Can anyone give me some tips on taking good pictures with the camera on the phone?
Unless I'm in natural daylight, the pictures I take are almost always blurry or glossy looking.
I've enabled the anti-shake option and this seems to have helped some, however, it is still pretty bad. I've seen examples of pictures taken with this camera that look amazing, but I can never reproduce this.
Please help.
Do you manually focus, like tap-to-focus? You should try to and see if it helps. Maybe if the photos are blurry, either clean the camera lens if its dirty (you may want to check!) and go to setting in the camera app (stock or whatever the one you use) and make sure the focus mode is auto focus (or in some other apps Manual focus) and then try again. You really can take unbelievable photos with the phone. Me being a photographer for the past 6 years, it truly is awesome.
Here are some of mine I took all through the stock camera app untouched.
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P.S. I didn't take time to frame these shots. They were all point and shoot so anyone can take a photo like them
Who the eff drinks pineapple fanta? Nice picks though.
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Who the eff drinks pineapple fanta? Nice picks though.
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Thank you! And Pineapple Fanta actually isn't that bad!
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Do you manually focus, like tap-to-focus? You should try to and see if it helps. Maybe if the photos are blurry, either clean the camera lens if its dirty (you may want to check!) and go to setting in the camera app (stock or whatever the one you use) and make sure the focus mode is auto focus (or in some other apps Manual focus) and then try again. You really can take unbelievable photos with the phone. Me being a photographer for the past 6 years, it truly is awesome.
Here are some of mine I took all through the stock camera app untouched.
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P.S. I didn't take time to frame these shots. They were all point and shoot so anyone can take a photo like them
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What settings were you using on the camera app to take the one of the fanta?
I've been doing some experimenting and I'm finding out that unless I'm outside, with lots of natural light, I need to use the flash, anti-shake, and often set ISO to 100.
Oops, I should have said reduce the exposure to -2.0 or ISO to 200 or 100.
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What settings were you using on the camera app to take the one of the fanta?
I've been doing some experimenting and I'm finding out that unless I'm outside, with lots of natural light, I need to use the flash, anti-shake, and often set ISO to 100.
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I set the exposure to -1.0, everything else auto so I'm not quite sure.
I started a thread on this topic a while back, but things move pretty quick here you might not of seen it. Some good information there about taking pics
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291091
It's really all about your lighting and the iso. I also have my metering set to matrix. try experimenting to see what works best for you.
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I've been searching for a good review for the camera phone lens, but all I found was reviews using stock photos and amateur photos. So here's my review!
I'm a Model builder and I always take photos of my models. Im not an amateur photographer. Sometimes I go to stores and, if I see model I like, I would take a picture of it. But since the wizard camera sucks, there’s really no point.
so here's a simple review I wrote.
http://nlstudio.us/VK/phonelens/phone.htm
great review
Nice done! even though its not a "camera" phone.. the pics were pretty good after the photoshop tweaks! nice review and the lenses dont look that bad!
Good review although not worth $51!!!
would you agree that the macro lens makes the best improvement?
would you agree that the macro lens makes the best improvement?
Nice.
thats pretty great!
off topic, how did you make it clearer with photoshop?
the macro lens is only good for very close close-ups.
it only had a like a 1 inch focus range.
for the tweaks, i used sharpening filter and edit the brightness and contrast.
thanks
some update on more field testing:
so far i only use the super wide angle often.
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this pic came out bad, cuz i switched it to burst by accident.
but it looks cool.
If you want a fancy lens, buy a digital camera. Walking around with a stick on lens attached to your camera phone will make you look like an idiot.
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LOL, it's magnetic, u can pull it off, when im not using i just pull it off and put it in my pocket.
i like to take random pictures of things, and i wouldn't normally bring a digicam everywhere i go, since my digi cam is a huge SLR, lol
I didn't know someone even made lenses like that! I take my phone lots of places I wouldn't dare take my fancy camera (and I'm SO sick of that condescending "get a real camera" crap in general) so I may have to spring for a set. Thanks for the review and pix!
oh yea, u before u buy, u can create ur own wide angle lens with door peep hole lens, only thing u need to do it, find a way to clip it on, lol
This type of lenses is also sold on ebay for approx GBP 3 per lens.
I dont know if they are better/worse but sure they are cheaper.
search for "gummi phone lens"
ie http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....PageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT
Hello!
I'v noticed that left part of pictures taken by my HTC evo 3D are a bit blurry?
could you guys try to take some pictures outside, and inside and check it?
Using Leedroid ROM + Kernel
I will upload some pics as soon as I get home.
