Hi all, I had a modded Google camera APK for my P4 which had a force Astrophotography mode, which I have tried on my P6 and it doesn't open.
I used to use it quite a bit, enable, put a 3 second timer on it, them support it somewhere or just turn it upside down and got great pics. Anyone know of an equivalent APK for P6 please.
I too would like this for my 6 pro. Kind of sad I don't have the option for an extended shot.
Isn't that what Night Mode is for? I took a couple of shots with it the other night and it takes about 3 seconds for 1 picture too.
No, night sight is to take pictures in low level light. Astrophotography mode is to take pictures of stars, it'll take the photo for anything up to 4 minutes or more, you wouldn't get a photo like that with just night sight. I took it with my P4 and astrophotography mode.
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Nimueh said:
Isn't that what Night Mode is for? I took a couple of shots with it the other night and it takes about 3 seconds for 1 picture too.
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In camera under more settings don't you have astrophotography mode? 2 settings auto and off. Set it on a tripod wait for the stars shutter, click it and wait..
I'm a big fan of the astrophotography feature!
That's the good thing about being able to force Astrophotography mode, you can set a timer, then lean it against something, don't need a tripod
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In camera under more settings don't you have astrophotography mode? 2 settings auto and off. Set it on a tripod wait for the stars shutter, click it and wait..
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No I don't, only "Enable time lapse for astrophotography" under Advanced, but no place to actually select astro? It's not under Modes either, so no idea how to even use it
Nimueh said:
No I don't, only "Enable time lapse for astrophotography" under Advanced, but no place to actually select astro? It's not under Modes either, so no idea how to even use it
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Under "night sight" on the camera all the way to the left, click the down arrow and you should see this.
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Under "night sight" on the camera all the way to the left, click the down arrow and you should see this.
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Ahhhhh there ... I had no idea that each "submenu" had seperate settings
Thank you
That is great but we haven't answered the main question:
Is there a Forced Astrophotography mode, for turning on timer to 3 sec and then laying the phone down to capture the stars without tripod.
( I def. don't have a tripod, nor plan to buy one. )
Does someone know of a gcam mod yet that allows any other than stock features on a pixel 6?
How about a magisk mod for enabling other camera features such as this? ( OR full resolutions 50 Megapixels or higher? )
Not quite sure what you mean. So start the timer, lay the phone down and then how do you turn it off? I've not done astro yet but plan on it soon so I'll know more. I just today got a mini tripod for 14 bucks and it's small and stable. I just need a clear night with no lights to play around. Eclipse tonight will be too bright for that but soon.
In the camera app there are options to have the timer set to 3 sec or 10 sec (see photo)
With an option to enable forced astrophotography, and using this timer you would not have to buy anything extra... Just lay the phone face down (so the camera is facing the stars) and let the timer start the capture to get astrophotography photo.
Having done some digging I found where I got the APK from, sadly it looks like the developer no longer supports it, they stopped at P4. The name is Gcam PX, tried their latest version but kept crashing. Here is the link to the page, https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/gcam-camera-px-for-google-pixel-1-2-3-3a-4.3875663/page-162
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Has anyone else noticed issues with the video camera not focusing and making videos blurry.
On another note, the camera doesn't perform too well in the dark, with pictures having a lot of noise in them.
In daylight, the PQ is the best I've seen on a smartphone, hopefully Sony releases a fix in the near future.
Normal mode (Scene mode: OFF) - yes, there is a noise
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But with Night mode on:
Cholek3 said:
Normal mode (Scene mode: OFF) - yes, there is a noise
But with Night mode on:
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Wow, that's a big difference!
msx999 said:
Has anyone else noticed issues with the video camera not focusing and making videos blurry.
On another note, the camera doesn't perform too well in the dark, with pictures having a lot of noise in them.
In daylight, the PQ is the best I've seen on a smartphone, hopefully Sony releases a fix in the near future.
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I will test the video later on....
As for night shots, it always takes some patience and settings to make a good one.
