camera constantly refocuses when recording a video

Bug #1511074 reported by dinamic
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Confirmed
High
Bill Filler
camera-app (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

camera is missing auto focus options ON/OFF

i really need to turn OFF auto focus. i can't record the screen without turning OFF the auto focus, but there is no settings...

Sample video showing the refocusing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zdpp7mZEQs

Its a bit odd that its going out of focus at all, wonder if there is a way to improve the configuration.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → Bill Filler (bfiller)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Bill Filler (bfiller)
Changed in camera-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Florian Boucault (fboucault)
status: New → Triaged
Changed in camera-app:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
milestone: none → backlog
description: updated
Changed in camera-app (Ubuntu):
assignee: Florian Boucault (fboucault) → nobody
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Emanuele Antonio Faraone (emanueleant03) wrote :

+1 for me is critical, I can't record a stable video

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

:(( another example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ag99Akpb38

recording is really really really bad!

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

any news on fixing this bug? or at least a work around on how to disable the auto focus? :(

no longer affects: camera-app
Changed in camera-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Wishlist → High
summary: - camera is missing auto focus options OFF
+ camera constantly refocuses when recording a video
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Ren (ubuntech) wrote :

It is urgent to fix this bug because it is a convenient way
to give proof of what is failing when reporting a bug-id.
Thanks for you all, you are working hard.

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

same with M10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNcB_Oswgk

this not happen with most android phones, even low end phones

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

to understand how bad video recording is, here's a comparison

recorded with Meizu MX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzq4Ks1aYU
recorded with a Nexus 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOK1T8ZmrjM

Bill Filler (bfiller)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
importance: Wishlist → High
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