Hiya...

Was not familiar enough with my un-rooted EVO LTE to recall if this was just something that happens when using the video camera or if it has to do with the Viper ROM I am using so I'm asking here...

The camera has a +/- slide to zoom the still camera. Even when I return the zoom to - for the widest angle possible, whenever I engage the video camera, the camera ZOOMS IN a little bit. Then when I stop the video, it returns to the widest angle.

Is this "just what the video camera does" or is there some setting that is causing this?? I can't figure out why this is happening or a setting that might cause it...

Thanks!!

 

Hey Early...

Were you not sure WHY the video is zooming or not sure IF the video zooms? Can you or someone try to replicate my zoom issue? Wondering if it's my own odd issue of if someone else had the same thing happening. I'm using the stock camera, nothing special...

THANKS!

 

Hiya...

I've been using my LTE for a couple weeks now and noticed something with the video camera.

When I turn on the camera, I can see the amount of viewing area/frame for when I take a picture. When I take a picture, either standard 4:3 or wide angle, what I see is what I get. However, when I hit the video button, the frame zooms in kinda uncomfortably close, to the point where I have to step back, back to get most of the subject/area that I wanted to film. Hit the video camera off/stop recording and the frame returns to the area I saw before fliming.

Is this an LTE thing or a rooted thing (I'm using Viper 4G 2.0.2 ROM) or a problem with my phone/camera??

THANKS!!

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Edit: Clarification

Left the above text AS WAS when I posted earlier today, however, did not mean for it to seem like a duplicate post asking the SAME questions. I just wanted to clarify my experience.

What I'm going to do is try to take a screenshot of BOTH the before camera/video view and the DURING VIDEO camera view to show what I am experiencing. Will post tomorrow...

 

Have screenshots of what I see and what is videoed on my phone...

First image is what I see (1) if I take a still picture or (2) get ready to take a video. Second image is what I see as soon as I start recording video.

Notice how the video automatically zooms in compared to the still/pre-video view:







SIGNIFICANT difference!! Does not appear to be a refocus issue as suggested by Granite1 above...definite zoom in. And QUITE annoying...was trying to take a video of the kids today. Took a still picture and was fine but then had to move WAY WAY back to get them both in frame. Actually could NOT move back far enough the get the shot...

My camera settings (generally): 5 MP, 4:3: (not wide) ratio for camera; 640 x 480 (high) video quality. I tried HD video and same zoom problem occurs. I even tried to zoom all the way in with the still +/- zoom feature and even at maximum zoom for the still, the video zooms EVEN FARTHER when recording starts...

Camera version (from the Viper4G ROM): Camera 4.0.2218222459.437738.416687.

Maybe I'm off by a TRILLIONTH in the above camera version??

THOUGHTS??

 

Whew!! I kinda thought I was losin' it!!

Ok, so it is NOT just me, huh??

So with being able to dupe my results with another ROM then this appears NOT to be ROM-specific?? Are you able to do anything or use any camera where this does NOT happen?? I'm obviously trying to avoid this...

THANKS!!

 

Interesting, because this is the first time I've seen this with various phones/manufacturers. And I've had my original EVO and didn't occur there.

Wonder why the new LTE does this and the reason for it...

 

Thanks Naters...thought it was a great idea so I went to my phone to change the settings and I was already on 720!! I went ahead and tried 1080 and 640 and STILL has the zoom.

As you mentioned, probably is a hardware issue and is what it is....

THANKS!