tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78143415218906000882024-03-14T07:13:00.306+08:00The Galaxy S3 GalleryThe Galaxy S3 Camera Guide and Gallery - all by the S3Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-11105476996717613542012-09-22T18:01:00.000+08:002012-09-22T18:01:14.452+08:00Sharing: Samsung Photo Editor ver 2.2.14<div style="text-align: justify;">
Samsung Apps has updated their photo editor software recently to a newer version, namely Photo Editor ver 2.2.14, available for the Galaxy S3.</div>
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Previously, the Photo Editor app that comes along with our phones has pretty much limited functions that many other third party apps doing a better job than this. However, for this recent update, I found out that it became a very useful app for photo editing and I no longer need to transfer my pictures to my PC for editing or maybe using some fake filters to mask my flaws.</div>
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The updated app solves many of my limitations and problems for the camera and often I can directly edit my pictures on the go after taking it.</div>
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So, what are the functions I used the most for this app? Often with the stock camera, I suffered the difficulty to obtain a proper white balance or exposure, especially when times where I need to snap and go and have no times to fiddle around with the settings. The Photo Editor app provides me the function to edit and correct the exposures and white balance afterwards. </div>
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Screen shots and samples will be provided later. Enjoy shooting and editing!</div>
Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-59265441455844616162012-09-22T17:48:00.000+08:002012-09-22T17:48:14.158+08:00Update: Burst Mode compressionIf you are a frequent user of the burst mode and uses Superfine for the image quality, then this might concern you a bit. <br />
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Thanks to a xda forum member (NoOneCanHelpMe) who pointed out in my xda forum thread that the compression value is higher when taking pictures using the Burst Mode, which means that the image quality is not as good as what you get when using Normal Mode with Superfine quality settings.<br />
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The image file size taken using the Burst Mode is significantly lower than Normal Mode that it is understandable for the reasoning behind it due to the amount of data required for processing for continuous shooting of 20 pictures.<br />
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Even thou this usually will not affect the average users who are not keen in pixel peeping or so, it is still worthy of a note to know.<br />
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756543&page=6Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-37802327347560022622012-08-09T23:21:00.000+08:002012-08-09T23:21:55.940+08:00Water Lily FlowersBeen to a garden recently and took out my phone for a shot.<br />
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Recently Samsung releases another firmware update for the international version of the Galaxy S3 i9300. There are a few major and minor updates available as you can refer to my previous post <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/07/lfb-firmware-is-here.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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In this post, I will talk about the camera updates only. As some may have realised, the latest firmware brings a significant update which is the introduction of a feature called "Wand". The "Wand" tool offers 11 different types of built in filters that can be applied prior to taking a picture. This saves up time for further post processing via third part applications.</div>
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If you are a fan of Instagram, then applying filters will not be a stranger to you. What makes Instagram so famous is its ability to apply various types of filters on photos to make them some how more appealing and interesting. This "Wand" feature is also a respond to HTC One X Image Sense where it also has built in filters that can be applied prior to taking pictures.</div>
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Applying filters on photos is a thing that either you love it, or you hate it. Social network active users may welcome this feature to fulfill their needs in uploading pictures across social medias. While photography enthusiast may find it as a gimmicky as it is a tool to beautify bad photographs. </div>
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What filters actually do? Filters to photos are like make ups to woman. Phone cameras cannot achieve superior image quality produced by better cameras, often made their photos turned out to be less interesting, especially with bad lighting and bad cameras. So what filters can do is to reduce the flaws of the photos like bad colour reproduction and noise, apply some heavy toning or heavy editing to make the photos more dynamic and interesting. In order words, it makes bad photos look great.</div>
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Having said so, filters also adds mood to the photos itself. A normal picture taken under normal condition may end up in a boring photos. For example like when you taking pictures of urban decays or old objects that you are trying to put in age into the picture, a normal auto settings will just make everything looks, normal. Applying filters like warm vintage, will give you a kind of feel of aging photos or cold vintage will give you a feel of using a polaroid camera. All these filters adds interests into the daily pictures we took, making every photo LOOKS great. That is why filter applying software is very popular among users especially females.</div>
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<li>Replaced the icon of voice command of a speaking human head to a microphone icon</li>
<li>Updated the camera firmware version to GDFF02</li>
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<li>Warm Vintage</li>
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However, this effects don't work with the front facing camera. Only the default effects like Negative, B&W and Sepia is working. All the effects are available for video recording thou.Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-76422676676005039042012-07-09T22:09:00.001+08:002012-07-09T22:09:55.460+08:00LFB Firmware is Here<div style="text-align: justify;">
I have just flashed to the latest LFB firmware. The wand effects are all there, camera does load up faster, probably due to fresh reboot maybe? Initial browse thru, noticed that the images are less noisy now because I took a sample shot before I flashed the ROM. Probably just me. </div>
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Detail run down coming soon. Stay tuned!</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-51110931476273840952012-07-07T10:56:00.005+08:002012-07-07T10:56:56.925+08:00Galaxy S3 New Firmware Update I9300XXBLFB - Includes Camera Updates<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently Samsung has released a new firmware that addresses a few issues as well as updating a few features and improved performance. Currently the update is only available for UK models and I guess it will come to other countries soon.</div>
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Among these updates, a few key feature updates include brightness slider, camera firmware and software updates, kernels etc.</div>
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There a website (Totallydubbed) compiling most of the updates found by users from xda:-</div>
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<li>Camera voice recognition – icon changed</li>
<li>Camera voice recognition – feedback</li>
<li>Camera – wand – 11 new modes</li>
<li>Swype – now works in google search box</li>
<li>Swype – now works in address bar for searching</li>
<li>Swype – improved accuracy</li>
<li>Text messages – attachment icon on the left</li>
<li>Text messages – message box width reduced</li>
<li>Text messages – delete specific messages in a conversation</li>
<li>New widgets – splanner month, splanner task, splanner mini today, digital clock, all share cast</li>
<li>Lock screen – camera launches quicker</li>
<li>Audio application checkbox</li>
<li>Email – update time</li>
<li>Email – message body</li>
<li>Redraw issue – fixed</li>
<li>Adjusted the screen tone</li>
<li>Long press power for silent/vibrate</li>
<li>Clock – desk clock</li>
<li>S planner – week view changed</li>
<li>Camera Firmware has updated from GDFE01 to GDFF02</li>
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Noticed there is a lot of updates for the camera and the firmware update has rumoured to improve some low light shootings. I will cover about this update as soon as I get to install it. Stay tuned.</div>
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At the mean time, one of the forum member (Andrewtst) from lowyat forum has managed to flashed this new firmware and shared the interface of the new camera software UI.</div>
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Apparently this new "Wand" feature acts like a colour filter that is found in many digital camera as well. Can't wait to get my hands on this new firmware.</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-4611140813975823582012-07-06T20:36:00.001+08:002012-07-06T20:36:41.327+08:00Blue Blue Sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, when do you know you have taken a nice picture of your food? It is when people felt hungry and drooling over your pictures!</div>
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In this post, I will share some of my thoughts and experience about taking a mouth watering photo of your food.
