[Xperia S] Autofocus is stupid - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Guys,
I'm taking pictures with my Xperia S. However, about 60% of the time the camera doesn't get the right focus and the picture come out blurred.
How can I manually choose where to focus?

U can use touch to focus but u have to use normal mode and select focus mode to touch to focus! And it's not really focus until u click camera button! I suggest u using 3rd party camera apps like Camera360 or even fb came can focus better!
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[Q] Zoom with a camera

I can't zoom in or out with my X10 mini, can anyone do that?
Best regards.
No zoom function on the x10 mini. Try a program like vignette which has a workaround.
I need a camera app having "Antishake". The shutter on Mini is a bit quirky and makes my photos shake everytime when I press it to shoot the frame after auto focus locks on the frame. So I require a camera app which will help to reduce/remove the shake by exposing the frame by say - Touching - any part of the screen. I have used one or two Camera apps like snap photo camera 360 etc which does this antishake but none of them recognises the camera flash. Does vignette recognise camera flash and has this antishake feature too?
Or can anybody recommend a Camera App having this Anti-Shake feature whicch works with Mini cmera flash and other functions.
Thanks
Edit:
I tried the app "Vignette" and all the basic things work. As added feature we get digi zoom and steady shot which I have tried and found good. There are many more features and effects which are also worth trying. Good app for Mini.

Camera Manual Focus!!

I am wondering is there is any way that we could control the focus of the camera manually "not like touch to focus" like when we do zooming instead of it will change the focus so it give us stable focus on that point!!
I hope my idea is clear!!
it looks like there is no hope!!
ahmedoxo said:
I am wondering is there is any way that we could control the focus of the camera manually "not like touch to focus" like when we do zooming instead of it will change the focus so it give us stable focus on that point!!
I hope my idea is clear!!
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the zoom on the xperia s is digital = no hope
optik19918 said:
the zoom on the xperia s is digital = no hope
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I think he meant that instead of zooming while pressing the volume up and down buttons, that the camera should refocus, like it does when you tap the screen.
Mixters said:
I think he meant that instead of zooming while pressing the volume up and down buttons, that the camera should refocus, like it does when you tap the screen.
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You can use the camera button to focus
I take pictures on manual mode all the time and that means pictures in low light with less noise
About the focusing, just press the camera button a little bit and then your phone will focus, if you don't like the focus just let the button go and try again while holding the phone slightly different with light source etc, then you can really make nice pictures
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hey guys I know about this, what am talking about is to have the control of the focus!! once you press on the screen it will ""auto"" focus on that point!! but I want to control the degree of the focus like professional cameras!!
ahmedoxo said:
hey guys I know about this, what am talking about is to have the control of the focus!! once you press on the screen it will ""auto"" focus on that point!! but I want to control the degree of the focus like professional cameras!!
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You can't.
may be , we can control it by using custom driver for camera.
as in SE k850 , it has manual focus by using custom camdrive.
or, anyone can make app that make manual focus possible ?
I've used some phone from Japan, mainly from Sharp, and all of them have manual focus. It's extremely convenient, especialy when you need to capture something in close distance, like die-casts. They run on customized Symbian, so IMO, Symbian has some driver/libs to support manual focus
I don't know if new Android phones sold locally in Japan can manual focus or not, since I haven't had a chance to take a look of them. But I think Android platform can support that, because the stock Gingerbread ROM on Optimus 2X has manual focus.
manual focus
has any other phone having this option?
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camera manual focus
Sky A650 was have this option ! i'll take camera.apk in A650 and upload this !!!
Sr for my English
lolz.........
please THIS IS A REQUEST to all MODDERS and DEVELOPERS out there....!!!
If possible, it would be really useful to get manual focus in android..
please respond.. :good: :fingers-crossed:
correct me if im wrong, but i believe this should have been posted on QnA forum :silly:
anyways, yeah everybody's been pining for this for quite some time already here's to hoping that this finally happens :fingers-crossed:
can we assign the volume button as the control of the focus via key layout on android ?
sony_84 said:
can we assign the volume button as the control of the focus via key layout on android ?
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seems no-one just understands what we are asking for..
you will need a android 4.2!
Don't know if it helps, but camerazoom fx has touch to focus feature :thumbup:
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hlaraujo said:
Don't know if it helps, but camerazoom fx has touch to focus feature :thumbup:
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The OP meant for stock camera
sent from my super pimped Xperia Sola
Motorola launch new app for manual focus. Find on google but unfortunately it does work on my phone. I don't know why.

