hello, I noticed that the middle lens is useless, while in the screen I tested the 3 lenses by changing the mode.
Hello,
The second camera is the 50mm equivalent lens, aka the x2. It only works if there is enough light, else the phone just do a crop of the main camera. No way to force use the x2 on the mark I.
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Hey guys. So I've been tinkering with the S9+ and its telephoto lens and I've noticed something weird about it...
So basically, I got one of those clip-on lenses for when I still had my S7. So I figured if I used the 2x on the telephoto, it would get 4x. Odd thing is when I switched over the 2x and had the clip-on lens on the main (top) camera with the telephoto lens effectively covered, it still shows an image (which actually looks 4x!). So does that mean that the 2x still shows the feed from the main cam? Doesn't the telephoto lens have its own sensor?
kisetsu17 said:
Hey guys. So I've been tinkering with the S9+ and its telephoto lens and I've noticed something weird about it...
So basically, I got one of those clip-on lenses for when I still had my S7. So I figured if I used the 2x on the telephoto, it would get 4x. Odd thing is when I switched over the 2x and had the clip-on lens on the main (top) camera with the telephoto lens effectively covered, it still shows an image (which actually looks 4x!). So does that mean that the 2x still shows the feed from the main cam? Doesn't the telephoto lens have its own sensor?
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The telephoto is used only when it detects good light conditions, otherwise, it will be a crop of the main sensor.
You can do the test yourself: in good light conditions, change to the 2x and you will see is using the telephoto sensor; now cover it with your finger and you will see your finer approaching and after a couple of milliseconds you will see an image again. This is because the camera detected no light in the telephoto and changed to the main sensor.
Take out your finger from the telephoto and you will see how it changes again.
Helo everybody,
I am wondering if there is a way to lock F2.4 lens with 2x zoom no matter lighting conditions? I am so frustrated when we get digital zoom instead of 2x optical zoom because of bad (under 100 lux) in worse than optimal light. It's F2.4 optical stablised lens so why digital zoom? That sucks don't you think..?
honestly, you'll be surprised on how bad the tele lens in capturing light.
You can play with this. Go to live focus mode, turn the blur effect all the way down. This will force the tele lens to be used. Make sure dual capture is ON.
Now go to your gallery and find that pic, compare the picture in Close up Vs. Wide. You'll be surprised on the difference between the two lens.
What boggled me more is the fact that the tele lens is the one that they used for the Slomo mode. You would think that they would use the main lens with brighter aperture for something that requires soooo much light.
I first noticed that my optical x3 photos had a fair bit of digital noise to them.
I then tried pinching to change the zoom and I couldn't see any transition between the lenses when going from 2.9x to 3x. You should be able to clearly see the transition between 0.9x and 1x
After covering up all the lenses one by one with my finger and changing the zoom level, I can see that the x3 view (which should be using the bottom left lens, as you are looking at the back of the phone) is only blocked when I cover up the standard lens (top right)
Can anybody else verify this? Is this some strange intentional behaviour or a bug?
Confirmed on my device too as a bug when viewing the screen.
However, if I try taking a photo the camera switches to the 3rd sensor to actually take a photo.
Must be a new 'improved feature'.
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I then tried pinching to change the zoom and I couldn't see any transition between the lenses when going from 2.9x to 3x. You should be able to clearly see the transition between 0.9x and 1x
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IMHO I suppose it's so by design, to allow the user for a smooth zooming experience, and it can be considered a bug only as far as the correct lenses are not used to take the final picture.
I think it's to do with the minimum focus distance to be honest. If you're trying to focus on something far away it will switch but something close it will switch back.
I think, the camera changes at zoom 3x if there is enough light, otherwise it will use the main sensor. I tested this by holding the camera on TV and on my low board, the room was dark.
Hej guys, I was wondering if my Mate has a problem with its lenses. As far as I understand it, there are three different lenses for wide, normal and zoom. The zoom lens is supposed to be the one under the flash.
But I can't activate that lens. Yes, I can zoom 3x, 5x. But the picture still comes from the normal lens, which I found out by putting something in front of the lenses to see which one blacks out. The lens under the flash is just never used, no matter what zoom setting I choose. So it seems like the zoom images are taken with the normal lens and digital zoom instead of the zoom lens.
Am I missing something? What do I have to do to activate the zoom lens ?
I just noticed that my 2x lens is not enabled under some circumstances, covered with my finger the middle lens (2x) to confirm, and you can still use normally the 2x zoom option in auto mode, it seems it doesn't switch to the 2x lens, and just zoom in the main camera.
In service mode all lens are are working as intended.
EDIT: it seems this occurs only in certain conditions like low light situations
It's just with auto trigger (auto mode using zoom).
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This is normal and happens with most phones with more than one camera.
If you cover the 2x lens before switching to it and then you try to zoom in, it will detect that the lens is covered, so it will only zoom in the main camera lens.
Furthermore, if you switch to the 2x lens in low light (below 100 lux of brightness), the 2x lens will not be used and it will continue using the main lens.