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to create a warm feeling for your pictures. Food are better shot in
warmer colour tone than cooler colour tone, having a food picture with a
blueish tint doesn't really seem appealing at all, at least for me. So, it is important for you to get a good source of light like sun light or yellow lamp. Fluorescent lights are least desirable when taking pictures of food, just go and try and you will know why. With good lighting and colour temperature, you will have good exposures for your picture and thus reduces noise and increases quality. </div>
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Next will be composition. Most food are best taken in portrait orientation, which is the default orientation when holding a phone, because it is able to represent your food and with a little background. Horizontal orientation also works for some cases like taking pictures of pizza, or a bowl of noddles. Sometimes shooting directly from the top is also a good perspective to show a bird's eye view of your dishes. My recommendation will definitely be portrait orientation for most cases, and then change to horizontal if portrait orientation doesn't work for you.</div>
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To compose a good food picture, always fill up two-thirds of your frame with your dishes/food and then manually focus on the most attractive item within the dishes, for example, the chili in the pasta attracts the attention of the eyes first, and hence the focus is on the chili. This is very important when shooting with a camera with wide aperture lens for the narrow D.O.F. but not so important for a phone camera because most likely everything will be in focus. Nevertheless, there is no harm to manually select the focus point to achieve best results. The other one-third of the picture will be reserve for any background objects or the background itself. This is to show the environment and the surroundings to create a better feel and connection to the food.</div>
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6</div>
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<b>ISO:</b> 100</div>
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<b>Shutter Speed</b>: 1/33</div>
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Single</div>
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> None </div>
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Due to the wide D.O.F. of the phone camera and wide angle, it is important to frame your food properly to avoid your background to interfere with the interest of the picture. Try shooting from a higher angle to expose more of the area of the table instead of the disturbing background if present.</div>
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Another factor will be the white balance as it governs the colour of your picture. By default, the auto white balance works quite well and I do get a desirable image from it. Occasionally a bit too warm sometimes as shown in the example below. Always check your screen prior to shooting for the best colours, and do not get fooled by your SAMOLED screen!</div>
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6</div>
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<b>ISO:</b> 640/800</div>
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<b>Shutter Speed</b>: 1/17</div>
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Single</div>
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> None </div>
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All the tips and recommendations are just for your reference only. It is your freedom and creativity to explore any style of food photography that you like. And to compile your food adventure, I would recommend you to download an app called <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.food&hl=en" target="_blank">Evernote Food</a> which is able to compile all the information for your future reference. Or download <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonydna.millionmoments" target="_blank">Million Moments</a> to compile all your pictures in a nice collage album.</div>
<br />Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-64216794471125655802012-06-28T18:49:00.002+08:002012-06-28T18:49:52.920+08:00Night Panorama Limitations<div style="text-align: justify;">
I went to Singapore for a 3D2N trip last week and manage to try out a night panorama shot. Apparently there are some limitations when it comes to night panorama shots, mainly due to the slower shutter speed required for the low light conditions, as expected.</div>
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Below is a test shot I took at Clarke Quay and as you can observe in the picture, the middle part is slightly blurred due to the swiping motion during the panorama. The both sides of the picture are sharp and detailed because of the brighter scene.</div>
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It is not impossible to shoot a night panorama with the Galaxy S3. All you need is a very stable hand with a very slow swipe motion. You can predict when the phone is going to take the next picture by following the guide frame in the screen and stop before it. Slowly move your phone until it reaches the frame and tries to stop to let it take a picture before swiping again in the direction.<br />
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Below is a better sample shot taken in the Waterworld of Universal Studio, Singapore. I terminate the panorama after a few frames because I don't want to include the additional crowd into the picture. You can always terminate the panorama by tapping on the shutter button once again.</div>
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Where as in daylight, there is absolutely no problem taking a swipe panorama because the shutter speed is fast enough to avoid any motion blur. Below is a sample shot taken at Marina Bay Sands during day time.</div>
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<br /></div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-38730511638985661662012-06-16T23:26:00.001+08:002012-06-16T23:26:27.976+08:00Beautify Shooting ModeChangelog Update:<br />
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Beauty Shooting Mode description updated.<br />
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<u><b>Beauty</b></u></div>
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Beauty Mode will change your auto focus mode to Face Detection. After
taking a picture, it will take some time to process. What I notice is,
during the process, heavy noise reduction and spot healing took place. I
can guess that it is to beautify human's face for a portrait shot,
removing as many possible flaws on the face, resulting in a very smooth
and clear face. In my opinion, this type of editing might favour some
girls, but it will render the picture a bit unnatural.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- remove noise and pimples on a face typically.</i><br />
<i>- for portrait shots or self portrait shots.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- none</i></div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-76800924248358058012012-06-13T22:36:00.000+08:002012-06-13T22:47:36.860+08:00Colourful Morning Cloud<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sun ray in the morning colouring the clouds<br />
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6</div>
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<b>ISO:</b> 80</div>
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<b>Shutter Speed</b>: 1/50</div>
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Single</div>
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> None </div>
</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-72987115519922250272012-06-13T22:34:00.000+08:002012-06-13T22:48:05.770+08:00Panorama of Paddy Field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wide paddy field panorama<br />
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6<br />
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Panorama<br />
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> - </div>
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</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-88973487612528001052012-06-13T22:30:00.001+08:002012-06-13T22:48:36.782+08:00Visiting the Paddy Field with S3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The paddy is ready to be harvested!<br />
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6<br />
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<b>ISO:</b> 80<br />
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<b>Shutter Speed</b>: 1/800<br />
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Single<br />
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> None </div>
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</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-18781620498445159832012-06-13T22:28:00.001+08:002012-06-13T22:49:18.839+08:00A Test Run in Mid Valley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, it's Mickey Mouse!<br />
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<b>Aperture:</b> 2.6<br />
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<b>ISO:</b> 200<br />
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<b>Shutter Speed</b>: 1/33<br />
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<b>Shooting Mode: </b>Single<br />
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<b>Scene Mode:</b> None </div>
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</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-20972338373589860372012-06-12T18:51:00.002+08:002012-07-19T22:07:06.125+08:00[Guide] Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Usage Guide, Part 6: Summary and Conclusion<div style="color: black;">
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html"><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></a></div>
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html" target="_blank"><i>Part 2: User Interface</i></a><b><i> </i></b><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html"><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></a><br />
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<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html"><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></a></div>
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_2968.html"><i>Part 5: Scene Mode</i></a><br />
<b><i>Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</i></b><br />
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<i>Updated: 14th June 2012</i><br />
<i>Update: 19th July 2012 - Tips and Tricks No. 7 </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary<i> </i></b></span><br />
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<b>Hardware<i><br /></i></b><br />
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The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a camera equipped with a 8.0 MP pixel BIS at the back and another 1.9MP BIS for the front facing camera. Both cameras are able to give outstanding image quality when compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy S2. The camera in the Galaxy S3 gives vibrant colours, with saturated green colours in particular. Sharpness and details are improved with the sharpness comes mostly from post processing sharpening instead of the lens. However, it still produce very sharp photos especially at low ISO, and I'm very satisfied.</div>