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Have you tried cleaning the lens first? A dirty lens can easily blur sections of the photo. I'm at work and on mobile so it's a little difficult to see in detail how the blurring is.
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looks normal, whats wrong with the photos?
Taking another look on a monitor, I do see some things but unfortunately it's the software (most likely). What you're expecting is sharp photos, right? Who wouldn't? Well, the Evo 3D compresses the photos pretty significantly. There is/was an apk of the HTC Amaze camera floating around the GSM dev thread you can try. I'd recommend the apk to install vs the zip to flash so you can easily remove it. There's no compression with that one.
Could you take a picture of maybe a table, wall with some texture. I kind of see what you are talking about but cannot be for certain with the pictures posted. Are you seeing that in the first picture, the boats and the bottom of the light pole are a little blurry and on the 2nd picture, you are seeing the trees on the left blurry? If you could get a pretty solid object to take a picture of, it would make it easy to see.
I didnt had any colored textures around, so I used two pieces of paper with text on it.
1st - Right paper was focused in middle (Used light)
http://i.imgur.com/Sct7t.jpg
2nd - Left paper was focused in middle (Used light)
http://i.imgur.com/S3jXY.jpg
3rd - Focused in middle of papers (Used light)
http://i.imgur.com/qmfCJ.jpg
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Nice! Really sharp eye you got.
Will look at them tomorrow when I have a computer in front of me.
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Here some I took
I saw the blur in your pics man lol.. Dunno was that a finger print ? Fog maybe?
Amaze Camera thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302943
About the blur, I get something close yet less strong on my phone. I bet it's the lens...
Kochise
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How the hell did you suceed to get such good photos?
I'm using Leedroid newest ROM and newest kernel with amaze camera.
What could be the problem?
If it's lens I would have to send it
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How the hell did you suceed to get such good photos?
I'm using Leedroid newest ROM and newest kernel with amaze camera.
What could be the problem?
If it's lens I would have to send it
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I used stock camera and stock kernel I always make sure my lens are clean and have at it with the right light.... I also never photo shop any of my pics I took lol.. I like the camera on the 3D just the 5mp takes great shots..
3D is kinda a gimmick not so much a fan of it but still like it...
That last pic is when a tornado was getting ready to touch down ....
I am on Fresh ROM by Flipz
So final solution is to send it on warranty?
Sending it back may mean you get hboot 1.5 if you don't already. I didn't see that much wrong but check for dirt or scratches on the lens as mentioned before. It could also be a hint of depth of field if its only affecting portions of the image. That's not likely with our lens, but it is possible. Macro photos with this camera have depth of field very obvious.
Iv'e clenead my lens, they are like "baby's ass" but I dont notice it on videos or 3D photos, only on 2D photos I notice that focus problems.... while on videos there is no such problem...
Please advice
kd_koCiz said:
Amaze Camera thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302943
About the blur, I get something close yet less strong on my phone. I bet it's the lens...
Kochise
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Sweet. Thanks for the link. I've been looking for it. Lol.
My wife's old iphone 4 seems to take way better low light pics and video (HAM2 camera is jittery when taking low-light video, not smooth at all) Are there any camera tweaks to be done? any settings to change? Thanks!
The B148 update supposedly helped a bit, but I haven't tested it yet. But if you've already updated, I'm afraid there's not much else to do.
Phones like ours are cheap for a reason, meaning they have to be "bad" somewhere. Cameras are never good on Androids of this price range.
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The B148 update supposedly helped a bit, but I haven't tested it yet. But if you've already updated, I'm afraid there's not much else to do.
Phones like ours are cheap for a reason, meaning they have to be "bad" somewhere. Cameras are never good on Androids of this price range.
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That's cool, I understand. I guess the majority of pics & videos happen outside in the light anyway. Thanks. p.s. I figured out how to silence the camera and video camera sounds using ES file manager, so that's good.
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That's cool, I understand. I guess the majority of pics & videos happen outside in the light anyway. Thanks. p.s. I figured out how to silence the camera and video camera sounds using ES file manager, so that's good.
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Ooh cool, mind sharing?
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Ooh cool, mind sharing?
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Sure. I followed this link and scrolled to the bottom where it talks about rooted devices. You're basically just adding a small addendum to the camera sound file names in the system. Works for me, but who knows what the long-term effects will be. Do this at your own risk, I take no responsibility for your actions. Do not do this if it is illegal in your country, check your laws.
Some third-party camera apps will give you additional options, like higher ISO, that are not available in the stock Huawei camera. lgCamera has been mentioned in another thread here. I'm partial to OpenCamera. Paid options like A Better Camera provide additional modes. But even with all these options, I think the limiting factor for low-light photography with the HAM2 is focus. It becomes very uncertain in anything less than bright light.
