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I can't seem to find a thread on this and I find it hard to believe no one else has an issue with this. In the camera on the HTC Touch Pro where the flash option is, it's "flashlight" not "flash." So you can't have the flash bulb turn on only for the picture and then turn off like an actual camera flash. What's the reason for this? Any hack to fix it?
If you use it how the Touch Pro seems to want you to...
You may as well admit the LED will burn out before it should.
i don't think the led will be burned anytime soon. have never seen a burning led. if it last for 2 year i'm happy, i would probably go a new htc by then. however i agree that having the flash turn on like that it's a waste of battery.
you know the funny part about this is i'm actually this flash as a flashlight with htctorch and it has been very useful.
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i don't think the led will be burned anytime soon. have never seen a burning led. if it last for 2 year i'm happy, i would probably go a new htc by then. however i agree that having the flash turn on like that it's a waste of battery.
you know the funny part about this is i'm actually this flash as a flashlight with htctorch and it has been very useful.
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Yeah, I've searched for this myself, didn't find anything. I mentioend something about it somewhere else but got no responses. Probably because the phoen was brand new and maybe not widely used yet.
In any case, LED's are rated for 100K hours of life, some may get more others less, but on average, that's their rating. Long past the noral usage of a cell phone. It does actually flash though when you take a picture.
The reasoning though (guessing) is if it's in a relatively dark room, the camera will be unable to focus properly to take the picture without it (the subject) being lit up before hand. But most people probably don't take pictures in that dark of an enviroment.
In any case, it would be better to have the actual option and let the user decide if they need pre-light or just a flash to take their picture.
hmmm.. yeah, its not a flash, its a flashlight. if anyone wants to make a hack for this to just flash, that would be so ****ing badass. that thing is so bright that peoples eyes are always squinted before the camera even focuses. its nice that its bright, but i mean, seriously.... its BRIGHT. and annoying.
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hmmm.. yeah, its not a flash, its a flashlight. if anyone wants to make a hack for this to just flash, that would be so f###ing bada$$.
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+1....I was wondering too
There's a reasoning for this, at least.. the focus and metering mechanisms all function poorly in low light, so without the light on for the focus phase of the image taking, your photos would come out even worse.. it isn't the only phone i've used that behaves this way, almost any phone with a LED flash will do this, only Xenon flashes and the like will behave like a camera (brief flash on shutter release)
can Mozart's Xenon flash serve as flash light? I read some review that LED can stay on but a xenon can't since it's like digital camera flash, it fires once after it has sufficient charge. To those people with units, can clarify on this ?
I don+t have the unit, but flashlight app from HTC is not available on the Mozart (check HTC website for instance). I don't now if 3rd party flashlights will allow this, but what i know is that xenon flash must not stay on because its powerful that LED and eventually may burn the flash... So LED may be used for flashlight, but xenon no.
No, it cannot. I bought a powerful LED light from DealExtreme for my keychain to use as a replacement as I was used to the HD2 LED flashlight
There are a few apps for the HTC 7 Mozart. But they only make the screen bright! In my oppinion thats pretty useless...
Yeah, Xenons cant light up permanently. They physically just cant.
And using its display as flashlight sucks.
I read that the flash can only be used for short periods of time as its an Xenon bulb and will burn out if used for to long.This would also explain why know one has made an app for this. The screen light apps are no good but thats not the fault of the app makers as if they could do some thing with the flash im sure they would do. Its almost as important to have a touch as it is a alarm these days and we have all kinda come to expect it. Hope this helps.
The xenon flash is driven by a flyback converter (in the same manner as a capacitor, sort of) running voltage of around 200 - 300v, as the naked battery power isn't capable on it's own... The reason it can't be used as a flashlight is basically due to the converters recovery rate...
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Yeah, Xenons cant light up permanently. They physically just cant.
And using its display as flashlight sucks.
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so how does modern cars use xenon lights ?
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I read that the flash can only be used for short periods of time as its an Xenon bulb and will burn out if used for to long.This would also explain why know one has made an app for this. The screen light apps are no good but thats not the fault of the app makers as if they could do some thing with the flash im sure they would do. Its almost as important to have a touch as it is a alarm these days and we have all kinda come to expect it. Hope this helps.