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The aperture value of f2.6 may not be the fastest lens around, but is adequate for day to day snap shots. It struggles a bit under low light, which is expected for any phones in the market even for the f2.0 ones as well. The camera focuses beforehand and refreshes every time you move away from the subject or every three seconds. The camera will take a picture as soon as you touch the shutter button, regardless whether the subject is focused or not. Hence, you need to be careful of this and don't assume that the picture is correctly focused just because you love the zero-shutter lag feature.</div>
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<b>Features</b><br />
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Samsung packs a lot of new features for the camera, taking advantage of ICS. Burst Mode is one of the best feature available and it is even better with the Best Photo option. It will be one of the most used feature for this phone. Smile Shot also comes in handy where you need a good focus of the face and auto fire when smile is detected, good for portrait shootings. Panorama is a feature that you cannot miss if you travel to places with breath taking scenes.</div>
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Share Shot and Buddy Photo Share are more to social networking needs where it facilitates media sharing with ease. Share Shot shares picture directly on the fly through Wifi-Direct connection with your friends, good for events and parties. Buddy Photo Share uses face tagging to detect the people within the photo and show email or MMS options directly on the picture for you to share the picture with ease.</div>
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Using Voice Command to take picture is definitely one of the selling point and a great feature for many people. Voice Command can be use extensively when taking a remote picture, avoid hand shake, taking group photos or any combinations that you can think of to utilise this great feature. It can be enabled within the settings under Voice cmd, and should be one of the selling point of this phone.</div>
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<b>User Interface</b><br />
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User Interface in the Galaxy S3 camera is more complicated when compared to other phones on the market and it is the typical U.I. you will see for all Samsung Android smartphones and tablets. The icons at the left column can be customised, where you can put your most used setting for quick access convenience.</div>
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The settings available within the camera settings are pretty standard for a digitial camera.</div>
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<b>Limitations</b></div>
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Every camera has their own limitations when it comes to both hardware and software. Photographers need to work around the limitations to bring out the best picture from your camera. The Galaxy S3 camera has a constant aperture of f2.6, which is its limitation for low light. The shutter is limit at 1 second maximum until 1/10000 second minimum. ISO is limit at ISO-1600 for the maximum and ISO-80 for the minimum, usable frames will be for ISO-800 or below. Manual settings for ISO ranges from ISO-100 to ISO-800 only.</div>
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Burst Mode will utilise the phone memory instead of memory card and be prepared for some ram flushing when you spam your shutter up until 20 frames.</div>
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<b>Shooting Mode</b></div>
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Shooting Mode basically covers everything mentioned in Features section. In Shooting Mode, you are not able to choose Scene Mode except for Buddy Photo Share. Some other Shooting Mode that I left out above like Beauty and Cartoon are those modes that are not as useful as the other modes. HDR on the other hand is a half half feature because it did not really give much advantage because the HDR effect is not as good as expected.</div>
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<b>Scene Mode</b></div>
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When auto mode fails to give you desirable results, then it is time to explore Scene Mode where there is always a setting for the type of scene you are at. Scene mode changes the settings like shutter, white balance or exposure, depending on which mode you chose.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tips and Tricks</b></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">The biggest challenge of taking a picture using a phone will be hand shake. Often hand shake will be main factor that destroys your picture. Try hold your phone as stable as possible and try not to tap on the screen too hard when taking picture. Try use any method that you can to reduce handshake like anti shake function, holding phone with both hands, increase ISO (if using manual), hold in horizontal position, use timer or Voice Command, use Best photo mode or tap your finger on the shutter button and lift it only after the photo is taken. </li>
<li>Second culprit will be the focus. Focusing is very crucial for a photo because it tells the viewer where to look at in a picture. A sharp and detailed picture is always preferable than a blurred or OOF picture. Always make sure your camera is focused the correct subject before taking picture. Be careful when using manual focus because the Galaxy S3 will revert the focus frame back to the middle after three seconds.</li>
<li>Third will be noise in picture. Try to shoot with the lowest ISO possible if you prefer a cleaner picture. You may opt for a longer exposure by using night mode but make sure you are able to hold the phone still as long as 0.5 seconds.</li>
<li>Explore all the Shooting Modes and Scene Modes and also to read about the tips for each one if available.</li>
<li>You can get bokeh by shooting as near as possible to your subject. This is because the depth of field (DOF) is influenced by focal length, aperture and focus distance, due to the fact that the aperture and focal length is constant, you can only achieve shallow DOF by shooting very near to your subject, coupled with macro mode auto focus.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">By long tapping on the shutter button without releasing, it will initiate the Auto Focus and then it will lock the focus and exposure value for reframing purpose. This option is common in digital camera or DSLR as focus lock/exposure lock, but seldom appears in phone camera. It's good to know that we have this option. </li>
<li>Will add more soon.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Conclusion</b></span> <br />
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The Galaxy S3's camera may not replace your digital camera in terms of quality, especially with all the high end cameras on the market. However, the image quality is very comparable to real cameras at low ISO with the sharpness and details, as well as colour rendering. A phone camera provides the convenience of taking a picture any time any where because a phone is always with you but not your camera. It also provides the convenience of social networking by sharing your pictures directly from your phone instead of the cumbersome process of transferring pictures to the PC then to social media. Even thou my guide is based on thr Galaxy S3's camera, but the general theory behind still applies to any other phones or digital camera. In short, the Galaxy S3 is one of the best phone cameras available in the market now and you will enjoy using it everyday.</div>
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<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html"><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html" target="_blank"><i>Part 2: User Interface</i><i> </i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html"><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html"><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></a><br />
<b><i>Part 5: Scene Mode</i></b><br />
<i><a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scene Mode</b></span><br />
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After all the explanations for Shooting Mode, we shall now touch about the Scene Mode. Typically, the default scene mode, which is None, works well in most of the cases. The Scene Mode gives us some option to change the colour saturation, colour temperature or changing the limitations.</div>
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There are total of 14 Scene Mode to choose form which include:</div>
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- None</div>
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- Portrait</div>
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- Landscape</div>
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- Night</div>
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- Sports</div>
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- Party/Indoor</div>
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- Beach/Snow</div>
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- Sunset</div>
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- Dawn</div>
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- Fall Colour</div>
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- Firework</div>
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- Text</div>
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- Candlelight</div>
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- Backlight</div>
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Most of these Scene Modes are found in digital cameras and their functionality and features are pretty much the same. I will run down the modes one by one with what I understand about it after playing with a few modes.</div>
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<b><u>Portrait</u></b></div>
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Not sure what this mode enhances but I guess will be the colour tone will be adjusted to make the skin to look more natural.<br />
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In Landscape Scene Mode, the camera will boost the colour saturation of the green and blue, making the tree, leaves and the sky in the picture to pop out more.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- When shooting outdoor where many greens are available. Good for nature landscape.</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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<i>- Frame your picture nicely to get the best composition!</i></div>
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<i>- Try to get as wide as possible.</i></div>
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Night Scene Mode is a useful feature because it will lower down the ISO and capped it at ISO-800 to reduce noise while at the same time increasing the shutter speed limit to 0.5 seconds instead of 1/17 sec. The increase of 1/17 sec to 0.5 sec is about 3-stops of light, which means the exposure achieved by 1/17 sec @ ISO-1600 is the same as 0.5 sec @ ISO-200. This greatly improves the image quality by reducing noise through lowering ISO. Increasing the shutter speed also gives good exposure and brighter images but at the same time may invite hand shake. So, do hold the phone as stable as possible or just use a mini tripod or a stand for it to get support.</div>
