Issues with camera focus

[AC Question]

Hi. I'm rocking a hardly two months old Honor 8 and I'm having an issue where sometimes the camera focuses properly and sometimes doesn't. This just started happening about a week ago.

Before you ask, no, I'm not using wide aperture mode and I don't see any scratches or anything like that on either of the lenses. I have a few scratches on the phone screen, though.

 

[orangecroc]

Swipe into the camera options and check how your focus is being weighted.

 

[Morty2264]

Any updates on your current situation, OP? And welcome to the forums!

 

[Turtleninja]

Hi, OP here. No progress and I didn't really understand organgecroc's suggestion so I couldn't follow up on that.

The camera does tend to work properly more often, but it's still only maybe one out of five times that it does.

Thing is it works great for macro shots when the subject is maybe 0-5cm away. I tried to go to pro photo and use manual focus but no luck there either. It's like the camera is stuck focusing on objects up close.

 

[orangecroc]

There should be an option for object tracking. Toggle that.

 

[josephamathew]

Hi,
I am having the exact same problem with my honor 8. It focuses perfectly when the object is near the phone. But does not focus when the object is further away.
It started this behavior a few weeks ago. Until then it was fine

 

[Grossebaffe]

Same problem here.
The mechanical focus system seems to be very capricious. Sometimes it just refuses to activate either when you want it to focus automatically or when you do it manually.
It seems to work even less when you try it in a low light environment.

Sometimes a gentle hit near the captors fixes the problem though, sometimes.

Any one with a good solution?

It's impressive to see that when it works you can hear the focusing system, but when it doesn't not even a sound. The thing isn't even trying.

 

[Grossebaffe]

Maybe it is the laser that is used to do the focus that doesn't align properly anymore, what do you think?

 

[orangecroc]

Even expensive DSLRs struggle to focus in low light situations, decrying a small sensored mobile phone camera is a bit odd. How close is the subject you're trying to focus on, the minimum focus distance on the camera is about 30cm

 

[Grossebaffe]

Even expensive DSLRs struggle to focus in low light situations

True.




Did anyone tried to change the cameras and fixed the problem? I'll got no trouble doing it myself but I'm bit worried the problem will still be here even with new lenses.

 

[orangecroc]

It's a phase detect auto focus, it's never going to be perfect.

 

[Respond321]

Have you touch the screen to make it focus?

 

[Grossebaffe]

Yup, course. Even with the stock application (and others non-stock obviously) you even have access to a slider to manually change the focus.
When it's "unblocked" it perfectly works of course, and you can hear the mechanical focus going up and down, but when it doesn't work, well... it doesn't work manually or automatically, it's just "blocked".

 

[orangecroc]

You really shouldn't be able to hear the focussing motor anyway, which makes me think your device has a hardware problem.

 

[lumivalo]

Have you dropped it on the corner with the camera module at all? That might account for the strange noises as well as the lack of fast or accurate focus.

 

[Grossebaffe]

To be honest it started before I dropped it a lot of time (never from high though. 30-40cm max each time). And the drops never made it worse or better.
I'll try to change the lenses I guess. But god I hate warming that fr**kin' glue they put everywhere now...

 

[Grossebaffe]

FYI
The last update made it worst, so I ordered new lenses (delivery was very long).
It wasn't a hard fix, the only difficulty being to warm with a hairdryer and open that stupid back case.
Everything is now in order and the camera is working well again (as it is a new one eheh). Yipi!

 

[Morty2264]

FYI
The last update made it worst, so I ordered new lenses (delivery was very long).
It wasn't a hard fix, the only difficulty being to warm with a hairdryer and open that stupid back case.
Everything is now in order and the camera is working well again (as it is a new one eheh). Yipi!

So glad everything is working out for you now! Thanks for following up!