1020 Vision

[Skittle Milk]

I gotta say though, it is odd how poorly such a camera handles macro shots. How do y'all pull off stellar close-up imagery?

 

[Qtweeder]

i pull back out a bit physically, and then use the lossless zoom slider to get the close up, zooming in

I gotta say though, it is odd how poorly such a camera handles macro shots. How do y'all pull off stellar close-up imagery?

 

[Steve Adams]

There are two ways, one. Qtweeders way, or you can switch to manual focus and you can focus that way. The manual focus works great on the 1020.

 

[Skittle Milk]

I typically use pinch to zoom? Is that not the same as this lossless slider? And if not, where in the settings do I find this slider? I do apologize for my relative lack of knowledge in regards to this camera :/

 

[Chintan Gohel]

I typically use pinch to zoom? Is that not the same as this lossless slider? And if not, where in the settings do I find this slider? I do apologize for my relative lack of knowledge in regards to this camera :/

You can zoom as you said, pinch (but outwards, right?) or slide your finger up or down on the screen. That's for zooming

For macro shots - you can tap to focus on the object of interest or slide the macro slider to what you want and move your phone until you get the desired focus.

There are 5 sliders for manual controls. when you select the camera button on the screen and slide it outwards, you'll see all 5 options as curved sliders - lighting options, focus, iso, shutter speed, exposure

Alternatively, you can select individual sliders from the top part of the screen where you see flash, lighting settings etc. Just tap on the one you want. This works when you're on manual mode

Sorry I don't have screen shots to show this

 

[ROBBIE HALL]

a bit off topic...
using the preview build with Lumia camera and windows camera recording videos at 30fps/1080p always gives me a stutter or rather a "frame by frame" playback....anyone else experiences this?
(doing video at 25fps/1080p fixes this...works smoothly...)

 

[ROBBIE HALL]

Sorry I don't have screen shots to show this

in Lumia camera if you click on options/ellipsis it should have "tutorial" showing you how to use these features