Having issues with video recording

[Tomster88]

Hey guys,
I wanted to see if anyone else was having issues with their video recording on the 6p. When I take pictures its great but when I'm taking a video in 1080p because the camera is constantly focusing even when I tap somewhere to stay focused the light of the video keeps going from dark to light to dark to light when I move the camera around. My samsung never did this I'm not sure if it's a camera malfunction? So what happens is this if I'm outside moving my phone around to take a video of the trees, there will be a lot of light in the shot that washes the the whole picture out,, meaning the colors look washed out and it doesn't look really crispy clear. then it will go dark again like it's gotten focused and it's good, then it goes back to the white and washed out. Is anyone else having this issue?

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[cane prevost1]

You might have to post a video so people can see. Did you try a different video app?

 

[Tomster88]

You might have to post a video so people can see. Did you try a different video app?

I did. It does the same thing. . Is it possible to post a video here?

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[PaulQ]

I did. It does the same thing. . Is it possible to post a video here?

I think the best/easiest way is to upload it to YouTube then post the link to that video here. Make it unlisted if you don't want the world to be able to search it out.

 

[Tomster88]

I think the best/easiest way is to upload it to YouTube then post the link to that video here. Make it unlisted if you don't want the world to be able to search it out.

Ok here are two links. In the first video when I'm recording the dogs, you can see light coming in and out of the video, sometimes it looks really nice sometimes it seems like there's a white haze over the video, especially when I pan up to the single dog playing with the orange frisbee. In the second video I was taking a video of a dog I was watching and I was focused on his face, but the background which was a white wall was completely blown out. I'm not sure why this phone is doing this. Ideas?

https://youtu.be/_K0vtuJPSok

https://youtu.be/gX9wqjyF4Cw

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[cane prevost1]

Normal. The first video you are getting lens flare from the angle of the light. The second video you are filling the frame with dark dog so camera is compensating which blows out background. These small sensors don't have a huge dynamic range. Your phone camera is fine. A video app that lets you adjust exposure would fix.

 

[cane prevost1]

Recording video and having the camera change exposure settings on the fly causes issues. Normally people set exposure parameters before shooting and keep them the same through the shoot. That way the video doesn't go light and dark as it responds to the scene. This would require a video app that lets you set all the exposure parameters manually. (shutter, aperture, and ISO) If you set those ahead of time and got a reasonable exposure then you wouldn't have the effect of the background going light and dark as the camera tries to correct exposure. If you shoot in a less contrasty situation you see less of this effect.

 

[Tomster88]

Recording video and having the camera change exposure settings on the fly causes issues. Normally people set exposure parameters before shooting and keep them the same through the shoot. That way the video doesn't go light and dark as it responds to the scene. This would require a video app that lets you set all the exposure parameters manually. (shutter, aperture, and ISO) If you set those ahead of time and got a reasonable exposure then you wouldn't have the effect of the background going light and dark as the camera tries to correct exposure. If you shoot in a less contrasty situation you see less of this effect.

Could you recommend a video app? I'm coming from a galaxy note 4, & I never had to change any settings on that phone for good videos. I'd love to learn how to do that with my 6p. Thanks again for your post!

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[cane prevost1]

I haven't investigated deep but cinema fv 5 looks promising in terms of manual controls. It does appear to have metering mode controls which would help a lot because you could choose a matrix metering mode that evaluates the whole scene rather than spot or center weighted which is what I suspect the default camera app uses. This is likely the culprit of rapidly shifting exposure when panning with the camera. I haven't had a chance to try it yet but the features look good.

 

[Tomster88]

I haven't investigated deep but cinema fv 5 looks promising in terms of manual controls. It does appear to have metering mode controls which would help a lot because you could choose a matrix metering mode that evaluates the whole scene rather than spot or center weighted which is what I suspect the default camera app uses. This is likely the culprit of rapidly shifting exposure when panning with the camera. I haven't had a chance to try it yet but the features look good.

I might have to try that out. Thanks for your posts!

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[cane prevost1]

Noticed that in the settings for this app you can lock exposure and white balance once recording begins. This should solve the issue.