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Sorry if this is a double post. I could not find the original tips and tricks thread. So posting a new.
Here is what I found out. When using the camera for taking a picture or recording the video, you can use the pinch multi touch thing to zoom in and out while recording/before taking the picture, instead of using the volume key or the zoom slider.
Found out today and it made my day lol XD :-D Handy eh?
thanks for the tip mate i wasn't aware of this myself
I just found out about that too.. Heh.
Anyway, digital zoom sucks, please avoid it.
jonny68 said:
thanks for the tip mate i wasn't aware of this myself
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Glad that this ones a new find
11768 said:
I just found out about that too.. Heh.
Anyway, digital zoom sucks, please avoid it.
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Haha yeah. Agree it sucks. I might say doesn't matter getting eaten by a tiger when shooting its whiskers than having a pixelated image
Edit: sorry for the double post. Thought I could merge them later.
Hi all, just made some videos with my SGS2 and edited them on Windows Movie Maker.
I'll be happy to hear about your opinion, particularly in terms of light, do you have some trick to make better videos?
ROM is Batista70 FoxHound 2.4 with Camera Hack installed, so if you have a better one related on video making, you're welcome!
Thank you so much!
These are really good... hard to believe its just from a phone..
Excellent
Just put a powerful magnifying glass on the camera and you'll get much closer
a like to camera Hack PLS
and can it be installed on a stock rooted rom ?
jangomango said:
These are really good... hard to believe its just from a phone..
Excellent
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yes, that was my first thought too!
dikime said:
Just put a powerful magnifying glass on the camera and you'll get much closer
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yes, the second one (ants) i made have a closeup lens in front of the camera, but this way light reduce...
miahegypt said:
a like to camera Hack PLS
and can it be installed on a stock rooted rom ?
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i think no mate, it's an extra you can download directly from the rom updater...
Just wondering how could you steady your phone while capturing?Do you have any camera stands or anything?
yes, the phone is on a tripod
i forgot to mention that
Hello guys, I'm going to "shamelessly promote" the video I made with the Galaxy S3 unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFhWPZsgKM
I had the blue version for a while, now I have the white one... I've made videos presenting the S Voice feature, the camera, the PopUp Play... if you have any other suggestions, please let me know and I'll do my best to help you.
Regards,
Alex.
Nice video. And thankfully for us, it's in English.
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some much awaited tests are
1.led notifications demo
2. multi tasking
hope you have time for that
LED Notifications - I'll do that tomorrow, Light Flow style.
MultiTasking - tomorrow as well, because my camera's battery died...
Thanks for the feedback!
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MultiTasking - tomorrow as well, because my camera's battery died...
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Use the GSIII's camera.
A small fun fact : if you noticed, the colors on the boxes are... on the blue version "Metallic Blue" and on the white version "Ceramic White"... Not Pebble or Marble
Also, here's the S-Voice demonstration : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iFDigHo0Q
Enjoy!
thanks, am looking forward to your video about the notification LED and the multitasking (please try to check the HTC ONE X multitasking videos and try to emulate them)
just seen the s-voice video and it is nice =)
good s-voice demo.....thanks for the time man.
Please also test the text reflow on stock browser. I am particularly interested in seeing whether it can reflow to any zoom level we want and not just to a particular zoom level by double tapping..
Good video. Notification LED on S3 its good to have on it. So slim phone, beautiful design than its previous version, it will dress in Pebble blue and marble white colours. I am going have this device or maybe I choose other one.
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Hello guys, I'm going to "shamelessly promote" the video I made with the Galaxy S3 unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFhWPZsgKM
I had the blue version for a while, now I have the white one... I've made videos presenting the S Voice feature, the camera, the PopUp Play... if you have any other suggestions, please let me know and I'll do my best to help you.
Regards,
Alex.
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thanked in advance for the upcoming notification led and multi-tasking video.
Appreciated!!
Thanx a lot for ur demos, could u plz test the NFC with smart tags, net browsing experience and the wireless charging?!
