Well, the device is auto-focus and it says when focussed. But aiming is a trial and error thing, I snap several and slightly different angles sideways and vertically, then take them to eyes for evaluation. I usually get the target, all bit it a bit ascue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fenton" <robert.fen...@samobile.net> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:25 PM Subject: Re: taking photos when blind
Hello: This discussion about taking pictures when totally blind interests me. How does one focus the image correctly? I read somewhere that VoiceOver is supposed to tell you when the image is centred. I have never seen that happen. Thanks for your help. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On 2013-06-04, at 2:13 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > Hello Sieghard. yes of course. I must have been using my iPhone > up-side-down. <grin>. Seriously, thanks for the reminder. I keep > forgetting that sometimes jailbreak tweaks add things which one gets used > to and then one uses them as if they had always been there. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > I love strawberry Quik. It's my favorite pink fluid narrowly beating out > Pepto-Bismol. - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 6/4/2013 11:33 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> Hi Raul, just a small correction, it is the volume up button that takes >> the >> picture. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Raul A. Gallegos >> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:02 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: taking photos when blind >> >> Hi, one thing which helps with iPhone picture taking is pressing the >> volume >> down button also simulates the shutter button. So you don't have to worry >> about moving the phone out of focus when double-tapping the take picture >> button at the bottom center of the screen or doing a 2-finger double-tap. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Harry Potter brand condoms: "Protect your slytherin from Hogwarts while >> you're in her chamber of secrets." - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook >> user ID: rau47 >> >> On 6/1/2013 7:31 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Not sure if such apps exist, however, there are technics you can use >>> that >> will give you reasonable result with whatever you are photographing. It >> can >> use in both iphones and also digital camera. >>> >>> I'm not sure what device you have, let say, you using an iphone. if you >> taking picture of something, try to aline it on your forhead, as if, your >> eyes become the camera lance. So, whatever you see will be what will be >> the >> camera sees. If you can picture yourself in front of the object or the >> subject you photographing of, you usually have 80% chance of taking it in >> a >> line as your eye sees it. >>> >>> It is much easier using a camera, however, using it on an iphone help as >> well. However, using an iphone does require a lot of practice, as the >> take >> picture button is on the sscreen. >>> >>> Another tip, place the phone slitely left to your eye, or to your >> forehead, as the lance of the back facing camera is on the top right side >> of >> the camera. however, if you using the front facing camera, its on the top >> middle. >>> >>> Again, it takes a lot of practice to get use to, but you'll eventually >>> get >> there. >>> >>> Hope this help. >>> >>> I hope this help. >>> >>> Regards >>> JoanneSent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> >>> On 01/06/2013, at 5:07, James Lockwood <lockwoo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok. does anyone know of an application for the iphone that gives >>>> feedback >> about when an item you are taking a picture of is centered ect? the >> camera >> sometimes does it with faces already. but is there any program out there >> which helps people who are completely blind take good or reasonably good >> photos without the object being half off the screen or off center >> drastically? >>>> >>>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jim-lockwood-shows-podcast/id55398 >>>> 1192 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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