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Even thou I mentioned about 0.5 sec @ ISO-200, it was just an example. In real usage, the camera will first lower the shutter until it hits the usual 1/17 and then increases the ISO to 800. If the exposure is still insufficient, then the shutter speed will increase until acceptable exposure is achieved, or when hitting the maximum at 0.5 sec, which ever comes first.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- In night time or low light areas and you do not wish to crank up the ISO too much.</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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<i>- Hold your phone as steady as possible to avoid shake.</i></div>
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<i>- Place it on a surface with good support.</i></div>
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<i>- Use Voice Command instead of tapping shutter button.</i></div>
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In Sport Scene Mode, the camera will pump up the ISO to decrease the shutter speed in order to freeze the action. Depending on your type of action, the result may be good or bad. It is best use under good day light so that the camera can use faster shutter speed without increasing the ISO to achieve that. However, I'm not sure how fast the auto focus can cope up with the action and it is best to prefocus on something which lays on the same plane beforehand.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Requires to freeze the frame like kids running or your pet jumping</i><br />
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<i>- Make sure your camera focuses on the correct plane before firing the shutter.</i><br />
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<u><b>Party/Indoor</b></u><br />
To be added later, still investigating on what it affects. <br />
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<u><b>Beach/Snow</b></u><br />
Compensates the exposure of bright scenes appear in beach or snow areas.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- In the areas mentioned above or in an area where majority of bright colour is present.</i><br />
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<i>- Double check with your picture to make sure exposure is correct, otherwise, revert back to normal and use EV</i>.<br />
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<u><b>Sunset</b></u><br />
Sunset mode applies a warm filter and then slight underexpose the foreground to bring out the feel of sunset.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Sunset shots, or when a warm feel is desired.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- Take an original image first before using this mode to avoid bad output result.</i><br />
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<u><b>Dawn</b></u><br />
Dawn mode applies the opposite of sunset where a cooling filter is applied instead. It gives a cold feel of dawn with the blueish tint.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Sunrise shots, or when a cold feel is desired.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- Take an original image first before using this mode to avoid bad output result</i><br />
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<u><b>Fall Color</b></u><br />
Fall Color mode enhances the warmer colours as well as saturating it to make it more vivid. A sample picture is available for comparison above.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Wants to have a vivid color image</i><br />
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<i>- Check the result to avoid oversaturating the picture.</i><br />
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<u><b>Firework</b></u><br />
Firework mode is will set the ISO to 80 and exposure to 1 sec by default. With this settings, only the trial of the firework will be captured clearly where as anything else will be underexposed due to the low ISO settings.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- When snaping firework or when long exposure is required</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- Try to place the phone on a stable support to avoid handshake and light trials.</i><br />
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<u><b>Text</b></u><br />
Text mode will further increase the already heavily sharpen image. In Text mode, you will realise that the edges of the text has some halo around it, resulted from sharpening post processing.<br />
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<i>- When taking pictures of text or required very sharp details and images</i><br />
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<i>- None</i><br />
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<u><b>Candlelight</b></u><br />
Candlelight mode adds a warm filter to give the candle light warm feel to the picture. Other than that, the settings were pretty much same as auto mode I believe.<br />
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<u><b>Backlit</b></u><br />
Backlit mode will use the LED flash as a fill flash to compensate the bright background. However, due to the weak power rating of the flash, I'm not sure how much effect it will give to the output of the image.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Having very bright background where the foreground is covered in shadow due to underexpose.</i><br />
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<i>- Try not to shoot the subject too far away as the LED flash light is not strong enough to fill.</i><br />
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I have pretty much discussed everything I know about the Galaxy S3's camera. We should now proceed to <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html" target="_blank">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a> to wrap up anything that I missed out in the previous parts and not forgetting sample pictures!</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-89555165556141908402012-06-12T13:36:00.000+08:002012-06-28T18:53:48.104+08:00[Guide] Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Usage Guide, Part 4: Shooting Mode<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html"><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html" target="_blank"><i>Part 2: User Interface</i><i> </i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html"><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></a><br />
<b><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></b><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_2968.html"><i>Part 5: Scene Mode</i></a><br />
<i><a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a></i><br />
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There are a total of nine Shooting Modes available in the Galaxy S3's camera, with some of the modes already discussed previously like the Burst Mode, Share Shot and Buddy Photo Share. The nine modes include:</div>
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- Burst Mode</div>
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- HDR</div>
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- Beauty</div>
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- Cartoon</div>
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- Share Shot</div>
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I will briefly explain for some modes which is common, and explain a bit more for those modes that are least found.</div>
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Single shot mode literally means that every time you tap the screen, it will only take one picture. It is the default settings and most used in auto.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- Probably by default, this is the setting you will use most.</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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<u><b>Burst Mode</b></u></div>
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Already discussed in <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a></div>
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The pictures taken under burst mode will be labelled with the same file name but with suffix 1 - 20 to indicate the arrangement of frames.</div>
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HDR is a fancy feature that comes along with many new cameras and phones. HDR basically means High Dynamic Range, it solved the problem of overexposed and underexposed portion of a image. Usually when we take a picture of people or building under a very bright sky, the metering tend to tell the camera to lower the exposure to compensate the bright portion to avoid overexposure. This results in a very unpleasing image where the person or building will appear very dark while the sky is properly exposed, or the person or building is properly exposed but the sky has blown out all white. I believe many people faced this kind of situation before. To understand more about HDR and more technical terms for your digestion, do click the reference link below from Wikipedia:</div>
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HDR works by combining a few images into one, usually two or three photos will be used and sometimes more. It works by combining images with different exposure values, and then uses the correctly exposed portion will be combined into the final image. Using the previous example of people and bright sky, HDR combines the fairly lit human face, together with the blue sky from the other picture, and then merge the two portion into one. Depending on how much the post processing is involved, sometimes HDR will result in a very unnatural image like an oil painting. </div>
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I'm not sure how many pictures that the S3 uses to combine a HDR image, but judging from the end result, I'm guessing just two pictures are used to create the HDR image. The camera will store two pictures under the same file name, one original picture and then the processed image with a HDR suffix to indicate it's a HDR image. The EXIF of the HDR image is also removed. However, I found out that the HDR effect of the Galaxy S3 is not obvious and many times I do get both identical image for original and processed.</div>
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The HDR output from the camera is also not satisfying and often made the sky looks cloudy instead of clear blue sky. It is also noticed that the HDR image has slightly lower sharpness and details when compared to single shots for some cases. i will try to test more for the HDR feature for various cases and update this from time to time.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- During difficult moments to have a good exposure of both foreground and background. e.g. clear blue sky but dark foreground.</i></div>
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<i>- Sometimes will help in some low light situation.</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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<i>- Good for landscape and building/cityscape</i></div>
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<i>- Try to hold the phone as steady as possible because the camera is taking more than one photo, especially in low light area</i></div>
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<i>- Not really recommended for portraits as will produce very unnatural scene.</i></div>
