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camera timer???

Is there any mod or hack to have a timer on the camera ?
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Why on Earth would you want a camera timer? It's not like you can put the phone on a tripod or even just stand it on a wall or anything....it would be completely pointless.

I wouldn't mind having this also.

Jim Coleman said:
Why on Earth would you want a camera timer? It's not like you can put the phone on a tripod or even just stand it on a wall or anything....it would be completely pointless.
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anything can be used as a tripod with enough will power

Linkinworm said:
anything can be used as a tripod with enough will power
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I second that

Linkinworm said:
anything can be used as a tripod with enough will power
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OK name one thing that you are likely to have with you that you can prop the phone up with at the right distance and angle that lets you line up the shot and will hold the phone steady enough.
Because if there is such a thing, I'll add my +1.
Even though I think this is a stoopid suggestion, I have no doubt that once Mango hits and the camera API is opened up, some numpty will create an app to do a timer function. And other numpties will pay for it.

Or it can be added by HTC like it was on thier old devices (Kaiser/Tilt, at least).

Would like this too. Also need a touch shutter button to go along with the HW button!

I can name 1 thing. Tripod.. go to eBay type in hd7 tripod....... Sha-bang........ 6.99 Free shipping from Hong Kong. Now it is only a foot tall but it holds the phone perfect. I use it all the time... Now give me my timer......
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Tbonenga said:
I can name 1 thing. Tripod.. go to eBay type in hd7 tripod....... Sha-bang........ 6.99 Free shipping from Hong Kong. Now it is only a foot tall but it holds the phone perfect. I use it all the time... Now give me my timer......
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So you carry that thing around with you all the time? But not a proper camera?
Having trouble believing this! LOL Do you keep it in your handbag? I mean, really? a 1 foot tall tripod? Come on! Do you take many pictures of people's ankles?

Jim Coleman said:
Why on Earth would you want a camera timer? It's not like you can put the phone on a tripod or even just stand it on a wall or anything....it would be completely pointless.
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I would like it because the button is recessed with the case I have and often the extra effort required to press the button causes blurry pictures. Would actually rather touch the screen to snap the pic... Is there an app for that? Lol
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agtokc said:
I would like it because the button is recessed with the case I have and often the extra effort required to press the button causes blurry pictures. Would actually rather touch the screen to snap the pic... Is there an app for that? Lol
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agree the recessed button is terrible..it is actually the worst I have ever used on any Phone with a camera..
Along with a shutter timer I hope developers also include on screen shutter "button" like on the HD2 (since there is no way to "fix" the recessed button)

Seriously? Why wouldn't you want a camera timer????????? Who needs a tripod anyway?? Have you no imagination? Just sit the phone up against something hit the timer button and there u go......I do this all the time with my epic and the pictures come out fine. There might be some places you cant do this but for the most part you can. You got to remember though these camera phones arent used for professional quality. Just a in case camera. Just using my brain, sorry

Amazing Camera Samples in Goa

These are the pictures i recently took on my trip to Goa, i took the pictures using Camera 360 and applied the filters using the phone itself. Hope you like them. . Never knew our phone was such a good camera, only thing required is a little software tweak.

kalpak2021 said:
These are the pictures i recently took on my trip to Goa, i took the pictures using Camera 360 and applied the filters using the phone itself. Hope you like them. . Never knew our phone was such a good camera, only thing required is a little software tweak.
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these are simply instagram effect pics. no manual tweak required.

Looks fine. I´ve got some problem with this aplication the latestest photos had to much noise. I don´t know why but only with this aplication. Good job with your passion!

I know they are PP'd but they are nice anyway.
You have a talent for it.

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these are simply instagram effect pics. no manual tweak required.
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Mate instagram in no ways takes pics at such resolution. So this is good

did any of LG 2x users tried to take down the back cover of their phone and then take the picture?
yesterday i accidentaly broke that plastic part on the back cover while cleaning (the part that says "8M" and protects the lens/flash) and discovered that it's blurry as hell and can't be cleaned much...

60nine said:
did any of LG 2x users tried to take down the back cover of their phone and then take the picture?
yesterday i accidentaly broke that plastic part on the back cover while cleaning (the part that says "8M" and protects the lens/flash) and discovered that it's blurry as hell and can't be cleaned much...
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Haha same thing here, the pictures are awful now.
If you want you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol and then put a new back on.
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redmonke255 said:
If you want you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol and then put a new back on.
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i tried to clean it with a liquid specified for monitor cleaning - but nothing happened...
btw how can picures be worse without the blurry cover? they can only be better

My felt off like 6 months ago, and I think it pohos looks better without it.

