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Because more force is required (and thus more movement) to press down a button than to brush against the touchscreen, in theory at least. But yeah I'd like to h
by glhaynes 16y ago
Because more force is required (and thus more movement) to press down a button than to brush against the touchscreen, in theory at least. But yeah I'd like to have a physical camera button. I'd imagine it'd be best if it wasn't as stiff as the iPhone 4's volume control buttons.
- Tyrant505 16y agoSince this is not a serious camera, why not a small delay on capture so the movement has ended?
- glhaynes 16y agoI'm guessing that'd be more annoying than helpful, but it'd be interesting to try. If it were timed exactly right it could maybe work. It's not a serious camera in the sense that I wouldn't take one to do a magazine shoot, but lots of people take really good photos with phone cameras these days, they've come a long way.
- Tyrant505 16y agoThe best camera is of course the one you have with you. People have taken amazing photos with the iphone for sure! However, action shots are not likely among those unless in some abstract form.
- Someone 16y agoIf flash is off, the better thing is to just record video, and grab a picture from the moment the user likely started pressing the button. If flash is on, advanced software could combine the before-movement non-flash image with the flashed image, but I think that (currently) is too computationally expensive expensive for a mobile device.
- sukuriant 16y agoIs that force sufficient to truly affect the capture of an image with as low a focal length as the iPhone has? I was going to say that using the volume buttons permits the user to hold the phone in a proper camera stance (hand underneath the base to improve stability, no elbows out), but having just held an iPhone 4.0, I saw where the camera is placed and where the volume button is relative it, and how to properly hold the phone. It does not seem like the volume button is in the right spot for where the camera is to even use it like a proper camera. You're going to have to hold the phone weird to take a picture without your finger in the way to use the volume button as a shutter. tl;dr. The volume button isn't even in the right spot to use it as a shutter, and I wager pressing the volume button doesn't have any true advantage. For a phone that has a shutter button in what I perceive as the correct location, see the original Motorola Droid.
- nitrogen 16y agoIt's probably not the autofocus that's the issue, but rather the blur caused by the motion induced by pressing the button.