How is the battery with or without data on?!
could u check for a pink tint in white Screen
at both full and low brightness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPfV...jQPIaifFCRn04fKPZnJCc&lch=email&feature=email - PopUp Play feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41fMmfwBnGo&feature=youtube_gdata_player - camera & burst shot
Tomorrow I'll do the led and browser and multitasking ones
I can't test the nfc or the wireless charging, because I don't have the hardware, unfortunately.
Will try with the pink tint
Regards,
Alex.
If you have a note, can you check if the note's 2500 mah battery fits inside the sgs3 ?
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When you did the "best shot" demo, one can clearly hear 11 shutter sounds but the phone only takes 8 pics!
Blue vs white?
Thanks for your effort.
Since you´ve had both colors, can you share some impressions? What made you switch?
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If you have a note, can you check if the note's 2500 mah battery fits inside the sgs3 ?
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Nope, the Note's battery is bigger and it has 3 pins, while the S3 battery has 4. So unfortunately, it won't work.
Kiahnlliya said:
When you did the "best shot" demo, one can clearly hear 11 shutter sounds but the phone only takes 8 pics!
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Hmmm... don't know what to say about that. The shutter sound is too fast to be able to make the difference between them. Still, it takes only 8 photos, I assure you of that
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Thanks for your effort.
Since you´ve had both colors, can you share some impressions? What made you switch?
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I changed because of the circumstances, not because I wanted to change it Don't know what to say about it... I like the white version too, but if I were to pick between them... it'd be hard.
seen a million camera and pop up play vids. pls do led notification
Coming right up YouTube's really slow at uploading... I have 6 videos uploading and it's taking... foreeeeever. You can subscribe and you'll get a message as soon as the video's up & running According to them, the first one, the one with the accesibility features (motion controls & stuff like that) will be online in ~ 20 minutes... so I'm guessing 40-50 min / video... LED Notification is 3rd... so it should be online in ~ 2 and 1/2 hours or so.
Thanks!
Hey XDAers!
I noticed that a lot of people were interested in photography with the Sony Xperia Z1. I'm a hobby photographer and a couple of people seem to appreciate my photography with it.
That's why I decided to share this with you:
A tutorial about the BASICS of your Sony camera phone
A tutorial about the more ADVANCED features
I hope you guys find this useful!
Happy snapping; try something different and creative; keep checking out that blog for more (general) photography tips and most importantly: have fun!
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Hey XDAers!
I noticed that a lot of people were interested in photography with the Sony Xperia Z1. I'm a hobby photographer and a couple of people seem to appreciate my photography with it.
That's why I decided to share this with you:
A tutorial about the BASICS of your Sony camera phone
A tutorial about the more ADVANCED features
I hope you guys find this useful!
Happy snapping; try something different and creative; keep checking out that blog for more (general) photography tips and most importantly: have fun!
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Thanks mate there's very good info in this article. Please make some videos about it.[emoji4]
All the best,
AB
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Thanks mate there's very good info in this article. Please make some videos about it.[emoji4]
All the best,
AB
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Hey,
Thanks for the feedback!
I was thinking about making a video too, but I don't have a decent microphone. I'll see how it goes
Cheers!
hi, good tutorials
i'm also a hobby photographer and like taking photos and playing around with the z1c camera. i'm also curious what this cam will be capable of with Android 5 and raw mode
btw i mostly shoot with 3mp, the pictures are very very crispy and sharp, a hell of a difference
awesome
Thank you very much for the guide. I am not a guy who likes n comments on threads, but for your this guide ill like you much as possible.
I was desperate on this camera, but just now got to know about it. Thanks alot.:good::good:
Cool bro, nice article, keep it like that.
Lool .
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Thanks much, was looking for something like this for a long time
Thank you very much sir. I like it, easy to get it, in fact I've learn very much from it. hope to see more from you sir:thumbup:
Really nice article, up to mark regarding the current accessible features of z1 (there still were 1 or 2 things i learned, )...
