Nokia N900 video Autofocus

[Davide25084]

it's pre-focus

[shnaiven]

you can download an app called "live focus" from the app manager to have focus during the vid, turn on flashlight and turn off red led :)

[NickyGangstah16]

is there any way to mod a n97 or similiar... so that it has video autofocus?

[rothsothy]

Get the application called Live Focus, it's a script that enables you to focus and toggle LED light while making a video. You might need to enable repositories in the catalog. Google it. \:D/

[TiagoTiagoT]

there is probably a way to have it try to find the best focus for each frame as the video is being recorded

[Martynas94]

mine nokia dont even focus a video....... WTF?

[lapin777]

Did you change from marco mode to normal ? It's the same problem with every recording devices.

It doesn't surprise me.

[1littlelee]

he didn't change from macro to normal!

[benjiblixt]

really helpfull for me.. thanks zD 5 star

[hormigaZ]

Try to have the lens clean before make a video, my n900 makes better videos even at night

[madhalp]

How do I set the flash to record at night? I can't get it to work

[sandqwert]

LOL!, where's the AUTOfocus while in video mode!?!... bad title criteria...

[noreplyist]

No, it's correct. The idea is that you select to which point the camera focuses and the device handles the rest automatically rather than you having to do it manually with a slider.. Bad thing is that you cannot change the focus-point after you started recording. But this also is a thing one software upgrade can fix. Still, this is a great feature.

[brunoneiva1989]

which has the best quality sound recording of the sony ericson satio the N900 or the motorola droid and that everyone has the ability to ACC sterio to 48khz?

please answer me?

[marquesbrownlee]

That's not autofocus... Even my LG Voyager has this

[mugupo10]

To be hornest that video quality is kinda close what you paid those $100 pocket which is good news.

[crazypeople1st]

lay of the pot man and work on the autofocus im sure it can but in that video there was none.

[MajorrBison]

this is what we have been waiting for, this bad boy blows the pants off of nokia n97 and the iphone in so many ways.

[ChoboTerran]

Not sure whether you were saying autofocus or out of focus... obviously there was no "autofocus" so I assume you were saying "out of focus"

[celderian]

He was saying out of focus.

[IndieM0D]

surely thats not auto focus as its not automatically focusing on your name card when its put in front of the camera?

[laveywow]

I never saw th auto focus... Just out of focus, cut focused (sry 4 my english, I now is very suck)

[123doma]

the n900 is not released yet... he should have mentioned that it is a pre-release version, therefore some features are not tuned up completely

also this is why battery life is unknown

What I do know is that it has the highest resolution 800X480 (there are also several models with this resolution) 3.5 in display, resistive touchscreen

the phone is released on late October or early November

[fsteel2k]

So, is this a feature? I can see how it can be good in some rare occasions. But, can it be turned off? I mean, does it normally do continuous autofocus? I had fixed autofocus (half way press at movie start) on my IXUS and it is really bad compared to continuous autofocus. For every day use it's even worse than fix focus.

[Cyberbamsen]

Do you find this phone "chunky" in you'r pocket ? And how about the Battery life.. Is it good ? And how is screen at sunlight ? Nice video btw!

[siksik6]

It's the same as the iPhone's video autofocus. It focuses at the start of the video, then remains fixed for the duration of the video. It won't focus again until you stop recording and start recording again.

[thenokiablog]

same as many standalone cameras too. 'It focuses at the start of the video, then remains fixed for the duration of the video.'

[progger1337]

This is a feature?? No, since N900 won't support continuous autofocusing it's NOT a feature. It's just bad. And it doen't mind that there are other phones out there that do focusing like N900.

I already bought N900, but this is just BAD. Hope it's just a software problem...

[vezkov]

eEvery second word "it's "autofocus", well it can't change the focus, while making the video. So - what's new you're saying?!

[stardustuk7]

I think a few of the times he said 'its out of focus'.

[thenokiablog]

yea sorry about that. noticed it when i watched the video. autofocus and "out of focus" sound the same

[NetCrack]

@vezkov I also first thought it was able do change the focus on the fly while recording, too bad that isn't the case. But the phone is overwhelming enough as it is ^^.

[inmedx]

I have a n97 but I've already pre-ordered this phone.

[junkish]

laaame, i want this on n97...

[IridiumVIII]

Release this phone already!!

[times58]

dam i should of got this phone instead of the n97...

[mcub3d]

hey mark, great video,

quick question regarding the auto focus. Is it possible to switch between macro mode and normal mode while you are filming without stopping or pausing the video?

[thenokiablog]

Have to stop video to focus on another subject.

[ENFDO]

u mean it´s like N95? u have to hit the mobile?

[thenokiablog]

nope. press button halfway, like taking a photograph

[techunique]

is this phone good???

[GFBEUyildiray]

its better then an iphone

[olfrygt2007]

That's not answering the question ;)

[LinuxRaymaker]

I'd like to hear why you think the ayePhone is better?

[takemewell]

LoL let me laugh

[MaxFarenhait]

@kav0r