The new app is noticeably faster than the stock one, but there are some bugs as well — for example the physical shutter button doesn't work.
The shutter button doesn't work on locked / dead screen and that is good because there are many instances where the button gets pressed unintentionally.
The hardware shutter button doesn't help with night shots, since the image won't snap until you release the trigger (holding it down activates burst).
Google's camera doesn't have burst mode, and, no, repeatedly pressing the shutter button doesn't make up for that, either.
We do like the inclusion of the dedicated camera button, and while we though there's a chance it could be introducing some movement that's causing the blurring, switching to the onscreen shutter button didn't make much difference.
Not exact matches
But this has a 8 megapixel camera w / a camera
shutter button (my One S doesn't have & I miss), same 16 GB storage (Which I don't mind, because I stream alot, & now we even have unlimited data), It's made by HTC, it has the same size screen as am HTC One S, it has beats by dre audio, & it has a 2.1 megapixel front facing camera, that records 1080p, and a 88 - degree lens for wield field view.
Futhermore, tapping on the viewfinder to take a shot on the Motorola device just doesn't feel as intuitive as having a dedicated
shutter button.
This
button activates the QMemo app by default, allowing users to write a memo on screen or take a screenshot, but you can customize it to
do many things, including act as a
shutter button.
The camera's slow
shutter doesn't help; it took at least a second to snap a picture after we tapped the
button.
Most disappointing is the lack of a dedicated two - stage camera
button — we'll make
do without the mechanical
shutter, xenon flash and autofocus - assist light common to devices like the N8, but we'll take a proper mechanical
shutter key over a basic on - screen
button anytime.
The camera
shutter button is also well - placed and doesn't get in the way of normal use.
The fixed - focus selfie camera isn't a patch on the best 5 - megapixel front cameras on phones, but it
does have plenty of modes and a neat
shutter mechanism that lets you drag away from the
shutter button to instantly set a timed delay.
As with all phones underwater, the touchscreen doesn't work, but there's a dedicated camera
shutter button for aquatic pics.
While we
do welcome the presence of camera
shutter buttons on phones (beats tapping on the screen every time), we must confess that we found the positioning of this one odd — it is almost bang in the middle of the side, which makes it handy for selfies but of very limited use while shooting from the rear camera.
You have to secure the phone in landscape mode (if you're
doing it right), tap to focus, and then somehow hit the
shutter button without shaking the device too much.
It lets you have a second
shutter button inside the camera app, one that can be moved anywhere on the screen so you can easily take photos without reaching for the volume
buttons or the default
shutter button, which can be hard to
do at times.
Also on the right side is a dedicated camera
shutter button, which is something we
do appreciate but is unfortunately not often seen with Android smartphones.
While a great deal of that experience can be — and is — expressed in software, the addition of a 3X optical zoom lens and a custom backplate with a single hand grip and
buttons for zoom control and
shutter activation complete this look in a way no other company has ever
done quite so completely.
Only instead of packing a display and forcing you to click the
shutter button, Clips
does all the work of capturing moments for you thanks to the power of AI.
If you don't like on - screen
shutter, you use Volume +
button to snap images.
As it is, though, the Cam Plus doesn't add enough in terms of photographic ergonomics, and if I really need a physical
shutter key, I can just use the G5's volume
buttons.
Capturing a couple extra seconds of footage along with a still image is a neat idea, but Google's actually
doing a lot more than simply recording a scene prior to hitting the
shutter button.
It sounds almost distressingly easy to take great photos of... whatever, whoever, whenever, without ever changing a setting or
doing anything besides pressing the
shutter button.
It
does this by capturing a few frames of video before and after you press the
shutter button.
This model doesn't have a hardware «
shutter»
button, so it's a case of jabbing onscreen to take a picture and you miss out on the quick launch option that
button provided on previous models.
This setting is turned on by default so you don't need to faff around with settings, and it
does exactly what you'd expect - predict when someone is smiling or laughing so you don't miss it if you're too slow with tapping that
shutter button.
It remains to be seen if HTC incorporates an actual camera lens into the One Wear as Samsung
did with the Galaxy Gear, but the report suggests the icon could indicate some kind of «remote
shutter button» presumably capable of controlling the camera of a connected HTC smartphone.
It could
do anything from a camera
shutter button to quickly launching their favorite app.
It's a clever way to take a picture without fumbling for the
shutter button, though in group selfies, there's a tendency for whoever doesn't say «cheese» to be caught unaware when the camera snaps.
A two - stage
shutter button was always inevitable with such a camera - centric phone, and the 808 doesn't disappoint, offering a silvery camera key on its lower right side.
Of note is the dedicated camera
shutter button, which is always a much appreciated addition, and something we surprisingly don't see enough of.
Being tall with a longer reach, I also tried
doing it with the rear lens and pressing the volume
button, which doubles as a hard
shutter.
When the Camera is running, and the document for scanning is in place, it will automatically
do its thing, otherwise, you'd have to
do it manually with the use of the Volume
buttons or the
shutter button.
The volume rocker right below it and the dedicated camera
shutter button at the bottom of the right side don't leave a lot of room to comfortably rest your thumb on this side of the device though.
Modes are selected by the small camera
button located right next to the
shutter button, again another design decision that's confusing and doesn't present obvious functionality from the get - go.
It said: «It will be intelligent and
do all the thinking for users, allowing them to take amazing pictures under any conditions, without having to worry about anything more than just pressing the
shutter button.»
I
do just want to mention the dedicated
shutter button, though.
It keeps on
doing this the entire time the app is open and by the time you tap the
shutter button, you will have a ready scene of what you wanted already captured.
Not only
do we have a dual stage
shutter button (I wish more Androids had these), we also have a dedicated video record
button.
I
did find the option to use the volume
buttons as a
shutter keys rather more useful however, and even though the Galaxy A3 is far from unwieldy it feels far more natural to use the volume keys (rather than the onscreen
button) when snapping shots in landscape orientation.
The 5MP front - facing camera has a wide - angle lens for group selfies and we like the option to tap anywhere to capture, so you don't have to
do contortions to reach the
shutter button.
The new
button above the volume rocker is the Active key, which can be set to
do different things such as controlling the
shutter when using the camera, or calling up the Activity Zone appt.
This whole rig is also optically stabilized, and there are dedicated camera
shutter and record
buttons on the side (though at this time they don't yet actually launch into the camera).
Gionee may have screwed about the device size, but the company
did well with certain other basic stuff like giving a giving camera
shutter button on the right edge.
It is simply a
shutter button and one that doesn't appear to have the press halfway to focus first function.