Either the camera sucks or I simply do not know which settings I should be using. I just want to take standard quality pictures. When taking a pic of something, I usual have to take 5 or more to get at least 1 ok pic because they are either blurry or dark. I'm taking pictures of things that are usually within 3 to 5 from the phone.
Could someone help by telling me what are the best settings I should be using?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I usually leave it in auto, and depending on lighting I turn on HDR. Those two should give you great picyures 99% of the time.
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chrispyutec said:
Either the camera sucks or I simply do not know which settings I should be using. I just want to take standard quality pictures. When taking a pic of something, I usual have to take 5 or more to get at least 1 ok pic because they are either blurry or dark. I'm taking pictures of things that are usually within 3 to 5 from the phone.
Could someone help by telling me what are the best settings I should be using?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Sounds like a movement issue
What I use for most of my pictures is a Tripod and the Istabilizer, and well as setting the camera to timer mode ( usually 3 seconds is ok)
If you don't have those items try this
open the camera app
set the S5 on a table against something to hold it up
in the gear icon click on
Timer pick 5 seconds
(you don't need picture stabilization if the camera is going to be completely still and in timer mode)
set flash to auto
face detection off
tap to take pics off ( because you are in timer mode so you will tap the SCREEN to focus not take the picture)
you can leave hdr on this wont matter for a test
guide lines this is up to you but i put them on
click back on the gear icon
now pick a part on the camera viewfinder that you want to focus on and touch the screen
the circle will turn green and a small chirp will be heard letting you know it is now in focus (it has to turn green for focus lock)
now lightly without moving the camera tap the camera icon
OR with the STOCK Samsung galaxy S5 earphones connected just hit the volume up button, Yes you can take a picture with the headphones ( stock ones not aftermarket ones)
it will count down 5 4 3 2 1 then it will take the picture
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.
If they are still not sharp and clean I don't know what to tell you.
I have had great pictures from my S5
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I usually leave it in auto, and depending on lighting I turn on HDR. Those two should give you great picyures 99% of the time.
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I have tried that too and it always seem to be out of focus or something. Kinda starting to think bad camera maybe!?
davew41 said:
Sounds like a movement issue
What I use for most of my pictures is a Tripod and the Istabilizer, and well as setting the camera to timer mode ( usually 3 seconds is ok)
If you don't have those items try this
open the camera app
set the S5 on a table against something to hold it up
in the gear icon click on
Timer pick 5 seconds
(you don't need picture stabilization if the camera is going to be completely still and in timer mode)
set flash to auto
face detection off
tap to take pics off ( because you are in timer mode so you will tap the SCREEN to focus not take the picture)
you can leave hdr on this wont matter for a test
guide lines this is up to you but i put them on
click back on the gear icon
now pick a part on the camera viewfinder that you want to focus on and touch the screen
the circle will turn green and a small chirp will be heard letting you know it is now in focus (it has to turn green for focus lock)
now lightly without moving the camera tap the camera icon
OR with the STOCK Samsung galaxy S5 earphones connected just hit the volume up button, Yes you can take a picture with the headphones ( stock ones not aftermarket ones)
it will count down 5 4 3 2 1 then it will take the picture
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.
If they are still not sharp and clean I don't know what to tell you.
I have had great pictures from my S5
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Wow that is some great direction you have provided and those are some awesome pics. I'm not needing to get that professional lol, but I simply just need to snap a pic here and there and they need to be somewhat ok. My pics are so bad you almost can't even make out whats in the pic.
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.
chrispyutec said:
I have tried that too and it always seem to be out of focus or something. Kinda starting to think bad camera maybe!?
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You may be right there, unfortunately. You might try a factory reset. Your issues sound highly irregular.
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So is zoom only available via touchscreen? I used to use volume up and down buttons....
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Related
Threads like this are well known in other forums such as Nexus, Sony, HTC etc (even in other forums like gtaforums, etc)
The goal of this is to post these little features or curiosities that makes our lifes a bit easier while using the Note 4.
I will start:
-If you recive a priority notification such as Whatsapp, SMS, lost call or an e-mail, if you pick up your device while is standing in a flat surface (a table, for example) and the screen is turned off, the phone will make two soft vibrations, remembering you to turn on the screen and view these notifications. (Kitkat and Lollipop)
Feel free to post your contributions to this thread and help people to enable these features if they ask.
Cheers!
