I'm sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I swear I looked. Does anyone know of a way to alter the settings on the camera flash? It takes WAY longer to take pictures than any phone I've used. By the time the phone is done blinding people with the multiple bursts of light, my subject has moved and the picture is ruined. Thanks in advance!
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I'm seeing this problem as well. Also when taking a picture with flash the picture comes out very blue. Never noticed that much blue with other android phones. I'd hate to have to touch up every photo that I have to use flash.
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Yea the color temp of the flash (which is just an LED, not a true photo flash) causes that blue tint.
My Galaxy S3s have the exact same problem. Swapping around the white balance setting can help correct this.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
If you use an app like Camera FV-5 it is MUCH easier to change settings like this than it is in the stock camera app.
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In the settings menu of the camera, there is an option to toggle the anti-shake feature. When toggled on the screen and resulting image appears darker. It also seems that the feature does not alleviate the "shakes". Does anyone know whats going on?
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Mine does the same. Think it is to do with the iso stabilisation technique used and is normal. It speeds the image capture up over the norm to stop blur. So in low light the sensor can't get enough light and becomes darker.
Sounds reasonable you haven't happened to hear the phone/camera make a noise? Almost like a click after previewing an image. It's definitely not coming from the speaker.
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Yes I have heard the click from the camera. I think it is something to do with the auto focus but not certain. I don't like hearing the sound because it makes me wonder if something is going to break but I'm guessing it is normal because I have read of others hearing it. It doesn't do it often and I can't remember when mine is more likely to make it.
Hi:
I just got my gs2, and love it.
My only problem is that when I take photos in dark (ie. a bar) situations, everyone looks funny colored. Skin tones look either very orange, like those really fake tans, or very greenish, like aliens.
I have tried messing with the settings, and haven't found anything. Any suggestions?
Ps. everything looks fine the rest of the time, it is only in photos taken in low light with flash.
Thanks so much!
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Okay, so it gets more mysterious.
When I view a photo I take in the gallery (or Astro image viewer), the colors are very orange or green, skin looks green, teeth look very yellow.
Now, if I transfer the same pics to my pc, the pictures actually look much better, more of a yellowish tint.
Also, any pictures not taken with this phone in low light (for example pics I transferred over from my captivate), look fine, so it is not the screen at fault.
I saw another thread with people having green tinted screens, but that would not apply in this case, since it only happens with photos actually taken by the phone.
Any thoughts? Is my phone defective? Can anyone think of a camera setting which may help?
Thanks so much!
I'm having the same issue. I don't think its just you, theres another thread on the forum that states several users having the same "issue" with the screen. Apparently it has a blue-green tint to it. It's quite annoying to be honest.. I hope we can get this fixed.
Around a weekend ago after flashing a new rom, can't remember which one, camera quality has gone real bad. I have since installed stock rom, an miui and several gb and ics roms. But camera quality is bad on them all.
Any ideas on what's gone wrong?
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Try taking some pics in broad daylight, just to make sure. Low-light and indoor pics are usually not really great with smartphones after all.
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s2 camera work great only in good ligthning condition....in low light is very bad....mine got pink spot....already tries every firmware and still not solve it.
try this: settings then application then manage application then select camera and clear data.
it worked for me when i was having focus problem.
I hope that helps
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The one on the right looks quite good.
Try some other camera you find at the market.
Thanks for your replies. It turned out that the problem is not the camera. I believe something is wrong with my screen. When I view Pictures or movies on my Phone I have the following issue.
- Black and dark colors are dotted with red. Mostly at the edges.
Now, this is only apparent when, as I stated, I watch a movie or view Pictures. The Black notificaton bar is not afflicted, neither are the wallpaper or anything else.
Any suggestions?
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I'm getting a green Aurora over the camera in the viewfinder over light/white backgrounds and it's translating to some of my pictures. tested on a white piece of paper with flash enabled and still had green. Sample images attached.
Insight?
Should I return the phone?
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You should absolutely take it back. That's terrible.
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Thanks for the reply. I was almost hoping for someone to come tell me it's normal. I'm only on day two of my thirty and I've already downloaded so many apps
Anyone want to try a test of a white sheet of paper?
Just tested on paper towel in a different room with different lighting both with flash and without.
It would be really helpful for a sticky with known defects so we can completely check out the phones for defects in one place.
I'm glad I didn't buy the phone off of Amazon. Would have made the exchange process a lot more difficult than driving down to the store...
