Everything seems to work except the exposure settings. It is only enabled in video camera mode. Anyone have this?
Get 3 more posts here and say this in the serendipity thread in the Development forum. Or maybe youll get lucky and have mikey see this, he reads here sometimes.
yup just the more posts haha
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I just tested mine in a dark room with the computer screen, and it lightens to pick up the room light and darkens to capture the computer screen - all this with serendipity 5.7 (or else I wouldn't be posting).
So it isn't the ROM, for me. I haven't done anything with the camera except flash the video camera fix app - that was just supposed to fix the auto focus on video. It works now. Maybe it worked before too.
Soccer_Dad said:
I just tested mine in a dark room with the computer screen, and it lightens to pick up the room light and darkens to capture the computer screen - all this with serendipity 5.7 (or else I wouldn't be posting).
So it isn't the ROM, for me. I haven't done anything with the camera except flash the video camera fix app - that was just supposed to fix the auto focus on video. It works now. Maybe it worked before too.
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Tell me if you can select the exposure icon (+/-) below the timer on the left in camera mode because I can't select it.
chraz13 said:
Tell me if you can select the exposure icon (+/-) below the timer on the left in camera mode because I can't select it.
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Works in both.
chraz13 said:
Everything seems to work except the exposure settings. It is only enabled in video camera mode. Anyone have this?
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I'm having the same thing hadn't noticed though... i think it's a wonky setting somewhere.
See if you have anti shake on... if it is it removes the exposure settings.
jlt220 said:
See if you have anti shake on... if it is it removes the exposure settings.
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You sir are corrrrect lol Thanks
Problem is after you uncheck the option that disabled the feature that the -/+ does not come back as it stays greyed out.
upNsmokeAllDay said:
Problem is after you uncheck the option that disabled the feature that the -/+ does not come back as it stays greyed out.
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Not true.
FYI, auto contrast also kills it.
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I see it is now fixed in the new version. Nice work!
Hi, I love my Xperia T but there is one thing that bothers me. I noticed that every xperia T has that automatic screen dimming when viewing darker media on your screen. For example, when i turn on facebook app, before the actual app opens there is dark grey screen. During that sequence screen gets darker, and when white facebook page pops up you can actually see screen adjusting its brightness to higher "normal" level. That really bothers me especially when gaming. On dark sequences screen gets really dark, and than it takes second or two to adjust normal brightness when brighter sequences appear. You can actually see brightness going down when darker images are displayed, and then back up again when brighter images appear.
So I'm not talking about dimming when overheating or flickering (that second is fixed by jellybean update as I noticed), or etc. And before you ask me I if turned on autobrightness in display settings, it has nothing to do with that.
My question is, is there a way to turn this off because it is really annoying?
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Hi, I love my Xperia T but there is one thing that bothers me. I noticed that every xperia T has that automatic screen dimming when viewing darker media on your screen. For example, when i turn on facebook app, before the actual app opens there is dark grey screen. During that sequence screen gets darker, and when white facebook page pops up you can actually see screen adjusting its brightness to higher "normal" level. That really bothers me especially when gaming. On dark sequences screen gets really dark, and than it takes second or two to adjust normal brightness when brighter sequences appear. You can actually see brightness going down when darker images are displayed, and then back up again when brighter images appear.
So I'm not talking about dimming when overheating or flickering (that second is fixed by jellybean update as I noticed), or etc. And before you ask me I if turned on autobrightness in display settings, it has nothing to do with that.
My question is, is there a way to turn this off because it is really annoying?
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Have you unchecked adopt to lightning conditions already?
thrize45220 said:
Have you unchecked adopt to lightning conditions already?
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Can you read my last sentence before question, please? It has apsolutely nothing to do with that. "Adopt to light conditions" means adopt to light conditions in your sourrounding, not in your screen light conditions.
naga.nino said:
Can you read my last sentence before question, please? It has apsolutely nothing to do with that. "Adopt to light conditions" means adopt to light conditions in your sourrounding, not in your screen light conditions.
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All i thought it differs to auto brightness thats why i ask it sir. Sorry for the question then
You dont have to apologise. So, the problem is that when you watch darker images, or videos, or just any darker screen on your display, contrast and brightness goes down. And when you switch to brighter screen you can actually see, with your naked eye, brightnes going up. I see that Sony intentionally put that feature, but it is very, very stupid one. There is no point in making dark images even darker with even less contrast. I assume they wanted to achieve better black levels that way, or I don't know, but it is very stupid way of doing black levels more black. And, of course, there is no setting in settings menu tu turn this nonsense off, nice one Sony!