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true, its kinda important, all i ever read was how awesome the xenon flash is but never a word about its disadvantages untill i got one. well i can live without light, always got a lighter, or consantly take pictures like in some horror movie for light
then i read this nice mozart review and about the camera
http://www.missuall.com/htc-mozart-2/
The xenon flash on the Mozart is a bit of a joke. First of all it is too weak and is only usable in low light at a short distance. Attempts at using it as a fill flash with day light were met with spectacular failure. Apart from being weak, there are also three more reasons why the flash fails to perform adequately. First, there is no focus assist that would help the camera focus in pitch darkness, which means your images would come out of focus. Surprisingly though, it worked quite well in low-light.
Secondly, the camera cannot judge the distance of the subject from the camera and modulate the intensity of the flash. Objects that are closer often get washed out when shot using the flash. Lastly, Windows Phone 7 is not optimized for a xenon flash but an LED flash, which means it uses a slower shutter speed, which does not work well with a xenon flash.
Since the shutter is open longer than the duration that the flash is active, the camera is unable to freeze the action the way you are used to seeing on other xenon flash enabled cameras. This is similar to the slow synchro mode that some cameras have where the shutter speed is reduced to allow more light in, except on the Mozart, that’s the only option you have.
We also had issues with the accelerometer on the phone, which annoyingly recorded the orientation of the images incorrectly. Even when we were holding the phone perfectly horizontal it would save the images in portrait mode, upside down. Because of this, we always had to make sure the camera is perfectly straight before taking an important shot, lest we took our pictures upside down.
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so i think in future the xenon flash can and will be supported by apps and then it will totally rock!
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The xenon flash is driven by a flyback converter (in the same manner as a capacitor, sort of) running voltage of around 200 - 300v, as the naked battery power isn't capable on it's own... The reason it can't be used as a flashlight is basically due to the converters recovery rate...
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sounds like you got some internal knowlege about, so is it possible to flash with the xenon more then one time ? how long is the recharge time, how many times can you flash in lets say 10 sec? if u cant make it always on, try to make it flash 24 times a sec i kinda think it wont be possible, but then cant we have multi-shot pictures? i wish i could view in future
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so how does modern cars use xenon lights ?
xenon lights use a ballast to constantly supply the required power demands of the light, vehicles have an inexhaustable power supply for this process...
true, its kinda important, all i ever read was how awesome the xenon flash is but never a word about its disadvantages untill i got one. well i can live without light, always got a lighter, or consantly take pictures like in some horror movie for light
then i read this nice mozart review and about the camera
so i think in future the xenon flash can and will be supported by apps and then it will totally rock!
sounds like you got some internal knowlege about, so is it possible to flash with the xenon more then one time ? how long is the recharge time, how many times can you flash in lets say 10 sec? if u cant make it always on, try to make it flash 24 times a sec i kinda think it wont be possible, but then cant we have multi-shot pictures? i wish i could view in future
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The phone flyback converters are produced pretty much with two goals in mind:
1. be small enough to fit into the case...
2. supply the demands of a low-tech, low demand camera...
I think even if you could overcome the dependance of the flash to recover only in line with the frame rate of the camera, the battery would not be sufficient to run it as a torch/flashlight for long...
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I read some review that LED can stay on but a xenon can't since it's like digital camera flash, i
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So we can't use the xenon flash also during video... grrr
This is one reason I am strongly considering the cheaper Trophy over the Mozart. The Mozart has a better build but if you plan on doing anything involving flashlight capabilities then you will be better off with a Trophy.
You could buy an external keychain light but to hold that and keep the phone steady will be a task.
I'm having weird issues with video recording. If I start filming in bright light, the frame rate is abysmal (about 2 fps). In normal room lighting there is no problem and the frame rate is good enough.
The weird part is that if I start recording in the room light and step out side to very bright day light, the frame rate stays good. And if I start in bright light with bad fps it stays bad no matter the lighting.
Anyone else having this issue?
edit: my phone is stock and is running OS version 7.10.7740.16
Hmmm, my phone has the same configuration as yours: Stock rom and everything. I tried what you said, recording from bright light to room & vice versa, but my transitions seem to be smooth with no lags :/ I believe your camera is on it's default settings?
When in camera mode, try panning the camera from bright light to dim & vice versa, see if there are any lags of choppiness in between the transition. If there isn't, there shouldn't be any problems. If there is, I'm not sure what's causing it.
Does anyone here has had this issue as well?
I've tried to do just like you told and I have some example videos but I can't link to them as I'm new member (joined 2008, never written anything before
Couple a days I did some filming outside and I had to start recording by covering the lens with my finger every time to get normal fps. This way it works fine and I get good quality.