Awesome thread
Thanks for sharing
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When you received sms and decided to call the person, just put the phone near your ear
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torickray said:
When you received sms and decided to call the person, just put the phone near your ear
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This feature was since Galaxy S3.
Ill add something maybe some people didny notice it.
You can swipe through tabs in phone app. If you disable swipe to call/message feature in settings.
so far, i didnt know about any of these things except the vibrate with unread SMS
Dean-xXx said:
This feature was since Galaxy S3.
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Even the feature in first post was already available in note 2. I think this thread is for people who use other brand that want to know more about Samsung phone
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torickray said:
Even the feature in first post was already available in note 2. I think this thread is for people who use other brand that want to know more about Samsung phone
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This is not only to highlight new features in this device, it's to highlight these little things available in this device thats makes things easier in our day to day usage of it, i't doesn't matter if these features are old. Even Swipe to call is from gingerbread...
Biggest one coming up
Although I agree with the previous comments that this thread would be most helpful for the people switching from other brands/ just didn't notice the features But anyways...here's my contribution:
Instead of swiping and registering 3 fingers 10 times (10swipes/finger) I would say swipe and register 3*10 = 30 different fingers. well you only got 10, so register 10 and reregister fingers/orientations you tend to use more.
PS: the fingerprint scanner is still very accurate with 1 swipe registered/finger, orientation is the key...even if you register a finger 10 times...you miss the orientations, you miss the unlock chance.
Have fun
Found it today, I don't know if already have been posted before. If you set brightness on auto you can adjust the automatic of it , normal it is at 5 and the sliding bar is at middle. Hard to explain just try it yourself.
Here a screenshot
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Auto brightness will get your screen brighter than manual if ya under the sun.
so under sun switch to auto to see ur screen clearly , this in most galaxies not just note 4
You can adjust autobrightness from 0-10 with 5 the normal value when you set autobrightness on first time.
Capture pictures buy saying: Smile, Shoot, Capture or Cheese. One of my favorite features. This way you can put the phone in a place and shout from afar to take group pictures and as many pictures as you like, unlike with self timer. Very useful during night shots too so your hands wont move and make the photo blurry.
Some don't have it in camera settings though, depending on their region i think, but most ROMs do have it.
When u swipe down with two finger you have side key panel if somebody finds difficult to go for home button or back button while using phone
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useful thread
in some apps, including 3rd party apps, dragging diagonally from the top right or top left corner will turn it into a floating window.
under settings/application settings/call/personalize call sound/go to settings
you can configure "adapt sound"
this feature creates a very detailed stereo equalizer profile that can be used together with other equalizer settings.
the first time you open this settings page it will go through a beep test to test the range of both your ears, and both your earbuds/headphone shells.
it will then adjust the sound output to cover any flaws/defects in your headphones and ears.
slide over any bit of selectable text with your S-Pen while holding the button and it will select the text.
in most web browsers you can trigger "mouse-over" effects and menus by hovering over them with the S-Pen.
this makes some desktop pages useable while they won't work for other touch devices.
thedicemaster said:
in some apps, including 3rd party apps, dragging diagonally from the top right or top left corner will turn it into a floating window.
under settings/application settings/call/personalize call sound/go to settings
you can configure "adapt sound"
this feature creates a very detailed stereo equalizer profile that can be used together with other equalizer settings.
the first time you open this settings page it will go through a beep test to test the range of both your ears, and both your earbuds/headphone shells.
it will then adjust the sound output to cover any flaws/defects in your headphones and ears.
slide over any bit of selectable text with your S-Pen while holding the button and it will select the text.
in most web browsers you can trigger "mouse-over" effects and menus by hovering over them with the S-Pen.
this makes some desktop pages useable while they won't work for other touch devices.
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the dragging from a corner was one i did by accident a few times, but never figured out how to actually do it.
again, this thread has proven awesome. people bag out touchwiz for being bloated, but goddamn does it have a lot of hidden away features.
I love having it in Atlas (web browser made by tliebeck)
I can compare paypal pending payments with my bank app, or look up things like where settings are located while keeping my browser open.
Is this a lollipop setting
Braxos said:
Found it today, I don't know if already have been posted before. If you set brightness on auto you can adjust the automatic of it , normal it is at 5 and the sliding bar is at middle. Hard to explain just try it yourself.
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I dont have this setting. Do you have lollipop?
lol its in the notification area.Just set brightness to auto & adjust the slider
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This application will allow you to adjust your displays sharpness value on the fly. Default is set at 4 but has an adjustment value of 0 to 99. Choose your amount of sharpness with this app.