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You dont have to apologise. So, the problem is that when you watch darker images, or videos, or just any darker screen on your display, contrast and brightness goes down. And when you switch to brighter screen you can actually see, with your naked eye, brightnes going up. I see that Sony intentionally put that feature, but it is very, very stupid one. There is no point in making dark images even darker with even less contrast. I assume they wanted to achieve better black levels that way, or I don't know, but it is very stupid way of doing black levels more black. And, of course, there is no setting in settings menu tu turn this nonsense off, nice one Sony!
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This similar annoying ass feature is there in my Spectre laptop. This was supposed to be a battery saving feature and I haven't yet found a way to turn it off. Maybe it's also a way to get higher black levels.
This is the Bravia Engine. Just unselect Settings -> Display -> Mobile Bravia Engine
thedisturbedone said:
This similar annoying ass feature is there in my Spectre laptop. This was supposed to be a battery saving feature and I haven't yet found a way to turn it off. Maybe it's also a way to get higher black levels.
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Dude, this is definitely not a battery saving mode. There is no need for batery saving mode when displaying dark screen, and the problem occurs when displaying dark images or any other dark media, app or non-app. every single time.
Mad Marty said:
This is the Bravia Engine. Just unselect Settings -> Display -> Mobile Bravia Engine
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OMG... Mobile bravia engine has apsolutely nothing to do with with that, because bravia engine works only in phones stock apps for viewing videos and pictures, and the effect is not even similiar to screen dimming. It brings more saturated colors and that is all.
Same problem is posted here: http://communities.sonyericsson.com/thread/61560?start=0&tstart=0 and Sony replied "I'm sorry that it has taken so long but I have done some testing now using a later software and I'm not able to replicate the issue that you guys report so I assume it's fixed." It is more than obvious that they like to close their eyes on every single problem that occurs. Thank you Sony for your gorgeous support to your beloved customers. I cant be more sarcastic, of course.
naga.nino said:
OMG... Mobile bravia engine has apsolutely nothing to do with with that, because bravia engine works only in phones stock apps for viewing videos and pictures, and the effect is not even similiar to screen dimming. It brings more saturated colors and that is all.
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Well, have it your way. But with this kind of attitude, don't be surprised if no-one wants to help you.
Mad Marty said:
Well, have it your way. But with this kind of attitude, don't be surprised if no-one wants to help you.
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It's not my way, it's the way it is. If one understands what mobile bravia engine is, one could never offered it as a solution to a problem that has nothing to do with it. I'm terribly sorry if I ofended you, and I apologize for my attitude. I'm not mad at you, or anybody else here, I just don't see why would one write something just to be written. I know my T-Rex wery well, and I know there is no "normal" way to turn this dimming crap off, so I posted my question here, and expected that someone of the experts would offer some kind of solution to that. And I got things like "turn automatic brightness off", or "turn mobile bravia engine off" even though I previously mentioned that i tried all that stuff. People are "trying" to "help" me here, and they didn't even read what I've written. I'm really not one of guys that would post a question here just to be posted, I searched the crap out of the internet, and I found apsolutely nothing helpfull. That's why I decided to open this thread, to hear what experts have to say.
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There is already a thread about this. I won't write it again.
Just turn of DLS.
peetr_ said:
There is already a thread about this. I won't write it again.
Just turn of DLS.
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Thank you very much. I suppose you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909710&page=16
My phone is rooted and I can't change those values. Can you explain me how to change this? I went to that system location via root explorer, but i can't do much from that point. If I try to open it in text editor it says that this is read only and can't be changed.
Thanx in advance.
naga.nino said:
Thank you very much. I suppose you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909710&page=16
My phone is rooted and I can't change those values. Can you explain me how to change this? I went to that system location via root explorer, but i can't do much from that point. If I try to open it in text editor it says that this is read only and can't be changed.
Thanx in advance.
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If you are rooted, you need root explorer and mount the directoty as RW, then open in text editor
peetr_ said:
There is already a thread about this. I won't write it again.
Just turn of DLS.
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If you are rooted, you need root explorer and mount the directoty as RW, then open in text editor
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Thank you guys very much! Changed values, and rebooting my phone...everything is fine now, no more stupid dimming. However...I noticed that color adjusment is still visible when changing from dark screen to colorfull bright one. So the dimming is now definitely gone, but that color adjusment is still visible, like it changes contrast a bit, from worse to better, it is clearly visible. Any ideas about that?
I'm uploading a video I recorded with my webcam to get you a closer look. I'll post a link once it's uploaded.
Video will be live here in a couple of minutes: http://youtu.be/fHozO8zGZ1Y
After I managed to turn off DLS, that auto-contrast thing still remains. If you look closely, you'll se that the blue facebook stripe (and everything else) slightly changes its color/contrast when returning from the gray screen. But DLS was much bigger pain in the ass and I'm very pleased with the result od turning it off.
