Is there as way to set your camera to always normal mode, every time I open camera it defaults to intelligent auto and for me I just find this mode just doesn't work. Especially in gig situations where the lighting conditions are constantly changing it has a fit. Normal mode almost always takes great shots first try but intelligent auto I give up after the 5th blurry shot.
Also has anyone got any great tiles for capturing those great shots?
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Try this: long click on the screen, add shortcut, but do NOT select "app", just look for "camera", and that should offer you a selection of modes; select the one you want, and that shortcut will open always the camera in that mode.
Take a look at the following database (you'll need an app like SQLite Editor):
/data/data/com.sonymobile.cameracommon/databases/cameracommon.db
Such database contains a table named capturingmodes, which appears to contain the configuration to enable/disable camera options.
Open the camera from the homescreen icon instead of the quick launch button,
this opens the camera in your preferred mode.
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I have been enjoying my Note for a while but I am trying to find out what exactly the following settings do or mean, or what they do and when best to use them.
1. Easy question. The camera edit shortcuts. These don't remain if the camera app if closed using task manager. Is this correct? Is there a way around this?
2. Shooting mode. How does Share Shot work? What does the Beauty mode do?
3. Scene mode. Can someone explain how each of these settings affect the photo?
4. Exposure value - really stuck here. What does this do?
5. White balance? How does the settings affect the photos again
6. Metering. I have tried to understand this, but still not certain. Again what do the settings here actually do to the photo.
7. Outdoor visibility. Is that purely to make it easier to view Note screen outdoors?
8. Auto contrast. Is this better to leave on or off. And what is it doing.
9. GPS tag. Is there a way to keep setting always on? Keeps reverting to off.
Edit shortcut is to choose to preference for setting position only.
Most of your question regarding setting, just I say it will enhance N adjust of photo quality
N best application to understand this is here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGVvdGluby5waG90b2dyYXBoeSJd
GPS keep on always, first set it on from setting, it will ask to switch on GPS, select it. Now close ca,era application with back button
Now if you open camera appl you will see GPS tag option On.
Thanks for reply.
After I have selected new shortcuts, I quit camera app using task manager and the next time I launch the camera app, my shortcuts have gone. Is that normal behaviour?
I think at least first time exit application with back button after changing setting, then try. Task manager is not routine way to close, it kills application, n thats y it may not saves changes.
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white balance is the setting which makes that if you shoot something white, that it will also be white on the picture, and not yellowish, or blueish
Thanks guys for tips.
Exposure value is for use when get 'blown' highlights or shadows - meaning loss of detail in light or dark areas. If you have loss of detail in light areas, select a minus exposure value. If you lose detail in shadow areas, use plus exposure value. Scene modes are just preset values for different situations. Beauty mode smooths skin and reduces some blemishes.
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Forgot to say: auto contrast can be left on.
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dr.ketan said:
I think at least first time exit application with back button after changing setting, then try. Task manager is not routine way to close, it kills application, n thats y it may not saves changes.
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The camera shortcuts have saved. Thanks for great tip.
Let us start a summary of features we want from Samsung.
- Remote-Viewfinder with all functions like the camera app itself
- manual whitebalance (within Auto-Mode and easier accessing)
- manual focus
- face recognition in auto-mode
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-forced flash light in automatic mode
There is manual white balance feature, but not in automatic mode.
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There is manual white balance feature, but not in automatic mode.
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Oh hell, yes i found it. Not really easy accessible and usable. I changed my feature-request ^^
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-an API for manual control of the camera in our own apps, ex: shutter speed, Aperture, everything in "expert" mode, etc.
-time lapse option that bypasses the preview requirements. ex: time lapse with screen off to save battery
-unlimited continuous mode. ex: take pictures as fast as hardware allows and save them until the SD card is full
checking for protrusions in front of the lens when camera is activated on start up or activated by apps
else this happenshttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38367332#post38367332
Speaking of remote, how about publishing the remote protocol so we could write special purpose apps with vastly greater control than just launching a "take picture" intent.
And two new options in settings:
1) Don't start camera on power up.
2) Remember my default preference for using the sdcard, don't keep asking on every power up.
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Speaking of remote, how about publishing the remote protocol so we could write special purpose apps with vastly greater control than just launching a "take picture" intent.
And two new options in settings:
1) Don't start camera on power up.
2) Remember my default preference for using the sdcard, don't keep asking on every power up.
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+1 for these 2
evSril afflicted
Only owned mines for a few hours now
but
+ 1 : Don't start camera on power up., straight to dashboard would be better
+1 for some type of Focus Control
:- 30 Second Shutter Window instead of 16 seconds
:- Different Flash Modes, maybe its me but I can only see auto, Rear ,Slow Fill etc.
hello
it was helpful thanks
- advanced panorama features like in LG's new phone (LG G Pro) and Samsung WB850F compact camera
- 3D panorama
- action panorama
-3D photo with one lens (as in WB850F)
Normal voice phone calling!
+1 To remember SD card setting on start up
+1 To not start Camera App on start up
+1 Flash auto fill mode
+1 Higher resolution Panorama modes
+1 3D Photo Options
What about untimed video recording option? Currently limited to 25 minutes.
And of course the most important:
PLEASE ALLOW NORMAL VOICE PHONE CALLING!
Sv: What features do you want updated/integrated from Samsung?
+100000000 for most of those named earlier.