I don't know if it has something to do with that there's really bright outside during day because all the snow here but I can also replicate the problem by pointing camera to my monitor.
This is new issue for me too as it was working fine untill now.
btw. It seems to work fine if I use VGA quality.
I just hope I don't have to reset my phone.
Hmmm, I guess no else has had this problem. But this is a really unique one since VGA works, there's no reason why 720p isn't working. Perhaps bringing the phone to the service center might be of help? :/
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Hmmm, I guess no else has had this problem. But this is a really unique one since VGA works, there's no reason why 720p isn't working. Perhaps bringing the phone to the service center might be of help? :/
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Hi joaquim! Dont feel lonely, i also have this problem on my mozart phone. I've made a search on youtube, and i also noted that there are several users with the same problem.
I also have another problem, it gets difficult to change from the phone mode to video mode. Every time i press the cam icon to change the mode to video, i hear some clicks inside the phone and the imagem starts to focus. I have to click several times until i can change the mode.
Also, i see no solution for this
your not alone i have this problem too and it happened on my stock rom and even now on the latest custom rom that i installed. I have not tried the finger trick though.
I also tried doing some searching and the only thing i found pointed at possible sd card issues...i have swapped out the deafault 8gb sdcard for a 16gb one and they state that if it is not class 5/6 then it could be too slow writing 720p data.
but like you i have no problem recording 720p indoors just outside or in bright light....
I have noticed that this only occurs in 720p mode, in VGA mode works fine though
Hello, samsung disabled some options in camera in most of the shooting mode or scenes,I searched pretty much everywhere and I couldn`t find some useful information.Is really annoying that they did.For example,in a low light situation if I use the flash, 2-3 m in front of the camera will look very good but everything else will look bad, if I use the low light shooting mode, everything will look good but if I would use low light shooting mode + flash, 2-3 m in front of the camera will look very good and everywhere else will look good(perfect).Also the burst mode is pretty usefulness in good light situations as you would have to be drunk to take a blured picture but with the low light shooting mode where is very likely to get a shaky picture would be great to take at least 2-3 photos fast(even if not so fast as in normal mode) so you could be sure that you have at least 1 good picture.The examples can go on and I don`t think that I`m asking for something impossible.Did someone modded the camera app as stated above or is there any possibilty in the near future to see some of those useful options?Thank you in advance.
so not a single chance to accomplish what I want?
nobody can understand what you mean.
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somebody on XDA posted a guide on enabling the option to switch the camera shutter sound on/off by editing the feature.xml file under /system/app/
may be you need to try something similar
but be very careful when you edit such files.
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nobody can understand what you mean.
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I mean that if you choose from shooting mode the "low light" or HDR or a lof of options, flash is AUTOMATICALLY disabled or you can't use the burst shoot with low light option enabled or HDR, that`s what I`m talking about.Is it possible to trick the camera software to be able to use all the options along?
You need to search and read the various camera mods and decide .
jje
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I mean that if you choose from shooting mode the "low light" or HDR or a lof of options, flash is AUTOMATICALLY disabled or you can't use the burst shoot with low light option enabled or HDR, that`s what I`m talking about.Is it possible to trick the camera software to be able to use all the options along?
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There is a reason why these options can't be used with each other.
1. low light mode is supposed to take into account that there is very little light. If you turn the flash on with low light mode then you're essentially not using low light mode anymore because flash provides loads of light.
2. HDR mode takes 2 shots (3 on some devices) with different exposures and then combines the 2. If flash is involved the 2 shots will pretty much look the same and will therefore mean HDR is useless.
3. Burst shoot takes loads of photos simultaneously and if flash is enabled the first shot will usually be taken with flash. The device simply cannot handle the flash being used up to 20 times one after another.
If there is software out there to "trick" the camera into being able to do what you describe, it won't make a positive difference to your photos. It's general photography and the way cameras and their features work that make what you want to happen, a bad idea!
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The device simply cannot handle the flash being used up to 20 times one after another.
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that part is not true. You can use Torch in strobe mode, which flashes the flash (sounds stupid, sorry) at like 50Hz
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There is a reason why these options can't be used with each other.
1. low light mode is supposed to take into account that there is very little light. If you turn the flash on with low light mode then you're essentially not using low light mode anymore because flash provides loads of light.
2. HDR mode takes 2 shots (3 on some devices) with different exposures and then combines the 2. If flash is involved the 2 shots will pretty much look the same and will therefore mean HDR is useless.
