Camera focus

[Rgarner]

How do I get the camera to focus properly? It's not very good for close or detailed objects. Especially if I'm trying to get words to look right, it's a pain. Is there some kind of autofocus feature that would make it sharp and clear instead of fuzzy?

 

[lvt]

What phone do you use?

 

[JAy3001]

Have you tried touching the screen at the point you want your focus to be?

 

[KBU2]

Unfortunately if your phone doesn't have auto focus or an apparatus settings, you my just have a poor quality camera on that device it's not too much you can do to fix that. But like @lvt asked. "What phone are you using" because it may have hidden features or tweaks in helping improve camera quality.

 

[Rgarner]

It's a Samsung S5. I think that's supposed to be a pretty good camera, though probably not Apple quality. I got it used for $80.

 

[mikedt]

Suggest you post some sample pics taken with the S5, so we may see what the actual problem might be, and possibly provide some help.

 

[lunatic59]

If you are taking pictures of text at a close distance, you may need to enable macro mode for it to focus properly.

 

[Rgarner]

What is macro mode? How do I enable it? I'm sorry I don't know much about the subject, but I guess I'll learn, and thanks for all the help.

 

[lunatic59]

I don't have an S5 so this is only from what I've found online ... point the camera at something close and then double-tap the screen. You should see it focus on the close object.

 

[PitCarver]

You may need to turn off the selective focus as is suggested, here.

I've found limitations below about 4 inches.

 

[Rgarner]

There's a circle which I guess is supposed to be half light and half dark. I tapped that and it said 4x. I think it did make the picture larger but also blurrier. It was kind of hard to tell because it was dark (outdoor shot after sunset).

 

[Milo Willamson]

My moto does the same thing, it only focus on small things, and blurrs out the entire photo.