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I just recently upgraded my Samsung Focus to the latest beta 7712 - everything seems to work fine except for the Camera - it doesn't seem to focus anymore when I hold down the shutter button halfway. Focus also doesn't work for the Bing Vision for example, it just shows a blurry image no matter what.
Anyone else have this problem or suggestions on how to fix it?
Thanks!
Working fine here on HTC HD7.
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Working fine on my LG Quantum.
working here just normally on a omnia7
Works on v1.3 Samsung Focus on 7712.
Although I do randomly have trouble focusing on things, but it seems to be limited to reflective or steep angled surfaces. Otherwise it focuses just fine.
What hardware revision and did you have issues on mango beta 1?
Have you tried pressing on the screen to take a photo (It'll focus then take) instead of pressing the button. Not a fix but you might have to do it until we get Official Mango.
Sounds ironic how the Focus won't focus anymore xD
Try resetting camera settings, or a factory reset with 7712.
Same experience on both builds of mango. I have to press the camera button 1/2 way and wait for it to focus before pressing completely.
Small price to pay...
Camera is functioning as designed and focuses without lag and stays locked, however, pressing further to trigger the shutter is diffacult and I end up with a blurry pic. Also, I wish the search button would lock out. Its not needed in camera mode. I always hit it by accident sending me to Bing.
Had the same problem on the first release of Mango. Seems to have gotten better on Mango release 2. Having some other issues, however.
I have the Focus v1.3 - before 7712 I had limited trouble focusing, but it worked well for the most part, similar to Scrtcwlvl. Now the camera will not focus at all, as in every shot is blurry =\ I had mango beta 2 installed before this, and oddly enough did not have this problem.
Its late now, but will try in the morning to do the screen tap focus and reset camera settings, and hard reset perhaps if that fails.
N!njaDuck said:
Same experience on both builds of mango. I have to press the camera button 1/2 way and wait for it to focus before pressing completely.
Small price to pay...
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That's how it's designed to work.
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alaszlo said:
Camera is functioning as designed
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Not at all, the flashlight is buggy now
Tried doing tap to focus, also resetting the camera settings, no dice =(
If I'm feeling in a curious mood I'll try the hard reset, otherwise I might just live without the camera till RTM rolls around.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone
Actually, I've noticed some interesting behavior since upgrading from 7392 to 7712 -- on my LG Optimus 7.
+ Can save the camera settings now. Awesome!
+ Able to turn off the shutter sound
+ Putting the phone on "vibrate" also turns off the shutter sound, which is what it should've been all along
+ Can force it to take pictures more quickly (rather than a long focus time)
+ Able to rotate the screen in "camera roll" mode when viewing pictures I've already taken. Couldn't do this before -- only when viewing from the Pictures hub.
- Seems to take blurry pictures more often when using the physical camera button, but less blurry when using the screen to snap the photo. Strange.
- Can't seem to get "tap to focus" to function on my phone, even if I turn off the "tap screen to take photo" option
Just some reports worth noting. All in all, I *love* the 7712 Mango build
do you think m$ will improve video capture from 25 to 30 fps at 720p ?
I have the same issue on 7712 on an AT&T Samsung Focus. (which makes having a "focus" issue on the Focus very difficult for searching in the forums...)
Both of the Mango preview builds had the same problem for me.
Holding the shutter button down half-way sometimes takes a LONG time for the focus target box (the white lines) to appear and the actual focusing routine to begin. Once the auto-focusing has begun, I see the image go from blurry to clear as it auto-focuses, but then, maddeningly, it continues "auto-focusing" past the in-focus image and settles on a blurry image.
I know "a long time for the focus box to appear" is subjective, but it's noticeably delayed compared to NoDo. In very informal testing, it's taken up to 8 seconds for the auto-focus target box to even appear (sometimes it's quicker than that, but, worse, sometimes it's never come up). BUT, once the actual auto-focusing has begun, I will see the image go from out-of-focus to in-focus, then settle on out-of-focus as it thinks it's found me the optimal focus condition for the picture.
My sort of solution... instead of using the shutter button, I touch and hold on the screen which brings up the focus box, then as the focusing routine starts, as soon as the image is in focus, I release my finger from the screen. This ninja-like quickness usually catches the image while it's still in-focus. If I press and hold the screen indefinitely, it will behave just like detailed above, where it goes from out-of-focus, to in-focus, then out-of-focus, but I guess because of how the "screen is touched" mode works, it takes the picture once I've been touching the screen for 3 seconds, regardless of focus.
I think the trick to lifting off of the screen while the image is still in focus can be duplicated with the shutter button (when the image is in focus, jam the button down from the half-detent to the full-detent before it can go back out-of-focus), but I found that urgently pressing the shutter button fully-down is a good way to move the phone during the exposure, which usually ruins the picture.
I've found that the finger-on-screen method will reliably bring up the focus box/auto-focus routine, while the half-detent on the physical button does not always get the focus box to show up. I've tried pressing the button to the half-detent from lots of different angles and directions, but without finding any type of pressure correlating with success or failure. This issue never appeared on NoDo or pre-NoDo (only on the Mango previews), though I do recognize that the phone is mechanically older now than when I was I got it in November. BUT, combined with the auto-focus silliness, I'm not thinking it's a button issue.
ahaha your Focus can't focus!
Guys
Just notiiced on my stock HOX, that when I record a video in Full HD, it is fine in portrait position (held upright), but if turn the phone to landscape it still shows the playback in portrait mode.
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Guys
Just notiiced on my stock HOX, that when I record a video in Full HD, it is fine in portrait position (held upright), but if turn the phone to landscape it still shows the playback in portrait mode.
