Hello!
Is there any chance to recording video on SGS II with screen off?
I mean, when I start recording video, if I press screen on/off button video recording stopped.
May be somebody knows how to continue recording?
Thank you!
Simple Notepad can, its a sneaky Cam that keeps the screen black and can take pics or record, it even has an icon of a notepad so ppl don't suspect you're taking pictures of them
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Has anyone heard or seen any demos/reviews/preview videos of someone taking a video and re-focusing by touching the screen? Relying on only autofocus on the S2 made many unfocused videos unwatchable.
The One S has it (I played with it), as well as iPhone and the Razr.
YAY! Update:
According to the manual, touch to focus while recording video is confirmed!
5 Select [REC button] to start recording.
●● To change the focus, tap where you want to focus. To
focus on the centre of the screen, select [AF button].
●● To capture an image from the video while recording,
select [STILL SHOT button].
6 Select [REC button] to stop recording.
The video is saved automatically.
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Update 2:
On another note, it looks like anti-shake is available for video, too, unless it was a copy/paste mistake from the Photo/Still Camera section of the manual.
Anti-Shake
Activate the anti-shake feature to reduce
blur caused by the device’s vibration or
movement.
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naddie said:
Has anyone heard or seen any demos/reviews/preview videos of someone taking a video and re-focusing by touching the screen? Relying on only autofocus on the S2 made many unfocused videos unwatchable.
The One S has it (I played with it), as well as iPhone and the Razr.
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Dude you can do this on the S2 I use it ALL the time..
fOmey said:
Dude you can do this on the S2 I use it ALL the time..
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On TW ROMs while taking a video? Are we talking ICS? I haven't tried taking a video on a TW ICS ROM yet.
Regarding the S2, I'm not the only one who sees this limitation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541019
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471112
Anyways, I'm concerned because I know stock ICS doesn't do it, so I hope the S3's camera app finally has TOF while videoing.
I flashed to the stock ICS TW ROM and verified that touching the screen while videoing does not allow for Touch-to-Focus, either. There's nothing in the settings to allow it either. When I touch while videoing, it says "Zooming is not supported while recording Full HD Video". When not filming at 1080p, it just zooms instead of focus.
Are you using a custom ROM, 3rd party app, or modified camera.apk?
Yeah I've seen many videos where this was done, Samsung even added automatic face recognition when you take a photo and instantly sends them to all your friends in that photo.
That's all fine and dandy, but sometimes, you want to control where you want to focus. Short of an unfriendly manual focus slider, touch-to-focus is a quick way to kick the focus algorithm in gear.
Relying on the auto focus to adjust itself doesn't work well on the S2. Sometimes it tries to refocus when it's already in focus and everything becomes blurry for the next 2-3 minutes, ruining the video. Happens a lot in low-light conditions (indoor).
naddie said:
I flashed to the stock ICS TW ROM and verified that touching the screen while videoing does not allow for Touch-to-Focus, either. There's nothing in the settings to allow it either. When I touch while videoing, it says "Zooming is not supported while recording Full HD Video". When not filming at 1080p, it just zooms instead of focus.
Are you using a custom ROM, 3rd party app, or modified camera.apk?
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lgcamera works flawlessly for this. Bitrate customization, touch to focus etc
DramatikBeats said:
lgcamera works flawlessly for this. Bitrate customization, touch to focus etc
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I'm talking about the stock camera app. I hope someone can verify if touch focus on the S3 will finally have it.
According to the manual, touch to focus while recording video is confirmed!
5 Select [REC button] to start recording.
●● To change the focus, tap where you want to focus. To
focus on the centre of the screen, select [AF button].
●● To capture an image from the video while recording,
select [STILL SHOT button].
6 Select [REC button] to stop recording.
The video is saved automatically.
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Does anyone have know if we can get the app that allows you to take still pictures from video
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that feature is available in the stock ROM, just tap the screen while recording a video and it takes a snapshot.
large-stache said:
that feature is available in the stock ROM, just tap the screen while recording a video and it takes a snapshot.
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I definitely wanted this feature, and I'm glad I saw this topic.
While reading your reply, I immediately double-tapped my home button to launch my camera, and I attempted your recommendation of tapping the screen while recording a video. Tapping the screen did not work, but there's a camera snap-shot/shutter button. Tapping that icon actually takes a picture while recording a video!
Thank you! I recommend putting "solved" in the topic title. ^_^
I attached a screenshot. While recording a video, simply tap the icon above the red, recording icon. The border of the screen turns green to indicate your picture was taken.
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Hi Folks,
I have been a user for HTC Camera as of now and now have been using S3 for about a year now.
The query I had to you guys is
1. When we take a click from HTC mobile camera and we see that pic in the gallery it's always full screen, covering the full dim of the phone. However when we do that with the Samsung Phone its always trimmed.
2. But, when we take the pic while recording a video, if we take the pic its always full screen and not trimmed. No matter what mode we take the pic.
Is this possible for us to have the same features on Samsung phones. I personally feel full screen is what we should view it and not trimmed version from either side.
Have attached few pic. First shows the pic while recording a video other one in the Landscape Mode but it's trimmed on the sides. Possible for us to have the same view as having from the Video.
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Hi Folks,
I have been a user for HTC Camera as of now and now have been using S3 for about a year now.
The query I had to you guys is
1. When we take a click from HTC mobile camera and we see that pic in the gallery it's always full screen, covering the full dim of the phone. However when we do that with the Samsung Phone its always trimmed.
2. But, when we take the pic while recording a video, if we take the pic its always full screen and not trimmed. No matter what mode we take the pic.
Is this possible for us to have the same features on Samsung phones. I personally feel full screen is what we should view it and not trimmed version from either side.
Have attached few pic. First shows the pic while recording a video other one in the Landscape Mode but it's trimmed on the sides. Possible for us to have the same view as having from the Video.
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it comes when you put the resolution to 16:9. you can also get it on 3rd party apps like jb plus etc.,
Hello,
so I noticed that the default YouTube had a button with two arrows, that when viewing videos in landscape mode you could press, so that video zooms in a bit, so there is no black bars on the sides.
But with YouTube app update the button disappeared!
1. So have you noticed it?
2. And what can be done about it, or who could be contacted about it?
To view videos with truly full screen was really nice! I want that back!
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Hello,
so I noticed that the default YouTube had a button with two arrows, that when viewing videos in landscape mode you could press, so that video zooms in a bit, so there is no black bars on the sides.
But with YouTube app update the button disappeared!
1. So have you noticed it?
2. And what can be done about it, or who could be contacted about it?
To view videos with truly full screen was really nice! I want that back!
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In new youtube version, It become "pinch to stretch"
Try to pinch your screen like you want to do zoom, it will become full screen