Will you update your blog when we get 5.0 update?
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Really nice article, up to mark regarding the current accessible features of z1 (there still were 1 or 2 things i learned, )...
Will you update your blog when we get 5.0 update?
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You can count on it!
I'll do so as soon as the update goes live. It's what I'm most excited about anyway, out of everything from Android 5.0 Lollipop
Oh and thanks everyone for the kind words! I did not expect this tutorial to be so interesting for people. I might seriously have to start doing a YouTube tutorial soon (after all, I prefer watching videos to reading as well).
I am following your photos since you first posted in the other thread - also following you on Flickr. I saw this thread when you posted it, but I was too sleepy...
Really nice tutorial, I am using the Z1 camera to take photos and I love its features. It is really a beast! I'm posting them on my Flickr.
Hermantje said:
Hey XDAers!
I noticed that a lot of people were interested in photography with the Sony Xperia Z1. I'm a hobby photographer and a couple of people seem to appreciate my photography with it.
That's why I decided to share this with you:
A tutorial about the BASICS of your Sony camera phone
A tutorial about the more ADVANCED features
I hope you guys find this useful!
Happy snapping; try something different and creative; keep checking out that blog for more (general) photography tips and most importantly: have fun!
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Thanks man I appreciate your effort!
Nice tutorial. I wonder, does anybody tried SONY lenses? The ones which connect via NFC
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Sindigo said:
Nice tutorial. I wonder, does anybody tried SONY lenses? The ones which connect via NFC
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Those Sony Lenses (QX10 or QX100, or the newer variants of which I forgot the model names) are separate cameras meaning that they have their own sensor and software.
It's therefore unrelated to the Xperia Z1's camera and algorithms of course. I'm not sure what you're asking about actually, with these lenses. You can always find people who have tried the lenses (or rather cameras) via Google, to see test shots for example. Again, they're unrelated to the device they're used with anyway
Thank you for all the effort
Great articles Herman, you've clearly spent a great deal of time and effort - thank you for that.
My one gripe with the camera is the spot metering. It would be so good if you could touch the screen to say "meter on this" rather than in the centre. A bit like the touch focus. I guess you'd need some setting to say what to do if the user touched an area on the screen (meter or focus or both).
I previously asked Sony to tell me what was the difference between spot and center metering and they gave me the usual answer - please try repairing your firmware - which was pretty lame.
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Great articles Herman, you've clearly spent a great deal of time and effort - thank you for that.
My one gripe with the camera is the spot metering. It would be so good if you could touch the screen to say "meter on this" rather than in the centre. A bit like the touch focus. I guess you'd need some setting to say what to do if the user touched an area on the screen (meter or focus or both).
I previously asked Sony to tell me what was the difference between spot and center metering and they gave me the usual answer - please try repairing your firmware - which was pretty lame.
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That's actually a hilarious reply from Sony, in my eyes. Kind of reminds me of the high 10 guy meme.
Thanks for liking the articles! Right now I feel like I've missed a couple of things however, like a more elaborate explanation on Night Mode versus other modes. On your issue: I'm more concerned with other issues like how you have to re-set the ISO after choosing a scene mode or not being able to set shutter speed or shoot in RAW, rather than the metering mode. It is of course a really useful feature to have, but it's a minor one compared to these others, in my opinion.
If I were taking a guess about the spot and center metering is that it's the same as with my canon dslr. Only Sony left out an important keyword that describes it nicely : center WEIGHTED. Meaning that as opposed to average metering which takes the average of the whole frame it will rather focus on a circular section in the center section of the frame. Maybe somewhere there is a tech spec that can disclose how big an area that circle takes. Spot should do what it said. Takes a reading of the object under the meter area which can be the middle of the frame.
On a decent camera you would do a spot meter on the object, lock your exposure and then reframe your shot, focus and take the pic
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Thx man
That helped aloe
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Hermantje said:
That's actually a hilarious reply from Sony, in my eyes. Kind of reminds me of the high 10 guy meme.
