So my two S5s came in(mine and my fiance's) and I noticed while taking the plastic cling off that the camera glass on mine was discolored, going from a faint blue to red across the opening. My fiance's has no discoloration though, so I don't know if this is a common issue, or if it's even an issue to begin with. Attached is a link to my imgur album showing what I'm talking about. Anyone else have the same issue? I haven't noticed any deterioration in image quality, but then again I haven't really taken any shots where it would really show up.
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I guess I'll just consider this a non-issue then.
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Nick, take a picture of a blanc, white sheet of paper. If the picture isn't discolored then you're fine, if it is then the glass covering the lense has been discolored during manufacturing process and will affect every pic taken.
mine is clear with no discoloring.. id see if it is discolored when taking a picture n if it is id get it replaced
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So i just noticed this over the holiday weekend. Took about 30 photos all indoor shots some with flash & some without. Noticed on some of the pictures yellowish vertical lines spaced evenly apart throughout the photo. Tried to clean the lens thinking it was dirty. I then noticed the pattern on the flash cover. Began to test this further by taking a picture against a white backround using the flash and sure enough, those yellowish lines were there. Is there something behind the battery cover that I'm supposed to peel off? Can any other owners of the venue pro weigh in on this???
PS I only noticed the vertical lines caused by the flash with iso set on auto/low. When set to 800, they dissappear.
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So i just noticed this over the holiday weekend. Took about 30 photos all indoor shots some with flash & some without. Noticed on some of the pictures yellowish vertical lines spaced evenly apart throughout the photo. Tried to clean the lens thinking it was dirty. I then noticed the pattern on the flash cover. Began to test this further by taking a picture against a white backround using the flash and sure enough, those yellowish lines were there. Is there something behind the battery cover that I'm supposed to peel off? Can any other owners of the venue pro weigh in on this???
PS I only noticed the vertical lines caused by the flash with iso set on auto/low. When set to 800, they dissappear.
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If it's dark enough for the flash to even come on, all I get is a blurry picture anyway, so NO I don't see any yellow lines. All I see is a blur.
seatown1two said:
So i just noticed this over the holiday weekend. Took about 30 photos all indoor shots some with flash & some without. Noticed on some of the pictures yellowish vertical lines spaced evenly apart throughout the photo. Tried to clean the lens thinking it was dirty. I then noticed the pattern on the flash cover. Began to test this further by taking a picture against a white backround using the flash and sure enough, those yellowish lines were there. Is there something behind the battery cover that I'm supposed to peel off? Can any other owners of the venue pro weigh in on this???
PS I only noticed the vertical lines caused by the flash with iso set on auto/low. When set to 800, they dissappear.
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The yellow lines were noticed by my brother and I on our original Venue Pros, and we thought it was a software issue. I can confirm that this issue still exists.
seatown1two said:
So i just noticed this over the holiday weekend. Took about 30 photos all indoor shots some with flash & some without. Noticed on some of the pictures yellowish vertical lines spaced evenly apart throughout the photo. Tried to clean the lens thinking it was dirty. I then noticed the pattern on the flash cover. Began to test this further by taking a picture against a white backround using the flash and sure enough, those yellowish lines were there. Is there something behind the battery cover that I'm supposed to peel off? Can any other owners of the venue pro weigh in on this???
PS I only noticed the vertical lines caused by the flash with iso set on auto/low. When set to 800, they dissappear.
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take off the back cover and do the same testing. If the problem persist, its the OS or flash itself.
if the problem is completly gone, your issue is the back cover.
lemonspeakers said:
take off the back cover and do the same testing. If the problem persist, its the OS or flash itself.
if the problem is completly gone, your issue is the back cover.
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yeah I've already tried this... Problem only occurs with the cover on.. I believe its due to the pattern that is imprinted on the flash cover..
seatown1two said:
yeah I've already tried this... Problem only occurs with the cover on.. I believe its due to the pattern that is imprinted on the flash cover..
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This may or may not be related, but I see some horizontal bands of alternating brightness and darkness when I set the ISO to 800. This is with the cover off too. With the ISO still set to 800, I also see some weird artifacts of pure whiteness that look like some Photoshop effect (like the region was dumped with white using the paint bucket tool). This appears in real-time on the on-screen viewfinder as well as in the pictures.
Firstly, I'm not describing the same problem as the other camera threads. This is not:
Pink spot
Auto-focus issue
Video FPS issue
Here's my problem:
When taking photos using the main camera on my Galaxy S2, the resulting photo is fine if not using the LED flash. However, if the LED flash is used, there is pink "bleeding" or "banding" emanating from edge of the photo closest to the flash. This is almost like there is some leak of light between the housing of the LED flash and the camera module. This also occurs when taking video.
Apologies if I've missed the thread describing this issue, I've not found one that describes my issue as the main point. The closest I've come is this post, which was in a thread about the pink-spot issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18743136&postcount=132
I've tried re-flashing my camera firmware OMEF01 using factorytest.apk as someone else in a thread mentioned this worked for them on the assumption that the firmware had become corrupt somehow.
This didn't work, neither did trying the camera firmware update apk that was once found on Samsung Apps.
Example photos attached.
I'm having the same problem and can't find a way to fix this problem! It seems like a hardware problem so I'm taking my phone to samsung service center as soon as I reset binary counter!
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This is kind of a stupid suggestion but whatever:
try not holding your fingers near the flash, it will make a reflection and look like that.
