Could you share a link to a dedicated forum  thread for the BT related issues you are seeing? Thanks  ... View more

@Aussiefx - I had also an isssue with BT headset but removing and pairing again resolved the issue for me. ... View more

It only took Samsung 18 months to reintroduce a feature for which many purchased that phone. Well done, Samsung better late then never.  It is still step back though - too slow to switch between the modes. Why the record button was not put back to same place from where it was removed? Nobody need separate video and photo pro mode... There is more.... a) Before Pie you could set shutter speed manually i.e. 180 deg. shutter while keeping the ISO on Auto - not anymore.  Now when you set shutter speed also ISO is set to Manual ..... b) It's not possible to disable Optical Image Stabilization- horrible image warping when you try to pan on gimbal even when image stabilization is disaled in settings. c) Not possible to use Telephoto in Pro Mode Video. ... View more

@Robinl wrote: This has nothing to do with GFW. Devs are based in different locations, mainly in Korea I assume. Anyway that's not the point: there is still no formal acknowledgement from Samsung. On this forum there are only moderators which have very limited access to Samsung's actual devs... So unfortunately it is almost pointless to hope for a follow up here. And via Samsung members it's all the same: always the same BS unresponsible replies without any excuse. If not GFW then why is Samsung not involved here? Are they even aware that there are hundreds upset customers here expressing severe dissatisfaction with their strategy? For sure this is clear evidence for their decline in new sales. Just take a look on Sony Experian forums. There are devs posting and addressing customer issues. I already know which brand will my next  PRO Camera phone be....  ... View more

@Robinl wrote: Was there any meaningful reply from Samsung or the mods here ? Or is it like 99% of the topics on this forum where we raise issue and nobody cares ? I honestly have not seen any developer or Staff nobodyposting anything here.  Does anyone know where Samsung developers are based in? Are they  co-located in China with their factories?  Maybe the China firewall is the one to blame... ... View more

Hi all, just discovered that the Sony Experia 1 comes with two native camera apps - Normal and Pro - look for "Cinema Pro App" on youtube to get an idea. It lets you take full control of the videos. Looks very promising and I like the concept of splitting pro and normal camera apps. Finally checking out official Sony Xperia support forums I can see Official Sony Xperia Support Staff responding to their customers and addressing their issues..... Makes so much difference to me!!!! It seems that Sony took a dramatic turn in their Marketing tone as they were not supporting PRO features and 3rd party ups up until last year on their Xperia 1. Anyone here has any good or bad experience with Sony and their Pro Cinema App? ... View more

In couple days on next unpacked event.... I guess they will introduce new Galaxy S20 phone and say that if we order now it will have all those features they have stolen from us without warning. (Pro mode video, dual capture etc). I would not be suprissed if they would even commit that all lenses and 60fps mode will be fully available for use by 3rd party apps .....   #SAMSUNGdoesn'tCARE ... View more

I have tried many paid & free Camera apps including FIlmicPro & Moment Pro Camera and I ended up using free and adfree OpenCamera. You can record in 24 or 30 fps though but It has advanced Photos and Videos features and apart from everybody else it is the only Camera app that supports 4:3 / 1:1 aspect resolutions like 2880x2160 or 2160x2160. These resolutions offer much higher FOV (Field of View) and in my opinion even better image quality compared to 16:9 which is cropped and has narrow vertical Field Of View.   Does anyone know any other 3rd party app besides FilmicPro which uses a workaround to record 4K @ 60fps on Exynos ? ... View more

Sad news, according to some youtube reviews of the new One UI 2.0 beta for S9+  Pro mode video is still missing. Very disappoionting, it has been 1 year since they removed it and ever since then the video quality is horrible in low light. Great job Samsung.  #DoWhatYouCan't ... View more

@Henmaker wrote:   Changed to Huawei phone. The pro mode support video pro mode, manual adjust everything. Even on Androids 10. Never look back. @Henmaker Can you set manual shutter speed i.e. 1/120 etc or only. Exposure Variation? (EV)  If you can please share which model it is I want to switch to another brand.    Samsung either does not care about PRO users or they had to remove the feature to cover up some gaps in their last flagship devices.  ... View more