3. Burst shoot takes loads of photos simultaneously and if flash is enabled the first shot will usually be taken with flash. The device simply cannot handle the flash being used up to 20 times one after another.
If there is software out there to "trick" the camera into being able to do what you describe, it won't make a positive difference to your photos. It's general photography and the way cameras and their features work that make what you want to happen, a bad idea!
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1 if you've ever played with light settings on a dslr, you'd know cranking up ISO, low shutter speed, exposure, etc will give you such a high exposure you can't even make the picture out.. all you see is a white light.. I feel this is what would happen.. its like shining a flashlight on something during night vision, all you see is a huge white spot.. does that make sense?
its not a software limitation its just the way modern lens work.
2 agreed
3 the flash can stobe 20 or so times a second, any 'flashlight' app will show you this.. you could also leave the flash simply on..
the best workaround ffor this is use 1080p video mode with flash, it takes 30 frames (shots) a second, and while watching the video there's a camera button on screen in the stock video player. best workaround.
and yea mods will come
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1 if you've ever played with light settings on a dslr, you'd know cranking up ISO, low shutter speed, exposure, etc will give you such a high exposure you can't even make the picture out.. all you see is a white light.. I feel this is what would happen.. its like shining a flashlight on something during night vision, all you see is a huge white spot.. does that make sense?
its not a software limitation its just the way modern lens work.
2 agreed
3 the flash can stobe 20 or so times a second, any 'flashlight' app will show you this.. you could also leave the flash simply on..
the best workaround ffor this is use 1080p video mode with flash, it takes 30 frames (shots) a second, and while watching the video there's a camera button on screen in the stock video player. best workaround.
and yea mods will come
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Yeah I agree I guess what I was trying to say is it would render low light mode useless. It would be one of those options that produces shockingly bad photos.
I forgot about the strobe, although I can't imagine this being a feature. I forgot that these "flashes" are just LEDs and not the traditional flash you get with an SLR.
The 1080p video mode is a great workaround suggestion. I hope saddameu can get something from this information.
@Glebun stop picking on me
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Hello, samsung disabled some options in camera in most of the shooting mode or scenes,I searched pretty much everywhere and I couldn`t find some useful information.Is really annoying that they did.For example,in a low light situation if I use the flash, 2-3 m in front of the camera will look very good but everything else will look bad, if I use the low light shooting mode, everything will look good but if I would use low light shooting mode + flash, 2-3 m in front of the camera will look very good and everywhere else will look good(perfect).Also the burst mode is pretty usefulness in good light situations as you would have to be drunk to take a blured picture but with the low light shooting mode where is very likely to get a shaky picture would be great to take at least 2-3 photos fast(even if not so fast as in normal mode) so you could be sure that you have at least 1 good picture.The examples can go on and I don`t think that I`m asking for something impossible.Did someone modded the camera app as stated above or is there any possibilty in the near future to see some of those useful options?Thank you in advance.
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I hope English is not your first language
That being said you are probably asking for slow-sync flash - as far as I know the S3 does not have that feature yet.
you have some good points but you took the worst combinations ever.
How can you say that is not good to take a pictures with low light enabled + flash?We are not talking about a dslr flash.If you take a picture of someone being 3-4 m away in low light conditions with flash ON it would be a better picture than taking it only with low light mode or only with flash,think about it, it will just make the person look better as the flash is not that strong to make the subject look too bright.
That is one good combination, another one could be using the burst shot with low light enabled to be sure that you take at least 1 good picture as you have to be very steady even if the burst shot would be slower in low light mode than a normal picture.I could probably take only 1 good picture in low light mode knowing the phone but if you give the phone to a friend,for example, the picture will look like it was taken from a drunk men.
Could you provide me some links with some good camera mods as I only found only hyperx`s mod.
And no, english is not my native language , I learned it pretty much by myself as in school I learned english for only 2 years but the first post was made being in rush.
Thank you,
So guys... I found something odd on my Mate 10 Pro... I bought it on Amazon and received it on the 22nd of October and of course I've been using it since to take a lot of pictures with its magnificent camera... Now, we all know that it can take some great pictures with the night mode even when handheld, with those magical 4 seconds of processing...
The thing is, when I took a picture in very low light with the phone stabilized (like against a window from my house) it would actually take more seconds to shoot the picture if needed to get an even more incredible result than when handheld. Once I took a picture where it took 51 (!!!!) seconds to shoot it but the result was amazing, a lot more light than I could even see with my own eyes...
