Camera lag with native app - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Is this a fault of the rom? [UnName 1.0.3]
or is it the stock app? Are there any better apps for using the camera that are faster and won't pause for 2 seconds after I've hit the shutter button?
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Also I do have blink detection and anti-shake on, but with these off, its about a half second or so quicker to shoot, still I would like a snappier shooter if possible as I would like to use my phone's awesome camera as a point and shoot. It would also be cool if the lock/power button could be used as a shutter button when in use with the camera app if possible.
Any tips?

I think the shutter delay issue is just part of the phone.
As to the power button question, I believe they are working on modding the camera apk presently to allow for the usage of that as well as using the camera at any battery level(it usually disables it below 15%)

ZeroIsntTheHero said:
I think the shutter delay issue is just part of the phone.
As to the power button question, I believe they are working on modding the camera apk presently to allow for the usage of that as well as using the camera at any battery level(it usually disables it below 15%)
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Good to know, thanks. Hope the improvements roll out soon.

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[Q] Camera?

How can I take self portraits on the X2 when the only button to take pictures is on the main screen. I am having a hard time hitting the shutter button and not the options button. Is there any app or modification I can make to the phone to fix this!? Help!
Thanks!
ps I am not vary phone suave
Little Photo
You can try using little photo from the market which lets you take a picture just by tapping on the screen or using the volume buttons. theres also a camera mod in the forums that lets you use the search button to take a picture
heh, I'm with the OP, I not a shutter bug so hadn't used the camera much, but I found exactly the same thing. I kept trying to hit the shutter button and it kept sliding out the options menu...
I use vignette and can't recommend it highly enough! I use it as my sole camera and it works awesome. Shoots faster than stock and you can use volume keys or tap anywhere to take a pic. Also allows for 10x zoom which is actually handy and works decently.
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margareda said:
How can I take self portraits on the X2 when the only button to take pictures is on the main screen. I am having a hard time hitting the shutter button and not the options button. Is there any app or modification I can make to the phone to fix this!? Help!
Thanks!
ps I am not vary phone suave
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Yeah they dropped the ball when they removed the camera button, I could do without most but that one is important
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Camera shutter lag: is that only me!?

Hi all, I've recently become tha proud father of a wonderful little lady D) and that's a crucial info to understand the fllowing question:
is that only me experiencing camera shutter lag?
I mean, I cannot ask my son to freeze when taking picture of her and now I see that there's about 1 or maybe 1.5 second lag when hitting the shutter button before the picture is taken. This leads to many blurry pictures! Annoying indeed!!!
Having bought the phone a month before my son was born, I didn't notice this problem at the beginning.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I could find any post dealing with it!
Thanks in advance
That's not lag, that's due to focus taking time to adjust. You have to hold the camera button first to lock the focus, the view pointer will turn green, then you need to press it again to take photo.
And turn on Anti-Shake option under Settings.
BTW- Congratulations for becoming dad. Post a photo of your little angel if you can.
Regards.
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ithehappy said:
That's not lag, that's due to focus taking time to adjust. You have to hold the shutter first to lock the focus, the focus box will turn green, then you need to press it again to take photo.
And turn on Anti-Shake option under Settings.
BTW- Congratulations for becoming dad. Post a photo of your little angel if you can.
Regards.
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Hi, thanks for your reply and even more for your congratulations!
MAybe I was not that clear, my fault, of course first of all I tap to focus and only when the box turns green I press the shutter button. Anyway, there's 1 second (sometimes a little more) before the picture is taken!
That is the lag I'm talking about.
Just to be crystal clear: I own an iPhone 4 and there's absolutely no lag when I press the shutter button, even if I don't get the focus first!
Now I get your point, but I think its normal. I think it also depends on the ISO settings, higher the ISO is faster the photo taking time and vice versa. Maybe when you have lag, you are shooting at night or low light conditions. Try to set the ISO at a higher level and see if the problem persists.
Regards.
ithehappy said:
Now I get your point, but I think its normal. I think it also depends on the ISO settings, higher the ISO is faster the photo taking time and vice versa. Maybe when you have lag, you are shooting at night or low light conditions. Try to set the ISO at a higher level and see if the problem persists.
Regards.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Anyway, it would be better to have such a setting automatically, without having to set everytime the camera manually!
Don't you think so?
Aratheba said:
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Anyway, it would be better to have such a setting automatically, without having to set everytime the camera manually!
Don't you think so?
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it is an automatic setting, but it is set up to take the best quality picture, not the quickest. i would suggest changing it to sports mode on the scene settings.