Vsharp is built on Tasker for the device and on the device. Tasker is not needed to run this application. This app is currently in BETA. More features and adjustments will be added in the future. If you have an issue let me know.
CURRENT ISSUES.
Don't open the app after a reboot till it notifies you it's value is restored after a reboot. Again this is BETA and is work being done on getting it resolved.
REQUIREMENTS!
Must be rooted.
Must have busybox.
Must have SeLinux set to permissive.
HOW DOES Vsharp work?
It adjusts /sys/class/panel/img_tune/sharpness
DOWNLOAD
Version 1 BETA
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086998092
Any issues or questions let me know!
TASKER SOURCE CODE
DOWNLOAD
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086998106
Future2
Nice razz. Be interesting. Do have one question. You say built on tasker. Do we need tasker installed? Its not on the list but you put a link in 2nd op so I just wanted to double check.
Thanks again
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Zugshad said:
Nice razz. Be interesting. Do have one question. You say built on tasker. Do we need tasker installed? Its not on the list but you put a link in 2nd op so I just wanted to double check.
Thanks again
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No. You don't need Tasker to use Vsharp. Vsharp is a stand alone application built on tasker using the Tasker app factory.
I just posted the source in the second post to show the work if someone wanted to look at it or modify to their liking
Actually my biggest complaint about the display isn't actually the stock sharpness setting of 4, but the gamma. The gamma on my V10 is off a considerable amount and I'm losing detail in dark scenes. It's definitely not around the more standard gamma value of 2.2
I hoping to tune that up in the future also with this app.
Anyone has this confirmed to be working? ^.^
Will love to add it to the Index with confirmation
mgbotoe said:
Anyone has this confirmed to be working? ^.^
Will love to add it to the Index with confirmation
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Confirmed.
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Isn't Tasker awesome?! Gonna try this out.
Update: Well it definitely appears to be doing something but I have no idea what I'm doing. Off to read some articles about sharpness before the Super Bowl, I suppose. Go Panthers!
A little confused on what exactly this does? Is this to fix that grainy look when taking pics or something?
baySF said:
A little confused on what exactly this does? Is this to fix that grainy look when taking pics or something?
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It's just like setting the sharpness on your tv. It should not have any effect on taking a picture. If you see some grain effect in a pic its completely unrelated to this mod. What your experiencing is noise in a dark scene which is typical of a small, high pixel count camera sensor.
When taking a picture, try to use the lowest ISO setting possible. In a dark scene the ISO will need to be greater for a properly exposed pic. This is when you will experience the most noise.
razz1 said:
It's just like setting the sharpness on your tv. It should not have any effect on taking a picture. If you see some grain effect in a pic its completely unrelated to this mod. What your experiencing is noise in a dark scene which is typical of a small, high pixel count camera sensor.
When taking a picture, try to use the lowest ISO setting possible. In a dark scene the ISO will need to be greater for a properly exposed pic. This is when you will experience the most noise.
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okay thanks for clearing this up. Yeah I can definitely see the noise when using snapchat and it's annoying. Thought this mod was related to the noise and was gonna try it out. Thanks though!
I thought there is no working root on LG V10 yet?
Gesendet von meinem LG V10
Anyone have a set of values to go of as a start?
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greekunit690 said:
Anyone have a set of values to go of as a start?
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I personally set it to 0 as there really isn't any need for sharpening. It just introduces noise in the display.
SWEET! Thanks for this! I was really bummed that the screen on the amazing V10 was not as sharp as my G3. Now its just as sharp. (doesn't seem to affect the second screen, but don't care)
I set it to value 30...anything more and it doesn't seem to do anything. Also, setting to max, 99, upon reboot is goes back to 0.
EDIT: So.....maybe an issue. The sharpening effect dies when i launch some apps, like Gallery. I then go back into the VSharp app and its reads the value and its back to 4..like it was overridden by the system.
Edit: Removed Gallery, Switched to Google Photos app. Doesn't instant kill sharp effect when that app is used.
Sharpness not sticking after screen off.
I definitely am noticing that any sharpness value is not sticking/being re-applied when the screen shuts off/locked or goes to sleep.
I go back into the app, and it reads the current value and it says what i set it to (30), but when i toggle it up or down, I can instantly see the example bars sharpen up, which proves it was off then was re-applied when I toggled the value.