Now to the problem... A few days ago I tried to show this amazing capabilities to my brother by putting the phone on a table and shooting the ground (it should automatically detect it was stabilized and do a longer exposure photo as it did before...) and it only took a 6 second picture... since then it has never done the longer exposure thing anymore!!
I didn't know what could've happened for it to get this way... and then I remembered I did a firmware update (to version 156) a few days before I tried to show it to my brother... and my question is:
HAS HUAWEI somehow NERFED the night mode ?!? (Possibly to make it look that much worse than the Mate 20/Pro)
Look at this comparison I made using the same settings (Auto ISO and "Auto Seconds" on Night Mode):
Before it took this picture when the phone was against my rooms window looking outside (I remember it would detect the phone was stable and would take a longer exposure to take advantage of being still to capture more details):
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Now, this is the result in the same conditions (against the glass, Auto, etc etc)... Now it only ALWAYS goes to a maximum of 6 seconds of exposure time EVEN perfectly still like on a tripod!
Another comparison of a mat on my living room (taken with only the light emmited from the TV being turned on)
Before (was a crazy long exposure):
After (only goes to 6 seconds... WTF)
I'm sharing this as more people may have been affected without maybe even knowing!!
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My camera APP version is: 8.0.0.302
Firmware: BLA-L29 8.0.0.156(C432)
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So guys... I found something odd on my Mate 10 Pro... I bought it on Amazon and received it on the 22nd of October and of course I've been using it since to take a lot of pictures with its magnificent camera... Now, we all know that it can take some great pictures with the night mode even when handheld, with those magical 4 seconds of processing...
The thing is, when I took a picture in very low light with the phone stabilized (like against a window from my house) it would actually take more seconds to shoot the picture if needed to get an even more incredible result than when handheld. Once I took a picture where it took 51 (!!!!) seconds to shoot it but the result was amazing, a lot more light than I could even see with my own eyes...
Now to the problem... A few days ago I tried to show this amazing capabilities to my brother by putting the phone on a table and shooting the ground (it should automatically detect it was stabilized and do a longer exposure photo as it did before...) and it only took a 6 second picture... since then it has never done the longer exposure thing anymore!!
I didn't know what could've happened for it to get this way... and then I remembered I did a firmware update (to version 156) a few days before I tried to show it to my brother... and my question is:
HAS HUAWEI somehow NERFED the night mode ?!? (Possibly to make it look that much worse than the Mate 20/Pro)
Look at this comparison I made using the same settings (Auto ISO and "Auto Seconds" on Night Mode):
Before it took this picture when the phone was against my rooms window looking outside (I remember it would detect the phone was stable and would take a longer exposure to take advantage of being still to capture more details):
Now, this is the result in the same conditions (against the glass, Auto, etc etc)... Now it only ALWAYS goes to a maximum of 6 seconds of exposure time EVEN perfectly still like on a tripod!
Another comparison of a mat on my living room (taken with only the light emmited from the TV being turned on)
Before (was a crazy long exposure):
After (only goes to 6 seconds... WTF)
I'm sharing this as more people may have been affected without maybe even knowing!!
BTW:
My camera APP version is: 8.0.0.302
Firmware: BLA-L29 8.0.0.156(C432)
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Ill try tonite
This was what I was worried about when they reduced the exposure time. I wish they kept the old night mode as a second option for times we have a tripod.
Yeah, same here. Only short, blurry, useless night mode. Enjoy Huawei. First the custom ROMs, now this. To be fair, nothing surprises me anymore after the bootloader lock...
Nevermind I am dumb. Swipe up from bottom, and you can adjust the time by hand. Actually went into HiCare and saw it mention this.
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Nevermind I am dumb. Swipe up from bottom, and you can adjust the time by hand. Actually went into HiCare and saw it mention this.
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But that night mode isn't just a long exposure it does many AI thing to make image better however you can adjust nightshot mode's ISO and exposure
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This was what I was worried about when they reduced the exposure time. I wish they kept the old night mode as a second option for times we have a tripod.
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The old night mode is still there, at least on .150 update. You just need to manually specify that you want longer exposure.
I've got a 5 sec night mode picture from 30.10, I updated to .157 on 1.11, so I'll do a comparison when I have the time. It could be a bug or an intentional worsening of the mode to favor the new Mate 20 Pro. I guess will see...
I noticed it.The night mode now requires a tripod
It works fine for me on emui9 beta.... sometimes it does not detect that it is stable .... i guess it would be better to add a manual switch.