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Its your flash... Mine does it too, think about it though, there isn't nothing wrong with it its just that the light bounces off the white surface giving you that effect. Will only happen on a white surface, I say don't worry about it as its normal. It's normal we don't have high tech flashes... We have to live with it Haha
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Only two of all these test pictures have flash. The one with my hand where you can see it's shiny (flash).
And the top paper towel pic without the phone shadow.
All other pictures other those two were taken without flash. Green effect visible without flash. Seems to be slightly less notable with flash actually.
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As to what you said about light bouncing off. Check out the first test image I uploaded. that's the corner of the room no flash green as hell unfortunately
If that was normal, that would be one terrible camera.
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I remember the iPhone 4 had this problem. They concluded it was the lighting?
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I tried different rooms. My galaxy vibrant could take pictures of paper without the green.
att will take this back right? I've had the phone for three days. Would the replacements they have in stock have the same issues if they're from the same batch?
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Without flash
With flash
Hope this helps.
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cmjkxa said:
I remember the iPhone 4 had this problem. They concluded it was the lighting?
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I'm sure they were just holding it wrong.
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Mine has that too (although it doesn't look quite as obvious). When I switched the camera to Auto-Contrast and Matrix Metering, the effect became less pronounced.
Try that and see if it makes any difference for you.
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Hope this helps.
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Looks normal to me. So this is a rare issue I'm guessing. Will try changing the options as suggested and report back.
Now that I have taken those few test pictures I'm starting to be convinced that my camera is defective. I'm using stock everything never messed with any camera settings. Pictures were taken with opening the camera app and immediately pressing capture along with trying to focus by tapping screen before taking picture. Green results both ways.
I'm just glad I haven't put my 35 dollar glas t screen protector on yet...
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Okay just did another test with matrix metering and auto contrast enabled.
Still green. Attached image.
So I should definitely warranty it today?
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I went through three Notes (display issues), and they all did this. Every Note in my AT&T store does this as well. Every iPhone I've ever used does the same thing (except it's red instead of green).
I've always assumed it was normal for these types of cameras, because I haven't used a single device in many years that DIDN'T have this type of problem. I never notice it taking pictures because...how often am I taking a picture of a white piece of paper?
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I went through three Notes (display issues), and they all did this. Every Note in my AT&T store does this as well. Every iPhone I've ever used does the same thing (except it's red instead of green).
I've always assumed it was normal for these types of cameras, because I haven't used a single device in many years that DIDN'T have this type of problem. I never notice it taking pictures because...how often am I taking a picture of a white piece of paper?
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Maybe you guys emit electro magnetic pulses that disrupt the camera sensor ever so slightly =P
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tonomon said:
Only two of all these test pictures have flash. The one with my hand where you can see it's shiny (flash).
And the top paper towel pic without the phone shadow.
All other pictures other those two were taken without flash. Green effect visible without flash. Seems to be slightly less notable with flash actually.
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Edit:
As to what you said about light bouncing off. Check out the first test image I uploaded. that's the corner of the room no flash green as hell unfortunately
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I looked a little more into this problem, seems to only happen with white background, I can live with it. Sorry for your issues just try avoiding white back drops and what not lol
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I'm about to go exchange it. I'm thinking this is a defect on my specific phone.
Check this pic out taken inside the AT&T store
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Wiped my phone and exchanged it. Right out of the box I tested the camera in front of the store rep. Same green issue. The green issue is also noticeable in the viewfinder for the camera. I didn't specify that before.
so the rep wouldn't let me take back my phone and made me keep this defective one. She rudely told me to go exchange it in a different store. I'm sorry I paid three hundred dollars and signed a two year contract expecting a functional non defective device. I'm guessing that stores batch all have the defect. But I tested both note display models in store and no green in either.
These are all the pictures I've taken with this new note with flash and without with default options as well as auto contrast and matrix metering.
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Has anyone taken an image using the stock GB camera app and found that the colors seem a bit off, like it has a saturation issue?
When I noticed this, I checked the white balance and some other settings and they were as they should be.
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Actually I think the camera is great. My last few phones have been HTC and everyone knows the issues that HTC has with camera software. Could it be your colors look off because you are viewing the pics through an amoled screen which is quite dimmed? Have you transferred the pics to yor pc and looked at them?
Same issue
I had the same issue, I tried to do many things to fix it but it wouldn't work. So if I were you just get it replaced; thats what I did and now everything is perfect.