Yes, now that you mention it, there was once it could not focus in video mode no matter how long I held the half-press. I switched to photo mode to focus, then back to video mode again.
I've been having issues with focus in video mode. It seems to be hunting in light conditions, and oddly when the face detection is working (the box appears around the face) it still fails to focus on the subject.
The continuous auto focus on this phone is intentionally slow, this is way better then an instant focus that constantly zooms in and out to hold the focus which looks horrible.
My other phone Droid 3 does this noticeably, constantly focusing slightly zooming in and out to maintain the quality.
If you view something with a darker colour then its surroundings, the zoom will focus correctly shortly after.
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I'm used to slow auto focus, but the problem I have is failing to focus at all. It identifies the heads, but the heads remain out of focus. The focus hunts, and will gain focus for a second or so, then revert back to blur-o-vision... I the most recent situation, the subject was against a white background so nothing to confuse the sensor.
Talking about the camera, i saw a video review and the phone being reviewed had touch focus how did they set it like that?
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Talking about the camera, i saw a video review and the phone being reviewed had touch focus how did they set it like that?
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When in the camera, press your menu button and you will get an additional menu come up with the option for Capturing method. It's in there.
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When in the camera, press your menu button and you will get an additional menu come up with the option for Capturing method. It's in there.
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I had smile detection on so the focus option was grey out. Thanks for that
Im also having issues with the camera not focusing as it should. Taking a photo can sometimes take up to 8-10 seconds when I have to repress the camera button. Is that a software issue or hardware? In other words, should I return the phone to the store or wait for the ICS to (hopefully) fix it?
if your video is blurry while recording try to press camera shutter half way and it will focus automatically
if there is lot of noise while taking picture try to change focus mode from the face dectection to the single mode focus and that will improve the picture quality especially if not taking a poirtrate picture!!
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there is no rapid focus in the xperia s the focus is half automatic so this is work the same way as the focus in camera before half way camera shutter and it will dramatically improve the quality of the video
anyone else not able to take a pic from the home screen by just holding down the camera button? its works in standby mode but not in homescren mode..
I had this problem I went onto the camera app n then went into settings and changes the focus setting to single focus n my problem is solved hope that helps some people
Whenever I try to macro focus on something, I see the camera adjusting its lens, and I can see the clear image but it quickly goes to be blurry.
Is there some sort of tweak to allow manual focus through like a slider or something?
I have the same issue since I've had the phone. Still haven't figure out how to take a great photo with this phone lol
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Yeah, it's extremely annoying. I hate when you're doing a video and it won't keep full detail sometimes. There has to be a way to control it all manually.
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That would be awesome if someone could do it
if areas are too bright the camera will go dark, just tap on a dark part of image and it will brighten and focus automatic
helps to take better pics
manual focus on an area anytime by just tapping on that area and then take pic with screen button
hardware button is nice but will sometimes lead to a shake of hand and give blurry pic.
this evo has the best camera in a phone ive had to date, like the extra features too
I have the same experience trying to focus for macro shots. Manual focus would be a cool feature! (not to be confused with tapping to set the autofocus point)
I know that this isn't the same thing as manual focus, but what you can do is tap to focus on a point and then hold down the physical camera button halfway. What that does is lock in the focus and exposure settings until you press the shutter all the way down. If you are familiar with Nikon cameras it's similar to the AF-S focus mode, just also combined with AE-Lock.
I know that this isn't the same thing as manual focus, but what you can do is tap to focus on a point and then hold down the physical camera button halfway. What that does is lock in the focus and exposure settings until you press the shutter all the way down. If you are familiar with Nikon cameras it's similar to the AF-S focus mode, just also combined with AE-Lock.
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Cool, that's how I use my Nikon too, almost always with single focus point... the real issue I have with ltevo is focus for macro shots hunts in and out of focus, and rarely lands in focus despite having moved past good focus. Some have said zooming while focusing helps, but it hasn't worked for me...