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Smile Shot is a feature available in many digital camera where the camera will try to detect faces within the frame and takes a picture when ever a smile is detected. Hence, instead of focusing in the middle of the frame, the camera will focus on the face instead, which is actually better and reduces the chances of off-focus pictures. I haven't really put this into test because no one wants to pose for me due to camera shy. There is no settings available to change the smile sensitivity like some digital cameras. It works by tapping on the shutter button once, and then the camera will track the faces and captures the picture when a smile is detected.</div>
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Not sure how wide the smile need to be and how far can it detect the face. I only tested with a picture of a smiling face and it is able to capture it from quite a distance. Translating it to a human scale, I would say a distance of 1 meter to 3 meter will be safe. All you need is to show your teeth and the camera will take a picture of you.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- A portrait where you need a good focus on the face instead of middle of the frame</i></div>
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<i>- A self portrait, instead of tapping button or voice command, you just need to smile to your camera.</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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<i>- Be within 3 meters (10 feet) of distance from your camera</i></div>
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<i>- In a good lighting area with good visual of your face, and your teeth of course</i></div>
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<i>- Say "Cheese" when it fails to detect your smile and you will still get a good image of your face.</i></div>
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Beauty Mode will change your auto focus mode to Face Detection. After taking a picture, it will take some time to process. What I notice is, during the process, heavy noise reduction and spot healing took place. I can guess that it is to beautify human's face for a portrait shot, removing as many possible flaws on the face, resulting in a very smooth and clear face. In my opinion, this type of editing might favour some girls, but it will render the picture a bit unnatural.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- remove noise and pimples on a face typically.</i><br />
<i>- for portrait shots or self portrait shots.</i><br />
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Similar to many other Android phones, a sweep Panorama feature is also available in the Galaxy S3. It stitches up to 8 images together and processed considerably fast.<br />
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When shooting panorama at night or in low light conditions, try not to swipe the phone too fast and always stop the movement before the guiding frame lines and slowly move to allow the phone to capture a good low light shot. More details are explained in this additional post of <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/night-panorama-limitations.html" target="_blank">Night Panorama Limitations</a>. <br />
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>- When you want to have a wide view image of that particular area.</i></div>
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<i>- Well, when you want a panorama!</i></div>
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<i>- Bright day with good lights. Panorama in night will end up getting the whole picture with motion blur.</i></div>
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<i>- Try not to change the altitude too much otherwise you will end up getting a bad stitch.</i></div>
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<i>- Don't sweep too fast and follow the guiding frame, slow down yr sweeping speed as you approach the guiding frame. Missing the frame will end up in a bad stitch later.</i><br />
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It's just a filter to create fancy colours on your picture. Not a fan of this feature and won't be using it at all. There are better alternatives out there in the Play Store like Paper Camera.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i></div>
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<i>Tips?</i></div>
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</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-79856863985709788292012-06-12T13:35:00.000+08:002012-06-13T23:00:05.378+08:00[Guide] Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Usage Guide, Part 3: Limitations<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html"><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html" target="_blank"><i>Part 2: User Interface</i></a><b><i> </i></b><br />
<b><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></b><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html"><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></a><br />
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<i><a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a></i><br />
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Every camera has their own limitations, be it compact camera, DSLR, analogue, polaroid, lomo and of course, our phone camera. The first thing a photographer need to learn, is how to work within the limitations of their gears. You need to know what can your camera do, and what your camera can't do because each camera has their own strength and weaknesses, and don't expect your phone camera to be God when it comes to taking pictures. I believe everyone knows about how awful the quality of a phone camera especially for those who start using a camera phone since the 0.3MP era (not even VGA). As for the S3, it is capable of shooting most of daily snap shots that is required for any social networking needs like Facebook and twitter, and even some blogging needs as well.</div>
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So, let's run down on the limitations of this phone's camera. I will start with the auto mode, which is everything by default.</div>
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Shutter: 1/10000 sec (min), 1/17 sec (max)</div>
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ISO: 100 (min), 800 (max)</div>
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Shutter: no Tv mode</div>
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Aperture: no Av mode</div>
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Zoom: Digital Zoom up to x4</div>
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Camera's real limitation</div>
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ISO: 80 (min), 1600 (max)</div>
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Shutter: 1/10000 sec (min), 1 sec (max)</div>
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Aperture: f2.6</div>
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The exposure of an image is determined by three main factors as described by the Exposure Triangle, i.e. the aperture, shutter speed and the ISO. Since the aperture of the Galaxy S3 is fixed at f2.6, the exposure can only be controlled by the other two factors.</div>
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The camera software will determine the exposure through it's metering settings, then it will choose the slowest shutter speed possible and then only bump up the ISO if the shutter speed is not enough to achieve a proper exposure of the image. it will not go below 1/17 to avoid hand shake that will create motion blur in your image, unless you purposely want that blur. This applies to most auto modes with the exception of Sport mode, Night mode and other low light modes.</div>
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Do take note that the hand shake is more severe when holding in vertical position because the camera is located at the top part of the phone and when u tap the shutter button at the lower part of the camera, the camera will tilt forward even if you don't notice it. Any small movement near the datum point (the position near you hold your phone) will be amplified at the top end of the phone. </div>
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Hence, it is more recommended to use horizontal position when shooting in low light because the camera position is at the same axis as the shutter button, which is at the middle of the phone. Besides that, in horizontal position, you can hold the phone more naturally with both hands, boosting better stability. Alternatively, you can enable the Anti Handshake function in the Settings. This function will provide 1-stop advantage by limiting the maximum shutter speed at 1/33 and bump up the ISO by 1-stop. In other words, you sacrifice the image quality for a better stability.</div>
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For example: a typical photo requires shutter speed of 1/17 sec and ISO-800 to achieve a proper exposure. But when the Anti Handshake function is turned on, the shutter speed will decrease to 1/33 sec while the ISO is bumped up to ISO-1600. Achieving a one-stop advantage to reduce hand shake.</div>
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ISO is what every photographer loves and hates the most. Bumping ISO enables us to achieve better exposure in low light conditions but on the other hand reduces sharpness and details and increases noise at the same time. The Galaxy S3 camera has a ISO range of ISO-80 to ISO-1600 with manual settings of ISO-100 to ISO-800 only. Sharpness and details are very well preserved up to ISO-400. Anything higher than ISO-400 then do expect degradation of image quality, which is expected.<br />
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The focusing in Galaxy S3's camera is pretty tricky. Basically it has three focusing mode, i.e. Auto, Macro and Face. Unlike conventional mechanism in older phones, the Galaxy S3's camera will prefocus before you as soon as you launch the camera app. The focusing speed depends very much on the subject distance and contrast. Focusing objects that are nearer to the camera in macro mode takes more time than usual. The camera often refuses to focus in low light because the contrast is not enough for it to lock a focus.</div>
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I believe the camera uses contrast detection for auto-focus similar to other digital cameras. A better read of different types of autofocus can be referred in the Wikipedia link below:</div>
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To simplify the understanding, the camera is unable to focus when the focus plane is too dull or in unicolor. Try point your camera to a white wall or a dark background, it will return a red bar indicating unable to focus. Now try move it away to focus on something more colourful or possesses more contrast, then you will see your camera is able to lock focus almost immediately.</div>
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In Galaxy S3, Samsung has boost about the ability of the camera to shoot with zero-shutter lag, thanks to ICS and similar to other new flagship smartphones. It is able to achieve this through pre-focus and the camera will take a picture regardless whether the focus is locked or not because it assumes that the focus is done beforehand. The camera will choose the middle point as it's main reference focus point and will refresh it every three seconds or when you move away from the subject. Sometimes when you move too much and the camera locked focus at the wrong subject, don't press the shutter button, let it refocus another time before doing so otherwise you will end up with an out of focus (OOF) image.</div>