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Why would you want to post it live?
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-SlenderMan- said:
Why would you want to post it live?
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Didn't mean literally live lol. It is uploaded, processed and watchable now.
Hi Guys
Does anybody know of a way to disable auto exposure? When I take pictures, often I want to focus on a particular area and 99% of the time that area seems to be darker or lighter so the exposure is adjusted automatically and I hate this as it often washes out images or over exposes other areas. I just want to be able to touch to focus and the exposure not change ... Is this possible?
Thanks
AllAboutTheCore said:
Hi Guys
Does anybody know of a way to disable auto exposure? When I take pictures, often I want to focus on a particular area and 99% of the time that area seems to be darker or lighter so the exposure is adjusted automatically and I hate this as it often washes out images or over exposes other areas. I just want to be able to touch to focus and the exposure not change ... Is this possible?
Thanks
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If you press and hold an area when in camera it will lock the AE/AF, the exposure and focus will now remain the same no matter where you point it. This will only work in 4.2.2 though (4.1.2 doesn't have this feature).
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If you press and hold an area when in camera it will lock the AE/AF, the exposure and focus will now remain the same no matter where you point it. This will only work in 4.2.2 though (4.1.2 doesn't have this feature).
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Thanks for the reply ... I have tried this but often I want to focus centrally and when you hold to lock it it still seems to over expose. I was hoping there was some Mod that might disable exposure unless you manually adjust it so you can touch to focus anywhere and whether it's dark or light, the exposure won't change.
AllAboutTheCore said:
Thanks for the reply ... I have tried this but often I want to focus centrally and when you hold to lock it it still seems to over expose. I was hoping there was some Mod that might disable exposure unless you manually adjust it so you can touch to focus anywhere and whether it's dark or light, the exposure won't change.
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Are you holding at a light point in the picture. If you hold at a dark point it will probably come out over exposed. If it's relatively dark I normally lock onto a street lamp or something else bright.
Ardmanz said:
Are you holding at a light point in the picture. If you hold at a dark point it will probably come out over exposed. If it's relatively dark I normally lock onto a street lamp or something else bright.
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It varies tbh, I'll have to have a play with it and give it a full test.
hi guys , when i take pics at night , the flash ruins the whole pic bt too much light , is there any way to fix this? the flash light is just too damn bright and kinda burns the pic , thnx
Try manual mode and select a lower iso and/or EV
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Try manual mode and select a lower iso and/or EV
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whats ev?
Do you have a case or screenprotection on the back?
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whats ev?
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Exposure Value, it's that slider next to the white balance profiles.
Hello lovely people.
I am having issue with the Supermoon Mode in camera.
1. If you see the screen record in Supermoon mode, the moon looks ok. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBVWsXWr2j7zOVYTvWf72I1bA8gpJP56/view?usp=drivesdk
2. But when I capture in Supermoon mode, the result is a blurry mess, as you can see in picture 2.
3. I tried with pro mode and the result is somewhat ok but you can see lots of artifacts. Not as clear as Supermoon Mode.
4. The other day I tried to take picture of Half moon in "Supermoon" mode. As you can see the result is really good.
So what is going on I really don't get it. Any help?
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Hello lovely people.
I am having issue with the Supermoon Mode in camera.
1. If you see the screen record in Supermoon mode, the moon looks ok. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBVWsXWr2j7zOVYTvWf72I1bA8gpJP56/view?usp=drivesdk
2. But when I capture in Supermoon mode, the result is a blurry mess, as you can see in picture 2.
3. I tried with pro mode and the result is somewhat ok but you can see lots of artifacts. Not as clear as Supermoon Mode.
4. The other day I tried to take picture of Half moon in "Supermoon" mode. As you can see the result is really good.
So what is going on I really don't get it. Any help?
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decrease you exposure level then take supermoon photos.....
mortazanabin said:
decrease you exposure level then take supermoon photos.....
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Did you mean, Clicking on the moon to focus, then at right side of The Focus Square Icon - using the slider to bring down Exposure? Because otherwise I don't see any Exposure Edit option in Supermoon mode.
irfan_omi22 said:
Did you mean, Clicking on the moon to focus, then at right side of The Focus Square Icon - using the slider to bring down Exposure? Because otherwise I don't see any Exposure Edit option in Supermoon mode.
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yes... I was having the same problem.
mortazanabin said:
yes... I was having the same problem.
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Thank you so much for the reply, I will feedback if it works.
irfan_omi22 said:
Thank you so much for the reply, I will feedback if it works.
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ok
mortazanabin said:
ok
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I didn't turn down the exposure. Just point and shoot in Supermoon mode. Look at the amazing result. I guess there is software bug when capturing in full moon.