I usually have to increase my distance from the subject to get decent focus like in this shot...
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Hopefully this is a software bug htc will fix soon!
kindarandomz said:
Whenever I try to macro focus on something, I see the camera adjusting its lens, and I can see the clear image but it quickly goes to be blurry.
Is there some sort of tweak to allow manual focus through like a slider or something?
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Same here. Just yet another annoyance with this phone. Grr
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Try camera app FV-5 in market. Doesn't do manual focus, but has some other macro/focusing options to play with, as well as other neat features.
Thank you so much for telling about the tapping feature that will help me out so much!
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When I turn on the macro mode (close up), if the camera can't detect "close objects" , it won't focus.
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Macro mode off
Does you Lumia 920 act like this?
It won't happen on Lumia 900, if you turn on the macro mode on Lumia 900, it can still focus.
Thank you very much
I haven't got my Lumia 920 yet, but I will check in about 2 weeks once the backorder is cleared. :crying:
Is that your lunch?
if you chose macro mode, and nothing is in the macro range, why would it focus beyond that?
Best is to leave it in Auto mode.
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When I turn on the macro mode (close up), if the camera can't detect "close objects" , it won't focus.
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Yep, I see that too - max focal distance for Close Up is about 2' - limit of the lens perhaps?
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if you chose macro mode, and nothing is in the macro range, why would it focus beyond that?
Best is to leave it in Auto mode.
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Because in Lumia 900, it takes better photo if the macro mode is on
A macro lens for an SLR won't take a landscape either, so what.
Use macro when you want to take a close up, otherwise switch it off. Whatever the 900 did was just a fluke or incorrect.
Why misuse something and then complain it does not work?
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A macro lens for an SLR won't take a landscape either, so what.
Use macro when you want to take a close up, otherwise switch it off.
Why misuse something and then complain it does work?
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Which line do you see I am complaining?
The title itself "Lumia 920 camera focus problem"
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Just tested it out.
when in Close-up mode, it actually focuses on nearer objects than it can in Auto Mode.
Auto mode is not switching to Close-up mode Automatically.
For me, the "Auto Setting" have issues focusing at distance mainly outdoor ( i did the half press, it did not focus and tried touch to focus and don't work either. And i tried constantly on the same spots but won't work at all). especially taking photos from building to ground level where there its more to like shades that has lesser access to sunlight, natural light etc. fortunately, not all shots are blurred and out of focus like this if you shoot from ground to ground level.
it can be ok at times depending on how you focus it.
Maco
pennzoilgtr said:
it can be ok at times depending on how you focus it.
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The simple answer to your OP as stated before is that you arnt close enough to use maco, this is a macro shot I took, and some others, I find taping the screen to be easier than using a button as I can select where to focus
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Try the following steps.
1. Change the focus mode to AUTO
2. Focus the phone close the the object and keep it steadily
3. Press the camera button slowely, first press it half and then full without releasing it. This should be done may be withing 2 seconds but slowly.
Pls let me know if it works
Hi!
These days I tried to take a photo of the stars with different apps and only the original app of camera is giving me the best results.
When I take the photo using the HDR+, and then go fast to the gallery, before the process is completed, I can see a photo full of stars. if I take a screenshot, the stars disappear. Maybe, next time I'll try to take a photo of the screen with other camera.
When the HDR+ process is completed I can't see any stars.
Anybody knows how to stop this process and get the photo with stars or maybe change the HDR+ processing to remove the noise but not the stars?
I know, It's strange, but I can give proofs if no one experimented the same. Perhaps, all the white points are noise but seems like stars...
Thanks in advance.
PD: I thought that in the screenshots there would be stars, but I didn't checked them until I started to write this post. Maybe at night I could repeat the process and take photos of the screen.
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Hi!
These days I tried to take a photo of the stars with different apps and only the original app of camera is giving me the best results.