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It is still recommended to use manual focus in order to achieve a higher success rate, especially when your subject is not in the middle of the frame. Gently tap on the screen to select the place you want to focus, give it some time to lock (more time if is macro) then you can take the picture by tapping the shutter button or using Voice Command. Do note that the focus point will refresh in three seconds and will be back to the middle position again, which is sometimes annoying as you need to manually tap the focus point again.</div>
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The auto pre-focus function is there to assist you, not to do everything for you. It works most of the time, but sometimes will also hit and miss. Hence, do check your gallery to make sure the image taken is satisfactory. Else, you can always use the Best Photo function, which still requires a good focus lock before firing the shutter.</div>
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The camera will suffer focusing issue in low light with no contrast. If your flash is turned off, often you will not get any desirable image that is usable. To get better results, just turn on the flash and the camera will focus on the object with the assist light from the flash before taking the photo. In situations where a flash is not desirable in the photo or no flash is allowed or the assist beam from the flash is unable to help lock the focus, try provide some light source on the subject to let it lock the focus and quickly tap the shutter within three seconds otherwise the focus will refresh itself again.</div>
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However, if the situation is really that difficult for the camera to focus, then might as well just forget about taking a picture under that condition and use a proper camera for it. If no other options available, then use the flash.<br />
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Missing your Xenon flash from the Sony Ericsson era? Well, the Galaxy S3 still doesn't come with any proper flash and only equipped with a LED light as a flash. Good thing to note that the LED flash is more diffused and brighter when compared to S2.</div>
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The lens is equipped with an aperture value of f2.6, which is not the fastest lens around but is still considerably fast. With only 2/3 stops losing out to the HTC One X (f2.0) and 1/3 stops to the iPhone 4S (f2.4). The aperture value on S3 is only slightly better than the Galaxy S2 (f2.65). I also noticed that the lens is wider than the Galaxy S2 with a focal length of 3.7mm which equates to about 16mm on a 1.6x crop factor or around 25mm on full frame.<br />
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In Part I I mentioned about the option to choose the path of storage for the photos. However, in Burst Mode (and Best Photo), the phone storage is the only option available. Even thou you have manually set the photo storage to external SD card, but once you switch to Burst Mode, it will automatically assign the phone as the storage medium. The reason behind this is because the Burst Mode requires high speed buffer for all the photos taken during the Burst Mode. An external SD card is not capable of catering such high speed writing, and to be safe, the phone will use the phone storage instead even thou you might have a Class 10 card inside. When you are done with the Burst Mode and revert back to Single Shot, the phone will automatically change the storage path back to the memory card.</div>
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One thing I notice during the Burst Mode is that the speed of capturing photos decreases as it approaches 20. It gets slower as the phone's memory is filled up with all these temporary files, which is understandable. Even my entry level DSLR is not capable of doing constant fps as I fire continuous shutter. You will notice the widgets and app shortcuts in your home screen will reload when you press the home button after the Burst Mode due to the phone's memory being used up by the continuous shutters previously. It will take some time for it to reload and please do not scream that your uber expensive phone lags. It's just reloading its widget, not lagging.<br />
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Proceed to<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html" target=""> Part 4: Shooting Mode</a> </div>
</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-33727701068054715792012-06-12T13:33:00.000+08:002012-07-19T22:05:14.925+08:00[Guide] Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Usage Guide, Part 2: User Interface<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage.html"><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></a><br />
<b><i>Part 2: User Interface</i><i> </i></b><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html"><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html"><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_2968.html"><i>Part 5: Scene Mode</i></a><br />
<i><a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The U.I. (User Interface)</b></span></div>
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user interface in the Galaxy S3 is similar to all other Samsung phones
and tablets. It is more complicated compared to phones from other manufactures by the look of it, with many settings
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interface and cleaner view, the Samsung variant of camera interface
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On the screen, you will notice a few icons located at the upper right corner. In my phone, I have activated Voice Command, hence you will notice an icon of a speaking man as shown in the picture. Next to it you will see an icon of a power cable, indicating your phone is being charged if you are connecting your phone to the charger during that time. An icon of storage path is located at the far right where it will show a sign of a phone if the phone is selected as the storage path or a memory card icon if the storage path is set to the external SD card. If you have Wifi-Direct enabled in your phone settings, then you will also able to notice the Wifi-Direct icon for Share Shot feature.<br />
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The camera also offers a 4x digital zoom and can be accessed via the volume rocker located at the side of the phone.<br />
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I will start explaining from the left column and then to the right. Basically these settings are very basic and most of them are self-explanatory. Nevertheless, I will still run down once for those who want to know more.<br />
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Basically the first four icons on the left columns are the <b>Setting</b> shortcuts and customizable to suit your need. Hence, I will directly start off with the <b>Setting</b> icon.<br />
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The first option you will see in the Settings is the Edit shortcuts option. Tapping on it will bring you to a menu where you can simply drag and drop your most used settings for the ease of quick selection. Settings available to swap include Self Portrait,Flash, Shooting Mode, Auto Focus, Scene Mode, Exposure Value, Time, Effects, Resolution, White Balance, ISO, Metering, Auto Contrast, Outdoor Visibility and Guidelines.<br />
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The instruction is pretty straight forward and I believe everyone should be able to understand how to swap the icons. Just choose four quick settings that you need most.<br />
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<u><b>Self Portrait</b></u><br />
Well, this setting is pretty self explanatory. It means changing the camera from the back camera, to the front facing camera. In this Self Portrait mode, there are a few options disabled. Flash, Scene Mode, Auto Focus, ISO, Anti-Handshake, Metering and Auto Contrast are among the settings that are disabled in this mode. However, you will notice that "Save as flipped" option is now available where you can flip the image instead of seeing a mirror self picture.<br />
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This Setting has three option to choose and it is similar to any other digital cameras. You can either disable the flash, or enable it, or set it to Auto to let the camera decide whether to flash or not. Unfortunately, there is no red eye reduction option in this case.<br />
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One thing to note that, the flash equipped in the Galaxy S3 is very bright and more diffused. It gives a more natural exposure of the scene instead of a washed out image of white terror. It is still a LED light unfortunately, but having a LED flash light gives the advantage of lower power consumption and able to lit it all the time and use it as a flash light as well. The LED light can also be turned on during video recording and this is an added advantage for video recording in low light condition, even thou it may not help much. Compared to a Xenon flash which requires a pre-charge before firing and consumes more battery, I would say LED light is still the preferred choice for flash.<br />
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The Galaxy S3's camera offers many different shooting modes as you can see in the drop down menu above. Something worth mentioning is that the Scene Mode will be disabled if any Shooting Mode is selected except for None and Buddy Photo Share. More details about each Shooting Mode is discussed further in <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html" target="_blank">Part 4: Shooting Mode</a>.<br />
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The camera software offers a total of 13 Scene Modes for various scenes and the functions or attributes of each mode is discussed in <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_2968.html" target="_blank">Part 5: Scene Mode</a>.</div>
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Exposure Value, or simply EV is a manual compensation setting for exposure when your camera metering fails to calculate the exposure correctly. For example, when you are shooting a dark object, especially when the whole frame is covered by it, your camera will think that you are shooting in the dark and automatically increases the ISO or shutter speed to allow more light. Resulting your image tend to wash out and your black looks like brown or any brighter colours. Similar scenario when you are shooting something very bright, like in the snow where everything is white. Your camera will think that you are shooting something bright and then lowers down the exposure, resulting your snow scene becomes very dark and dull.</div>
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This is a common problem for all digital cameras because the metering A.I. in the software is not as clever as our human brain where we can adjust different exposures independently. That's is why we often see our pictures came out different from what our actual eye sees. Despite attempts of improving the metering method and having better dynamic range for sensors. Digital cameras will still fail to get correct exposures sometimes and this is when the EV function slots in where users can manually increase or decrease the exposure value. In this camera phone, the EV range allowable is <span class="st">±2.0 stops of light as shown in the picture above.</span></div>
