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Questions tagged [camera]

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Can I manually focus the camera on my Android phone?

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.
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How do I take very long exposure photos?

I would like to take some long exposure photos using my Android phone (Moto DROID v1 running Android 2.2.2) of the night sky. I experimented with the settings for the default camera app, and I found that I can set the focus to infinity, but the…
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Why do different Android phones with the same camera specs have different picture quality?

I was comparing the rear camera quality of two Android phones; The Samsung Galaxy S2 and Lenovo A7000. Both have the same camera specs, A7000: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash Galaxy S2: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED…
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Camera - Using the flash to illuminate in camera mode?

On my HTC One-X the Camera app can take videos or photos. When recording video you can turn the flash on to provide some illumination. Is there a way of doing this while in the camera mode when composing a shot? The other night I was in the garden…
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Take someone's picture twice in the same photo

There is an interesting feature in the camera of Samsung Galaxy S phones, called "Add me". Using this, one can take a photo of a person sitting in two postures in the same frame. A normal photo is taken, the person in the photo can change his…
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How can I take a picture with the depth camera?

Many phones - such as my Nokia 7.1 - now come with depth cameras and other auxiliary cameras built-in. For example, my Nokia 7.1 has a front & back facing camera as you might expect, but also has a depth camera listed in the specifications: (link…
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How to Change the Filename Prefix (DSC) of Camera Photos

I have a android mobile with 5 MP camera. I use the default camera app to capture photos. All the pictures captured by camera has DSC prefix in their name - DSC_XXXX. I want to remove DSC prefix and add the date prefix in DEFAULT CAMERA…
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Is there a way to take low resolution pictures on Android?

I have a Galaxy S5, and with the native camera app, the smallest possible picture size is a 2.4MB image at 2028x1152 pixels. However, for the purposes of capturing images for flashcards I use in Ankidroid, that size is too large. The storage volume…
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How can I stop the camera from switching back to the launcher?

I am trying to use my camera to record some videos. I have it set up on the tripod and then go and set up whatever I'm shooting and after 2 minutes, the camera always exits and goes back to the launcher screen. So I have to restart the camera again,…
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Using old Android phones as multi channel dash cam

Now a days the Android phones are having quite a good computing power and good optics. I have heard and used my daily driver Android phone as my dash cam. I have also heard about dedicated dual channel dash cams which can record from two cameras…
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Stock camera app missing and front camera reported as rear camera in XOLO Q1000s

I bought a new XOLO Q1000s recently, and I made sure to test the back camera before buying it. After four or five days, when I tried to use the camera for the first time, it shows only the front camera; there is no option anywhere to shift to the…
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Camera is not working on my Galaxy TAB

Suddenly, the camera and flashlight are not working on my Galaxy TAB device. Android throws a camera/flashlight is being used by another app issue. I have tried to uninstall the apps one by one and factory reset, but nothing has worked so far. I…
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Mild mechanical sound when using the camera

I have a Samsung S10e, with android 11. Whenever I use the camera, I hear a very mild sound that appears as if it were produced by an actual mechanical displacement of parts, not coming from the speaker. It is similar to the (old) point-and-shoot…
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Lock screen and take a photo by button

I bought a waterproof case when I put my mobile phone in and put it under water, so the water pressure will cause other applications or some settings to switch on the screen and I can not take a photo. When I use the "touch lock" application, the…
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Can't access main camera (stuck in wide angle)

My Zenfone 4 Max camera app is stuck on the wide angle camera. The icon on the picture below says it's the main camera, but it's possible to see by the curve on my wall that it's indeed in wide angle. When I click on the wide angle icon, system says…
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