camera zoom app?\

templeghg22 · 07/25/2009, 04:37 PM

unless i'm completely missing this , there is no way to zoom in while taking a picture. The only thing is to zoom in after its taken. Is there anyone who can create an app that would fix this. Also a photo editing app would be cool.

evilsandwich · 07/25/2009, 05:05 PM

would be nice. without zoom, just have to enlarge/crop the picture but then it looks like a crappy iphone picture

Nice Reddy · 07/25/2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by evilsandwich

would be nice. without zoom, just have to enlarge/crop the picture but then it looks like a crappy iphone picture

lol true that

ronlongo · 07/25/2009, 06:26 PM

Even if the camera app itself zoomed, it would only be a digital zoom so it would still look like an iphone pic.

Gompers · 07/25/2009, 06:37 PM

There is no zoom on the pre. It's not physically capable of it.

it would be nice to have a crop feature in the picture viewer, though, so you could fix framing after the fact.

horadin · 07/25/2009, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Gompers

There is no zoom on the pre. It's not physically capable of it.

it would be nice to have a crop feature in the picture viewer, though, so you could fix framing after the fact.

It is capable of zooming with a software update, but only a digital zoom, same effect as cropping.

As far as optical zoom, you are correct, it is not physically capable of that.

templeghg22 · 07/25/2009, 07:06 PM

yea i'll settle for digital zooming over no zooming

Gompers · 07/25/2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by horadin

It is capable of zooming with a software update, but only a digital zoom, same effect as cropping.

As far as optical zoom, you are correct, it is not physically capable of that.

Digital zoom is not zoom at all. It's cropping.

The camera on the pre is not capable of zooming. The camera software could relatively easily be made to crop, but the camera on the pre will never zoom.

acipollo · 07/25/2009, 07:39 PM

Aren't all cell phone cameras just DIGITAL ZOOM? If any cell camera had real zoom, it would need a varifocal lens or a parfocal lens, which I don't believe any have.

Muyiwafly · 07/25/2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by acipollo

Aren't all cell phone cameras just DIGITAL ZOOM? If any cell camera had real zoom, it would need a varifocal lens or a parfocal lens, which I don't believe any have.

Correct

mdmogren · 07/25/2009, 09:33 PM

reminds me of this from waay back.
sph 2300 optical zoom phone |

Success100 · 07/25/2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Muyiwafly

Correct

not correct, the new blackberry has a true auto focus lens, as well as the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. You can actually here the lens move if your in a quiet environment when taking a picture.

kmehr · 07/25/2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Success100

not correct, the new blackberry has a true auto focus lens, as well as the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. You can actually here the lens move if your in a quiet environment when taking a picture.

Not sure thats true of Diamond and TP. I had a TP and its a single lens. Never hear any part moving while focusing. Thats just the sound effects of the device. If you mute the camera settings on the TP you will not hear anything.

Back on topic... It would be very nice to have digital zoom and auto focus as well.

P.S. This forum is the best..... with all the knowledgeable & talented members and the Homebrew section they are making the Pre to be an even better device....SO a VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL!!!!!

Lito305 · 07/25/2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Success100

not correct, the new blackberry has a true auto focus lens, as well as the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. You can actually here the lens move if your in a quiet environment when taking a picture.

what new blackberry??

and i believe that is auto focus that you hear

Achill3s · 07/26/2009, 12:15 AM

TP and Diamond did not have this feature.

erod550 · 07/26/2009, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Gompers

Digital zoom is not zoom at all. It's cropping.

The camera on the pre is not capable of zooming. The camera software could relatively easily be made to crop, but the camera on the pre will never zoom.

Regardless of the semantics of it, it would be a nice feature to have, which is the point of this thread.

neodorian · 07/26/2009, 02:12 AM

Digital zoom is nothing more than taking a section of the photo and blowing it up. Unless you have a moving lens you are just letting your phone do a worse job than you yourself can do with Photoshop, Windows Photo Gallery, Gimp, Paint, iPhoto, or whatever program you choose to manage your pictures. Save yourself the agony and take the snapshots with your phone and if you need to crop them or blow them up, do it with your computer and not some half-baked digital zoom.

templeghg22 · 07/26/2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by erod550

Regardless of the semantics of it, it would be a nice feature to have, which is the point of this thread.

Haha good to see someone understands me

wp746911 · 07/26/2009, 08:49 AM

it seems that the pre can already sort-of do this- like if you are saving a pic as a wallpaper, you can zoom in on an area and save it.

delta7 · 04/09/2010, 10:27 AM

I just realized this and I'm pretty ****ed, my old touch pro had zoom and this doesn't? I'm trying to zoom in on some pretty chicks at a college campus and the damn phone has no zoom on the camera, this sucks.

07/25/2009, 04:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
templeghg22 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 81 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts	camera zoom app?\ unless i'm completely missing this , there is no way to zoom in while taking a picture. The only thing is to zoom in after its taken. Is there anyone who can create an app that would fix this. Also a photo editing app would be cool.
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evilsandwich Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 106 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 25 Times in 11 Posts	would be nice. without zoom, just have to enlarge/crop the picture but then it looks like a crappy iphone picture
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ronlongo Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 1,201 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 515 Thanked 284 Times in 141 Posts	Even if the camera app itself zoomed, it would only be a digital zoom so it would still look like an iphone pic.
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Gompers Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 128 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 15 Thanked 39 Times in 22 Posts	There is no zoom on the pre. It's not physically capable of it. it would be nice to have a crop feature in the picture viewer, though, so you could fix framing after the fact.
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templeghg22 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 81 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts	yea i'll settle for digital zooming over no zooming
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acipollo Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NY Posts: 111 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts	Aren't all cell phone cameras just DIGITAL ZOOM? If any cell camera had real zoom, it would need a varifocal lens or a parfocal lens, which I don't believe any have.
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mdmogren Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 519 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 52 Thanked 65 Times in 43 Posts	reminds me of this from waay back. sph 2300 optical zoom phone \|
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Achill3s Forum Moderator Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,999 Likes Received: 59 Thanks: 262 Thanked 539 Times in 392 Posts	TP and Diamond did not have this feature.
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07/26/2009, 02:12 AM	#17 (permalink)
neodorian Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 631 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 70 Thanked 113 Times in 62 Posts	Digital zoom is nothing more than taking a section of the photo and blowing it up. Unless you have a moving lens you are just letting your phone do a worse job than you yourself can do with Photoshop, Windows Photo Gallery, Gimp, Paint, iPhoto, or whatever program you choose to manage your pictures. Save yourself the agony and take the snapshots with your phone and if you need to crop them or blow them up, do it with your computer and not some half-baked digital zoom.
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07/26/2009, 08:49 AM	#19 (permalink)
wp746911 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 71 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	it seems that the pre can already sort-of do this- like if you are saving a pic as a wallpaper, you can zoom in on an area and save it.
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04/09/2010, 10:27 AM	#20 (permalink)
delta7 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 196 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I just realized this and I'm pretty ****ed, my old touch pro had zoom and this doesn't? I'm trying to zoom in on some pretty chicks at a college campus and the damn phone has no zoom on the camera, this sucks.
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