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<span class="st">Read more about EV: <a href="http://www.google.com.my/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FExposure_value&ei=aVHXT77XGM7jrAepjvX7Dw&usg=AFQjCNGKRAUAGWKdA5w46cY13KAbH02DAg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> </span></div>
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<span class="st">There </span><span class="st">are three focus mode available for the Galaxy S3's camera and similar to any other cameras, which is the Auto-Focus, Macro and Face Detection. Auto focus is usually the fastest because it usually focuses at the infinity and close to infinity. Macro focus is slower because the object is nearer and it need to lock on a precise position before a picture is taken. Face detection works by detecting any human face and focuses on it, good for portrait or group photos because the camera will only focus on the center of the frame by default, which is sometimes not the position of the subject is located.</span><br />
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<span class="st">The Face Detection focus mode has been removed after updated to the recent firmware LFB/LF1. It is now only available in Shooting Mode only. </span></div>
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Timer is pretty much straight forward, instead of taking a picture as soon as you tap the button, you can also set a count down timer for the shutter. Typically used when taking group picture where you need to setup the camera and then let it count down for some time so that you have time to get into position. Timer can also be used to reduce handshake where you can set a 2 second timer and then tap the shutter button and hold your phone stable. Other than that, timer can be also use for self portrait where you set the count down timer on and then you take your time to pose for it.</div>
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<strike>The Effects available in the Galaxy S3's camera is rather disappointing with only three effects available, that is Negative, Black and White, and Sepia. The camera app in HTC One X offers more choices in this particular settings. Even thou such effect are widely available in third party camera apps such as Instagram, Paper Camera etc., it is still preferred if Samsung could add in more filters to make it an ultimate camera app where everything is available in one.</strike></div>
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Looks like Samsung has answered to my call. The recent firmware update includes an upgrade to the camera software. Instead of just 3 effects available, Samsung has topped up the number to a whopping 11 effects, given the name "Wand". Detailed description of this update can be found in my recent post regarding the update <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/07/camera-changelog-for-lfblf1-firmwares.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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11 filters were included into this current update:<br />
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Most of these filters are pretty self explanatory and I will let the sample pictures to do the talking instead.</div>
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However, this effects don't work with the front facing camera. Only the default effects like Negative, B&W and Sepia is working. All the effects are available for video recording thou.<br />
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The Galaxy S3 comes with a 8.0 Megapixel camera similar to many other high end smartphones on the market. I personally do feel that 8.0 Megapixel is very sufficient for a phone. Even with my DSLR, I often shoot at 8.0 Megapixel to save storage space. I felt that instead of pumping the megapixel, manufactures should focus on the sensor's capability to deal with noise and colours, as well as lens quality.</div>
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There are total of 6 available options for resolution and I would recommend to leave it at default of 8.0 Megapixel since the image is compressed small enough that will not hurt our storage. Furthermore, smaller megapixel means lesser noise as well.</div>
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I believe many people are familiar with this term, "White Balance". Often people get very funny colour with their pictures especially inside restaurant where you see everyone suddenly becomes yellow man. It is always advisable to set your white balance correctly beforehand to avoid heavy post processing, and as expected, there is no RAW output from our camera here.</div>
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Four options of preset White Balance settings are available and unfortunately there is no manual White Balance option available.</div>
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ISO is the light sensitivity of the sensor. The higher the ISO, the brighter your image (given that aperture and shutter speed is kept constant), at the same time introduces more noise. ISO is measured by stops and every stop doubles the light amount. Light sensitivity of a sensor is increased by increasing the current supplied to each pixel to capture light. The higher the current, the hotter the pixel becomes and quality starts to degrade, hence noise is introduced.</div>
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In the camera Settings, the ISO can be set manually from ISO-100 until ISO-800. While in Auto Mode, the ISO can range from ISO-80 until ISO-1600.</div>
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Metering is a term used to describe how a digital camera evaluate the light intensity and thus adjusting the exposure. There are three method available in the Galaxy S3's camera, with Centre-weighted being the most commonly used one. For normal users, I will recommend you to leave this by default if you don't understand how metering works.</div>
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Centre-weighted average metering is the best because it evaluates the overall brightness of the frame and then gives more attention to the centre. This metering mode is the preset for all digital cameras and usually will get the exposures correctly most of the time. Spot metering measures the brightness only at one spot, which is the middle in this case and it ignores everything else within the frame. This mode is usually used when the exposure of your subject is critial, e.g. portrait shots where the exposure of the face is more important than the surroundings. Matrix metering measures the average brightness across the whole frame by dividing into sub-zones.</div>
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Turning on this function will change the screen brightness and font to facilitate viewing under the sun. However, sometimes even with this function on, I still find it hard to get a good look at the screen. Probably due to the strong sun rays in Malaysia. No other choice but to cover the screen with something else if you wish to have a good look of the screen under hot sun.</div>
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Anti Shake is a function to reduce the risk of handshake by increasing shutter speed. This anti shake feature is different from what we understands from DSLR where the image stabilisation or the vibration compensation is done by hardware, a mechanism in the lens or camera body that detects movement and then compensates by counter reacting to the motion. </div>
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The Anti Shake function in the Galaxy S3 is a software feature instead of a hardware feature. It offers only one stop of vibration compensation by increasing the shutter speed by one stop and then increases the ISO for one stop as well. In order words, you are sacrificing image quality for better stabilisation.</div>
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Auto Contrast is a feature where the camera will automatically corrects some exposure errors for you. When this function is enabled, users are no longer able to alter the Exposure Value. With Auto Contrast On, you will notice a better contrast of shadow and highlights in your picture. I will try to get a sample picture to show the differences.</div>
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Guidelines is similar to any other digital camera where the frame will be divided into 9 zones as shown in the picture below. These lines are there to assist the composition of the picture for those who emphasize on picture composition theories like the rule of third.</div>
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Casual users usually won't bother about composition and will definitely turn off this feature because the lines are getting in their way of taking pictures.</div>
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In the Galaxy S3's camera, it provides more power user options than other phone camera app. It even provides the compression options where we can select between Normal, Fine and Superfine. By default, the Image Quality is set to Fine and you can manually change it within the settings to any other options available. The better the image quality, the bigger the file size. However, more details and sharpness can be retained.</div>
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GPS tag will tag your photo according to location for those who wants to pin point where their photos are taken. Usually used by travelers to track down their picture locations for documentary purposes.</div>
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Last but not least, the storage path option for users to choose where
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The right column has fewer icons compared to the left column. Users can toggle between video mode or still mode by switching the button up or down. Still pictures can be taken while doing video recording as well by simply tapping the shutter button icon. </div>
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The shutter button is the trigger for the phone to take a picture and is aligned at the middle of the phone together with the camera lens.</div>
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The Gallery Preview located at the bottom left shows the last taken picture and also offers a short cut into the Gallery app.</div>
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This is the end of the User Interface introduction. Please proceed to the next part to understand about the limitations of this camera phone in <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html" target="">Part 3: Limitations</a>.</div>Gavin C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239819424652897450noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814341521890600088.post-67114100722712673362012-06-12T13:32:00.000+08:002012-10-17T15:30:32.465+08:00[Guide] Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Usage Guide, Part 1: Hardware and Feature<i>A comprehensive yet easy guide for Samsung Galaxy S3 camera review</i><br />
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<i>Disclaimer: This is not a professional review and all the findings and opinions are based on my own experience only.</i><br />
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<b><i>Part 1: Hardware and Features</i></b><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html"><i>Part 2: User Interface</i><i> </i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_6850.html"><i>Part 3: Limitations</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_5538.html"><i>Part 4: Shooting Mode</i></a><br />
<a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_2968.html"><i>Part 5: Scene Mode</i></a><br />