They are cleaner without the back cover, but hace you tryed andyCP's camera mod (gingerbread) i have taken my best pictures with it, by far the cleanest images
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60nine said:
i tried to clean it with a liquid specified for monitor cleaning - but nothing happened...
btw how can picures be worse without the blurry cover? they can only be better
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My back cover has been broken for a while now and now the camera lens is beat up and got dirt and stuff on it from being in my pockets and on tables. The cover is good for keeping the lens safe.
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redmonke255 said:
My back cover has been broken for a while now and now the camera lens is beat up and got dirt and stuff on it from being in my pockets and on tables. The cover is good for keeping the lens safe.
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yes, it's good to have it covered for preventing any mechanical damage to the lens but in my case i rarely keep anything else in the phone pocket...
when the phone seats on the table, the lens is still protected from the mechanical damage because it isn't in the same level with the table but slightly inside the back battery cover...
only dust can access it...
however... it was just an idea

[Q] Camera problem? Or factory ?:D

Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
you can see it on the attachments..

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Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
you can see it on the attachments..
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You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem

matt95 said:
You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem
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full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..

zimilaci said:
full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..
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look at this sorry cause of my ugly face this is the front camera, ( i hope its only software
haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxMiHCaWxI
but another video has the same
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6T1BbwJwiE

It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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ataft said:
It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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Not anymore, I took back the phone and got an s4 at least I can find out now which one is better
Thanks for the help

Check out this picture as an example. I was the only one in the room that was able to get this picture. Maybe if the wall went back a couple feet, someone else could get the same picture without cutting people right next to them out.
So, sucks a bit to stretch pictures out in portrait, but this is pretty damn cool.
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I have to say that I checked my camera and I don't see anything like in zimilaci's video. So for me it actually doesn't look normal.

I don't know why my wide angle photos show a fish-eye type distortion where only the part where the photo is focussed is clear and everything else seeps into a slight blur.

Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286

NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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Well I dont care anymore I got it back again, I hope its only a matter of software issue....
The video... forget it, the front camera is worse but its still ok. because of that I am not gonna take it back or whatever, Support says its not normal tho

NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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I am not quite sure anymore... a friend mine told me that she did not encounter any distortion.... I will check today other devices as well...
its not that annoying...or mabye ? its only the front camera, and a bit with the rear....
HTc online support told me it a faulty device, but both cameras?
Come on...

Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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ataft said:
Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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Then my question is, how come that the official HTC support said its not normal?
or its only one of the technicians?

External Lens

HI all . I need help from experienced people, please. i dont know much about lens like these. can you suggest me good ones from ebay? i want to take better macro shots , landscape and portrets. any help is appreciated.Thanks in advance
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-in-1-Fish...er_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item3a8256d39c
http://www.ebay.com/itm/8X-Optical-...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3cd2523282

I'm sorry if I sounds ridiculous but aren't the both is specific for iPhone only?

xarive said:
I'm sorry if I sounds ridiculous but aren't the both is specific for iPhone only?
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i dont think so. Because in some thread i saw that u can use these lenses on any nowaday smarthones. I dont remember where i saw that... But if u have xperia z specific please share links

Please check this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC6JY6BPnIY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

If you buying external lens i recomend this one -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/3in1-Phone-...er_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item3cd4b304e0
Fits perfectly and it wont slip from phone like the the one mentioned in first post(i have both versions). The one from first post have magnetic ring and it need to be taped to housing, looks ugly and falls off easily.

Dsc-qx10/100
You have to wait until Sony releases DSC-QX10/100 lens on September 4 event. Check the source for pictures
Source

ugh.. that sony kit will be expensive for me . and i am sure it will not be available in our country very soon after launch..Thanks for information

Geminiu said:
If you buying external lens i recomend this one -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/3in1-Phone-...er_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item3cd4b304e0
Fits perfectly and it wont slip from phone like the the one mentioned in first post(i have both versions). The one from first post have magnetic ring and it need to be taped to housing, looks ugly and falls off easily.
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thank you very much bro. i will get that one then. how is the quality? can you take good insect pictures with them? i love taking macroshots

Here ya have it
http://www.multiupload.nl/OGJA0XYRZD
It was my first try to shoot with macro lens(i bought it for fish eye)... i thnik you can make mutch better shoots with little practice!