When I take the photo using the HDR+, and then go fast to the gallery, before the process is completed, I can see a photo full of stars. if I take a screenshot, the stars disappear. Maybe, next time I'll try to take a photo of the screen with other camera.
When the HDR+ process is completed I can't see any stars.
Anybody knows how to stop this process and get the photo with stars or maybe change the HDR+ processing to remove the noise but not the stars?
I know, It's strange, but I can give proofs if no one experimented the same. Perhaps, all the white points are noise but seems like stars...
Thanks in advance.
PD: I thought that in the screenshots there would be stars, but I didn't checked them until I started to write this post. Maybe at night I could repeat the process and take photos of the screen.
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Could be the camera app, I'd recommend using camera nx. It is definitely the best camera/camera mod out.
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Could be the camera app, I'd recommend using camera nx. It is definitely the best camera/camera mod out.
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I downloaded yesterday the NX mod, used to take the photos and I got the same result. (Auto or HDR+)
Try a different camera app then? Maybe Footej or open camera.
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Try a different camera app then? Maybe Footej or open camera.
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I also tried FV-5 camera but with same result. So, I wonder if someone could take a photo of the stars (with any kind of quality)
I'm going to take a photo of the screen as I said before, then you can know better what I mean.
Wasn't there an option to disable HDR ?
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Wasn't there an option to disable HDR ?
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Yes! Of course, but then I can't get that preview image in which I can see the stars
Use Manual Camera and shoot RAW. Anything else probably treats the stars as noise and eliminates them.
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Yes! Of course, but then I can't get that preview image in which I can see the stars
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mate try this HTC10
Ok guys, thanks for your help, but.. case closed.
It's just noise, here are the photos of the sky. One is the preview (HDR+ processing) with white dots and the second one is only black, because there weren't any stars at that time in the sky.
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And if a take photos of a dark room I get the same result, so... it's just noise I think.
Thanks again
PD: Sorry for the quality of the photos.
Hello,
New user of this phone, the camera viewfinder goes black in dark scenes check the screenshot and the shot taken. Shots come out okay but cannot compose. Can anyone check?
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I have tried both google camera and stock miui one, does the same thing in both. I still have some days left to exchange it, is there a fix or should I go the exchange route?
Thanks in advance.
Which rom are you using
couldn't this be just normal behaviour? it seem's like you're trying to make a picture in an almost completely dark room, just some low light LEDs.
live view doesn't get enough light to show you anything brighter. the final shot is taken with night mode and i bet it makes a long exposure time over 1 second+ and high ISO.
live view = multiple frames per second, it can't get as many light as the final shot with 1sec exposure.
though, I'm just guessing.
one more hint:
at the bottom of the live view screen, select "more" and then "night". it will show you live view with high ISO
in your case it's probably the same as "night sight" at the bottom left, just select it.
Zirila said:
one more hint:
at the bottom of the live view screen, select "more" and then "night". it will show you live view with high ISO
in your case it's probably the same as "night sight" at the bottom left, just select it.
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My note 3 pro showed proper exposure at this light but this can't, so I'm thinking there might be something wrong with the sensor.
Zirila said:
couldn't this be just normal behaviour? it seem's like you're trying to make a picture in an almost completely dark room, just some low light LEDs.
live view doesn't get enough light to show you anything brighter. the final shot is taken with night mode and i bet it makes a long exposure time over 1 second+ and high ISO.
live view = multiple frames per second, it can't get as many light as the final shot with 1sec exposure.
though, I'm just guessing.
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Which rom are you using
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@rayulove69 in the too dark picture you posted above you have NOT activated "night sight" or "night", just do that and see if it works.
you have actively selected "camera" and this is not supposed to give you the same brightness as "night sight" or "night" mode in live view.
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@rayulove69 in the too dark picture you posted above you have NOT activated "night sight" or "night", just do that and see if it works.
you have actively selected "camera" and this is not supposed to give you the same brightness as "night sight" or "night" mode in live view.
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doing so does the same thing and the darking is arbitrary ar also blurs the **** out of those dark parts