Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Correct, source code for the camera HAL is needed. Highly unlikely that it will be released by Amazon.
Oh wait, we're all getting bootloader unlock codes for Christmas when they put the developer version under our trees.
LOL Camera KK force closes on me. Cymera works though.
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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I bought Snap Camera, it has a good amount of options for people who want to customize their photo settings.
Quality is good, flash pics work too, you can correct the exposure if needed (other apps have this as well, ofc.)
Right now, I'm still using Camera KK (free version), because I just need a simple "shooter", just like the stock android app.
Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Camera KK, exposure -1, is the best I got. Tried a bunch.
So i recently updated my nexus 5 and in the stock camera settings i see an advanced with manual exposure inside. This is not an option in my nexus 5x camera app. Anybody know why? And are there any build.prop tweaks to add this setting?
Thanks
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So i recently updated my nexus 5 and in the stock camera settings i see an advanced with manual exposure inside. This is not an option in my nexus 5x camera app. Anybody know why? And are there any build.prop tweaks to add this setting?
Thanks
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Not sure if you referring to exposure compensation or actual exposure time stock camera does not offer manual control hence no manaul exposures best to try 3rd party app
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Not sure if you referring to exposure compensation or actual exposure time stock camera does not offer manual control hence no manaul exposures best to try 3rd party app
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Not a 100% sure but for example I took a couple pitures of a window with sunlight coming thought it, with the setting at 0 all I could see was light coming throught the window (completly white) and when i lowered it down to -1 there was less light and i could see the fence behind the window. So my nexus 5 has this setting but the 5x doesnt.
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Not a 100% sure but for example I took a couple pitures of a window with sunlight coming thought it, with the setting at 0 all I could see was light coming throught the window (completly white) and when i lowered it down to -1 there was less light and i could see the fence behind the window. So my nexus 5 has this setting but the 5x doesnt.
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then it exposure compensation ... https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3txp0c/its_confirmed_nexus_5x_has_no_manual_exposure/
best would be 3rd party app then adjust shutter speed manually
like this https://youtu.be/yYQeXW4cwRU?t=11s
defcomg said:
then it exposure compensation ... https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3txp0c/its_confirmed_nexus_5x_has_no_manual_exposure/
best would be 3rd party app then adjust shutter speed manually
like this https://youtu.be/yYQeXW4cwRU?t=11s
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Awesome, thanks for the info man! Yup I do know that there are 3rd party apps capable of doing this but I just find it quite weird that the nexus 5 stock camera app has this setting but the 5x's stock camera app doesnt, thats all.
Nexus 5x need a lg g4 camera porting!
Who can do it? :crying:
Has it been fixed? (yet?)