Personally, I am really disappointed with the lack of fine-grained manual controls (even in manual mode). What I would really appreciate is
manual focus control
manual flash control (mostly intensity)
smarter handling of flash in all modes: when popping up the flash in auto-mode, chances are, I did it on purpose. If the light conditions don't seem to make use of flash necessary, use it for fill-in, already.
better use of screen estate / refined controls in manual mode. Of course, the huge dials for manual settings do work, but at least for me, they simply steal focus from taking the image. Give me onscreen buttons to modify the function of the zoom-rocker in real time instead, as is done with the dialer on SLRs: hold button for AE and the rocker changes exposure compensation instead of zooming etc...
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Manual focus control
Manual flash control
Faster and better autofocus
Manual White Balance, Can make phone calls maybe because for now i fell interrupted with no native app phone call... when i want check balance of my sim card i should swap to another phone and new features on camera like sgs 4 :fingers-crossed:
i need Manual focus control, Manual flash control
Manual focus slider
+1 for all above,
personally I've mostly missed manual focus, as I like to take shots of moving objects, or objects that are not yet in view.
is there any workaround app for the manual focus ?
also full remote controls for the remote viewfinder would be nice.
+1 dont start camera on power up !
like every digicam has a switch for viewing pictures without turning on lens motor ..
Hey XDA lovers!
There's this minor annoyance that I'm facing. And with minor, I mean a First-World-Problem BIG annoyance.
You see, I never use the Superior Auto mode of the Xperia Z1. Instead I love shooting at Manual mode with ISO around 50 to 200. Superior Auto always cranks the ISO up to infinity, it seems. The fastest way for me to get to Manual Mode now, is through a shortcut I placed on my homescreen. So to shoot, I have to unlock the device, possibly press the home button, wait and click on the shortcut. The other option is to use the camera quick launch, press the button in the lower right corner before it freezes (happens too often) and then click Manual. Both are equally tiring, considering you can already launch the camera with one press of the shutter button!
So I'm asking the experienced modders on XDA: is there a way to redirect the quick launch shortcut to open the Manual Mode of the camera? Obviously this should require root, which isn't a problem. Is this idea even possible?
Thanks in advance for thinking with me! :cyclops:
(and while we're at it, is it even possible to place the ISO setting in the hotbar so it's just one click away instead of having to dig through the menu? Hmm, I suppose not)
I haven't found a way to do this yet. Manual mode possibly can't be launched with quick launch, but the 8MP can be modified to 15MP or 20MP in Superior Auto mode, with Xposed module called "20MP Superior Auto". In Xposed Installer, go to Downloads, and search this module. But to make it work, you have to enable it in Xposed Installer, select an appropriate option in "20MP Superior Auto" , and after restart, you have to check and uncheck an option in the superior auto setting (any option), and then the mod will work! I've got Xperia Z1C and it works, I tested (even with the 4k and 120FPS also).
Hope it helps !
What app do you all use to capture RAW files from the camera? I thought you would be able to do so in Pro mode but that doesn't appear to be the case.
Put it in pro mode and click the gear icon for settings. It's in there. Must be in pro mode to turn it on though.
Yeah Raw images option only comes when the mode is Pro, go to settings there you can activate it!
Now just need a way to make it default to Pro Mode. Double tapping the home button to get the camera from the lock screen is pointless if I have to go thru menus to switch to Pro Mode
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Now just need a way to make it default to Pro Mode. Double tapping the home button to get the camera from the lock screen is pointless if I have to go thru menus to switch to Pro Mode
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To be fair, if you are trying to capture something very quickly, you probably are better off using the normal mode and snap a picture. I find myself only using Pro Mode when I want to just take some time and get everything just right for the scene like landscapes and macro shots.
I dont need the pro mode features, just the RAW capture so I can do full manual tweaking later. I am a heavy photoshop user/tweaker, but not a camera expert, so I generally dont bother with most of the settings on the phone itself (I have though, since the Note 5 isnt the best at deciding how to handle very dark situations)
Found a couple of bugs in the native camera app so far. One of them I posted in another thread which is the inability to turn off the obnoxiously loud camera shutter sound. There are even slider toggles to do it found in two different places in the camera app, but enabling and disabling the toggle does not turn off the sound.
The second one has to do with the beauty mode when taking selfies. When using the selfie camera, if you select the beautification option at the top (the icon that looks like a girl's head), you'll see 3 options at the bottom: Origin, Auto, and Personal. If you select Personal, you can adjust individual settings for things like slim face, smoothing, eye size, skin tone, color and brightness by utilizing a slider for each option. Well with the SMOOTH option, the placement of the slider that you choose NEVER sticks where you want it. For example, if you set the slider to 30 (it goes from 0 to 100) and then go to another option like eye size, and then come back to the smoothing option, the slider will not be where you put it. From what I can tell, the SMOOTH option is the only option where the slider never stays where you put it. It's pretty maddening. I've tried to clear the cache and data of the camera app but that doesn't work. In addition, the slim face option is hit and miss. When adjusting it you can see it trying to slim your face the farther you slide it to the right, but sometimes the app bugs out and it goes back and forth from slim to fat to slim to fat, etc. It's just buggy.
In the multi shot mode the EXIF metadata is not correct. It seems that the EXIF data from one of the modules (the one in focus?) is written to the two other images too.
In the "normal" camera mode the "2x" module works in the 35mm equivalent mode what is about 1.2-1.3x.
In the manual and the 64MP mode the 2x module is cropped an upscaled so that the label 2x is matching.
RAW/DNG images from ProShot show that the "2x" module is in fact a 1.2-1.3x module with an equivalent focal length of 35mm.
Is is also a shame that the multishot excludes the 2x module and incorporates only the 0.5x, 1x and 5x module producing a huge zoom gap in series.
Firmware MyOS12.0.8_A2022PG_G LB camera slows down in video mode, shoots jerkily. how to fix?