As Samsung announced on galaxy10 unpacked event they have partnered with Adobe and there is Discounted Adobe Premiere Rush avalable to download from Galaxy store. This app can be used as Camera app. It has PRO mode features but on Exynos S9+ it does not support 4K@60 fps or Aprture selection. For basic use it can be used without subscription as long as you don't edit or re-encode  the videos.    This is what puts Competitors like iPhone ahead - they have perfect support for 3rd party apps that can offer pro mode features and even lens selection.  I am very upset on Samsung and I discurrage anybody from buying Galaxy phone. I have purchased FilMIC Pro and yes recently it actually let's you record 4K @60fps but its not practical. It takes lots of time to setup it crashes when you switch camera app to take photo (even when not recording) Auto focus doesn't work, sometimess videos are out of focus. The way how iso/ shutter is set via this side wheel is horrible you can't save it in preset you have to reconfigure everything Everytime. It takes ages, Its embarrassing when people areawaiting for you just to start filming. But what FilMIC doesn't support is proper resolution selection.  It only lets you choose 16:9 resolutions which have very narrow vertical field of view something like 36 degrees then you can crop to 4:3 or 1:1 but that is far from 4K.   I will complain via members app about their premier rush. They should stop marketing that they can do 60 FPS if no 3rd party app can use it. Even FilMIC doesn't officially support 4K@60 as it is some weird  workaround / trick.  ... View more

Before the update in PRO mode you coul set manual shutter speed while leaaving ISO set to auto. Now in OneUI when you want to set shutter speed you have to also set ISO - the button Auto under ISO is greyed out. New Camera App is horrible. In video mode you cannot set anything ISO, shutter speed or manual focus. This is horrible. After 4 months Samsung apologizes for the inconvenience and confirms they have no plans to bring this back! The difference between IPhone and Samsung is that iPhone let's 3rd party apps have full access to Camera Hardware which is not the case for Samsung. I will never ever buy Samsung phone again. #DegradedCamera #DoWhatyouCantInPieAnymore ... View more

The developers that have made this deliberate decision to remove Pro mode video with justification to make the interface more simple for the users along with the product management team that approved such decision will in the end be responsible for global decline in sales - including the upcomming S10 series as this functionality is not there either.   This basically means that any high end galaxy phone that received Pie already (S8/S9/Note9/S10) is unable to take control of their videos. How is it possile that nobody noticed this? Here are the top 5 issues I am seeing since Decemeber using the new Camera App Video mode on my S9+.   1) Unable to fix exposure -  camera  keeps adjusting the brightness based on object in the center of the screen. Adjusting + / - slider will adjust the exposure but after 3-4 seconds when slider disappears and a bright or dark object moves to the center of the screen phone will compensate and either highlights or shadows are  blown out. Simple scenario to reproduce the issue - start recording indoors against a wall between 2  windows - click or use the +/- slider to adjust exposure to outside (window) or inside wall - wait 3-4 seconds for + / - slider to disappear and see what happens when you move the camera..   Results : Highlights or shadows will be blown out. Exposuere will keep readjusting based on object in center of the view. This is normal behaviour of low and some mid tier smatphones.   2) Permanent Focus Hunting - camera keeps hunting for focus based on the change detected in center of the view. When clicking for example on and object on side of the screen focus is adjusted temporarily (along with exposure whether you like it or not), then after 3-5 seconds when slider disappears any movement in center will steal your focus. i.e.: car passing on the street in the bacground etc.    3) No support for manual focus - You can't set focus manually at all to create a beautifull cinematic shots with object in foreground or backround being intentionally out of focus Above behaviour is what is considered normal on low and mid range of smartphones.     4) Horrible noise and grain in low light videos because you are unable to fix ISO (i.e.: ISO 50 to 100 reduces the noise in shadows)   5) Horrible flicker because you are unable to manually set shutter speed  - i.e. recording TV or low cost indoorlights that flicker. Not to mention that you can keep dreaming about smooth videos with 180 degrees shutter etc....    To end on a positive Note Samsung was able to deliver the Software update for the first time even ahead of the time.... Maybe bit unfortunate for Samsung to do this just before the S10 release ...... ... View more