YACT - Yet Another Camera Thread

Ok, so this is an issue I can't seem to find anyone else complaining about.
My physical camera button won't activate the camera flash.
Now I understand that If the camera is set to Continuous Shooting mode that it probably shouldn't flash - but I've turned that off and I cannot get it to flash unless I use the on screen button, which is difficult for me.
Anyone else having the issue?
My camera rarely flashes when using the camera button, the time it did, it was in Portrait setting instead of 'auto'. I don't want to hijack your thread, but this is a good place to ask... Why can you hold down the camera button to take a stream of photos in modes other than Auto (I understand not allowing it in HDR), but the other modes don't seem to make sense...
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My camera rarely flashes when using the camera button, the time it did, it was in Portrait setting instead of 'auto'. I don't want to hijack your thread, but this is a good place to ask... Why can you hold down the camera button to take a stream of photos in modes other than Auto (I understand not allowing it in HDR), but the other modes don't seem to make sense...
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I was thinking about that last night when I was trying to get my flash to work and playing with settings. It seems like you should be able to take a burst of landscape photos.....or anything else except HDR, and possible some of the lower light combinations.
My physical shutter button activates my flash just fine. For continuous, it flashes on the first shot, but that's it. It will take continuous with the physical button also
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Camera App Freezes

The other day I was using my camera and trying out different effects when it just froze. The shutter/setting buttons were all there but the viewer was black and I couldn't click on anything. I couldn't even hit back to exit the app, only by hitting home. Even force closing the app/clearing cache and opening it back up didn't help - had to reboot. Then the same thing happened shortly after, but hasn't happened since.
Has this happened to anyone else?
weird. That kinda happened to me the other day. But i dont recall if I was playing with effects first, but screen was all just black (no, my hand wasn't in front of it lol) and couldn't push buttons or back. Had to hit Home. But, FCing it worked for me. Minor glitch. Much more minor than my general shutter lag and blurry pics. Need to go to a store to compare my hardware.
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Yeah the fact that I was playing with effects might be coincidence. Luckily it hasn't happened again, but saying that I haven't been using the camera much.
But you might want to look into the shutter lag because mine takes pics super fast!
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I haven't had that specific problem, but the "shutter" lag here also - very frustrating. Hold shutter release down, listen to the "burst" mode shoot what sounds like 15 - 20 photos, review and find 3.
It's maddening. Although I think it's a lighting situation... still. Don't make a shutter clicking sound if you aren't actually making a photo..
infideler said:
Don't make a shutter clicking sound if you aren't actually making a photo..
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I'm with you there, I wouldn't say I have shutter lag, but a lot of the times it will make 2 clicks when I only take 1 photo, 3 clicks for 2 photos etc. Always seems to be one more shutter sound. Obviously it's not a lag issue like yours is, but it's clear that the phone just plays the continuous shutter sound when holding the button down, rather than the click sound corresponding with each picture taken. Can be annoying.

Shutter button sensitivity

Just trying to work out if I have a duff or not. The shutter button seems extremely sensitive when pressed halfway, only need to barely touch it when focusing. Not generally an issue but when in gallery, the slightest touch will open the camera which is very annoying.
Is this normal?
They do it as well as me. Try another galleries, QuicPic example, there do not do it
cobicovec said:
They do it as well as me. Try another galleries, QuicPic example, there do not do it
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Thanks! Good tip I never thought of that!

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