I tried setting the app to ignore battery optimizations in system settings, thinking maybe the OS is killing the app in the background, but that has no effect. I also tried disabling the lock screen entirely, no change.
Any ideas? I do have other things like Xposed, App settings (530 dpi set on certain apps), Gravity Box, and G4 TweakBox installed....but none of them have any display mods enabled.
Any way to make a widget or something i can one-press to toggle the value and re-apply....vs having to use the app every time I want the screen sharp after it goes off.
Edit: Is this app supposed to may a dozen and more "Subsystem/img_tune/" directories in /sys/class/panel/...all inside of each other.
Is there a way to just change the sharpness file and lock it to read only o that it can be overridden...I have tried setting permissions using root explorer to read only...but it still get overwritten at reboot..and eventually by system.
Do i need to set selinux every time i reboot and app runs?
Try it,
HTML:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/GCamera_Mod_v.5.1.21_R4X.apk
Portrait front and back is also working.
Attached needed configuration for fixing the palid colors and blue pictures with default hdr+ pictures
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Stock picture
Look at hdr+ under the table of the picture
OMG this actually works my friend! How is this possible? Thank you very much.
Is it possible to add more sharpening to photos?
Mate the 10 pro be with you
It does something but I couldn't find how to manually open or close hdr+? And good job man thank you
weird ..
on my 10 Pro the app just crashes everytime i try to take a photo. (BLA-L09)
It doesn't seem to take a picture in portrait. It just crashes
JoshuaLintag said:
It doesn't seem to take a picture in portrait. It just crashes
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Same here. Immediate crash when switching to front camera.
Also, with all the gamma/contrast settings - the photos get extremely yellowish.
Dimmmmkko said:
Same here. Immediate crash when switching to front camera.
Also, with all the gamma/contrast settings - the photos get extremely yellowish.
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Lower the red colour ratio. And for me mate 10pro portrait mode is working but I just need time
tz5y0d said:
on my 10 Pro the app just crashes everytime i try to take a photo. (BLA-L09)
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I switched to video mode, recorded a few seconds of video and switched back to photo mode. The rear camera should work, but not the front camera for me, still.
Edit: I tried again and it doesn't work, but will if you repeat the above process after clearing the app data.
if you switch to lens blur mode and then switch to front camera, you can take pictures. it would be great if front camera is fixed. this mod is great.
tz5y0d said:
on my 10 Pro the app just crashes everytime i try to take a photo. (BLA-L09)
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Hi, Turn off "Motion" and see if that helps.
p82maarj said:
Try it,
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https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/GCamera_Mod_v.5.1.21_R4X.apk
Portrait front and back is also working.
Attached needed configuration for fixing the palid colors and blue pictures with default hdr+ pictures
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Gcam picture
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Stock picture
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Look at hdr+ under the table of the picture
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Is there a way to make that front camera also works?
Has anyone got the white balance figures right for the pro? The ones listed are far too red, have reduced the red down to 90% which is a lot better but whites arent white - far too much yellow. Have tried various settings but cant get it perfect
Ok so i adjusted settings in the office, got the white where i wanted it. Went out for a walk and took a few pics comparing. Unfortunately there's still far too much blue once outside (didn't notice it under inside lights), this was with the minimum selectable at 60.
Picture 1 - Gcam
Picture 2 - stock hdr
garvani said:
Ok so i adjusted settings in the office, got the white where i wanted it. Went out for a walk and took a few pics comparing. Unfortunately there's still far too much blue once outside (didn't notice it under inside lights), this was with the minimum selectable at 60.
Picture 1 - Gcam
Picture 2 - stock hdr
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I dont think it looks too bad, the stock cam hdr is complete crap you shouldnt use it lol it looks so unnatural. I think it is colder (more blue, like taken through sunglasses) but it still looks somewhat natural. especially not oversharpened like stock cam...
Is there a version for android 9 on the mate 10 pro
Great to see some more positive feedback on the camera since the updates!
What resolution/mode are people finding best for general point and shoot? Auto or 3:4 (if so, with or without 108MP)?
Also, hoping for a bit of advice on the best ratio and mode to use in the following scenarios:
- Under artificial light indoors
- In low light
- Capturing movement without it being one big blurry mess (I tried taking a few of my dogs whilst they were running in the park and couldn't get any focus or features at all)
following
Tmel14 said:
Great to see some more positive feedback on the camera since the updates!