Thank you. You helped so much. I think thay are good. Nice video between
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Camera can't focus on anything

The camera cannot focus at all when I'm taking a close range shot. Pictures always come blurry as a result. Anyone else have this issue?
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Have you taken the plastic film off of the camera lens
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
Have you taken the plastic film off of the camera lens
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eek:OOOOOO wow, can't believe I didn't see that! Always thought I already scratched it! Don't recall att doing this for any other phone
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abraxo said:
eekeek:OOOO wow, can't believe I didn't see that! Always thought I already scratched it! Don't recall att doing this for any other phone
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Lol two of my friends had the same problem they did it with the s4 as well
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abraxo said:
eekeek:OOOO wow, can't believe I didn't see that! Always thought I already scratched it! Don't recall att doing this for any other phone
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If you looked at the film that covered the lense, it didn't actually cover the lense center. There is a hole in it for the shooter even if you don't remove it. That wasn't the cause. The shooter is just wonky on finding good contrast for focus, especially anything less than 6"

I have also the same problem.

byte9 said:
If you looked at the film that covered the lense, it didn't actually cover the lense center. There is a hole in it for the shooter even if you don't remove it. That wasn't the cause. The shooter is just wonky on finding good contrast for focus, especially anything less than 6"
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It still effects the focus it happens on the s4 and on the s5 you must have a bad camera
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It does not effect the camera, it is not in line of sight. My camera works fine(I don't have the film, regardless). The cameras focal distance isn't great if the subject isnt super high contrast if less than 6".
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.

byte9 said:
It does not effect the camera, it is not in line of sight. My camera works fine(I don't have the film, regardless). The cameras focal distance isn't great if the subject isnt super high contrast if less than 6".
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
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Dude you have no idea what your talking about lol I bet it fixed op problem. The camera is a wide lense the plastic will mess up the focus. I have no problem taking close up pictures of flowers or anything for that matter
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
Dude you have no idea what your talking about lol I bet it fixed op problem. The camera is a wide lense the plastic will mess up the focus. I have no problem taking close up pictures of flowers or anything for that matter
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Source, because no. This rear camera is not a wide angle in the strictest sense. By your logic it would take pictures of its own bezel if the small film would be in line of sight. That's not the case, the front camera is an 88 degree wide for close field (selfies and such) the rear is not.
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byte9 said:
Source, because no. This rear camera is not a wide angle in the strictest sense. By your logic it would take pictures of its own bezel if the small film would be in line of sight. That's not the case, the front camera is an 88 degree wide for close field (selfies and such) the rear is not.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CAM_DSGBg
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/718403-s4-camera-tips-thread.html (post #4, #7)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...plastic-covering-galaxy-s4-camera-lens-2.html (post #45, #46)
Im sorry but I had the same problem with the s4, s5, and so did a whole bunch of people. If you dont know what your talking about then why are you still arguing. It clearly messes up the focus because A: Dust and hair start to collect over it and B: it keeps trying to focus while its on which causes blurry pics
And if OP could chime in I bet removing this made his camera better

I wasn't arguing, I stated its not a wide angle, it isn't. The front lenses is 88degree for wide. I also still stand(with no sticker) that the rear shooter isn't the greatest at focus. These sensors are still just over hyped webcams. My bias towards specific detail comes from photography experience.
Further, I hope OPs problem is solved too.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.

byte9 said:
I wasn't arguing, I stated its not a wide angle, it isn't. The front lenses is 88degree for wide. I also still stand(with no sticker) that the rear shooter isn't the greatest at focus. These sensors are still just over hyped webcams. My bias towards specific detail comes from photography experience.
Further, I hope OPs problem is solved too.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
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See I dont have a problem with focusing unless im a inch above it but i feel like thats expected with theses cellphone cameras. I just like the fact how much detail it retains

I still have the little plastic film on my lens and have no problem taking picture with it! Not once my pictures were affected by the film.
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big samm said:
I still have the little plastic film on my lens and have no problem taking picture with it! Not once my pictures were affected by the film.
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Like you, I kept it on my S4 for a long time and it didn't cause any problems either. However, like I mentioned before, not all of these phones are alike. It might not cause a problem for some while it does for others.
To the OP, the best thing to do is remove it and see if the problem persists. If it does, exchange the phone until you get one that works right.

It still effects the focus it happens on the s4 and on the s5 you must have a bad camera