Thanks for liking the articles! Right now I feel like I've missed a couple of things however, like a more elaborate explanation on Night Mode versus other modes.[/I].
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I'm quite frustrated taking photos near sunset, when the lighting is more favorable, because all of the light sources in the image create long streaks of flaring (as in the sample)
Is there something wrong with my camera?
I've tried adjusting EV, and scene modes, but the flaring is still there.
Any ideas?
Hey folks, I got some good news...
The long overdue photography video tutorial is finally out - enjoy!
Tell me what you think (oh, and I'm well aware of the microphone issue, I'll fix it next time). If you knew everything that I've said in this video already, fear not - I'm planning on making a part 2 and a part 3 about post-processing inside and outside of Android, since that's what people seemed interested in, as well as more general photography tips such as how to better compose an image. If you have anything else that you'd love to see a tutorial of, please do mention it!
EDIT: my Z1 Flickr album
Cheers :highfive:
Keep it coming. [emoji1]
I already learn some stuff. [emoji1]
awesome
Thank you boss
The tutorial amazing I learn soo much
Thank you
Keep it going (I'm waiting part 2 and 3)
☺☺
Hermantje said:
Hey folks, I got some good news...
The long overdue photography video tutorial is finally out - enjoy!
Tell me what you think (oh, and I'm well aware of the microphone issue, I'll fix it next time). If you knew everything that I've said in this video already, fear not - I'm planning on making a part 2 and a part 3 about post-processing inside and outside of Android, since that's what people seemed interested in, as well as more general photography tips such as how to better compose an image. If you have anything else that you'd love to see a tutorial of, please do mention it!
Cheers :highfive:
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Can you tell me which rom/kernel do you use? Cause your camera app is opening very fast.
Thanks for the replies guys, I'm really glad to hear you like this kind of video! I'll definitely make more now
(although you may have to wait a short while, y'know how busy studies can get...)
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Can you tell me which rom/kernel do you use? Cause your camera app is opening very fast.
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I'm using the latest stock firmware from Sony. So nothing fancy!
The thing is, I tested some things before recording so the application was most likely still in memory. I tried again just now and the camera seems to open in about two seconds when it's not in memory.
Awesome! Great video!
I didn't knew that Night Mode will decrease the shutter speed a bit. I will try it out tonight.
The camera in Z1 is awesome! I have many great shots with it. I just printed around 30 photos. You cannot tell much difference between the phone and a digital camera.
awesome
waiting for part 2
thanks
Any tips and trick using flash LED on Z1 when taking a photo ?
This is a little tricky too.
And the more strong light from flash LED will make the photo better or doesn't for taking a picture with low light ? (light condition around 40-50%)
Thank you very much
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Any tips and trick using flash LED on Z1 when taking a photo ?
This is a little tricky too.
And the more strong light from flash LED will make the photo better or doesn't for taking a picture with low light ? (light condition around 40-50%)
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Hey,
I never use the LED light on my phone for photos. I used to use Xenon flashes on my SE Satio and Nokia N8, but LED lights are generally just too weak. Especially the single LED found on the Z series. In low light, I will use Night Mode and set my phone against some object so that I can take photos at the minimum shutter speed. For my static shots, an LED light would imbalance the white balance anyway, so I'm always better off not using it (as a "fill light" it is also surprisingly ineffective).
The only time I would consider using the flash is when I'm not trying to take good shots but useful ones instead. Photos that otherwise turn out too dark to see anything that I should be seeing. As for club or party photos - I just don't take those. That is pretty much the most difficult environment and no smartphone camera can really take decent photographs in that case.
I can't seem to be able to view the video. Is it me or everyone?
Netsoft said:
I can't seem to be able to view the video. Is it me or everyone?
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Just you, because i can.
Netsoft said:
I can't seem to be able to view the video. Is it me or everyone?
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Just you, because i can.
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I double-checked and I can watch it just fine as well. You sure you don't have something disabled in your browser?
... and man, it's awful listening to your own voice.