<i><a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_3408.html">Part 6: Summary and Conclusion</a></i><br />
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So, we have heard all the good stuff about the improved camera feature in the new Samsung Galaxy S3. So how high is it able to stand against all the other competitors and also how well it is able to perform as claimed?</div>
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This time, Samsung boast about the camera's ability too, but not as much as the phones from other brands (hint hint the A and the H), until their ads looks like promoting a camera instead of a phone. Hardware wise, it has an upgraded sensor with BIS (Backside Illuminated Sensor) which claimed to be able to increase light sensitivity to achieve better low light performance. The same 8MP sensor is claimed to be identical to what used in Sony Xperia and iPhone 4S as published in various tech blogs.</div>
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However, I won't be doing any comparison because I myself do not own all these phones. Instead, I will comment on how to maximize out the potential of the camera in S3 to bring out the best picture (not the Best Picture function) from it.</div>
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As mentioned previously, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has an upgraded BIS sensor from its predecessor, the Galaxy S2. Even thou both phones have the same megapixel count, but the difference in sensor will translate into difference in colour rendering and light sensitivity. </div>
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The lens itself is a very slight improve in terms of aperture value when compared to S2, i.e. from f2.65 to f2.6, a very marginal improve. As compared to iPhone 4S's f2.4, and HTC One X f2.0, it clearly shows that the S3 is lacking behind and will not be as a fast shooter as the other two phones mentioned, and it is up to the sensor to increase light sensitivity and image processor to handle with the noise reduction to counter to shortfall of 1/3 or 2/3 stops of light. The smaller aperture size has proven to take its toll in low light shootings in my test and will be explained in detail later.</div>
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Taking the aperture value aside, I noticed that the sharpness of this new lens is improved when compared to S2. The old Galaxy S2 has a pretty sharp lens already, and with the S3 equipped with a sharper lens, it is no doubt a great news for its users like me. Even thou most of the sharpness came from sharpening process in its post processing, I still find it very acceptable for those who aren't that picky. In fact, it's a phone camera we are talking about here. Any serious shooting will definitely resort back to a proper camera.<br />
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The front facing camera has a lower megapixel count than S2, i.e 1.9MP vs 2.0MP. However, the new FFC is also equipped with a BIS and the output quality is much better than S2. The lower of 0.1MP count equates to better quality pictures, it's considered as an upgrade for me.</div>
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Following other phone manufacture's footsteps and also taking advantage of the camera features in ICS. The Samsung Galaxy S3 also possesses the zero-shutter lag (almost!) shooting and <b>Burst Mode</b>.<br />
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<u><b>Burst Mode</b></u> <br />
The <b>Burst Mode</b> can take up to 20 pictures at 3.3fps, that means it takes 6 seconds to take 20 continuous pictures. The <b>Burst Mode</b> will require the user to tap on the screen until all 20 pictures are taken or the user can lift their finger as long as he/she thinks that the number of frames is enough. While in <b>Burst Mode</b>, there is an option to select the <b>Best Photo</b> function.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Fast action scenes when you need to capture every moment that is happening. </i><br />
<i>- Doesn't have time to filter the pictures on the spot and want to pick the best picture later. </i><br />
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<i>- Make sure the camera has prefocused at the correct position to avoid disappointed images where the camera focuses at the wrong place.</i><br />
- <i>Try avoid panning with Burst Mode in low light</i>.<i> Anything shot in low light requires slower shutter speed. Any movement of the camera or the subject will result in a blur image.</i><br />
<i>- Recommended when have good lighting.</i></div>
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In<b> Best Photo</b>, instead of long tapping the shutter button, the user will only required to tap once then the phone will burst for 8 pictures instead of 20 pictures and it will automatically select the photo which it thinks the best according to its preset judging criteria, which sometimes a hit and miss unfortunately. Nevertheless, the user can always save the other 7 pictures individually if they think they want to keep those as well.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Instead of a set of similar pictures, you just need one best image. Saving storage and time to manually delete the pictures one by one. </i><br />
<i>- </i><i>Wanna take a portrait in low light but afraid of hand shake? It</i><i> helps reducing hand shake because you just need to tap the shutter button once and choose the best one later.</i><br />
<i>- Wanna camwhore by taking 8 continuous pictures? Use best photo and save all the 8 pictures. Why use Best Photo instead of Busrt Mode? Because Burst Mode requires your finger to be on the shutter button during the whole capturing process, which is inconvenient for posing.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- Make sure the camera has pre-focused at the correct position to
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Some social features such as <b>Share Shot</b>,<b> Buddy Photo Share</b> and <b>Face Tagging</b> are some convenient features that can be used to improve the user experience.<br />
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<b><u>Share Shot</u> </b><br />
<b>Share Shot</b> enables you to share the pictures taken by you to other Galaxy S3 users via <b>Wifi-Direct </b>connection setup prior to it. Meaning to say, you can setup the Share Shot via<b> Wifi-Direct</b> with your friends or family who owns a Galaxy S3 as well before a party or a tour. Any photos taken by you will be automatically shared to their phone as long as the <b>Wifi-Direct</b> connection is active, and any photos taken by them will also appear in your phone as well. This eliminates the process of sending the photos later on after the party or tour. Everything is happening at the same time as the event. No more meeting up later to review pictures and wait for turns to send via bluetooth or cloud storage.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Going to an event or a party with a gang of friends who have Galaxy S3 as well and would like to share all the pictures taken on that time without the trouble of sending it manually at a time later.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- None </i><br />
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<b><u>Buddy Photo Share</u></b><br />
<b>Buddy Photo Share</b> is a feature where the phone will allow you to send the picture to the people within the picture via any method available, i.e. email. It will detect and try to recognise any faces within the picture and then prompt you whether it is the correct person tagged. After confirmation, then options will be available under the face tag to share the picture to those respective people.</div>
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- When you want instant access to sharing via email. It's a short cut to send pictures directly to the people within the picture. Not a feature that I will use often.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- None </i></div>
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<b><u>Face Tagging</u> </b><br />
<b>Face Tagging</b> is another feature where the phone will try to detect faces and tries to recognise the identity of the person tagged via the past history of matching the face with people within your contact list. The <b>Face Tagging</b> feature can be disable manually if you dislike your pictures appears with ugly yellow boxes around people's faces.<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- Tagging and addressing friends within your contact list to facilitate other features like Buddy Photo Share.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- None</i><br />
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<b><u>Voice Command</u> </b><br />
<b>Voice Command</b> is another useful feature here. Instead of tapping on the shutter button, users can use <b>Voice Command</b> like "smile", "cheese", "shoot" or "capture" to order the phone to take a picture. This feature can be enabled in Settings > Language and input > Voice cmd. This features comes in handy in some occasions, I used it a lot when I'm afraid of handshake during low light, or I can use my voice as a remote control during a group shot, where the phone will be place away from me. Instead of setting the timer and wait for 10 seconds, I simply asked everyone to say cheese and the camera snaps! Then comes the moment of pride when everyone has a shocking expression on their face as if they just witness magic!<br />
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The <b>Voice Command</b> also helps a lot in camwhoring mode, where I believe girls will like it a lot. The front facing camera is often used by girls to self portrait and often they faced a problem to tap on the shutter button while holding the phone due to the lack of a physical shutter button. Often they have to risk dropping the phone by holding the phone with two fingers and tries to tap the button with another finger, or simply use two hands in order to self snap, which will destroy their posing. The <b>Voice Command</b> gives an advantage to them because they just need to simply shout out the command and the phone will take a picture for them after 1 sec, which is enough for them to re-pose their mouth expression (if any!).<br />
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However, the <b>Voice Command</b> is a hit and miss feature due to the clarity of our voice. For example, my cousin wanted to try out the <b>Voice Command</b>, but when she said "shoot!" a few times but the phone did not respond, then she mumbled "shit you!" then it snaps! So, make your voice command clear!<br />
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<i>When to use?</i><br />
<i>- As a remote control during a group shot instead of using the 10 second timer.</i><br />
<i>- Avoid hand shake from tapping the shutter button.</i><br />
<i>- Camwhoring mode where you can pose freely with another hand.</i><br />
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<i>Tips?</i><br />
<i>- You need to speak clearly or any command that your phone recognizes after you are familiar with it. </i><br />
<i>- You need to wait 1 second after the phone gets your command. This enables reposing in 1 second for those who need it.</i><br />
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<i>Proceed to <a href="http://thegalaxys3gallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/guide-samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-usage_12.html">Part 2: User Interface</a></i></div>
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