Sweet, it works! You should make a thread for it, I reckon.
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Sweet, it works! You should make a thread for it, I reckon.
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Will do.
I work sports leagues and tournaments and get a lot of teams asking me to take their picture. Sadly, it seems that ANY iPhone takes better pictures than anything I've dragged out there. In order of my use- Optimus V, Samsung S2, Note 2, and a Nokia 520; also a few small tablets, usually wrapped up on the beach so no pictures there.
Once I realized that the HAM2's camera software doesn't allow flash when in HDR mode, I began looking at other camera software on Google Play. I recently bought Open Camera. It has so many more options, including flash when in HDR mode and a night mode. Here are photos taken on a walk today taken in HDR mode with the phone software and Open Camera.
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I'll get some photos in night mode over the weekend and post them.
Hi chaps, i know most gettin the phone soon, share your best pics when u get it,
Had it for a day so far...
What I will be doing in coming days is comparing side by side with lg g7 with the gcam port.
And taking wide angle landscapes with front camera (just flipping phone around).
More to come...
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First pictures with natural bokeh and portrait mode. It was a cloudy day so the pictures aren't as vibrant as they could be.
Pot stickers for dinner.
A couple more...
After using gcam ports on several recent phones, it's nice to have a zsl real deal gcam again for a change! View attachment 4624461
Nothing fancy here, but I just love how crisp and detailed the images are!
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Even taking up close pictures that are quick are really clear. Took this before going to Home Depot for more. Wasn't trying to get a super clear picture and was a little worried I was going to have to retake it with how blurry it looked on screen before I snapped it. Looks way better than I expected it to. Loving this phone so far!
Natural bokeh, no portrait mode, auto awesome in Google photos
Love, love, love this camera
Passing through this place:
Quick trip to lake by work
Diwali celebration in India
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Quick trip to lake by work
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How did you get that close?!
First pic I took, not bad
This camera amazes me. Here's one I took fooling around just to see what was possible.
In Italy. Breathtakingly good camera. I have also been regularly flipping the phone around to get wide angle shots out of the front camera (non selfies).
Hello everyone,
Pictures, i can't say how impressive.
I was trying to get a review from people about Pixels but then I decided to give mine.
Let's see if Pixel 3 is worth the price.
Let me know !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZI1QE0EoRk
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On Guard Duty #Pixel3 #Dartmoor by Gavin Fabiani-Laymond, on Flickr
Quality is definitely compressed after uploading here.
I've got some time ago this app for free and never really used and now I wanted to give a try with a JPG comparison and for my surprise it is way better than stock, in the attachment the samples.
This is the link for the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riseupgames.proshot2
For the Proshot picture I shot in: JPG, P, ISO 50, no noise reduction, Detail turned off, IMG+ turned off, Topaz Denoise and Sharpen.
Proshot seems to be way better than stock, its a pitty it does not support 50mpx yet.
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Wow.. look way sharper... Do you have any other comparison like outdoor? ppl?
There are many version of gcam available and not really complicated to install.
Is this better?
Hmmm, the stock image looks either out of focus or soft by motion blur... would it be possible to show other samples, also from other scenarios ? That would be great
Does Proshot support all lenses on the S23U ?
Both pictures where shoot in the same condition, I will try to do other test but the test shows detail and color rendition
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Both pictures where shoot in the same condition, I will try to do other test but the test shows detail and color rendition
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The problem is that this is a painting so we have to point of reference in our mind as to how exactly it looks in real life. If you go out and take a picture of like trees and buildings, it's easier for us to compare. Though I agree that proshot does look sharp and nice! Just hard to tell if it's not too sharp compared to real life?
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The problem is that this is a painting so we have to point of reference in our mind as to how exactly it looks in real life. If you go out and take a picture of like trees and buildings, it's easier for us to compare. Though I agree that proshot does look sharp and nice! Just hard to tell if it's not too sharp compared to real life?
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I will do more testing because in some test I did today seems that even if I disable in camera sharpening, the app applies sharpening. Other thing I found is noise pattern this camera creates that is more difficult to Topaz to remove (somethin that not happen with Canon for example) but I will arrive to a bette conclusion when I do more test.
What about ProShop post-processing? Will be great some examples of outdoors pictures vs stock cam...
As long as the RAW issue with ProShot on the S23U is not fixed this app is virtually unusable with this device.
When shooting RAW you always the the image from the 1x module even when using 0.5x, 3x or 10x.
At least the guys at Rise Up Games are aware and looking for a way to fix the issue.
Also video stabilization is not present or working on the S23U in combination with ProShot.