If your hand isn't even near the camera or flash and that happens then it's a hardware problem. :/
Bonestack said:
This is kind of a stupid suggestion but whatever:
try not holding your fingers near the flash, it will make a reflection and look like that.
If your hand isn't even near the camera or flash and that happens then it's a hardware problem. :/
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Fingers are nowhere near flash or camera
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Hello,
Had my SGS2 for a month now (secondhand) and noticed the pink bleeding too. It only appeared on pictures indeed when using the flash. Since no solution could be found, i took of the back cover (removing the 7 screws and so on, see youtube for that).
My guess was, the lens was catching some flash light from the inner parts of the phone. So i tested the camera without the back cover and this time i could take pictures without pink bleeding.
I examined the layout of the inner parts and did some testing with extra materials to prevent the lens catching light from the flash with the back cover on. Eventually i found that a little piece of black foam adhesive with the length of the camera housing approx 10 mm by approx. 4 mm did it for me. I placed it on the side of the flash led between the lens housing and the led. The 4 mm width of the foam perpendicular on the system board, if that makes sense.
Now when placing the back cover again the protruding foam is squashed a little, making a nice seal between the led and camera housing.
If this solution will last i don't know, but for now i'm one happy flasher.
Here is the video showing the process of opening the back
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Here is the video showing the process of opening the back
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Thanks kokesh, for bumping this thread, it helped me fix this issue on my phone
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I've got a problem thats related to this one, but not the same.
I noticed that many (8/10 so far tested) Galaxy S2's have a peculiar slightly pinkish spot in center 40%. It's not very pronounced unless you photograph a white/gray wall or other object of equal color. It's tints objects or features slightly pinker in the center than it does outward, where colors are more spot-on.
It seems to be related to the age of the phones, since all newer models I've been able to test do not display it, yet older ones do. Either through wear & tear, or because older phones use older parts that exhibit this (slight) error. Since I'm a photographer I might be more picky than others with the image quality, and for the majority of people this is a non-issue.
curious is anyone else has seen this or anything like this. (picture attached)
we got two of these phones in mid december and I just noticed on my phone, while sitting in the dark using the phone, that an odd line becomes visible.
the brighter the screen, the more apparent it is or if I view the phone more from a side angle.
it rotates accordingly if if rotate the phone which makes me thing it's a physical problem with the phone.
I did a screen capture of the screen, and that didn't capture the line, so this is looking more and more like a hardware problem
my wife's phone seems to be fine.
the phone is basically new, opened on christmas, and never dropped. there's absolutely not physical damange to the phone and there's no apparent crack on the outer glass that I can feel or see and as far as I can tell, screen response is fine in the area.
the only thing I can think of is t-mo just shipped the darn phones together in one of those cheap bubble envelopes, and when i opened mine, some of the corners of the cardboard that the phone rested in, within the nexus box, seemd to be crushed in a bit, though again, there's no apparent physical damage that I saw externally.
anyone else seen anything like this, cause I've not heard of any other folks complaining about anything like this
wondering if i should try getting it replaced, though i guess it would require waiting for one to be shipped as i don't think any of my local stores have them yet. thoughts?
Sends more like a screen defect than a crack. Try using a screen color test. If its still there, then do an RMA
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CRACK IS WHACK.
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more pictures in case anyone else encouters it
just went ahead and ordered a replacement....but adding more pictures if anyone else encounters similar
does seem to be something with the hardware, as it was there with color test apps...just less visible when screen was darker
Looks like a screen defect to me not a crack. U did the right thing RMAing it. At least u have a usable phone while u wait.
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If you shine a light across the face of the screen almost level with the screen and watch as you move the light from across to pointing down then you may see the line with more detail and maybe a reflection of it.
I didn't notice any problem like this in any of my other devices.
but whenever i take a picture with G2, and try to have a look at it in gallary,
the picture would first look really blurry at first.
and after 0.5~1 second, the the blur image would get cleaned up from top to bottom of the screen in multiple section, from right to left.
is this normal? or do i have a defect phone?
Mine does the same thing. I seen too remember my Samsung Fascinate do the same thing, although not a HD screen. I don't think it's a defect.
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Hi
I have the lg g2 for a week and I have to say that's find it very hard to get good pictures, the colors are not great (seems like the camera is not taking the light well) and it is very hard to get non blurry images with any small movement in general and specially when starting to work with the zoom
I read in this forum that I should check if I have some bluish/purple coat on the lens (looks like a sticker) and I actually do have it but I did not understand if this is the cause of the problem and I should remove it or.....
I have to say that I am worried that this coat/sticker is to protect the lens from scratching.
Please help to someone that bought the camera because he read good reviews on the camera capabilities.
Thanks
Take the protective sticker off, it's only there to protect it while in transit. No major manufacturer would put something so flimsy on a device and expect you to keep it on there full time.
I don't know if that's what is causing your problems for sure though. My G2 takes some great pictures, I'm really impressed with how well it does in low light. Then again, I'm coming from a Droid Bionic, so camera technology has had a couple years to improve.
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Blurry images
Veapot thank you for the prompt reply.
Before I am removing the coat I am attaching an image of this coat to make sure that this is what you are talking about before I am removing it.
Did you remove the same one? Because I have to say that if it should be removed the manufacture did not make it easy to remove ...
Thanks again
FWIW, I just looked at my g2 and it looks exactly the same so I just tried to remove what does look like a blue/purple clear plastic protector with no luck at all, I think the color is the colour of the body surrounding the lens! So I have not tried anymore as damage is the only likely outcome!
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