What resolution/mode are people finding best for general point and shoot? Auto or 3:4 (if so, with or without 108MP)?
Also, hoping for a bit of advice on the best ratio and mode to use in the following scenarios:
- Under artificial light indoors
- In low light
- Capturing movement without it being one big blurry mess (I tried taking a few of my dogs whilst they were running in the park and couldn't get any focus or features at all)
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Any experts out there got any tips?
Tmel14 said:
Any experts out there got any tips?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/S21Ultra/comments/lr4t8j
Tmel14 said:
- Capturing movement without it being one big blurry mess (I tried taking a few of my dogs whilst they were running in the park and couldn't get any focus or features at all)
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To capture movement you either need to push up the shutter speed to a speed of 1/300-500 in Pro mode (so only use the main camera no zoom), or 'pan'/move the camera to track the subject whilst its moving to with the zoom lens. The later is almost impossible to do on any phone, and AF on the S21 U I don't think is good enough for it, I tried it last weekend and I got zero usable shots out of about 10 attempts even with burst mode.
The other options is a 'still' capture using slow mo video or 4K 60 FPS.
I don't think its impossible to capture good motion with the main sensor, but you need to play with the setting, and use Manual Focus.
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To capture movement you either need to push up the shutter speed to a speed of 1/300-500 in Pro mode (so only use the main camera no zoom), or 'pan'/move the camera to track the subject whilst its moving to with the zoom lens. The later is almost impossible to do on any phone, and AF on the S21 U I don't think is good enough for it, I tried it last weekend and I got zero usable shots out of about 10 attempts even with burst mode.
The other options is a 'still' capture using slow mo video or 4K 60 FPS.
I don't think its impossible to capture good motion with the main sensor, but you need to play with the setting, and use Manual Focus.
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Thank you for the tips, I will give that a go. Is the tap photo you posted an example of the shutter speed tip or slow mo/4K video tip?
Having had an opportunity to play around with the camera more, my main difficulty (particularly compared to my partner's iPhone) is definitely capturing the dogs while they're moving. I have experimented with burst shots and also motion photos to allow me to try and pick the best shot afterwards but it's really not ideal having to sift through a load of shots to try and find the most usable one.
I find that if I just point and shoot, the photo will often just be a blur with no distinguishable features - whereas the iPhone seems to capture the dogs in motion pretty well. By motion, I don't just mean in full flight either, at times my dog will be lying/sitting and just one head movement seems to completely nerf the photo...
Smartphones are crappy cam platforms compared to a pro cam system that weighs a couple pounds. A pro cam's handholds are also much better.
More mass means more inertia. The heavy pro cams are very easy to shoot with in part because of the extra weight.
So bracing the phone or the hand/arm/shoulder/your body holding the phone on any solid object at the right height helps to keep keep the framing lined up and avoid cam shake.
Even with a pro cam you brace it when possible otherwise you take a wider staggered foot plant, keep your elbows down/inward. You watch your breathing just like you would when shooting a rifle. If kneeling you can rest your elbow or arm on your leg.
This is a learned practice that over time becomes second nature the same as composing-framing/squaring up a shot.
You need to do this quickly/accurately to grab most action shot keepers.
That's part of the issue but far from all.
Tmel14 said:
Thank you for the tips, I will give that a go. Is the tap photo you posted an example of the shutter speed tip or slow mo/4K video tip?
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Yes upping shutter speed -1/2000, and Manual focus.
The Autofocus on the S21U back focuses at times consistently- so will focus behind what you want. Am not sure why, this scene below I just couldn't get the AF to focus on the purple flower, it didn't matter where I tapped on the screen it wouldn't do it.
Manual focus nailed it however. But you really cannot use Manual focus on a moving subject with the phone, the ergonomics just aren't there, so your best bet is to go into Pro mode and get the shutter speed up to 1/2000 range.
You will also need to push the ISO up to 200-400 to ensure the picture isn't too dark, so realistically you need to be outside with good sunlight to get a decent shot.
Use auto tracking focus for moving subjects, remember to turn it off afterwards.
Need help to fix this issue with long exposure shots on my Redmi Note 10 Pro Max. I recently bought the phone and today when I tested long exposure shots it showed white dots in all the pics with same settings, higher the ISO, more clearly the dots were visible.
What can I do to fix this issue?