Camera Quality of XS compared with Arc

Hi guys,
It seems that the picture quality of Xperia Arc is better than XS, I am not able to focus properly and pictures and not looking sharp !!!
I am using 9MP.
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Try Camera360 app in play store, I always used it on Arc, bought Xperia S a few days ago, mine takes good photos I use 12mp, haven't tried 9mp. Always try using as lower ISO as possible, higher ISO rates produce more noise, also avoid AUTO SCN setting, always use custom ones for better results. I use Mutli-Auto Focus setting since touch focus wont work right. If you find holding your hand still while taking picture try using stabilization. I liked Xperia S camera but I miss Burst mode of Cyber-Shot cameras. Hope I helped
I sm using following setting on XS:
Mode NORMAL
Scenes OFF
Flash OFF
Resolution 9MP
Focus Mode SINGLE AUTO FOCUS
ISO 100-200 depending on condn.
Capturing Mode ON SCREEN BUTTON
m good at photography but somehow I am not pleased with XS cam quality :banghead:
I assume you've checked that the lens is nice and clean.
Why are you using onscreen button though ? the dedicated button works just fine and you can half press it to get it to attempt a focus lock auto focus doesn't always get it right first time, particularly on single point rather than multi point
keithwalton said:
I assume you've checked that the lens is nice and clean.
Why are you using onscreen button though ? the dedicated button works just fine and you can half press it to get it to attempt a focus lock auto focus doesn't always get it right first time, particularly on single point rather than multi point
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Everything is Ok..
from xperia PLAY (enjoying N.O.V.A.3)
Strange how some say the Arc is better than the S. I have an Xperia P and not an S but I'm quite pleased with its photographs.
I personally use the touch focus and shoot option. This way my phone doesnt move at that final moment when I'm about to click. Previously whenever I used the hardware button the phone shook a bit on the final click creating somewhat comparatively blurry images.

can we get a Cyanogenmod camera? or something els?

stock camera autofocus is anoying need to press on screen.
i like the cyanogenmod camera, fast and good, so can any one sugest me a good camera replacer, looked on market but could find what i want, (have camera jb+) still no auto focus when i pres the buton to take foto...
any port of cm camera or aosp. that works?
it isn't that easy, the camera app on any android device is bound to hardware drivers and libs and framework things. but it's possible though like this one from Razr M, i don't know if it has the option you look for, try it though (just normal apk intall) http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/32432212/file.html
Noo still not. Na its a good camera.
But the auto focus is so bad on this phone. On stock camera when you pres the shot buton is does t even focus.... need to pres on screen. I loved the cm7 camera app. Pres 2sec on shot buton and it auto focus
Try "camera ics" from play store. Its supposed to be clone of stock ics camera. It focuses when you press shutter. It also takes photos while recording video so you won't lose that functionality. The photos and videos look much sharper with this app and the photos taken while taking video actually look good and sharp. Stock lg camera pics and videos look like it was taken by a vga camera if you aren't too careful
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Im using camera jb+ myself and it auto focuses...its a clone of the 4.1 aosp camera
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agentaaron said:
Im using camera jb+ myself and it auto focuses...its a clone of the 4.1 aosp camera
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yeah have it, yeah acualy didnt see that it autofocus, goes that fast xd when i take picture looks like **** but in galery looks great,
but i'm used to presing the shoot buton 2sec and it autofocus XD

[Q] Manual focus?

Is there any camera app that allows manual focus on camera?
I hate it when my xperia u autofocuses, because, for one second it's perfect, but then it does it all wrong and i can't take the picture.
Please answer this.
Xperia U has a manual fous mode. Just do it via settings in the camera

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