The wide-angle camera has become a common element in most mobiles, even those of the cheapest mid-range. An ultra wide angle camera that cannot always work properly or at the level that we would like. We are going to shed a little more light on the problems that this sensor can give us on some occasions.
Ultra wide angle cameras give us many additional options when composing our photos, allowing us to capture scenes that until recently were only available in cameras with interchangeable lenses. Although it is true that most ultra-wide-angle cameras on our phones have a lot of room for improvement.
Wide angle mode has disappeared
It is not a long time that the ultra wide angle camera can stop working correctly due to a software problem, although it is not the most common. If your ultra-wide angle camera stops working, disappearing from your mobile’s photography modes, it is quite possible that the problem could be due to mobile phone software. We have known cases of mobile phones that have lost access to this camera due to a software update .
And in the same way that it disappeared, it reappears with an update. So if you suddenly run into this problem, check if you have recently updated your phone to a new version. That update may have “broken” the camera. The only alternative is to wait for a new version to return this camera to us.
It closes when accessing this mode
Clearly we have a problem with the camera software . In this case, the camera is still accessible, so it is not a problem like the previous one in which it disappeared. And when we click on this photography mode, the camera closes. It is evident that in this case there is a problem with the camera app, so we must do the following so that everything returns to its usual situation . The first thing would be to stop the phone’s camera app, as follows:
- Long press on the camera icon
- Select “Information”
- Click on “Force stop”
After this open the app, it will start from scratch and it will probably show you the ultra wide angle camera and it can be accessed correctly, without problems. If you still have problems accessing the camera, you can do the following, clearing data and cache:
- Long press on the camera icon
- Select “Information”
- Click on “Storage”
- Select “Clear data” and “Clear cache”
In this way all the processes of the camera are cleaned and the problems may disappear. The last alternative is the one we all know, and is to restart the phone, in this way other processes or apps that interfere with its operation may also close.
Photos are poor in low light
This in itself is not a problem, but rather an excess of expectations. But if you have ever wondered if the wide-angle camera on your mobile does not work well because the photos come out with worse quality, it is normal. Simply put, the ultra-wide-angle sensor on your mobile does not have the same quality as the main sensor on your phone. Normally the aperture of these sensors is not sufficient , and therefore in low light environments the photos have a very poor quality.
In addition, in most cheaper mid-range mobiles these sensors are usually 2 or 5 megapixels, so the quality of the photos is very limited. Therefore if you have thought that there are problems with this camera, it is not like that, it simply does not give for more. It is one of the aspects in which mobile manufacturers are turning to match the quality of these sensors to the main ones as much as possible. There are some mobiles that have a night mode that also works with the ultra-wide-angle sensor, be sure to use it , because the normal thing is that the quality of the photos increases and many more details are seen than with the usual mode.
Makes blurry photos
This is something very common in all cameras, and the explanation is just as simple as when we take a photo with any of the other cameras, be it the main, macro, or selfie. The problem if you see blurry ultra-wide photos is mainly that the lens is not clean . Therefore, always make sure before shooting the photo that the lens is clean, always carry a chamois at hand to clean the lens glass before taking your photos, you will notice how these problems disappear.