I attached 2 shots below that I took in complete dark room after cleaning my lens carefully, and for extra precaution I point the camera towards a black surface closely. These are clicked with "Wide" camera in pro mode with Shutter Speed : 30 and ISO : 6400, when I reduce the ISO, they dots fade away a bit. Ultra Wide camera produces similar results.
I even downloaded ProShot app to check if it does any good but, same dots at same place were visible.
These 2 are taken by system camera app, using above given setting (S-30, ISO-6400)
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Sniper God said:
Need help to fix this issue with long exposure shots on my Redmi Note 10 Pro Max. I recently bought the phone and today when I tested long exposure shots it showed white dots in all the pics with same settings, higher the ISO, more clearly the dots were visible.
What can I do to fix this issue?
I attached 2 shots below that I took in complete dark room after cleaning my lens carefully, and for extra precaution I point the camera towards a black surface closely. These are clicked with "Wide" camera in pro mode with Shutter Speed : 30 and ISO : 6400, when I reduce the ISO, they dots fade away a bit. Ultra Wide camera produces similar results.
I even downloaded ProShot app to check if it does any good but, same dots at same place were visible.
These 2 are taken by system camera app, using above given setting (S-30, ISO-6400)
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Which ROM and which cam?
ROM : MIUI Global 12.5.10 Stable and Camera : 108 MP, 5 MP, 8 MP, 2 MP and in depth details added as attachment.
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Mentioned the device details in the above reply.
That's hot pixels and/or noise. That's pretty much normal on any digital camera, especially on longer exposures and higher ISO. How much they're shown in the final image depends on noise reduction used - the less (less aggressive) noise reduction, the more they will be visible.
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Firstly thanks for helping out! And got what you're saying, so just wanted to know in my case, as I am on an android device, what measures can I use to fix this? Any third party app that'll process images with more noise reduction? Or maybe any way to change default settings of system camera app? Can't always switch to post editing to fix this, as it'll be tricky too.
@Sniper God I would start by not shooting 30 second ISO 6400 shots That can be a tall order even for a DSLR, let alone for a phone camera.
GCam ports have noise profile and noise reduction adjustments if you're willing to tinker. I think I saw a hot pixel removal setting there too. Also I've used the mobile Photoshop before for noise reduction. Other than that, I only ever use Snapseed for some light photo editing, but it doesn't have noise reduction (or I don't think it does, at least).
But yeah, as silly as the advice to not shoot shots like that might seem, that's honestly one of the best advices in photography in general - if your camera has some shortcomings, either take advantage of them and use them to improve the shots (which in this case is kinda hard), or work around them so the affect your shots as little as possible.
Case_ said:
@Sniper God I would start by not shooting 30 second ISO 6400 shots That can be a tall order even for a DSLR, let alone for a phone camera.
GCam ports have noise profile and noise reduction adjustments if you're willing to tinker. I think I saw a hot pixel removal setting there too. Also I've used the mobile Photoshop before for noise reduction. Other than that, I only ever use Snapseed for some light photo editing, but it doesn't have noise reduction (or I don't think it does, at least).
But yeah, as silly as the advice to not shoot shots like that might seem, that's honestly one of the best advices in photography in general - if your camera has some shortcomings, either take advantage of them and use them to improve the shots (which in this case is kinda hard), or work around them so the affect your shots as little as possible.
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Got it, but I've been trying to shoot with nearly same settings using different phones, and none of them reflected any issue like this. I think I should try resetting the phone or otherwise get to the service center as it is under warranty period. It even does this with inbuilt long exposure shot settings that are made to shoot stars and light painting.
It all depends on noise reduction algorithms and settings used. Many phone cameras are pretty aggressive in that regard, so things like these will rarely show up. Though it can also differ literally sensor from sensor, even on a same phone model, to a degree at least.
It is also IMO more likely to show up using settings made for astrophotography, because those are likely to have the noise reduction set pretty low to make sure it doesn't remove too many stars and smudge the sky too much.
I would seriously doubt a factory reset will change anything. But, I mean, you've got little to lose by trying that. And returning the phone is certainly your customer right if you're not satisfied with it.
BTW, out of curiosity, I just tried it on my phone. I got roughly the same amount of hot pixels as you did. Which, frankly, is impressively low for a phone camera as far as I'm concerned I'm pretty sure I'd get the same or more if I shot a 30s ISO 6400 exposure with my DSLR. I don't normally even use ISO 6400, I even try to use ISO 3200 as a last resort.