I fix this by grabing my phone, moving it for a second then i put it back in place... maybe the little movement from pressing the shutter button is enough for the phone to think its handheld.
They did not remove the tripod mode, i think its just a little too sensitive
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Nevermind I am dumb. Swipe up from bottom, and you can adjust the time by hand. Actually went into HiCare and saw it mention this.
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It's not the same thing. Photos taken with both settings in Auto have a different result than when using manual settings...
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It works fine for me on emui9 beta.... sometimes it does not detect that it is stable .... i guess it would be better to add a manual switch.
I fix this by grabing my phone, moving it for a second then i put it back in place... maybe the little movement from pressing the shutter button is enough for the phone to think its handheld.
They did not remove the tripod mode, i think its just a little too sensitive
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I tested mine in the exact same conditions as when it worked... Now it always only goes to a max of 6 seconds resulting in a very crappy photo when compared to the "old" results... But anyway, I think it may be a bug as a guy in another forum said he is on the same firmware as me with the same Camera App version and his phone still does a longer exposure on Super Nigh mode with both settings in Auto when doing it with the phone stable on a table shooting a mat or the ground...
Mine just seems to be acting crazy...
Rafael1703 said:
So guys... I found something odd on my Mate 10 Pro... I bought it on Amazon and received it on the 22nd of October and of course I've been using it since to take a lot of pictures with its magnificent camera... Now, we all know that it can take some great pictures with the night mode even when handheld, with those magical 4 seconds of processing...
The thing is, when I took a picture in very low light with the phone stabilized (like against a window from my house) it would actually take more seconds to shoot the picture if needed to get an even more incredible result than when handheld. Once I took a picture where it took 51 (!!!!) seconds to shoot it but the result was amazing, a lot more light than I could even see with my own eyes...
Now to the problem... A few days ago I tried to show this amazing capabilities to my brother by putting the phone on a table and shooting the ground (it should automatically detect it was stabilized and do a longer exposure photo as it did before...) and it only took a 6 second picture... since then it has never done the longer exposure thing anymore!!
I didn't know what could've happened for it to get this way... and then I remembered I did a firmware update (to version 156) a few days before I tried to show it to my brother... and my question is:
HAS HUAWEI somehow NERFED the night mode ?!? (Possibly to make it look that much worse than the Mate 20/Pro)
Look at this comparison I made using the same settings (Auto ISO and "Auto Seconds" on Night Mode):
Before it took this picture when the phone was against my rooms window looking outside (I remember it would detect the phone was stable and would take a longer exposure to take advantage of being still to capture more details):
Now, this is the result in the same conditions (against the glass, Auto, etc etc)... Now it only ALWAYS goes to a maximum of 6 seconds of exposure time EVEN perfectly still like on a tripod!
Another comparison of a mat on my living room (taken with only the light emmited from the TV being turned on)
Before (was a crazy long exposure):
After (only goes to 6 seconds... WTF)
I'm sharing this as more people may have been affected without maybe even knowing!!
BTW:
My camera APP version is: 8.0.0.302
Firmware: BLA-L29 8.0.0.156(C432)
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It thought the same as you did. You can still achieve it through the pro mode though.
I've just made a factory reset and it still doesn't work! I may have to return it to Amazon...
What is not working?!? Everything works like a charm.
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What is not working?!? Everything works like a charm.
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My supernight mode got bugged somehow, just as I explained on the first post.
I am with .150 update - the maximum exposure is 32 seconds. Don't know where this super night mode was , but I am sure it is something on your end. No changes made by Huawei.
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I am with .150 update - the maximum exposure is 32 seconds. Don't know where this super night mode was , but I am sure it is something on your end. No changes made by Huawei.
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Read my first post properly and you'll understand. Anyways, if my phone is flawed I'll just return it on Amazon.FR
Already read it, no drama. There are TWO totally independent modes and even Huawei wont accept or understand your claim. Use them accordingly. As mentioned the maximum exposure on Night mode with tripod is 32 seconds.
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Already read it, no drama. There are TWO totally independent modes and even Huawei wont accept or understand your claim. Use them accordingly. As mentioned the maximum exposure on Night mode with tripod is 32 seconds.
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No, you're wrong. On manual mode it is a maximum of 32 but when in auto mode if on a tripod or stabilized in an equivalent way it will go more than those 32 seconds. Mine went to 51 seconds many times before it stopped working properly.
Will test it now and will let you know.