Why is the exposure time/ shutter speed for my phone capped at 1/2 (half a second)? I would like to take photos with an exposure time of up to 30 seconds. Even when installing other apps, like GCam or Open Camera, it is not possible to increase the exposure time. I have an Fairphone 4 with Android 13.

In the screenshot you can see that the exposure time (S) is at the maximum value.

Do you have the same “issue” as me, or know how to fix it?

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m tagging this as a “me too” but otherwise providing no other useful information or a solution.

    I notice the main camera on my Moto G 5G is capped at 1/3 of a second, but my buddy’s LG V20 will go all the way up to 60 seconds using the same version of OpenCamera. (Yes, we both have API2 enabled.) I’d be interested to see if this can be twiddled e.g. with root, or possibly by poking some config file with ADB or something.