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Sometimes I have the opposite XD
I've noticed that the accelerometer won't always trip so I think I'm holding the phone landscape and recording thus, but it's actually in portrait XD
Make sure that the gallery icon always matches the screen orientation, if the problem persists try to recalibrate the G-sensor I think...
Settings > Display & gestures > G-Sensor calibration
Then follow the onscreen info.
Yeah tried that the same, seems strange, will check my other HOX, odd as the Sensor works fine for everything else.
I noticed that a Hard Reset fixed mine too when you hold down power for 10 seconds.
Got nowhere so contacted HTC and got the response below saying its normal ???
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Thank you for contacting HTC regarding your HTC One X.
My name is Carola and I am a Technical Support Agent for the HTC Written Team.
I understand when you record a video clip in portrait position then you turn the phone to landscape it still shows the playback in portrait mode.
This is a normal function in the phone, due to the original screen format in which was recorded, it reduces it's size to have the complete view in the other view mode you choose.
For additional information regarding the camera in your phone you can have at this link
http://www.htc.com/www/help/htc-one-x/
select Camera basics, Recording video.
I am confident that this will answers your query, in the unlikely event that this does not please call or instant chat to one of our Customer Service Agents who will be waiting to guide you through step by step. Our Contact Details can be found at www.htc.com/uk/contact
i've just noticed that you need it to change orientation BEFORE starting the recording, once its recording it doesn't change it.
it just depends what orientation you have it first, as to which way the video will appear when playing back.
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i've just noticed that you need it to change orientation BEFORE starting the recording, once its recording it doesn't change it.
it just depends what orientation you have it first, as to which way the video will appear when playing back.
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I've noticed that the accelerometer won't always trip so I think I'm holding the phone landscape and recording thus, but it's actually in portrait
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See my post?
yeah, just your post doesn't mention that it doesn't change it whilst recording, even if the g sensor is calibrated properly. (which i could swear they used too, maybe not though)
Think this issue is that I was rotating the device after during recording.
That explains why on some clips there is no issue (where i did not rotate).
Guess I just assumed the device accelerometer was clever enough to rotate.
Thanks guys.
i reckon the reason they don;t have it rotating whilst recording, is that if for instance you played it back on a tv, i would find it really annoying if i the whole video frame kept swapping orientations through a video.
I always take photos of my kids playing, but i noticed a big problem with the G4 camera that any moving object looks blurred in the photos even if the movment is slow (eg. Turning heads etc.).
I did not have this problem with my previous Galaxy S5.
Anybody noticed this problem?
Someone mentioned that the camera seems to want to use slow shutter speeds and low ISO values, when left in Auto mode.
As Auto does not provide any adjustments at all, you'd either have to use Manual mode, or try another camera app that allows a little more control. Something to force the camera to use a higher ISO setting, and a faster shutter speed, which would help reduce blurring of moving objects.
Of course, this assumes you are in a well-lit area. If you're indoors, in a moderately-lit area, then you are going to have more trouble regardless.
Manually turn on the flash, that might help. You can toggle the flash mode even if the camera is in auto.
I have kids too and sometimes my pics of them come out blurry too...this is outdoors with a ton of light. These out of focus shots are not a shutter speed thing but more of an auto focus problem.
The camera always wants to re-grab focus whenever you take a picture when the subject is moving. My kids will be in the frame, in focus (green squares on screen to confirm) I push the camera button, then the damn software tries and refocus because my kids are running around, the auto focus pics the wrong focal point and then the shutter snaps...out of focus pic.
I too came from the S5 which had better software. On that phone, if I turned off burst shot, pushing and holding down the camera button would cause the camera to focus on the subject and lock it in, then when I released my finger, it would take an almost instantaneous picture and keep focus... end result always sharp pics of my kids even when running (as long as there was lots of light).
If G4 could have that feature, all would be perfect!
Ah, in that case, maybe try touching the screen to cause the camera to focus on the spot you touched. But, instead of touching the spot where your moving kids are, try touching a non-moving spot on the ground near them, but at the same focal distance. That way, your kids will also be in focus. If that still doesn't work, then maybe switch to manual mode to hold the focus manually.
I have noticed that when I take a selfie, and then click on it to view it, it displays normally for a second, but then auto-blurs the selfie. I don't actually like that- I'd rather see the real image, not a beauty-filtered one. How can I turn off whatever mechanism is doing this?
Are you talking about the blur/bokeh in portrait mode or face retouching? Portrait mode will blue the background while keeping the subject in focus. There is also an icon on the top left corner of the camera that looks like a face with a star on it which adjusts face retouching. Options are off, natural or soft. This is on both camera and portrait mode.
Additionally for photos you've already taken in portrait, when viewing them in the camera roll there are two copies of the image and you can toggle the bokeh/blur on and off.
Hi everybody! I'll start by saying that this forum has been really useful in the last few years, so thank you to all users that keep it alive!
I just bought a new Galaxy S20, coming from a S8, and on my old phone, when I watched a HDR video (for example, on Prime Video), the blue light filter would automatically turn off and brightness would go to the max (only while playing). Now, on S20 it is no longer the case. Even if I turn off the blue light filter, brightness can be changed with no issue. That goes beyond the purpose of HDR, which needs brightness to be all the way up. In fact, I believe HDR itself is not working. I checked with my S8 side by side and the difference is pretty clear.
Why is that? Was it the same for S9 and S10, also?
I read somewhere that screen should be set to natural (or that it automatically uses natural when viewing HDR videos), but I see no difference at all. I guess that the brightness not going up is the main cue to see if HDR playback is working or not, and - in my case - it is not. Tried also Netflix, to no avail.
May you help me with this?
Thank you!